2025/06/26 - Tons of Rock, Oslo, Norway

[Beathe.]

@Cris.

Of course! It looked bad but seems like it went well after all. 🩷

I'm not a festival person either. The only reason I went to this is because it's where I live and with Stockholm it's pretty close by/easy to travel to so it wasn't too expensive. If you ever come to Oslo feel free to ask if you want tips on what to see. 😊

Also, I just remembered - Billie Joe said Happy Pride month before Bobby Sox. 🥳

Billie Joe must be having it out for Texas.. The women I have seen from Texas are gorgeous. 

Editing this to not make too many posts: I really liked this review (it's in Norwegian), but if any of the fellow Scandinavians haven't seen it. 😊

https://www.nrk.no/p3/anmeldelse_-green-day-pa-tons-of-rock-1.17461803

 

[Dingle]

Some additional info on performance with Sex Pistols:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/watch-green-day-s-billie-joe-armstrong-join-forces-with-frank-carter-and-the-sex-pistols-to-perform-anarchy-in-the-uk/ar-AA1HxtwM?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e1063a375c64485a92aaf7fc60ff71cf&ei=23

 

[Göta]

7 hours ago, Beathe. said:

I don't think the crowd was lame at all. If you watch videos the show it looked like people were having a good time. Those three songs - including a B-side you cannot expect casual festivalgoers to know. 

It was awesome! I didn't expect it at all. It looked like they all had a lot of fun. I see that there's some international media writting about it as well which is fun. Frank Carter sounds a lot like Johnny Rotten. My face was like this 😱 when they first came on. @Göta what was your reaction to their set? 🩷

Edit: I'm not really into festivals and would go to a headliner show any day, but I actually liked this one. If some good bands get booked I'll definitely consider going back next year. 

I also found the crowd very alive. It was actually my first time where I voluntarily moved further back during a GD show because I got absolutely crushed. Have no memories from Burnout because I was struggeling so hard not to get pushed over and my friend got several shoes in her head from all the crowd surfers 😅 But it was still fun though.

I loved it, it was pure fun. I've seen Frank Carter with the Rattlesnakes once before and expected him to be good and he did live up to it. I think he filled the role super well. Glad to hear you had a good time as well! Also agree with your thouhts on the festival in general. I was very pleasantly surprised. Loved the atmosphere. 😊

[Beathe.]

6 minutes ago, Göta said:

I also found the crowd very alive. It was actually my first time where I voluntarily moved further back during a GD show because I got absolutely crushed. Have no memories from Burnout because I was struggeling so hard not to get pushed over and my friend got several shoes in her head from all the crowd surfers 😅 But it was still fun though.

I loved it, it was pure fun. I've seen Frank Carter with the Rattlesnakes once before and expected him to be good and he did live up to it. I think he filled the role super well. Glad to hear you had a good time as well! Also agree with your thouhts on the festival in general. I was very pleasantly surprised. Loved the atmosphere. 😊

I can imagine. It was so many crowdsurfers and a lot of movement in the crowd during their entire set. It's difficult to focus on the stage while you're trying to stay on your feet🙈. Glad you and your friend had a good time regardless. ☺️🩷

I had barrier on Jason's side - not super close, sort of by the big screen, but I was glad I had something to hold unto. 

Right! He brought so much energy and engaged with the crowd in a real good way. When he went into the pit was like "give me my mic stand please" I was like is he for real. 😂 It was real fun to watch. When Billie Joe went on stage with them it was the icing on the cake. 

Same here 😊. I'm not a fan of festivals and was suprised by how much I liked it. I was there from it opened and walked around the entire festival to see what it was about before I relaxed in the VIP ticket area - which also was pretty nice. 

This is adorable 🩷 Weezer made a sweet post about the festival too.