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theodoreliao Coolest gift ever!!! Love how their signatures perfectly match each of their personalities. Thanks, Billie, Mike and Tré https://www.instagram.com/p/CSQD4nQnDnA/ theodoreliao Words can’t describe… @greenday you made my dreams come true 🖤. Locking eyes with Billie Joe and singing and playing with him is the best moment of my life. Thank you thank you thank you for this unforgettable night. I F’N LOVE ROCK N ROLL https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNwZNgnvqy/

New dance move?

I found the video for that dance. Source: Reddit

Definitely noticed this too. Tré has been my fav ig poster lately. The shower posts 😆 Except for Tré I find the posts very generic promo-ish and cold/disconnected compared to other tours. Nothing too fun or behind the scenes stuff. Just the kind of stuff you’d find on any media account or stock images or reposts of images from the crowd which is kind of nice but we’ve all (for the most part) been in the crowd. We know what that’s like and the pics kind of meld together and the magic of that is mostly if you’re there at the show in person. Otherwise the pics all look the same and it could be any moment at any show it’s all the same. Covid, a stressful tour and (boring) Instagram posts. Although I am very happy for the posts! Kinda like kept in the loop knowing all the sets are the same and it’s same same same it’s ok but there’s nothing too exciting to report. No hi-jinx or silly fun to be seen. Except for shower scenes ❤️ And tbh I find Instagram a little more disappointing and almost boring (except for Tré) since the singer guy in the band deleted his accounts. Held out a bit of hope there would be new posts and the accounts would be reactivated once the tour started. Tré is the only exception for this tour. Feels like fun and behind the (shower) scenes 😆 I love him ❤️ The Oakland Coffee behind the scenes video was great. Maybe stuff is being saved up for more of those. Well edited, neat and tidy behind the scenes footage. Hopefully cool stuff to look forward to. But we have been spoiled in the past and I miss the messy livestreams and stories and the shut up Gregs etc.

When you turn on the Olympics and they're showing the baseball and it reminds you of this:

It's not just about money. Imagine if a bootleger t shirt has such a horrible quality that the person who buys it gets rashes or something like that. Green Day then gets connected with bad quality and this is something that every brand and band wants to avoid. They can control the quality of their own products but not of the fake products. And of course it's "unpunk", but if you want to organize a world tour which grosses many million dollars, you have to care about money, doesn't matter how unpunk it is 😅

He’s too busy FaceTiming his wife. This tour has felt corporate in every way but one of the most disappointing ways is the lack of social media engagement by the band members themselves when you think of how much they shared during RevRad: backstage, soundchecks, hotel photos, bus videos, livestreams, etc. Now it’s just stage photo after stage photo posted by management interns and they’re all starting to look the same.

Or these And speaking of baseball, you know you're a GD fan when you see this Jeopardy question And, despite being a die hard Sox fan who owns a Southpaw pillow, when you read "a fuzzy green guy", your first thought is of this

It feels like if the lead singer/songwriter of the band posted something fun it wouldn’t feel as strange/disconnected. The pandemic has left this icky isolation and sadness. Even though live concerts are “back”. Yeah there’s a strangeness like nothing is quite exactly alright. I miss random IG stories like the one of Tré buying Billie little treats (that Billie asked for 😆 he wanted a nice little treat/surprise from the truck stop or wherever they stopped… ) And Tré brought him a nice penis mug? Billie seemed pleased and faux bratty chagrined and wanted to share the story and it was the best! This did happen right? Oh so long ago… Once again: Tré for the win. Billie is spoiled. All is right with the world.

There is too much of a contrast between the content that we got during the Rev Rad tour and what we are getting now. And the pandemic isn't helping with the interaction between the band and the fans as the tour has a strangeness to it even though the performances on stage so far have been great. I'm still hopeful that we'll get some more Oakland Coffee videos or maybe an end of tour video like the one that the did at the end of the Rev Rad tour.

So glad they gave him the guitar!

It would be cool if merch at shows wasn’t so expensive. Tickets are very pricey. Taking the day off work to go to the show is a bit much for someone who lives in a society that barely (often not even) pays a living wage. Travel to the show is expensive. Drinks and snacks are pricey. It would be nice to be able to buy a shirt without thinking if I’d rather eat a snack or get a drink of water or get an official t-shirt or afford a train home or whatever. Bootlegging sucks but merch at shows like this is so expensive. But still I’d never buy a bootleg. I wonder if any band would ever drop the price of merch at an arena show. Indie bands at small clubs sell their shirts for $10-$15. Plus, a band shirt is like free advertising. It’s a win-win if there’s a few more sales = more revenue + free authentic advertising if the merch was more affordable on top of everything else. I don’t know. I’m not a band merch manager or marketing expert. However, I’d rather have no shirt at all if my only budgeting options were nothing or a bootleg shirt.

Found another one of GD drowning in confetti Putting this one here as Tre is in the background (look at his expression!)

Why do you keep saying that? Nobody's saying to hide in the basement. It's just a good thing to be aware of the new variants and any major updates regarding covid

Hella Mega posted https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPhFSBrpaV/?utm_medium=copy_link

brian_the_mover <Photo dump> Clips setting up last weekend/testing pyrotechnics/Weezer’s set list/Billie’s guitar pic/Green Day leaving stage/crowd work https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPK1mYFY_O/

How can I stay mad at GD when Billie does something like that? 😂

I think part of the reason why merch at shows is so expensive is because the venue takes a cut of the sales made at the rmerch stand - or at least I know they do at club/medium shows (think size of House of Blues). I would imagine that an arena takes a good chunk of money made at the merch stand - if I had to guess 20-25%

Whoah goosebumps when „on holiday“ plays and Billie raises his hands up in the air ❤️

davidweier Green Day is out playing baseball stadiums on #hellamegatour2021. We first met just before American Idiot released. I happened to have a massive hangover the day they played me their record. I swear my hangover was over by the time it finished. They came to Fuse a lot during that cycle, I think every time they were in NYC. So often that Billie Joe and Trey started remembering Rachel and Cookies names. This laminate was the very last concert they played at the end of the American Idiot tour of nearly two years. They played over two hours in the Fuse studio. They began with all of of American Idiot, then continued played the hits. 200 lucky kids surrounded them just feet away. There were another 200 outside on the sidewalk. Awesome moments from my career. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSRtc_lswSu/?hl=en

Thank you… This is so good it’s probably illegal.

He is most excellent at trying new things and being a great success ❤️ 😂

From GD They have posted some really cool stage pics though. Just thought it strange they weren't uploading anything for Mike too

Anyone else noticed that whilst Tre, the Jasons and Kevin are posting regular updates about the tour on IG Mike isn't?

The set list IS God's Favorite Band, but instead of the new songs, it's more big hits. Now, I did notice they didn't play AS much of International Superhits, because of all the American Idiot representation at the show. So that's good that they are playing some newer stuff, at least compared with 2001. But yeah. For Green Day this is the God's Favorite Band Tour. Nothing wrong with that, just saying. If Weezer had a Greatest Hits, their set is kind of the same as well. Fall Out Boy take equal parts from their TWO greatest hits albums.

And me ☺️

Yep. While I understand his stance, and agree in a way.... Artists on labels have almost no control. We like to think Billie, Mike and Tre are designing the albums, making the track and set lists. making all these big decisions. Even writing about what is in their heart. But that isn't the case. Billie can't wake up one day, after September ends....and say that he'd like to make a folk-rap metal mix tape with 9000 tracks on it. Green Day is a company owned by the label. It's a business that was started by three guys but is now a corporation. Sounds cynical? That's just what popular music is. I love the music that is made this way, so it's NOT necessarily a negative thing. The corporate guys are bringing the music to the masses. Now the covid situation. Yeah, it sucks. Maybe Hella Mega should have been a bust. I don't know...

Suing bootleggers is about as unpunk as it gets. These guys , well at least BJA have to be worth $100 million dollars. Who cares if some guy makes a few hundred bucks outside the show? Tickets aren't cheap and some people want a souvenir without spending $50 for a t-shirt that costs $5 to $10 at most in bulk. I'm sure before they were rich the band may have bought bootlegs themselves. How would a guy selling bootleg shirts afford Green Day's expensive ass lawyer fees? Even if they win, good luck collecting.

From Kevin's IG story From Jason White's IG story

Agreed, he sounds like a punk purist with a personal code. Not only do they employ hundreds of people who depend on them and do need a livelihood but one look at this crowd and the bands’ faces and he’d realize it’s not about needing the money, it’s about needing music, live performance and togetherness again. That we desperately need, including these rich rock stars (who’ve gotten depressed like everyone else over the past two years)

**Not directed at you, That Dude. Good lord, Roecker.... They have employees. Bill, Greg, Chris, all of their techs... yeah, maybe the 3 of them don't "need" more $$ but it's also a business which employs others who rely on touring for their means. He seems rather bitter towards them.

Bless this tour and its untucked shirts.

This is still one of my favorites because it looks like he's melting.

I made it and it was awesome! I'm tired as hell and have no voice left but I loved every minute of it. Once Green Day took the stage, all of my anxiety melted away. I didn't think it was possible, but I love them even more now! 🥰

This one too.

I watched this one! Enjoy it, it's awesome

And me! lol

thebookofharri Harri’s Concert Photography // Billie Joe Armstrong of @greenday // FirstOntario Centre, Hamilton // March 2017 // Featured in @aestheticmagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPc3nwLPiI/

Just watched Irving Plaza 2012 concert from start to finish for like 834th time, but last time happened years ago. Here are some of my random thoughts during it: - Man, Welcome to Paradise is such a good opener. - Fuck I'm so glad I heard Murder City live back in 2013. Someone give Billie Joe his cigarettes ASAP! - Oh, this is where ''all i got to do tonight is to fuck my wife'' line came from, completely forgot it. - Kill the DJ was surprisingly good live, minus weird ''oh-oh'' after solo. - Holy shit Oh Love was horrible live song. It simply was too boring. - Please bring back Stop When the Red Lights Flash for even one more show. That song is a banger. - Burnout really works on E Standard, just like other Dookie songs. - Man, Billie Joe was feeling REALLY good during Brain Stew. - I can understand very clearly now why most of the oldies don't get played too often; they're easily forgettable, especially 409 In Your Coffeemaker. - Trying to remember how 86 goes was very fun part during the show. - At the Library is simply amazing. - During Paper Lanterns I started to notice how Billie's voice is starting to wear down. No wonder, they've already played 30 songs at this point. - F.O.D was fucking amazing and I don't even like that song. - Jesus how annoying King for a Day is. Not the song itself, but it just kept going on for hours. - Wake Me Up When September Ends was simply sad mess. Only one who played it well was Mike. - That infamous ''billie vomiting during american idiot'' is still weird. It just looks like a big spit. - 99 Revolutions was a great opener, but horrible encore, especially with its dull lyrics which were already outdated when this show was played (September 2012). - That being said, I love how chaotic that ending was. Billie Joe never wanted to stop. Aaaand here are some overall thoughts after I was done watching it: - The Boys™ were fucking rocking it. - Even with Billie's problems, he managed to remember most of the lyrics for (debatable) 40 songs, he shredded with guitar from start to finish and never stopped engaging with the crowd. Gotta respect that. - Wait, they didn't play Basket Case? I always remembered that they didn't play Boulevard and Jesus of Suburbia on this show, but seems like I misremembered it. - I still don't buy that story that multi-millionaire and very famous Billie Joe woke up in some random park in New York goddamn City and no one seemed to care/notice/etc. - That room was hot as hell, I wonder how many celsius were inside during the end. All in all, my favorite show from my favorite era. Simply amazing setlist with very little annoying parts, like King For A Day.

I'm sure I'm thinking Nimrod here but the way you talk about the songs makes me think of the opening to Haushinka or Prosthetic Head. They get me every time!

When you're making a profile for a customer and you get excited because her last name is Armstrong.