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Rivers did a TikTok livestream last night and said they are playing a sixty minute set full of classic hits. So that confirms their set length. Also they will definitely play El Scorcho and are thinking they might highlight the Green Day line somehow for a reaction.

It's crazy to read this topic... I'm still working from home, restrictions will get harder to prevent a third wave over here meanwhile in US everything's back to normal and Hella Mega will definitely happen! Those who are going, please enjoy! Enjoy even harder than you'd normally do because you deserve it after this pandemic!

Oh I see, platinum blonde Billie

Billie Joe Armstrong, Jason White, Bill Schneider, Greg Schneider , Chris Dugan and Tré Cool yesterday were playing at Golden Bull, Oakland to celebrate Bill's birthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CQP9pMnBeS0/?utm_medium=copy_link

Not hyped to see the other bands, but certainly hyped for Green Day.

Consider yourself yelled at… please, stay on topic. Nothing is inaccurate about saying the vaccine lessens symptoms if you contract COVID-19 while being vaccinated and discussing that is really not the point of this thread.

It's here https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRsS9LHkaE/?utm_medium=copy_link

More photos https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTjW2ChBP4/?utm_medium=copy_link

Nah. I'd rather be there in person. The experience can't be matched.

They should have the real concert, but also let people stream it. I don't have to drive, and Green Day's golden pockets in their golden pants gets stuff with even more money. Then they can crawl away.

To me in the UK it still seems crazy these shows are going ahead! We have the Delta variant here and a couple of weeks ago 25% of covid deaths were people who were double vaxxed

I guess I've been talking too much about the fake cow (whose name is Kevin) in my neighborhood. The cow has since been stolen (not by me, I swear). My guess is it heard about the Fink mural and headed over there.

Credits to markwlynn https://fb.watch/6cdaTE5PN4/ And shared by Greg on Instagram stories https://fb.watch/6cdHGvdBer/

But massively reduced level of illness!

I am so tempted to put a series of those cow .gif things on here but that wouldn't exactly be "auto populate" it would be more like doing things manually.... I want a picture of the fake cow too bad it was stolen..... there's a person down the street with a really awesome metal cow lawn ornament that makes me happy when I see it. I'll say it.... King for a Day is a great song and there needs to be more songs like that... done by Green Day. Hitchin a Ride is another one I thoroughly enjoyed. I don't want to get caught up in The Network...... media opinions can be a vicious cycle of misinformation.

On timeframes, we’re taking 30 for opening act hour Weezer and FOB 1.30 green day? and that’s if transitions can all be done inside half hour

God no that would be awful. Dont have figures to hand but we are having really good results with AZ, very highly effective.

So a few weeks ago I mentioned test events in the UK to see how live events can return and thought I should follow up that post. The people who attended these events had to provide a negative test to enter and needed a follow up test after the event. There were just 15 positive tests from the nearly 60,000 people who attended (https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-just-15-people-test-positive-among-nearly-60-000-who-attended-trial-mass-gatherings-figures-show-12312532). They're now in the process of allowing 10,000 people, with negative tests, to attend Download Festival in a mosh pit without masks (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/download-festival-2021-pictures-pilot-b1868989.html). Also, attendance to the Euro 2020 games at Wembley is with a negative test. If Weezer are doing a 60 minute set (I thought they'd do either 45 minutes or 60 minutes), then FOB will probably do 75 or 90 minutes. I'm hoping GD will do a prank during a Weezer or a FOB set, the one they did at the O2 in London when the Interrupters were playing was hilarious.

It really is like another world here... I went to a minor league baseball game on Thursday and it was full capacity, with no masks in sight. It's like there's nothing going on. You can't put the genie back in the bottle anymore. If we do run into any problems it's going to be really, really hard to do anything about it. But I'm not surprised at all that concerts are happening now. It would be awkward to have sports and everything else resuming and have that be the last holdout. (Though honestly it's kind of felt like that for the entire pandemic -- sports were so highly emphasized and resumed in some form almost immediately, while us concert-going folks were basically told to fuck off.)

do you know the vaccine they got (astrazenica? moderna? etc) /sry for offtopic

I'm so pleased with Billie's appearance right now! He's almost perfect! The only thing I'd change would be black hair and some eyeliner. He's got the fluff and the pretty, clean-shaven face. I'll take what I can get! It's just so great to see him again! I wish he'd post a selfie, even if it's just on the Green Day Instagram and not his own. 😢

Billie is so pretty! I love the lack of beard! His hair is fluffy and he looks fantastic!

Apparently I've been talking too much about this because I was just texting my boss about a conversation with a work associate named Kevin and my phone suggested this.

Billie is very cute with his angelic blond curls. And omg I'd love to see A Million Miles Away live.

When the local winery shares this and you automatically get excited only to realize it's so not them. Because why would THE Coverups be in middle of nowhere Kansas...?

These are the clips I’ve seen so far. @ me if others pop up! I Fought the Law Surrender A Million Miles Away Should I Stay or Should I Go American Girl

Same. I still love this tour but can't go. So I'm really happy for those who will be there!!

So are you hyped for Hella Mega?

Since the tickets were sold pre-covid (and not automatically refunded last year at postponement), how do you require vaccination of every attendee? A negative COVID test within so many days or an on site is probably what will happen. But it sounds like the tour is going to be going to be doing whatever state/local regulations are at the time of event based on that RS article yesterday. And not be the sour puss, but getting vaxxed doesn't make you not get/spread covid. It lessens your symptoms if you contract it. Same as the flu shot.

I think the only reason is that they’re trying to avoid headlines like: “Green Day fan distraught: “Billie Joe Armstrong gave me Covid”

I mean what's the difference if he brings somebody up on stage for 30 seconds if we're literally screaming at him and each other, shoulder-to-shoulder in a pit for 3 hours, and he's screaming into a microphone and spitting in front of us for 3 hours? I thought we were past the point of thinking hugs spread COVID. You're cramming hundreds, maybe thousands of people in a pit. It's not worth being self righteous about reducing COVID spread anymore.

Oh this is really nice!! This was a Coverups show, according to Greg's stories... but wouldn't it be a Del Gatos show, since he was playing guitar instead of Mike? It seems Tré played some song with them too

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQQ64QBOK_/

Oh wow, finally a sighting of the very rare and currently reclusive Billie Joe Armstrong! Thanks for sharing @GreenDayItaly

Terrible idea not having a CD release for Love is for Losers album...

I assume this means no fans on stage. Billie typically doesn’t stage dive very often during Green Day shows so that wouldn’t be a big issue, but bringing fans up would. I’m a little curious if Britt joins the tour. Some of the things she said and did on IG were in an extremely bad taste and it seemed she’s die-hard on the issue. Requiring a proof of vaccination for big events would be a good idea actually. It’s not going to be a good look for green day if we end up with a new hella mega strain of covid.

Relevant parts: Morgan takes comfort in the fact that he won’t be working in packed clubs (“a sweaty mess, and that’s the ultimate transmission medium for Covid”). For his part, Coble feels the same about the Hella Mega tour — which is playing outdoor stadiums, as it was initially planned before the lockdown. As Coble says, “The science tells me that outdoors is safe.” According to Coble, the Hella Mega tour will have its own safety protocols: Everyone on the tour, from bands to roadies to bus drivers, will be required to have been vaccinated, creating what Coble calls “an invisible fence” around the touring party. He says they’ll also be testing crew members “when needed” and will have protocols for backstage guests, whether showing a vaccination card or being tested. A Covid compliance office will also be traveling with the tour, keeping organizers up to date on each state’s rules and regulations. Everybody on the tour will have to sign a “code of conduct” agreeing to adhere to those rules. Coble says he had to let go “a handful” of crew members who refused to get vaccinated. But like others interviewed for this story, Coble isn’t worried about his own team as much as variables out of their control. That list includes local crews — the freelance workers who help the touring posse load in gear, run cables, set up stages, and other back-breaking work at each stop. Many in the industry wonder how many of those workers, who typically had other day jobs and only took on stage work as a part-time job, have left the business in the past year. “I’m over the anxiety of Covid,” says Weldon. “My anxieties would be: Are they going to be a skilled labor force, like the people we’re used to seeing, or will there be hired hands who could make things more difficult and take a lot longer?” The question of whether those part-time employees will be vaccinated hangs in the air, as well. “That is actually a big issue,” Coble says. “We’re all vaccinated. But we don’t know the locals. We’re concerned they won’t all be vaccinated and we won’t be able to have that mandated.” And whether it stems from unvaccinated fans or local hired hands, Coble and Morgan also fret over the potential for outbreaks inside or outside of venues, forcing cancelations. “I’m more worried about unvaccinated people contaminating each other and ending the tour,” Morgan says. “If all of a sudden we see a huge spike in cases and they can isolate it to this particular venue, this particular city, everyone who was there — it turns into a cluster.” Coble admits that those fears also “keep you up at night sometimes.” As that hard-rock crew member says, “It’s all about who’s going to go out first and how far can they go.” But for the moment, crew people are focused on the specific parts of their job they can and can’t do — and that includes every type of interaction with people in those venues. “One of the most difficult things I’ve discussed with Billie Joe Armstrong is that we don’t think he can stage-dive on this tour,” Coble says. “But we’ll see. It’s a fluid situation.” No stage diving, so I wonder about fans onstage? Also Mike’s wife has been posting a lot of anti-vaxx conspiracy crazy shit over the last few months. So she either has to get over it and be vaccinated or stay home I assume. Foo Fighters just played to an all vaxxed crowd. Ngl even though it’s outside and I’m comfortable going I’d still be more confident we’d avoid a local outbreak if we required it for this tour.

Artists influenced by Bob Dylan Green Day Everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Shakespearean-trained British thespian Sebastian Cabot has taken a crack at “Like A Rolling Stone.” It seems like a thankless task, tackling a song so revolutionary and profoundly identified with its originator. Yet, one of the most unexpected renditions of Dylan’s ultimate anthem—about a young socialite fallen into hard times on the streets—came courtesy of Green Day. Recorded as a bonus track for the deluxe preorder edition of 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown, it sounds like the original recording pumped through a wall of Marshalls, Billie Joe Armstrong’s snarl replacing Dylan’s. It’s damned good. https://www.altpress.com/features/bob-dylan-veeps-performance/

I LOVE IT. Seriously, it couldn't come in a better time for me, when things aren't exactly "good", but these lyrics are hopeful and I cried when I listened it for the first time. Wish more songs would come this way ♡

Thanks I hate it.

When the phone rings at work and the caller ID says Oakland and you know it's nothing, but still get excited.

Can we also point out how well coordinated this is? The flowers match the rug 😌

When you see someone on Facebook call someone else home slice and your mind immediately goes to

When your dad buys Foreverly. He's a huge Everly Brothers fan and was impressed with the covers by Billie and Norah. I'm a happy son lol

When that immediately brought this to mind