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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

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

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.

As long as he doesn‘t sound like Axl Rose I‘m fine 😂😂

That's right, Green Day has done this so many times. For instance, Dookie songs on 1993, Insomniac tracks during Dookie era, When it's Time in 1992, Warning (the song) on The Bridge School shows in 1999, Trilogy Songs since 2009/2010, and also we knew Stab You in the heart in 2015 (I think, I can't remmeber the exact year) played by the Quartos in These Paper Bullets Musical Show. So why GD don't give us a little surprise playing something from 1972, yet???🤷‍♂️

I think you guys are jumping to conclusions. Still Breathing is at the top of his range. I was shocked to hear that they even chose it as a single for that reason. You listen to a song like Jesus of Suburbia, the intro already sounds like the top of his range. That's a high F note. Still Breathing's chorus touches a G#. A whole step and a half above one of the highest notes he hit in recent years and a whole octave higher than the 90s era songs ever hit for the most part. Soooo....Billie may be out of his comfort zone with songs like Still Breathing, but he's actually been writing and performing some songs in recent years that have MORE physicality and range than what he's used to.

It's a small venue and no opener announced. I hope they'll change things up. No generic 90 minute set please.

Someone’s been reading the forums again. All together in Florida (with Serena)! https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwUFNhAGYf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I remember everyone (myself included) thinking Billie sounded terrible when we saw videos from the RevRad club shows. Then I went to shows and as soon as I heard the first soundcheck, I could already tell the videos didn't do him justice and he sounded as good as ever. Even the videos from the shows I was at, where I know he sounded great, make him sound worse than he did. I didn't go to the Hella Mega Tour but I've seen lots of people saying the band are actually at their best. Lots of new fans popping up as well. Recordings can bring out the worst of anyone's voice. As for the set length, yeah, they're just getting older.

Few photos from nj.com Article here https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/09/sea-hear-now-2022-review-green-day-booms-as-monster-nj-festival-finishes-another-thrilling-year.html?outputType=amp From northjersey.com Article here https://www.app.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/09/19/sea-hear-now-festival-asbury-park-goes-out-blast/10423545002/

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.

Why do that though if they’re going to be too difficult to sing live? I wondered about that with the FOAM singles. They never sounded good live and then when the tour started they wouldn’t even perform them. I heard FRA in St Louis and it was way out of his range and took two takes to get the broadcast version they wanted. It was the only time they ever performed it live and it was rough. Oh Yeah and FOAM weren’t much better. Challenging yourself is great but write songs you can actually sing without the aid of studio effects and multiple takes. If he keeps doing that we’ll never hear new songs again.

Having gone to Hella Mega, the only difference I noticed in his performance was that he didn’t jump around/jump off things as much as he did during the Rev Rad tour and he didn’t crawl through Mike’s legs during Basket Case. His vocals were great.

Speaking of singles - I hope they pick a good one this time? I feel like if you're putting AI level effort into the album then there must be a few songs that are very obviously single material, in which case I really would love for those to actually be the singles and not instead the 'Oh Love' of 1972 Also preferably the first three singles aren't the first three tracks off the record... Was pretty weird listening to FOAMF and having to start at track 4 on release.

Yeah. There's also a youtube audio recording from a 924 Gilman https://youtu.be/nCt0rSD5Ds8

„Fuck Time“ during Hitchin‘ a ride in Mainz 2010.

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.

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.

I'm pretty sure for my first listen to FOAMF I still started on track 1 even though I had heard tracks 1-3 already. I think hearing the album in its full context is the best way to first experience a new album regardless of if you've heard some of the tracks already Also hot take but I think Oh Love was the best choice for a lead single for Uno! Except for maybe Let Yourself Go (although that might've mislead people into thinking most of the project would have that kind of energy)

Yeah, sometimes I too scratch my head at the challenging songs they choose to do live. If you notice in the few live appearances for FOAMF, Jason Freese sang the whole song along with Billie to double up and thicken the sound. Never seen the guys do that before. Kind of odd.

THIS would be the show to play a little something new!

Well, well, well...so he has! Glad to see them all together! 🥰

ye it was out dude. That was the only song they played off AI. I few to the UK for that show. Lot's of covers were added into the set because 50 Cent got bottled off stage before them.

Hell yes! Will do.

Can you make a sign that says “PLAY 1972”? 🙂 You as well. Wanna do a sign? Well here’s a good sign they’ll be playing Disappearing Boy in Florida at least https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwUFNhAGYf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

If I were Adrienne I'd be much more concerned about Lady Cobra (And just Dos in general) The one thing from that article I don't like is this line "this being a time when America was still 12 years away from electing a Commander in Chief that made Bush look like Gandhi" I don't like when people use Trump to try to minimise how bad Bush was

i’ll be there, wont be able to get there that early as I work and live like 45 mins away

Have a great time 🎶

It's already the 21st in the UK and American Idiot, the album, is 18 today! Here's Kerrang's article about it for anyone who hasn't yet seen it https://www.kerrang.com/green-day-the-inside-story-of-american-idiot/

Tré from @bubukittyfk Mike from @batmansmom

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

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.

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

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

I don't have a record player either, so I will display it on the wall anyway 😅

YESSS! I'm down to make a sign😁 I can head to a store to get a paper for the sign here in a bit after my phone charges. Do you think if I make it colorful it will help? I already have a sharpie but could get some colored pencils too. I'm hoping they play some deep cuts, RevRad songs and a new one too!!!!🤞🤞

It was played at Summer Sonic in Japan on August 7 and 8. It was not released in Japan at that time...😅 The audience had never heard the song before, so the reaction was not so good, said someone who was there.

I believe that the crowds on Festivals or big big Shows are not the right place to test new songs and the feedback.

Thanks!😁 so happy!!!

Anyone that's seeing Green Day on 9/22 in Florida. Wanna meet up? I plan to be there around 2ish or 3 to wait to get a good spot in the pit!🤘 CAN'T WAIT!!!

On the AI Tour the sets were around 21 songs much like the Hella Mega Tour if I remember right and then on 21st Century Breakdown Tour they upped that to 2.45-3 hours. Ever since then the shows have got shorter and shorter with each tour.

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.

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

Future you will thank you for being one step ahead!

Probably not or they would have skipped it 😄

I was thinking that too. I like the star shirt with the velvet. And that shirt looks a bit longer, so he can get rid of the undershirt (please please).

Really amazing to see this guitar! If you look at the sticker on the upper horn of the guitar, just underneath the black tape, it's a very faded 'One Man Army' sticker. I made that sticker at home with a Sharpie and handed it to Billie from the front row of the London Astoria gig, Feb 1st 1998, along with an orange 'Hi-Fives' sticker. I remember him dropping it on the stage after he took it from me. I had no Idea that he stuck it on one of his guitars! I guess he must have picked it up after the gig. If you watch the video of the gig, he takes the stickers from me during the extended outro to 'When I Come Around' (timestamp 1hr 11mins 17secs into the vid)👍