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I don't know what makes y'all think next year is going to be any better... we said "next year" last year too. We have more vaccines than we know what to do with in the U.S. but people like Mike's wife don't "believe" in them and that's not going to change. This surge isn't because of breakthrough cases. This surge is because of unvaccinated people and the data supports that. https://www.vox.com/22602039/breakthrough-cases-covid-19-delta-variant-masks-vaccines As crass as it sounds, we will eventually have to just give up and stop caring. The only exception right now is kids — I feel terrible for children who have no say in the matter because of their crazy parents or aren't yet eligible for vaccines. And the few people who can't get them legitimately for health reasons. But I have no sympathy for anti-vaxxers and it's not my job to protect them. I'm so fucking tired of this shit.

Wow @Beerjeezus really is all-knowing... they've pissed off more fans than they've pleased this tour, I swear. I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened, but I'd be fucking LIVID if I paid $200 for a ticket and didn't get to see my favorite band. They really should offer refunds because that's fucking shit. What if it happens to Green Day too?

We were already worried about ourselves making it. We have a family wedding out of town the weekend before, if any of us come back with symptoms we can’t go to the show. But we could all be well and the band could be sick. (And I’m sorry, but with a Covid officer on tour and all these bubbles, how the hell is it okay for Mike to see his unvaxxed wife in NYC? (According to her IG))

Yeah I thought we all agreed Billie was Sourdough. The question is, what kind of bread are Mike and Tre? BTW, my boyfriend just looked at my screen, saw the bread comment, and said we're ridiculous

Whatever your opinion of any of the other two headliners, you paid for THREE headliners and you expected those headliners. You in NY and Boston are now paying more per minute of the concert for your tickets, and if you are only there for FOB, it's now just going to be an unpleasant experience because you don't want to eat your tickets, but you don't really want to see GD or Weezer that much. It sucks. If GD cancels my show, I definitely don't know what I'm going to do. It's going to be so hot and I don't really like FOB or Weezer enough to sit through their sets without GD. But with no refunds, I'll also not want to waste every single dollar of my ticket. Not offering refunds during this time of increased potential cancelations of a third (or more) or the bill is just cruel to fans, albeit unsurprising, as the industry doesn't care about fans.

This from @gleb.lab on IG And this from @talonkanephotography on IG From @rosewrightphotos on IG

Just enough time to play a much missed classic, King For A Day

The Interrupters have a fucking good discography. Would be cool if THEY play longer.

I've said this multiple times already (both here and on reddit) but vaccinations should be a requirement for these shows. Refunds should be made available to those who wanted to see Fall Out Boy at those shows. Vaccine requirements should be prioritised over masks because 1) Vaccines are more effective 2) It's harder to enforce mask rules. Like, what if a bunch of people just take off their masks during the show? Will the show have to be stopped so they're made to put it back on. I think masks should be encouraged but I don't think you can exactly force everyone to wear a mask at all times

This was bound to happen sooner or later, considering they’re not even asking for a proof of vaccination or a test from people attending these shows (or you know... masks). Some crew members (mainly security) can’t avoid close contact with all those people.

I blame Florida. They've been reckless throughout the entire pandemic.

Billie in the rain on a stage is a true aesthetic.

Wow, that sucks. People suck. If you truly respect and love Green Day, why would you lie about not being vaccinated to get on stage and potentially put them at risk? That's such selfish thing to do. It's so amazingly nice of them to be bringing fans on stage at all on this tour and to take advantage of that kindness and trust is just awful. They don't owe us that - it's a privilege and if things go south because of a handful of assholes they can take it away and then nobody gets to have fun.

Hey I have an idea, they should get The Network to come out and fill in! Now where did those guys go? 🤔

Agreed. I didn’t want this tour to happen but was hoping for the best and now I definitely wish they would cancel the tour. This is not good and not fair either. Yeah. At least masks. This tour has been looking super iffy. I don’t get it.

It’s messed up that they don’t play any Trilogy songs. Such great songs on those records. I’m glad the Otis mixes and the Longshot give some of the best songs off the Trilogy some special treatment. Hopefully one day Green Day will too.

You know what, if Billie and Kevin kiss, I’ll consider it made up for

Yeah, for all of their precautions I was surprised that her and Mike got to see each other in NY. I know she kept posting about missing him but it was her choice not to get vaxxed (not to mention post some real cringe misinformation)

At this point it wouldn’t surprise me... and to keep my brand, I have to say that replacing FOB with sitting there for an hour in silence still isn’t a bad trade as far as I’m concerned

I’m going to the show tomorrow in Boston and i’m pretty pissed. Shelled out more than $250 for two tickets and not even getting to see the entire show I payed for. I like every band playing including the Interrupters, was still mostly going for Green Day, but am really disappointed that FOB isn’t playing. One of my friends who has tickets was mostly going for FOB and now doesn’t even want to go anymore. It’s complete bullshit that they haven’t even commented on updated set times or if people can’t get refunds under these circumstances with the current times. I understand that logistically this must be a complete nightmare, but i’d rather they just postpone the fucking tour instead of having bombs like this dropped on people who paid a lot of money to see this show day of.

wait, really? now that's bullshit.

Covid has sucked all the fun out of this tour. At this point I wish they would just cancel the whole thing and give us refunds. I feel bad for the FOB fans. If GD did this I wouldn’t go, but as people said since they are the headliner I don’t think the show would happen without them. But the tickets were pricey because you were getting four bands. That’s incredibly unfair.

I don’t think anyone should be surprised by this. It was bound to happen eventually. That said, I think they should definitely be offering refunds. I’d be pissed if I had tickets to this and one of the three headliners cancelled. You paid for all three, so if you can’t see all three there needs to be options for reimbursement. What a shit show.

What, 525 pages in this version of the thread talking about hair, eyes and jackets and we’re ridiculous! Honestly, some people ……. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

From @bubukittyfk IG story

Unbelievable that they're not even making The Interrupters and Weezer go on later so there's not a one hour wait between bands. I guarantee it's just to keep fans in the venue longer to keep them buying overpriced concessions. There's a club in my city that regularly puts national touring acts on at like 12-1am just to keep everyone who showed up at 8-9pm because that's when they assumed the headliner would go on trapped inside buying $7 beers while they wait.

Why does Mike as a baguette seem so right? Is it his build? 😂😂

I just got an email from Ticketmaster that you can request a refund for Citifield since FOB is not performing

This tour keeps beating any horror scenarios I make up. I agree, they should offer refunds because there definitely are people who came to see FOB in the first place. I’d be pissed off if I were in their place.

Judging by the majority of comments on Instagram and elsewhere that ask “does this mean Green Day gets to play longer?” I’m pretty sure fans would revolt if GD wasn’t playing. I’m not even a big FOB fan but I like their setlist they got going and would love to see them perform it. Not giving out a refund and letting people know if the the set times are different or the same kinda sucks. If the sets stay the same length and they cut it short I’d be even more livid. I think tour was cursed from the get go.

who would have thought that asking one person out of several thousands if they’re vaxxed might not cut it as covid precautions for the entire tour

Just make vaccine required for attending these shows. I think people's health and safety is a lot more important than maximizing profits

personally the trilogy era is the one i enjoyed most, around the trilogy time i had my first love its also the last time GD had some kind of real joy for their project, revrad was a bit more "serious", and foam was just...wrong somehow

Watching one of the show threads during this current tour reminded me of constantly checking twitter all night for the Echoplex show when someone who had managed to get a ticket had offered to keep people undated on what was going on and being played. No livestream back then! And at the Red 7 show people without tickets recorded it from an alleyway outside to share with people!

Agree. BJA is 100% sourdough

I'd still say Billie is sourdough. Just my opinion 😊 Ciabatta is good too Discussions like this is why the fangirl thread is the best thread

If they're committed to having the tour this year, it seems like the best thing to have done is postpone these dates and tack them onto the end of the tour in September. I guess that wasn't possible due to the stages likely having been built already (or at least in the process) and because of possible schedule conflicts with the baseball teams. On a side note, it is time for Green Day to end the shtick of bringing fans up on stage. I know crowds love it but right now it is not worth it.

Wow, I’m genuinely shocked! I think it’s impossible to avoid talking about COVID when it’s the reason a band isn’t performing for two shows… but we’ll continue to keep an eye on things.

This thread is becoming the COVID thread, sorry to be a backseat mod, but please take COVID chat there, some of us are trying to avoid it.

I don't know if this is true or not

Doubt it. Even if there's 3 headliners (and weezer and FOB are probably more commercially successful at the moment), Green Day gets the longest set and they're THE headliner.

If Green Day is infected is the tour still going on with The Interrupters, Fob and Weezer?

FOB isn’t playing NY or Boston because some on their team tested positive. I’m bad at inserting photos but it’s on hellamegatour’s insta.

My absolute favorite version of She happened during this era aswell. E Standard, guitar solo, screams, everything.

Sack Crush and employ Sara, at the very least, get her to takeover PR!

I thought they sounded more like the recordings than usual & tried to line up the audio of two different performances of the same song to see if the tempos were an exact match and they were. So then I tried a click track under the files, just to see if they'd perfectly line up to the grid and stay to the click throughout. Here's an example - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zicrb3s1vpbahtq/BLVD CLICK.wav?dl=0 On the left channel is the Tulsa show, the right channel is the Miami show. BTW, I don't think it's a bad thing at all. It sounds super tight - I was just curious when they started playing to a click.

I don’t think this is the same thing, but Jason talked with No Echo as well: https://www.noecho.net/interviews/pinhead-gunpowder-interview the last question is 💯

Loss of Control is such a banger underrated Green Day song.

Oh wow you and your friends in your particular area in your particular country are ok so that means everyone in the world is ok! Better tell all the people still getting covid, suffering in hospital with it or dying from it that there's nothing to worry about. Btw does this have anything to do with covid rules at Green Day shows? All I'm seeing is people pointlessly coming to the thread trying to provoke a reaction.