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I don’t like sharing photos of myself (so I'll probably delete this soon) but this is the best evidence I have regarding his height. We were on even ground and standing straight. I’m 5 feet 2.75 inches to be exact. If you look at where my eyes are compared to his, I don’t buy that that is 4.25 inches difference. Do you guys? Which is why I think he’s 5’6”. EDIT: [deleted because I prefer not to connect my accounts]

That scream tho.

Holy fuck! That was like the greatest night of my life!! I was able to get pretty close and I got tons of pictures and video! It was so amazing to be in his presence in such a small, intimate venue! God, I love him! There was one point in the show where he opened a bottle of water and chugged like a quarter of it, but then handed the bottle to the crowd. So... technically, I got to drink out of the same water bottle as Billie! He like shoved the whole water bottle top in his mouth too, so even though it was passed around quite a bit, he definitely made his mark on it. Here are a few pics from the show on my Instagram. I will be uploading all of them onto my Flickr soon too and the videos to YouTube. That might be a little longer, though. UPDATE: I've uploaded all my photos on Flickr now. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lexiswildlifephotography/albums/72157697495464054 Thank you all for your wishes and support! It meant a lot and I got to experience something truly amazing! Love you all! Be sure to look at the last picture! I love that one because his smile is so sweet and genuine.

This is a great picture. Don't delete it.😀

^^ why, when I put my hands in my hair like he does, it just loses volume, while in his case it regains its fluffiness. Oh well. I was about to ask you guys if you too think my new profile pic is a bit creepy... guess I got the answer. (I intend to keep it for a few days though to see if it ends up feeling more normal) So happy for you @Green Day In Seattle ! I wish you the best night witnessing this beauty ! (zoom on his eye )

Billie's a little bit feminine so it's fitting that his name is too, haha.

Don't forget the shoes variable. If he wears creepers it could add like 2 inches . Because he does wear thick soled shoes more often than not (not to mention the fluffed up hair) I tend to agree that 5'6 is more likely.

I got to stand right next to him. He's 5 7 I'm also 5 7

Whenever i pick up my guitar my guitar and play (just like yesterday!) , I always play "Good Riddance" as an encore. It just feels like the right thing to do. And it sounds fantastic! that's not me bragging, it's just so simple to play. It takes four chords (Green Day are wrongfully known as '3 chord wonders' - they are FOUR CHORD WONDERS) but they are the 4 easiest chords to make. I just played in twice.

Must fight urge to make joke.

The Dementor's Kiss. Is Billie secretly a dementor? Oh my god oh my god oh my god! I totally got a ticket to the Seattle show tonight! I'm so fucking excited! I did not sleep well at all because tickets were all sold out and I was just a huge ball of anxiety about how to get one. squashie09 posted a link to the ticket sales and suggested I check again for tickets (after giving me other advice for if there weren't) because there might be more and there were, so they have my deepest gratitude! I am kind of anxious about the show, though. I have only ever been in a mosh pit one time before and it was not very crowded. I'd really like to get as close as I can, but don't really know how to do that. Doors open at 7, so what time should I get there to get close? Any tips? I'm so inexperienced with this. I will totally take pics of Billie if I can and post them here! I can't wait to see him again! I've missed him so much! I love our beautiful boy!

I still think he was sucking out Kevin's soul or something

Considering both his bandmates changed their names and he's the only one who didn't, I agree.

In reference to the "country bitch" thing, part of me wishes he'd stop complaining about his name because it's an absolutely beautiful name, the most beautiful name I've ever heard in fact, and I think it really suits him, even if it is country. However, part of me doesn't want him to stop complaining about it because it's so adorable when he grumbles about it. And his laughter in that video is pure gold - I'm smiling like an idiot watching it. I love seeing my boy happy.

But is the Longshot really so much different than Green Day in terms of their musical style? It's style punkrock/pop-punk, isn't it? I like the Longshot, but I don't think that their album is more innovative than Revolution Radio, for example. And to be honest, I care for Green Day as a band. I know that Billie Joe is the creative force behind their music, but I also like Mike's bass lines and Tré's energetic drumming. They' re not just Billie Joe plus x.

Q: How tall is Billie Joe Armstrong? A: It’s complicated.

I love the Longshot, the music, the band, the energy, the guitar porn, everything, Love is For losers and the demos are all Billie written and as great as a GD album to me. But when I go see the Longshot, I really go to see Billie; while when I go see Green Day, I go to see Green Day. It's not the same. And as much as I love the sweethearts that seem to be Kev and Dave (in the beginning I didn't love them like that), I keep thinking of our GD trio most of the time these days. To put it in another thought: if the Longshot never plays again after this tour, I will be sad but no doubt I'll survive as long as Billie's all right. If Green Day never plays again from now on, I'll fall in instant depression, at least be totally heartbroken. Even if Billie continues to do other stuff outside of GD.

@gaslight13 yep that seems right - I didn't get a photo because I was too busy SHARTING myself. Tre is even shorter. A very random thought - I wonder when they will tour Japan.

The Longshot also isn't anything new. It's music steeped in that vintage, garage rock sound that we've heard before. This doesn't mean it's bad, but it is very familiar.

I love LIFL. I wouldn't say it's my favourite, but out of all the Longshot songs, that's probably the only one that has consistently stayed near the top of my ranking throughout the whole Longshot thing. It's just so damn catchy, I've found myself randomly singing it on a daily basis since the first time I heard it - it just won't get out of my head. Plus, I'm still not over Billie running away at the end of the music video.

Was in the mood for a side project so I watched The Network - Disease is Punishment. What an underrated piece of performance art. It was ahead of its time now that the eighties are back in fashion. I hope it gets its due someday. It’s genius.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THIS

Yesss, hopefully there'll be more soon And omg, I'm so happy to hear someone else feels like this about Too Dumb to Die! For some reason it became one of my favourites and I would love to hear it one day. (Say Goodbye just boggles my mind because I can see it work so well live and I'm really surprised they didn't play it at all)

Was just watching footage of Makeout Party live and now I want them to put it on the setlist next tour. Or better yet, do a FBHT tour with it on the setlist.

Such as this?

I was watching a Green Day show from 1995 on youtube earlier and I realized that Blue probably isn't on the Longshot tour with Billie right now and that bummed me out, I love that guitar!

I totally agree Billie would be great in the role of St Jimmy in a film.....but even if he wouldn't let's be real I'd still want him to play it because seeing Billie acting good or bad is glorious . I'd be 100x more interested in seeing an AI film if he was in it.

Yes he did 🙂

I was watching Green Day perform East Jesus Nowhere on Letterman during lunch and it made me smile so much. I have so many great memories associated with the 21CB era. I still remember skipping class the day it came out and heading to Hot Topic to pick up the CD and the shirt. And when I got back to my dorm, I put it on and I had this sense of pride. I was so proud of the boys for making another excellent record. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I loved it and I still like the album a lot. Plus, I love the way Billie points when he says "your confession will be crucified."

Twisty roaaaaaaaaaad, get stoned, geeet stoned - makes perfect sense

If whoever organises my funeral doesn't have Ha Ha You're Dead played at the ceremony, I'm coming back to haunt them.

"Il mio amico è pazzo!" = My friend is crazy!

Fever Blister is my new favorite angry-mood-song.

And "I feel like I've been crucified / to be satisfied"... On another note, I just found this hilarious vid: I love how Billie says "no!" at 2:17

Or they could have Joey to act that scene

Tre looks like my little pony with his current hair😀

I've never seen this until now but I kinda love it

The Grouch is an absolute masterpiece. I'm not the kind of person who ever relates to song lyrics, but damn, some of the lines in that song describe me in a nutshell. And I love how it's written from the point of view of an adult/older person, but you still don't have to be an adult to relate to it. Also, I wish Billie would try and remember/re-learn the damn lyrics so we can hear it live again.

I think about this a lot. I'm forever grateful I chose this band as my favourite We're truly spoilt.

I’ve read Tre is Godfather to Billie’s kids kinda surprising I’d thought it’d been Mike

I mean, earthquakes are a fact of life in California and they're as well prepared for them as can be. I'm sure it's true that the likelihood of them happening goes up and down but the headline kind of sounds like fear mongering to me, it's a very vague prediction that it might happen at some time in the future but no idea when. That's pretty much always the case in an area affected by earthquakes.

On the subject of Longshit, here's Billie's response:

So we're almost 4 months into the year, and I'm only now realising that the official Green Day calendar has all of the holidays/band members birthdays etc. written at the bottom of each month. I feel like such an idiot. I suppose that's what I get for buying a calendar specifically to look at the pictures instead of using it for what it was actually made for.

You don't like Spinal Tap?! Your unpopular opinions are invalid.

So are Spinal Tap.

I was picking up pizza maybe a week or two ago and this really punk looking dude (probably in his 30s) that worked there complemented my Green Day necklace and we just started talking about Green Day. It was awesome. I love Green Day.