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CBS will air the 2025 Grammys live coast-to-coast on Sunday, February 2, 2025 from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The ceremony will stream on Paramount+. Performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming months. Best Rock Performance Green Day - The American Dream Is Killing Me Best Rock Song Green Day - Dilemma Best Rock Album Green Day - Saviors Complete List: https://pitchfork.com/news/grammy-nominations-2025-see-the-full-list-here/

There won't be a Trump album. Billie has been vocal about not wanting to write about him if he can help it. Of course it has inspired a few songs despite him saying that, but I doubt it will be a major influence. There certainly won't be any songs about him turning out to be great. Billie has felt this way about him for much longer than most people have been aware he exists. Personally I'd rather have more lost love songs than an anti-Trump album. It won't change anyone's opinion. What is there to say about Trump that hasn't already been said by a million different people on both sides, anyway? He's what he is. We all know that whether we like him or not.

I'm not really into this huge desire to talk about/get C&V but I will add what Rob Cavallo writes in the AI 20 booklet. "So, I got together with the band and they tole me they had written an entire album's worth of material. Wow! Awesome! But there was a problem. The guys were sounding, for whatever reason, just a little bit rusty. The music was good but was it really their best? I took it to my boss (the prescient Tom Whaley . He agreed with me. He said "let's meet with the band". A few days later in the Warner Bros executive conference room, Tom says to me and the guys " we appreciate what you guys have gone through and appreciate this new album. And while we are prepared to release it, we are not prepared to give it the big push (meaning marketing $) because we don't believe this is the best work you are capable of". BOOM! He was so brutally direct! I think I was sweating profusely. Billie looked directly at me and asked "is that what you think too?" "Yes I said, nodding my affirmation. Billie said "ok, let me think about this and process it, and we'll get back to you." Two days later, we were all back in the same conference room. Billie starts "So I';ve been thinking about what you guys said last time....and I think you're right. We want to make out best record and we want you guys to like it and to give it the big push. And we are willing to do what it takes to make that happen. The question is: Tom, are you willing to do it also?" Tom said "sure, what do you need?" The rest is about Rob going to work with them Monday to Friday in Berkeley.

Billie comes in 36 minutes into the broadcast

Still listening to Lowlife non-stop Green Day is the best band EVER 🫶

Just wanted to express my gratitude for the entire Green Day Community for keeping me entertained and occupied, especially thoughout this eventful year for our boys. You’re all the best and I appreciate your love for the band I love. I gave up all other social media just over a year ago due to personal reasons, so you’ve all been a help in that journey as well.

Saviors is up for Best Rock Album Grammy for 2025!

Ugh I still haven't recovered from amount of spam and pointless theories in the 1972 thread..

I agree, it felt sort of all over the place like HLAHG did and it didn’t tell a compelling story clearly. They should have gone deeper into the interviews about where the band really was at the end of the Warning era, with a triumphant finish to where they ended up. They did that loosely but more interviews with the people involved like Rob Cavallo, Warner execs, etc. cut all the repeat footage from HLAHG and BIAB and for god’s sake give up on the story that the tapes were stolen and just tell the truth. Instead of “we had a lot of fun on tour”, show how they first wrote an okay album, their career was on the line, the label pushed them to do something better and with hard work and sacrifice (like two divorces and a DUI) they got there and succeeded. It’s an emotional story if they ever want to really tell it.

omg I love Lowlife

I have been avoiding this thread but I have to take it all back, Warner's box set just delivered and it's beautiful! Complete with a badge, pins and stickers and OMG the intro in the booklet from Rob Cavallo, will endeavour to transcribe and share it with you.

Today is an epic day. 2004 again.

So basically you're opening a new album speculation thread?

7 years ago yesterday (5 November 2017), Green Day played in Curitiba, Brazil on the Revolution Radio Tour. More photos: 9 years ago (5 November 2015), Green Day played at the afterparty for the first screening of Ordinary World at the 41 Ocean Club in Santa Monica, CA. A few fans won entry through the Idiot Club. More photos: 15 years ago (5 November 2009), Green Day played Know Your Enemy and Minority at the EMAs. They won the Best Rock award. They were also nominated for Best Group (Tokio Hotel won) and Best Live Act (U2 won). More photos: 19 years ago (5 November 2005), Green Day played Wake Me Up When September Ends on the German TV show "Wetten, dass?" 24 years ago (5 November 2000), Green Day played the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, CA on the Warning Tour. "It was supposed to be a 'million band march.' It didn't quite make it to a million bands… a lot of my friends were getting thrown out of Downtown Rehearsal Studios, a place that bands had been practicing for years, because the new owners wanted to raise all the rents. That sort of hit home with me because it was about music and art, and it wasn't just that studio; every day you could read in the paper how it was getting worse and worse for musicians in San Francisco. Rents were skyrocketing, even to the point where clubs were having a hard time staying open. After a while it starts to piss you off, and I thought my band could at least help bring attention to the issue. It's funny, because there a guy who buys and sells property who hangs out at my mom's work, and he was telling her, 'Oh, your son doesn't understand.' Well, that’s obviously coming from someone who doesn't see the other side, that's never even been on the other side, that doesn’t know what it's like to be thrown out of where you live." — Billie Joe More photos: 26 years ago (5 November 1998), Green Day played the Ginásio Mineirinho in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on the Nimrod Tour. 27 years ago (5 November 1997), Green Day played the Embassy Music Hall in Orlando, FL on the Nimrod Tour. 29 years ago (5 November 1995), Green Day played the State Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, PA on the Insomniac Tour. 33 years ago (5 November 1993), Green Day played in Mannheim, Germany. ---------------------------------- On this day 8 years ago (6 November 2016), Green Day played Bang Bang and American Idiot at the EMAs in Rotterdam. They were nominated for Best Rock and Best Live Act, but won Global Icon. More photos: 15 years ago (6 November 2009), Green Day played the Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 19 years ago (6 November 2005), Green Day played on Top of the Pops at the BBC Television Centre in London, England. More photos: Green Day's page on the Top of the Pops website at the time: 20 years ago (6 November 2004), Green Day played the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI on the American Idiot Tour. More photos: This photoshoot was also done for NME that day. 26 years ago, Green Day played Metropolitan in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the Nimrod Tour. 29 years ago (6 November 1995), Green Day played the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, MD on the Insomniac Tour. 31 years ago (6 November 1993), Green Day played the CMJ Music Festival in NYC. More photos: For now I'm carrying on. I decided to stop, then predictably felt sad about it after putting in all this work. I'll say if I do eventually decide that a post is going to be the last one.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/ Due to 20th anniversary release, according to greenday.fm, original album American Idiot is listed as re-entry to Billboard top 200 albums at number 39. Nice one https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ And re-entry to UK top 100 albums at 32

So, after being absolutely obsessed with Green Day since January 2nd 2005 (yes I remember the exact date), the obsession faded away gradually, but steadily and completely (or so I thought at the time) some time around 2013. It was not too long after the Trilogy came out. For a decade I walked around having no idea what Green Day was up to. I heard they were releasing a new album, Revolution Radio, but paid zero attention to it. Life was too hectic at the time, my music taste had branched out a bit, and the name, Revolution Radio, I think reminded me too much of 99 Revolutions, which is one of my least favorite Green Day songs. Father of all... didn't even register on my radar. Then October 30th 2023 comes, I checked Instagram mindlessly scrolling while dngrinki my coffee after some morning meeting, and a Green Day post catches my eye because it has the words Bataclan and Paris in it. All this time I had kept Green Day on my Instagram, but I wasn't paying attention, I would very often skip their stories when they were promoting stuff (I know, I know), so I wasn't sure what this was. A memory from a show they played at Bataclan? No! It's a show in Bataclan for that weekend. I got the feeling that I owed it to my teenage/early twenties self to at least try to go. Back when I was obsessed with Green Day I was living in Venezuela, and I remembered often seeing Green Day (or one of their side projects) playing these "surprise" shows in small venues, and a lot of my online friends in the US or the UK going, and as happy as I felt for them, I also felt so left out. I would have given an arm and a leg back then for Green Day to play a small surprise show in my city. And now here I was, living in Paris, and Green Day was going to play here, in Paris, in a venue with a capacity of 1500 people no more than 40min away from my place! So yes, I felt I owed it to myself to at least try to get a ticket. On the other hand I genuinely had an ethical conundrum: because this had been my dream back then, I knew how much this could mean to people who were fans now, today. If I got a ticket, would I be occupying a place I no longer deserved, and someone else who deserved it more would be left out? I know it might sound silly, but I really struggled with this. In the end I decided to leave it to fate: I would try to buy the tickets, and I knew it wasn't going to be easy, so if I got them that'd be it, I'd go. Tickets went on sale next morning, October 31st, and I was the billionth person on the queue, by the time it was my turn it appeared to be sold it. "Oh well, I saved some good money at least!" Went into a zoom meeting for work, and when it was over some 30min later, I switched tabs and tried again, kind of just out of habit. And suddenly I have two tickets for the show in Bataclan! So I tell my partner we're going to see Green Day live this Saturday, and he's a bit confused by this (he has stayed confused by the effect this band has on me ever since ). So to hype myself up I decide to listen to their whole discography again and to catch up and listen to what they had released since the Trilogy. (Revolution Radio was love at first sight, Father of all.. has grown on me). So by Saturday I am very excited, but still sane We arrive to the venue about 20 minutes before doors and the line was huge! By the time we got in the area in front of the stage was very full, so I stayed back on a slightly higher level in which I was right at the front, so I had a pretty good view. I hadn't been to a Green Day show since 2010, I hadn't seen what their shows were like lately, so I had no idea what expect in terms of anything: setlist, duration, did they still sound amazing live? did they still have so much energy? And then they came on stage, and the moment they played the first chords of American Idiot (the opening song for that show) insanity came rushing back. It was instant. I was suddenly 15 again, living out a dream I didn't know I still had. They sounded as good as I remembered, they were still as full of energy, and full of surprises. They played Look Ma No Brains twice in a row, they also played TADIKM twice (but not in a row), Geek Stink Breath and Stuart and the Ave. They debuted 1981, the played Revolution Radio and Father of all, which were a debut for me at least, Letterbomb, which I didn't know had become less rare in their live shows, then they brought someone on stage to play Good Riddance, something I had never seen them do before. I just couldn't stop smiling and singing along and jumping up and down the whole time (and I had a bad foot and a bad knee at the time, but they also reverted back to their teenage version, because they didn't bother me once during the show). And I remembered all the lyrics too! The only song I couldn't sing along to were 1981 and Father of all. I loved and enjoyed every second of it.

I think FOAM is as it is on purpose. Everything from the songs, to the artwork, to how they promoted the album (the few interviews I have seen at least) sounds to me like they wanted that album to be different from their usual, and to be fun: to be short, fast paced, and most of all not to be taken too seriously. That's why for me it makes perfect sense that they saved such a political song as TADIKM for Saviors. They probably also saved songs that they felt had a lot more of potential for the next album.

Watched the doc! It’s very good though there is footage from BIAB and HLAHG in it, there is also great footage from the Warfield show, some recent chat with the boys in Otis (way too little imo) and some wild and hilarious stuff from the tour, very enjoyable, need to see it again.

A little quick break-down, based on New Zealand snippets on Qobuz: American Idiot (Alternate version) = Earlier version of the song with different lyrics. (the unreleased song "Idiot" on Nimrod springs to mind, could there be a connection?) Homecoming = New parts we haven't heard before Everyone's Breaking Down = Whole song based off the "here the come marching down the street" (by favorite, by the way) part in Homecoming. Just Another Year = A whole song based on what is now the accapella intro in Homecoming. Lowlife = A new song where verses seems to be what later became the "Dearly Beloved" part in Jesus of Suburbia. Potentielly with a very different feel though as it's a entirely different drum beat and tempo. I know other people here have heard the full songs, but I thought I could create a post like this so we have the details in a more condensed form

I can't believe it's already been 1 year since the single was released, especially after 3 years of endless 1972 speculation leading up to this!!!!!!!!!

Lmao that video with Tre and the candle. Trillie is still real!

Seriously, can we rename or do something with this thread? I don’t want to be reminded about the goddamn election results every time I log on here. I’m depressed enough as it is.

On this day last year (7 November 2023), Green Day played the Magazzini Generali in Milan, Italy on the Saviors Tour. More photos: 7 years ago (7 November 2017), Green Day played the Anfiteatro do Beira Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil on the Revolution Radio Tour. More photos: 8 years ago (7 November 2016), the Still Breathing music video was released. This is one of Green Day's best videos. I love all the different storylines and how they're all connected despite being completely different, which was what Billie said he wanted to achieve with the song. And of course it's lovely to see the ending where Billie returns to the practice space and Mike and Tre are there waiting for him. 12 years ago (7 November 2012), the Stray Heart music video was released. That's one of my favourite songs but I admit I don't care about the video because the band aren't in it. 26 years ago (7 November 1998), Green Day played Via Funchal in São Paulo, Brazil on the Nimrod Tour. They were also interviewed there. More photos: 27 years ago (7 November 1997), Green Day played The Roxy in Atlanta, GA on the Nimrod Tour. 32 years ago (7 November 1992), Green Day played at 924 Gilman Street. 33 years ago (7 November 1991), Green Day played Kulturstation in Munich, Germany. 35 years ago (7 November 1989), Green Day played Komotion in San Francisco, CA.

Billie's posts https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB-I4EAt7wa/?igsh=MXhoeTZqb3d5bjBrcw== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB-KeFUNtqb/?igsh=MThobXZ5NmQ5OXpqYQ== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB-K0NSNRuy/?igsh=bHdkY3J4ODM5NGNr Some screenshots

It charted on here too.

Unt doing well https://www.instagram.com/p/DBwiCtTx0mQ/?igsh=cTRsMDg5a2d2OXRq

Billboard chart update- Alternative Airplay: stays at 11 Rock & Alternative Airplay: 8 (up from 12) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 13 (up from 17) Canada Rock- stays at 36

One of the big Chicago alt radio stations has been consistently playing both Dilemma and Bobby Sox nowadays.

I’m truly speechless for Lowlife. What a fucking beauty.

"Lowlife" might be my favorite demo, "Dearly Beloved" was always my favorite part of JoS, and I knew there was a reason why I loved "Strange Days" from Saviors so much. lol

I really enjoy Taylor Swift’s endorsements because she lays out why she’s voting for someone with specific examples, says she knows who she’s voting for because she did her research, and encourages people to do their own research and choose the candidate who aligns best with their values. I think that’s a very thoughtful approach for a written post and a great way to especially get younger voters involved in the democratic process. That said, I’ve got zero issue with Billie posting a video saying hey, I’m voting Kamala, you know why and you should vote for her too. Because he’s fucking right. This is very literally life or death, democracy or fascism at stake. It’s not complicated and shouldn’t be as close of a race as it is. I felt really happy and proud that he took the time to post that. I know there’s debate over how effective celebrity endorsements are, but in my view, we’ll take all the help we can get. And to @Hermione’s point, even though Taylor doesn’t outright say “you should vote for her too,” that’s what all political endorsements ultimately imply. Billie just came out and said it because he was speaking off the cuff and didn’t run a statement through his PR team lol.

Billboard chart update- Alternative Airplay: 11 (up from 15) Rock & Alternative Airplay: 12 (up from 13) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 17 (up from 24) Canada Rock- 36 (first week on chart)

Guys! Green Day is nominated for best Rock Grammy for 2025! The Grammys are currently announcing 2025 nominees and Haley Williams just announced best Rock Nominees. Saviors is up for the Grammy!! Congrats boys!!! AHHHH Billie is on the nomination broadcast!!! He announced record and album of the year! I am losing my shit at work!!! I didn't know he was appearing, so it was a total surprise! Sadly, Green Day did not make the cut for these categories

Billie has said he gets no inspiration from Trump and doesn’t want to give him that attention, and I don’t blame him. Amazingly, I feel like the most effective things that could be said on this topic were already addressed on American Idiot. That album is proving to be ahead of its time in a rather unfortunate way.

The documentary definitely has its shortcomings. I also thought it would have more of a narrative and take us through the timeline of everything leading to American Idiot and beyond. But I still enjoyed all the fun bits we got especially things we didn't get on HLAHG and BIAB. Definitely feel like there was more they could've done, but I'm still happy with it. I had a good time watching it, whereas HLAG is decent....but then I remember the dance number in the beginning and I get mad all over again. Really disappointed that a disc was wasted on that.

Billboard chart update- Alternative Airplay: 8 (up from 11 ) Rock & Alternative Airplay: 7 (up from 8) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 11 (up from 13) Canada Rock- this chart seems to have disappeared. Comes up as a page 404 and isn't showing as an option under GD as an artist either.

Bataclan was, by far, the best gig I've ever been too. I'd told work colleagues I was going to try for a ticket and one kindly offered to cover my shift if I got one. Sent her a message that morning saying I'd tried and failed, but thanks for the offer. An hour later, decide to try my luck again and, low and behold, I actually get one! Cue pandemonium trying to get her to take my shift again, booking flights and accommodation and all the gubbins that come with international travel. My flight home was standby (I work in the travel industry, so cheaper standby flights are a benefit). However the flight was oversold, so I was sat in CDG for 6 hours waiting for a flight home, wondering if I'm end up like Tom Hanks in The Terminal and living in Terminal 2's departure lounge. Fortunately I got on in the end, and never have I been so relieved to sit in a middle seat. Still, the stress of fighting with a ticket site in a language I don't read well, booking flights, hotels, shift swaps and the added stress of getting home was worth it to see my favourite band in such an intimate and iconic setting and I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. Hella Tiny Tour 2025, anyone?

On this day 15 years ago (31 October 2009), the Foxboro Hot Tubs played a surprise set at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, before Green Day came on. They played Stop, Drop & Roll, Mother Mary and Sally. This was such an incredible treat for the fans who thought they were "just" getting a Green Day show. I was 14, it was my fourth show and I was not expecting anything like this. I thought I'd just never see the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Here's what I wrote back then: "It was Halloween. I hung back while my mum looked at merch after Prima Donna. Music was playing inside. It sounded awfully familiar. Was I hallucinating? Because I was sure I could hear Stop, Drop & Roll! I squeezed past people to alert my mum. ‘Prima Donna are playing the Foxboro Hot Tubs!’ My mum stopped. Listened. Then her eyes widened. ‘That’s not Kevin, it’s BILLIE!’ We ran from the merch stand to our seats. In our mad charge down the steps, we knocked over someone’s beer. They just laughed. The steps buckled and we almost fell. Everyone around us looked baffled as we stumbled clapping and singing into our seats. The Reverend Strychnine Twitch, AKA Billie, sprayed Carling beer – a British replacement for his signature Pabst Blue Ribbon – over the front row. His blond head darted all over the stage. Tré wore a leopard print shirt and Jason a fluffy white coat. In Mother Mary, Billie threw down his tambourine to leap into the crowd. Security helped him back up. 'My name is the Reverend Strychnine Twitch and yes, we are the proverbial Foxboro Hot Tubs.’" Another fan who submitted his story for the We Are Revolution Radio book also wrote about this, so I'd like to share that too. The mention of the show is towards the end but I'm including the whole thing because it's a lovely story and it shows how special this was for everyone who realised what was going on (crazily many didn't). More photos: And then Green Day played their show afterwards. My recap: "The intro to 21st Century Breakdown still unleashed butterflies in my stomach. In Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Billie told us, ‘last night in the last song I split my pants. I did that splits thing and my whole butt was hanging out after that.’ It was also the last outing of the leopard print thong. That night, as 21 Guns faded to drum rolls, I expected Minority. Instead, in an explosion of pyros and energy Billie roared ‘MASS HYSTERIA!’ and I was swept up in exactly that; mass hysteria as I screamed along to one of my all-time favourite songs, American Eulogy, that I missed on the second night in Birmingham. In my own blurry video, I’m deafeningly loud as I bellow ‘vigilantes warning ya, CALLING CHRISTIAN AND GLORIA!’ over Billie’s ‘RIGHT HERE IN MANCHESTER!’ It was unreal. Thousands of people were in a shared ecstasy conducted by a tight performance. We watched through moments of quiet while Billie stamped his foot to solos, basking in the band’s talent and energy, religiously echoing ‘heeeeeey-ooooohhhhhh’ as Mike sang his last verse… …and we screamed in unison – ‘I DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE MODERN AGE!’ …and the song exploded into its final chorus. ‘I don’t wanna live in the modern world! I don’t wanna live in the modern world! I don’t wanna live in the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world – MASS HYSTERIA! In the modern world…’ Then the music stopped and 21,000 voices, alone with Billie’s and Mike’s, echoed that we didn’t want to live in the modern world, mass hysteria… until Billie sang like an anthem, ‘nobody likes you, everyone left you, they’re all out without you, having fun!’ over Mike and, as Tré conducted with his drumsticks, we joined him. The world could have ended then and I would have felt the bricks crashing down were healing gold dust. I could hear the sound of my own beating heart. The heartbeat of a kid who was stifled but now impassioned, inspired and ready to smash the silence with a brick of self control." More photos: 18 years ago (31 October 2008), The Saints Are Coming was released as a single. 20 years ago (31 October 2004), Green Day played the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA on the American idiot Tour. 25 years ago (31 October 1999), Green Day played a second night for the Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. 26 years ago (31 October 1998), Green Day played the Parque Sarmiento in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the Nimrod Tour. It was their first show in Argentina. More photos: 27 years ago (31 October 1997), Green Day played Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX on the Nimrod Tour. 29 years ago (31 October 1995), Green Day played the Metro Centre in Halifax, Canada on the Insomniac Tour. 30 years ago (31 October 1994), Green Day played the Sports Arena in San Diego, CA on the Dookie Tour. 33 years ago (31 October 1991), Green Day played Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark. "The list of now-superstars who have played in Ungdomshuset is very long. They came there before anybody else in Copenhagen knew who Bjork and Nick Cave were and in 1991 an American teenage punk band called Green Day played in the Ungdomshuset before shooting off to world fame." — Nikolaj Heltoft "After the first week, when they discovered that it's a Danish tradition for punks to throw beer at bands they like, their instruments were toast. Luckily - for him - Armstrong had brought Lawrence Livermore's amp instead of his own. Replacing the instruments was out of the question, as they were barely earning enough money to keep everyone fed and traveling from show to show. The band ended up borrowing new equipment every night. 'Seriously,' says Tre Cool, 'I was using guys' kits where the drummer would say, 'If you screw up my kit, I'm gonna stab you.''" 35 years ago (31 October 1989), Green Day played the Los Robles Lodge in Santa Rosa, CA. "We played this show with them, Halloween 1989 in Santa Rosa. Victim's Family and Green Day. It was a benefit. And people wouldn't give Green Day ten bucks for gas to get home in their fucking VW van. This alleged benefit, and people left them stranded with their van." — Ralph Spight Your most iconic quote. Even better than, "I don't know anything about Turkey, Green Day don't play there (despite having been to Turkey)."

Hello ladies.

The Birmingham show was my first Green Day show too. At the time I’d been made redundant and was doing temporary work. Every time I took on a new job I had to say “I need this week off in October, it’s very important, I have to take this week off.” One guy said to me “why do you need to see them four times?!” But I’m so glad I did. It was the first time I’d ever tried to buy tickets online (you used to queue up to get them at the box office!) and I’d got three other people at work trying too. One of them had worked for Gigs and Tours so she was the “ticket buying expert.” She said a Nottingham show was pencilled in but they went for Sheffield instead because there are no 5 star hotels in Nottingham. Anyway reading this almost brought me to tears! That was a special time. It was like we were in this magical bubble and the stage was in a magical mist. We were actually there watching Green Day. And Give Me Novacaine… oh my God. I was drenched in sweat and I rubbed my feet raw dancing! I actually ripped my toenails off, my toes were bleeding and I had a huge blister on the back of my foot. Billie did that thing he used to do when he went “one thousand! Two thousand! Three thousand! Four thousand! Five thousand! Six thousand!” up to 16,000 (the capacity of the venue). I remember Tre standing up at the drums in Minority while Billie did the introductions. Every show on that tour just made you want to go back. You’d see them and you were just thirsty for some more. You just wanted to see it again and again and again because it was just so good. The band were just perfectly tight and in sync like they were tied together by string. It was wild.

I'm not saying anyone who disagrees with my personal opinions is a fascist. What I am saying is that there is one major political party in the US headed by a fascist, Billie was expressing support for the party not headed by a fascist, Brit was giving him shit for that, and I think that was dumb to do she shouldn't have. When you're part of a family of a band whose key principles are openness and inclusion, maybe don't air your catfights with the frontman in public? I also didn't say she doesn't have the right to have shitty opinions, I did say I've lost respect for her because of her bad takes. I don't have to respect her just because of who she happens to be married to. Anyway, I'm done. If you really want to we can continue this in DMs.

I haven't had a proper moment to sit down with this and listen straight through, but I've been listening to it on the go when I can, especially the "new" stuff, and it's really mind-blowing. I can't believe I was expecting to be disappointed! I didn't even realize there was going to be an alternative AI so I was very shocked when that started playing on Spotify while I was driving, ha. It's amazing to me that they were at such peak performance during this era that they could shelve and chop up a song like Lowlife. I love it. You compare it to the stuff that made it onto the trilogy and FOAM it's like it's not even the same band! It's also hilarious that I was so hyped to hear Homecoming this tour. Now normal Homecoming just sounds boring. It feels so weird to hear all this now after hearing the finished product and seeing how beloved it became. Man, we could be living in a very strange alternate reality right now if they didn't go back to the drawing board. Now I'm really curious how the band feels listening to all this old stuff too!

Just listened to the demo disk: the alternate version of American Idiot was a revelation. Obviously the final version with the "proper" lyrics is more impactful but it's so singular and iconic in my head the idea of it being anything other than what it just is is incredible to hear. The original version of Homecoming was so cool. For some reason it didn't cross my mind that we'd get to hear Mike's snippets that kicked the whole project off so it was a joy when it came up. So creative in the use of different instruments: the piano bits, the synth, the period ringtone, aces. And I love the part where they're really leaning in to the A Quick One homage. It's interesting to hear how much of the final song is there divorced from the American Idiot storyline (ditto that with Cluster Bomb). I adore Everybody's Breaking Down as a full song, so swingy, so groovy, what a bop. "Run for cover and hit the lights" Billie's vocal delivery made me melt. Like others have mentioned, it sounds like it could've come right off Warning. Lowlife is so interesting, it feels like hearing an alternate universe version of JoS mixed with Strange Days Are Here To Stay. It's really refreshing hearing such a familiar album in a new context! Can't wait to delve into the live stuff.

Some new stuff and some repeated, bits of the close up of Billie talking about how deep he had gone, some bits in the studio with Billie talking about the message board and Rob talking about signing the band. Couple of little bits with Mike and Tre. There is a different, hilarious bit about poor Jason being passed out in bed, will not tell any more. I laughed out loud in quite a few places, it’s very enjoyable.

Omg the alt version of AI is sooooo Warning-esque, very cool. Pulling out Everyone’s Breaking Down from the rest of Homecoming really highlighted for me how much that part sounds like Warning, too. I feel silly for never really noticing that before. Really loved this version of the song. Lowlife is SO COOL? Wow, I love it. I’m hearing a lot of 21CB in it, so interesting. Chorus is also a lot like Strange Days. Love the “I just wanna be alright” line. Homecoming is hilarious. Love some of the weird instrumentation in it and the continued lines about who is in the studio cracked me up.

I am just 3 minutes into homecoming and oh my god this is the greatest fucking thing ever. And they start it off with one of my favorite guitar riffs of the whole album hell yeah Updated: just started lowlife and got so much happier

On this day last year (24 October 2023), The American Dream is Killing Me was released and accompanied by a music video. 8 years ago (24 October 2016), Green Day played the Fillmore in Detroit, MI on the Revolution Radio club tour. More photos: 14 years ago (24 October 2010), Green Day played in Santiago, Chile on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 15 years ago (24 October 2009), Green Day played a second night at the O2 Arena in London, England on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 20 years ago (24 October 2004), Green Day played Louisville Gardens in Louisville, KY on the American Idiot Tour. 32 years ago (24 October 1992), Green Day played the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma, CA on the Kerplunk Tour.

This is not just any election though. This election will decide whether we save our democracy or elect a fascist president. I have absolutely no problem with anyone celebrity or not, telling people to vote for the only anti-fascist candidate on the ballot. Preach Billie! 💚

That means that 8 years ago today was my very first Green Day show! Few pics I took there-

On this day 8 years ago (23 October 2016), Green Day played the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, IL on the Revolution Radio club tour. More photos: 13 years ago (23 October 2011), Billie Joe performed Good Riddance when Will Ferrell was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was also interviewed. More photos: 15 years ago (23 October 2009), Green Day played the O2 Arena in London, England on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 20 years ago (23 October 2004), Green Day played the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH on the American Idiot Tour. 29 years ago (23 October 1995), Green Day played the Arena in Winnipeg, Canada on the Insomniac Tour.