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Just realised that this time 10 years ago I was seeing Green Day for the first time. That's insane! There are bits I remember and bits I don't. I remember the build up of the drunk bunny and Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? Then just being unable to take it in when they ran onstage. I vaguely remember the confusion when the "sacrifice" was unsuccessful and Billie "sacrificing" Jakob instead. I remember the flashing gas mask in The Static Age and before Give Me Novacaine, when Billie announced he was "officially fucking English as of now!" My clearest memory is probably the moment I recognised the intro to At the Library. No one around us knew what was going on or why me and @Rumpelstiltskin2000 were going insane! I can still feel myself wheezing from all the jumping and singing. For a long time I had a perfectly clear memory of 21 Guns and how beautiful the piano bridge was, but that's sort of an echo in my head now. I loved seeing King for a Day. It was magical somehow. Then I didn't expect the band to come back for Last Night on Earth and that was so exciting. I met my fiancee that night, too! We're from opposite sides of the world but that show happened to bring us together. So most of all, I remember the whole thing with this warm, fuzzy feeling around distant images of stage lights that (yes, I'm going to say it) changed my life. Billie "sacrificing" Jakob. Please link to my blog if you repost it!

...and still didn't get them all

"Mike Dirnt" just got autocorrected to "Mike Diva" and I was like no mate, that's Billie

I'm pretty sure this tour setlist will be better. BJ need to get KFAD out of the setlist and add 8 minutes of burping.

I will admit - FOAMF and Fire, Ready, Aim are starting to grow on me - they're very catchy. This seems to be more of an experimental album for the boys. Still nervous about the album in its entirety and about the concert. I'm hoping they do play some of their older stuff and RevRad era!! But I'm definitely loving Billie's look for this era (creepiest face I could find, enjoy )

Gosh, @solongfromthestars made me realise it’s just past my ten year anniversary seeing them for the first time. I was a fan but more casual, had a complete nightmare with tickets but OMG they were fantastic. I couldn’t believe they were actually there, on stage in front of me, I couldn’t seem to get enough! Billie Joe had the shock of blonde hair, shot my son smack in the chest with the water canon (so proud) and they were just fantastic. We had seen many bans by that time and just couldn’t believe how good these guys were, all the usual stuff everyone says, their energy, passion, it was wonderful. Been mad about them ever since. ❤️

This is a piece about the devotion of disabled fans who return to shows despite physical challenges and ableism. It's not just about Green Day, but it's based on experiences of following them and The Longshot on tour. https://www.mariagloriaharvey.com/post/disability-and-devotion "I've spent a lot of time photographing and talking about fans who sleep on streets. Their devotion is amazing. Now, though, I want to pay some attention to a kind of fan who’s rarely acknowledged, yet equally devoted. They are the disabled fans who know they're unwelcome in the pit, even at shows altogether – but they're still there, singing every word."

Had a dream that Billie and Kevin were doing a reading at a library for Halloween. I was just waking up when I had this dream, and you know how you're still half asleep, but logic is starting to kick in? So I was like, wait, aren't they in Spain? Is the reading going to be in Spanish? How much Spanish do they know? Also had a dream that Jason stole my shopping cart at Target.

Interview with Chris Freeman of Pansy Division in which he talks about touring with Green Day: https://eu.desertsun.com/story/life/2019/10/25/palm-springs-pride-performer-toured-green-day-formed-all-gay-bands/3991929002/ Pansy Division joined Green Day on tour in 1994 After members of Green Day attended Pansy Division concerts, they decided to take the band on a tour in support of their 1994 album, "Dookie." (The original opener, a band called Tilt, broke up while on the road.) But Pansy Division had to condense their live spectacle. "They were like, ‘Where are your dancers?’" Freeman recalled. "We said, ‘We can’t afford to have dancers! What are you talking about? That’s four to eight more mouths to feed.’” That summer, Green Day gained popularity after the music video for their song "Longview" released on MTV. They also traveled Lollapalooza and played at Woodstock 94. During the second leg of the tour, Green Day expanded from clubs to arenas, and Pansy Division continued to open the shows. Freeman said they enjoyed the ride, playing in venues such as Cobo Hall in Detroit and Madison Square Garden in New York. They also accompanied Green Day to Saturday Night Live. But their live shows were frustrating, even after Dan Havoc of Screeching Weasel joined Pansy Division on the tour as a drummer. The crowd was harsh, often turning their backs to them and sticking their middle fingers in the air. A year earlier "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which barred military personnel from discriminating or harassing closeted LGBTQ service members, was signed into law. Two years later, Congress would pass the Defense of Marriage Act. “We were not really that good, and even with Dan, we were the best we could have been," Freeman said. "All of our shortcomings were on display. We tried to make up for it by having a lot of personality and made the setlist so the first three songs were ambiguous. The mosh pit would start and then we’d hit them with a gay song. Then they’d start turning around and flipping us the bird.” Pansy Division tried to win over women in the audience, telling them not to date guys who stick their middle fingers up because they probably don't like women, Freeman said. Sometimes it worked, often times it did not. The concert experience was different than what he saw in an iconic photo Freeman "stared at" growing up: On the back cover of the KISS album, "Alive," a few fans in face-paint holdup a poster in front of the crowd at Cobo Hall, eagerly awaiting the start of the concert. "When I played there, they all hated us," Freeman said. "If I would have known at 14 looking at this photo that I’d be standing in that venue looking at the same kind of thing, and all those people were going to chant us down, I would have said, ‘I'm never doing this!'"

It's my 10 year anniversary of first seeing Green Day too. Before 21st Century Breakdown was released I remember desperately searching for news about the Tubbies shows. I was really excited for everyone who had got there. The internet wasn't what it is now back then so it was a struggle to find things on places like Photobucket and Myspace. Then when I knew they were going to play 21CB in full at the Fox Theatre I started looking at the $1000 tickets on Ebay! Which of course was completely out of reach. There were no cheap flights then either and I couldn't take time off work or take my daughter out of school. So when I finally saw Green Day in Birmingham on 27 October it was just surreal. It was like I was dreaming - like it wasn't really clear and there was mist over it. When they played Give Me Novacaine I just completely freaked out because it was and still is one of my favourite Green Day songs! It was that and Homecoming that got me into Green Day. At the time I hadn't thought of looking up setlists and didn't expect them to play that at all. Me and my daughter were screaming "Christian's crying in the bathroom" at each other! I distinctly remember the toilet paper gun and Tre doing his "marching" beat in Minority and it being blown up on the screen. My daughter had bought a poster that I ended up holding and I was waving it around all night! That poster with all its creases is still on our wall. They were recording Murder City for greenday.com so we got to hear that as well. Then after the show Tre tweeted about creeping on fans going back to their cars and Billie about people having sex in the hotel. Everything was drenched in sweat. I'd had some new shoes on and danced so hard it ripped my toenails off and gave me blisters! There was blood everywhere too. I had to have bandages on my feet for the next few shows. Sorry if that's TMI! I can't find the other tweet from Billie - my computer just keeps giving up every time I try to go back that far! I don't know that anything can ever really top seeing them live for the first time after seeing them on Bullet in a Bible, because it was so magical. Although the icing on the cake was that we were then at the Halloween show in Manchester a few days later. I was buying merch before Green Day's set when my daughter shouted to me "mum, Prima Donna are playing Stop Drop & Roll!" And I shouted "that's not Kevin, IT'S BILLIE!" We literally ran and I nearly fell down the steps and knocked somebody's beer onto them! Then after all that time looking for news about the Tubbies, I actually got to see them. I never thought I'd ever, ever get to see the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Unreal. Just unreal. I remember that Glasgow was the first show of the UK leg and Billie had dyed his hair blond. It was so exciting and looking at the pics from the Glasgow show made me realise I was actually going to see them soon! Some pics: Please credit this blog if reposting these photos: https://www.mariagloriaharvey.com/blog

Another fancy-ass jacket for our favorite frontman: They must have upped the wardrobe budget for this album just for Billie's jacket collection.

be careful what you wish for - we just got a burpy rendition of brain stew

I was just thinking that I miss the days when this and the other picture threads used to be busy with @Laly and others posting every day. Does anyone know what happened to @Laly ? The board is so quiet these days. Every time I post in here I feel bad that I don't add pics to the Mike, Tre and band photos threads but they're just so inactive. Anyway, here's a few more Billie pics: You can see Jason smiling in the background of this one:

@solongfromthestars great article and what a balanced approach you have been able to take. Hats off to both you and your mum. 👏👏👏 I am nearly ages with your mum but without her major health problems and gigs have become seriously hard work in the last few years. I have noticed of late that I am subjected to more and more ageists comments which, frankly, make me crazy. I feel like telling those people that sex was not invented in the last 20 years, nor was punk or rock music or many other things, e.g. exercise and gyms for women were largely fought for by our generation. However, thankfully there are always people who’s behaviour is so awesome, they makes up for those others. I have no idea how your mum manages to do what she does, but I wish her many more great gig experiences and kudos to you too for recognising how awesome she is, supporting her and highlighting these issues. 🦄🦄

Yeah I feel like this is a common thing with most artists now. A lot of thought doesn't go into packaging or album art because most people stream. It's so sad. There are still acts out there who do care but it feels like most acts are like whatever not many people will buy the CD. Still considering how popular vinyl is you'd think it'd still be an important asset.

Green Day could really learn a thing or two on how to make amazing album art from Tame Impala. Just saying 🙂

Our rock god.... 😂😂 it’s why we love him 😍

Damn it was also my 10 year anniversary of seeing them the first time on the 23rd. Totally brilliant show and so awesome to meet loads of GDCers that I'm still friends with today. Getting to see Green Day live with my sister was amazing but meeting everyone and the community spirit there made it extra special, I can thank GDC for that Will also be my 10 year anniversary of seeing FBHT on the 1st . I never would have been there if it wasn't for GDC and my Green Day friends (probably wouldn't have even known about it nor had the balls to go to London with no guarantee of a ticket without the encouragement and help of great people). It was the best show I'll ever see and I'll remember it forever.

He must have been having such a shitty game that he decided it was time to cheat 😂

This is cool. It's a ticket from the Insomniac Tour show in Bangkok. The 21st Century Breakdown one is from the same venue (Impact Arena) they're about to play in 2020. Insomniac Tour shirt

I had a dream that Green Day had to cancel the whole tour!

I wouldn't worry about them not playing older songs live - they always play plenty of hits and then a few other songs usually from Dookie and Idiot and then a few from other albums as well. My only worry about the concert is that if Billie keeps getting wackier, it will be a total shitshow in June

Probably a lot I always end up going there like "Okay I only need shampoo". Three hours later, full ass shopping cart, forgets shampoo. "GOD FUCKING DAMMIT"

Just think how much money Jason saved you by stealing your Target cart! 😋😂😂😂

Whole supporting gang in Spain (scroll)

Aw he’s such a kid, even the way he tramps down that lane to the pins. So pouty 😄

That walk. My god, he is a dork. 😂🥰

Made a post in error - here's a photo to make up for it:

Nice look! I wonder what shoot that was for (and will we get to see it) 😍

Look who’s back on Twitter

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Anybody can upload the lastest IG Story of BJA? Look like he's probably Justin Bieber after all...

I'm so ready for total shitshow Bring it, Billie

Ugh! Me too!!!! So fluffy

I really hope so too. He looks so good and I'm loving his hair so far this era. Looks like it's getting longer.

Since I moved out to the LA 3 months ago, I made it a goal to finally buy some Oakland Coffee. Luckily, it’s at every Ralph’s that I’ve come across. I’ve tried Atomic Garden and am currently drinking Guapa Chiapas. Both are equally excellent and the beans are so aromatic that my whole kitchen smells like coffee when they are being ground!! Best way to serve this, if possible, is with a French Press. I Really hope that Father of all dark roasts becomes a mainstay as I usually gravitate towards those roasts!

I can't wait until that gets sold as merch

I would love Still Breathing to stay on the setlist.

When you see this and instead of laughing at the joke, think of Green Day (fans) Also when you find a bag you took to the roughest Longshot show and it's just full of tissues from mopping up nosebleeds all the way home

Hopefully GD will dress up for Halloween at the Madrid gig 🙏

Their emphasis on album art seemed to decline along with the interest in albums and with most people getting the music digitally the album art is smaller than a postage stamp anyway. Since 2012 they may have just decided not to spend too much energy on it.

i wish they would too, every album cover up until 21CB was actual art. Once 21CB came around they said “hey let’s have a almost as bad of an aesthetic than blink 182”. maybe im just a stickler but i prefer legit art and thought put into every nook and cranny from my favorite artists.

If he's officially in, this thread would cover him just fine (ie "Green Day Fangirls" would cover him if he's in GD). And hopefully this is the case.

OMG @Rumpelstiltskin2000 you need to write a warning, soooo much gorgeousness first thing in the morning! This first one is one of my fav ever looks on BJ, the hair is a hot mess but suits him so well and the striped pants, the smiles 🔥🔥🔥🔥💥thank you thank you thank you