Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 I've started scheduling stories on the GDA Instagram that are throwbacks to gigs played on that day however many years ago. If I'm going to all that effort, I might as well post this stuff here as well. However! I'm only focusing on gigs (not album releases or anything) and I'm very likely to forget to post here anyway, so if you remember anything that happened on a certain day years ago (or if you feel like copy/pasting from the GDA Instagram), please contribute! Even stuff like music video releases and chart positions on certain days would be interesting to look back on. So, on this day (16 April) 19 years ago (2005), Green Day played in Orlando, FL. 11 years ago (2013), they played the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. And 9 years ago (2015), they played the House of Blues in Cleveland before their Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction. Yes, I did get the year wrong on Instagram. Enjoy looking back at what our favourite band have been up to! 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 I did it back in 2018 (or 2019) for Green Day Brasil, bringing curiosities and videos for every single show we have listed. It's a nice research effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted April 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17 On this day (17 April) 26 years ago, Green Day played Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. "Who's from the West Bay? I bet you people don't even know you're in the WEST Bay. Did you even know there WAS a Bay?" – Mike "How many people live in San fucking Francisco? You suck!" – Billie The Longshot played Thee Parkside in San Francisco on this day 6 years ago. A nice quote from that show: “I have so much gratitude and so much love getting to play music in front of people for so many years.” And an amusing one: “We’re gonna do this thing where we pretend to walk off and walk back on.” 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Montclare Posted April 17 Popular Post Share Posted April 17 Hard to believe I took this 6 years ago. Time's going by so fast! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted April 18 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 18 Special one today. 9 years ago, Green Day were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. They also played the LA Sports Arena 11 years ago today. The 99 Revolutions Tour was 11 years ago? WHAT?! HELP. 19 years ago, they played the USF Sun Dome in Tampa on the American Idiot Tour. There was a review up at some point, but the links are dead, so all we've got is "Billie Joe Armstrong asserts his personality while performing with Green Day on Monday night before a sold-out crowd." 30 years ago, Green Day played the Satyricon club in Portland. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 On this day 32 years ago (19 April 1992), Green Day played Raji's in Hollywood. More photos: Spoiler And a video: 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 On this day 6 years ago (20 April 2018), The Longshot played the Ivy Room in Albany. More photos: Spoiler 19 years ago (20 April 2005), Green Day played the Cricket Arena in Charlotte, NC. More photos: Spoiler And 22 years ago (20 April 2002), they played the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA on the Pop Disaster Tour. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted April 20 Popular Post Share Posted April 20 On this day 34 years ago Green Day recorded the Slappy EP at the Art of Ears Studio https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRwboFgQ8G/?igsh=YjZ6YWJ6dGU5aDhz 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted April 21 Popular Post Share Posted April 21 I put this in random thoughts earlier today forgetting this thread existed but on this day in 2018 The Longshot released their album Love is for Losers This one is from the week ending 14 April 2001 but Green Day were on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks at #26 with "Waiting" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted April 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 22 Another pretty special one today. 14 years ago (22 April 2010), American Idiot opened on Broadway. Fun fact: this photo is of the action that inspired the name "Fuck Time." “One of the actors from the American Idiot musical, Theo Stockman, called himself the ‘King of Fuck.' Before every performance the cast got into a circle and shouted: 'One, two, three, it’s fuck time!’ So I named a song after it. We played it as the Foxboro Hot Tubs at Don Hill’s and the song should have stayed there... but then we realised we shouldn’t give It’s Fuck Time away to our alter-ego, but use it for Green Day!” – Billie Joe More photos from the opening night: Spoiler 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hermione Posted April 22 Popular Post Share Posted April 22 46 minutes ago, solongfromthestars said: Fun fact: this photo is of the action that inspired the name "Fuck Time." “One of the actors from the American Idiot musical, Theo Stockman, called himself the ‘King of Fuck.' Before every performance the cast got into a circle and shouted: 'One, two, three, it’s fuck time!’ So I named a song after it. We played it as the Foxboro Hot Tubs at Don Hill’s and the song should have stayed there... but then we realised we shouldn’t give It’s Fuck Time away to our alter-ego, but use it for Green Day!” – Billie Joe That is great. I looked up the setlists of the very Fuck Time heavy New York FBHT shows recently and they're the funniest setlists I've ever seen 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted April 23 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 23 On this day 8 years ago (23 April 2016), Green Day and Joan Jett performed at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Ordinary World. More photos: Spoiler 14 years ago (23 April 2010), the Foxboro Hot Tubs played at Don Hill's in NYC. I was also looking at some of those setlists the other day and laughed at them playing Fuck Time eight times at the Bowery Electric, but I'd forgotten they outdid that at Don Hill's with nine Fuck Times. More photos: Spoiler 19 years ago (23 April 2005), Green Day played the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. More photos: Spoiler 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 99th revolution Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Stop Drop and Roll Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time Fuck Time These setlists are the fucking epitome of funny. Very good coming from the King of... playing songs 8 and more times. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted April 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 24 Six years ago today (24 April 2018), The Longshot played The Wayfarer in Costa Mesa. 13 years ago (24 April 2011), the American Idiot musical ended its run on Broadway and Green Day played after the final performance. Some people have probably already read my recap on my personal blog, but I've just transferred it to GDA if you haven't read it yet. More photos: Spoiler 22 years ago (24 April 2002), Green Day played in Inglewood, CA on the Pop Disaster Tour. 23 years ago (24 April 2001), they appeared on Musique Plus in Montreal to talk about Waiting. And 31 years ago (24 April 1993), Green Day played the Revolver Club in Madrid. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted Thursday at 01:12 PM Author Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 01:12 PM On this day 14 years ago (25 April 2010), the Foxboro Hot Tubs played the Bowery Electric in NYC. This was the one with eight Fuck Times and eight Stop Drop and Rolls. Billie also broke his teeth on a beer bottle right after having dental work done, if I remember correctly. More photos: Spoiler Post-teeth-destruction 19 years ago (25 April 2005), Green Day played the Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY. 22 years ago (25 April 2002), they played in Chula Vista on the Pop Disaster Tour. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted Friday at 10:33 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 10:33 AM Six years ago today (26 April 2018), The Longshot played the Redwood Bar in LA. More photos: Spoiler 23 years ago (26 April 2001), Green Day performed Waiting and Platypus on the Howard Stern show. On the same day (26 April 2001), Green Day also played Waiting on the David Letterman Show. "It's great that we have a pain management doctor in the audience because every time on the show, the drummer – who is unstable – does something strange and hurts himself. The last time he was here, he leapt off the drum platform and hit the deck. We took him to the hospital. For three days, it knocked the wind out of him." – David Letterman 33 years ago (26 April 1991), Green Day drove 37 hours to play in Sioux Falls, SD. "[Adrienne] showed up in Sioux Falls, and then she just grabbed me. And she said, 'Billie Joe?' And I turned around, and I was just – I had to remember what she looked like, because it just didn't register at first. I remembered her voice from the phone. She looked at her friend and goes, 'he doesn't remember me.' I felt like the biggest tool at that second." – Billie Joe 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted Friday at 01:02 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:02 PM @solongfromthestars I'm loving your from this day posts, here and on IG! Keep up the good work. 👏 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post solongfromthestars Posted Sunday at 10:12 PM Author Popular Post Share Posted Sunday at 10:12 PM I knew I'd forget to post eventually... but 22 years ago yesterday (27 April 2002), Green Day played the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on the Pop Disaster Tour. More photos: Spoiler And 31 years ago yesterday (27 April 1993), they played in Aviles, Spain. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 years ago today (28 April 2005), they played the Cumberland Civic Center in Portland, ME. Billie Joe: Have you ever had sex? Kid who got onstage: No. Billie Joe: You will tonight. Video of Basket Case at this show: Spoiler 22 years ago (28 April 2002), Green Day played in Wheatland, CA on the Pop Disaster Tour. More photos: Spoiler 30 years ago (28 April 1994), they played in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. And 31 years ago (28 April 1993), they played in Andoain in Spain. On 4/26/2024 at 2:02 PM, jengd said: @solongfromthestars I'm loving your from this day posts, here and on IG! Keep up the good work. 👏 Thank you! If anyone is enjoying it, it's worthwhile! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted Monday at 01:18 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 01:18 PM On this day 2 years ago (29 April 2022), Green Day played the Shaky Knees Festival, where Jakob joined Billie Joe on guitar for She. More photos: Spoiler 19 years ago (2005), Green Day played in Manchester, NH on the American Idiot Tour. And 22 years ago (2002), they played in Oakland on the Pop Disaster Tour. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDayJunkie86 Posted Monday at 03:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:26 PM Just saw this article and thought I would put it here (if it has not been said aready) 👀: https://wcyy.com/green-day-portland-maine-nineteen-years-ago/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted 11 hours ago Author Share Posted 11 hours ago On this day 7 years ago (30 April 2017), Green Day played in Perth, Australia on the RevRad Tour. More photos: Spoiler Even more photos: https://www.tumblr.com/greendayauthority/749220296982151168/perth-australia-30-april-2017 19 years ago (30 April 2005), the American Idiot Tour came to Amherst, MA. Photo from SmalltownLibraries on Reddit. Credit if reposting. And finally for this month, 26 years ago (30 April 1998) Green Day played Houston, TX on the Nimrod Tour. I combined all of this month's "on this day" Instagram stories into a GDA article. There are some things that haven't been posted yet because I started halfway through April, so it's worth having a look if you're enjoying the Instagram stories. https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6157/ Also made a reel of them. It goes into a void when I try to post it on Instagram, but it's on the GDA Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/reel/812985026831751 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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