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I think the days of almost three hour shows maybe are past but he sounded great when I saw them, they are human and everyone has off nights at times.

I know my personal well-being has 0% to do with the band's album release cycle, but man, I could really use some new music right now.

A big "PLAY 1972" sign would be great. Who knows about Billie's vision these days 😂

No I don’t think we’re ever going to get 30 song setlists again. Not just because of Billie Joe but also because of everybody else. It’s probably not super easy to play drums on their songs for a two hour set for example. But speaking of Billie, he’s a 50-year-old who has struggled with addiction for most of his life and also has asthma to boot. He probably is in excellent shape given the circumstances, but honestly, let’s cut some slack where it’s due. We can’t expect him to do the same stuff he did 20 years ago with the same ease. That’s just not realistic and definitely not sustainable in the long run. However, he would absolutely benefit from transposing some songs, vocal training (I wouldn’t be surprised if he got some before HM actually), less screaming during shows (Rock in Rio what were you doing man 😭😭😭) and probably also not doing Jesus Of Suburbia at the end of shows when he’s already tired.

He seems to have more of an issue seeing things up close. It could be like an eye chart, so we know he could read at least one of them. PLAY 1972 PLAY 1972 PLAY 1972 PLAY 1972 PLAY 1972

Fangirling on Kevin lately...he just looks so genuinely happy to be on tour with them and thoroughly enjoing every aspect of it. 😍

We're really just lucky to be big fans of a band that's as good live as they are in studio. Even if Billie vocally isn't at his best, live performances will continue to be great from them. There are bands and artists who have never been very good live performers. Even during their vocal peak

It’s a function of a lot of things including how well you take care of your voice as your instrument over the years. Some singers are obsessive about it and still sound great. Howard Stern once asked Billie if he’s neurotic about it or if he has a routine and he said he really doesn’t. On top of that he uses an inhaler for asthma and smokes and drinks and those things are murder on your vocal chords and endurance long term. I think time is just catching up to him.

The band looks ok, but age is catching up. Is just what it is. Transposing is a funny thing because they use to do so all the time, not in a fixed manner, but they do. If I recall correctly, their show on Sweden this year they performed 2000 LYA with standard guitars. The thing to me is that they need to change certain stuff like KFAD or JOS so late in the set, not because isn't fun (because it it is, at least for me) but those are so long and time consuming. They can do shorter songs to allow to endure better the show. It was clear in the revrad era they were exhausted at the encore, so is an option they could take.

I gave it a prompt spin and it’s a really good, noise-free pressing.

Just some signs rallying them to play a single live would be so cool, they tend to have a spot in the encore for a slight wild card (All The Young Dudes in London for example) so if they noticed enough people asking I bet they could stick it at the end, I'm sure they must've rehearsed the songs extensively already and would be such a great way for them to build hype. Not entirely sure this fanbase has quite the same people power than it did during Awesome As Fuck days, though. You're right with this. Even coming out next year means it's the shortest break between albums since Nimrod/Warning, right? So I think we definitely should be glad the boys are still churning music out so quickly especially considering we also had the Network album etc. And if what we've seen so far is true, with Rob and how much effort they've put in, I do think it'll be worth however long the wait ends up being.

They played like 18 new songs before the trilogy. What a time that must've been

@Gwen Stacy had a good idea I wonder if we could get a lot of fans at the last three shows to hold up signs that say "Play me something from 1972!" Maybe by the last show they could decide to? Didn't we successfully pull off a sign campaign in the past with Awesome As Fuck?

He’s just older, I think it’s that simple man. It’s sad, but that’s life. His voice isn’t as strong as it used to be, live. Weve been spoiled really, we are so used to them doing 2.5 hour sets minimum. That these new sets of 90 minutes seem short to us, but in reality that’s what most headliners play for these days. On the idiot tour, they opened with AI straight into JOS. I’d love to see that again, because saving JOS til the end probably isn’t the wisest move these days.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CitcHEGs9YX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Sea Hear Now also posted on their story

For me it's the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. Longer sets with more variety and the band were so tight it was incredible

I just got mine in the mail! #421/3000

I'll be seeing them this Saturday at Firefly. I'll see what I can do 😬

I don't think even they have a lot of control over that. Fans aren't going to get a release date bumped up

Before we know it, Green Day will come out and play Basketcase and Good Riddance and leave. Eventually, it'll just be Good Riddance.

This is cool too

Here is the audio if anyone wants it! MP3 Ripped from my vinyl to usb! Its not the best of quality, as my vinyl player is in bad shape at times! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/188EBxuiCQqsFwJKcsifgt464929RqQQF?usp=sharing

Yeah, but you can hear Farin Urlaub lost a little bit of his voice, too. Kinda quiet during the performance but still very good. And his voice live was better during 21st and RevRad. But Billies Voice is still solid and got a lot of energy live. I think they will play longer sets for the next tour

Maybe that’s what they make him do to compensate for his risky contacts

This is pretty cool, but not great of Billie Joe https://instagram.com/stories/greendaybrasiloficial/2930917910047873766?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I guess long relationships ebb and flow, they are probably fine when just the guys are together, who knows. Still seem to be plenty of smiles etc between them while playing.

Photos from the girl that got on stage for KYE https://www.instagram.com/p/CitNUe0sD3k/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Just got mine I’m 441

How did they draw that so fast? I thought this was pretty amazing too from reddit:

Some pro photos from the show https://www.instagram.com/p/Ciaop0aOhh9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

In the RevRad tour, he had big problems in Still Brearthing performances, 'cause It's a really hard song to perform live, but now is different. As Hella Mega started, we have noticed the short duration sets and some people complaining about It. After watch some proshots, I can cleary say that was done not only because they were playing with Weezer and FOB, but for BJ. He always has strugging to sing the last songs, in some parts his voice almost disappear. Don't get me wrong... I know that BJ is 50, but Green Day songs aren't too dificult to sing. Is he taking good care of his own voice? If It continues like this, I think we'll never have 30 songs setlists anymore. What's your thoughts about It?

We could write strongly written letters to our congresspersons

sometimes when i’m dumpster diving or some shit like that the thought crosses my mind that bja would probably turn me into the hot anarchist gf stereotype and if i’m feeling particularly introspective i even realize that in some way he did

How about just "RELEASE 1972"

I think Amanda represents an archetype even though she was an actual person. When he writes about a rebellious, independent activist type person, he is drawing on her but not actually writing about her like he is pining for her. She has just become a character that he is inspired by often (and sometimes wishes he were, much more so than someone he wishes he were with). She's just inspiration.

Totally where I ripped that idea off from, I can’t claim credit for being creative

Bumping this thread to the front page as the show happens in a few days

Mike had to be vaxxed for Hella Mega in 2021 but I don’t think the covid thing has anything to do with it anymore I think just because of that they all learned she has some pretty messed up opinions and has become radicalized and they don’t want to hang out with her anymore. It’s hard when you have to watch everything you say around people who just want to go off about their crazy shit and Mike is stuck in the middle and has no spine.

i saw them live two times this year and imo all of them sounded on point, i would go as far as to say they sound better than ever live (me first time seeing them was 2009) doing shows can be a really hard "job" as a musician, especially at an older age while GD sound better than ever, look at metallica for example (soon 60yo), they still sound solid but you can hear that hetfield lost his "power/pressure" behind his voice there is a famous german punk band called "die ärzte" (give them a listen!), they are also close to 60 but they still play 3hour+ shows with over 40 songs in their sets

I don't think Mike himself is anti-vaccine or anything like that, as he was sometimes the only one wearing a mask when the rest of the band members didn't. I think he simply values his wife above all else and puts her first.

Seems like Amy Freese is the only one she acknowledges now, based on her most recent posts

https://www.instagram.com/p/CirtiLbOPbv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.instagram.com/p/CirR2Y0NJLz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.instagram.com/p/Cisd2W8MXFf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I thought so too, need to go look for more proof! 😉

Apparently, Mariah Carey is a Green Day fan. This article talking about her long lost grunge album (sign me up please) mentioned her loving Dookie around the time she recorded it: https://consequence.net/2022/09/mariah-carey-reissue-grunge-album/

There won't be an album announcement without the release of a single, or at least the announcement of a single. If it is simply an announcement of a single, I would doubt it would take months for it to release.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CinXvG-JgL5/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Trying to clear some stuff off my phone and found these which I must have saved to put in this thread. There's so many talented fans out there https://instagram.com/green.day.drawings?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= From @sebaspix on Instagram. Can't seem to find the account again now https://instagram.com/charlie.themay?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/wixsteria_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

watching the SF Giants play the Arizona Diamondbacks and a player on the Diamondbacks has Brainstew play for his walkup song.