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Went to Paris, Manchester, Glasgow & London. I hope they can do an arena tour next time. Some Scandinavian shows would be great too. 🙏

Unfortunately we disabled people are never really taken into consideration for these events, or at least that's how it is here in Italy. The Italian system is fucked up and they left me without any reponse for the disability area for the show in Milan. I wrote over and over again, but nothing. I also called Live Nation and they simply said that I had to send an email with my details and the disability certificate to Francesca. I got a little angry and told that I've already done this several times and that no one has ever answered me. And they told me that they can't do anything because the show was sold out and that's probably why they don't reply to me. 😠 but the first time I wrote was when they announced the show and it wasn't sold out🤬 then I discovered that even those who managed to get the seat were treated badly by the stewards, they couldn't even go and buy something to drink because they didn't have a normal ticket. And the absurd thing, with all the space there was and more than 80 thousand people, there were only about thirty disabled seats and they were very far from the stage. I have no words, I would have loved to see this tour.🥺 I hope this is not the case in other countries too

They both posted a lot of old photos of the two of them I hadn't seen before on their Instagram stories, very sweet! Congrats to them!

It is once again that time of year where we honor these Founding Fathers...oh wait....🤣

I've missed a lot this time, sorry. I'll do yesterday and today for now. 7 years ago yesterday (3 July 2017), Green Day played in Sheffield, England on the Revolution Radio Tour. More photos: 15 years ago yesterday (3 July 2009), Green Day played in Seattle on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: If anyone knows who took those photos, please tell me so I can add credit! They must be fan photos but they're amazing. 19 years ago yesterday (3 July 2005), Green Day played in Gothenburg, Sweden on the American Idiot Tour. 23 years ago yesterday (3 July 2001), Green Day played in Pittsburgh on the Warning Tour. 24 years ago yesterday (3 July 2000), they played in Nampa, ID on the Warped Tour. ------------------- Now onto today. On this day 7 years ago (4 July 2017), Green Day's show at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow was cancelled due to Adverse Weather Conditions™. 11 years ago (2013), Green Day played Rock Werchter in Belgium on the (severely underrated) 99 Revolutions Tour. More photos by Bart Vander Sanden: 15 years ago (2009), Green Day played in Vancouver, Canada on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 24 years ago (2000), they played in George, WA on the Warped Tour. I've learned the name of yet another American city I'll never need to know the name of. 26 years ago (1998), they played Edgefest in Winnipeg, Canada. And 34 years ago (1990), they played a house party in Minneapolis, where Billie Joe met his wife for the first time. “I met Green Day for the first time at a house party in Dinkytown. A friend of mine invited me to a party on the Fourth of July. So I went with my boyfriend at the time to check out the bands. I saw a couple songs, then we left to watch fireworks. I wouldn’t say they were famous. I mean, I went to a lot of shows… saw a lot of bands. They were just another band.” — Adrienne Armstrong

This. Just as the front row shouldn't be exclusive to people who can afford £250 for a ticket, it shouldn't be exclusive to the able-bodied or those with time to queue either. It's unfortunate that we live in a world where disability is so expensive, but we do and it's not going to change. They really do need to sell less VIP tickets though, because as it is now (300+ standing) the tickets are of no use to disabled people. The able-bodied people just run past them and the disabled are lucky if they can even get spots in front of the screens. I have heard that some venues forced people to walk, but they didn't at any of my shows (well, they tried and failed in Glasgow), so it's an expensive gamble. If they absolutely refuse to sell less, there is an option that would be fair to disabled people – let them get headstarts based on their specific needs. I know that would upset the able-bodied VIPs, but there wouldn't be that many disabled people with those specific needs, and given that they're buying these tickets because they actually need them, I think it's fair. There needs to be more transparency too. For £250 (let alone £475!) people deserve to know exactly what they're buying. If they sell less, make everything crystal clear and – obviously – deliver the things they promise, I won't actually have any issue with it. It will hardly impact non-VIPs if they only sell 100. There were 200 at every American RevRad show and they never stopped me getting good spots by queuing. I don't think it would be a guaranteed crowd-killer either. It might if you're unlucky, but at the British shows, I can vouch for the first 15+ VIPs in the queues being devoted fans I've known for ages (except that weird woman at Wembley), and the VIPs I didn't know around me were going mad. I wasn't VIP in Lyon, but every VIP I met there was lovely and devoted too. A few told me they bought the tickets because it was their hometown or only show. Of course, there are options to make everyone happy that don't involve VIP tickets at all: let disabled people in early, have a fan club lottery to guarantee front row spots for a few people who can't queue for whatever reason, and ensure fan safety regardless of what tickets they bought. A friend told me that Take That's staff walk people in single file and if they try to run or push, they're sent straight to the back. I've also heard that Yungblud and My Chemical Romance force people to walk in pairs in split sections. Even Taylor Swift at Wembley was apparently safer than Green Day. Every performer should be doing this whether they sell VIP tickets or not. I'm sure doing these things instead of VIPs is too much to ask, though

Punk Bunny friendship bracelets sold out in two hours 😲

Any time they got asked if they would continue doing low ticket prices at the time they always said they would do what made sense for each tour and that they weren't making a statement etc though. They never claimed it as a "belief" and wouldn't allow interviewers to put them in the category of bands taking a stand against high ticket prices. Also I don't think you'll find another band at their level that has much lower tickets prices than them now, they could charge a lot more. And the way bands make money has changed, they make nothing from record sales now and touring is how they make it. I do wish tickets could still just all be the same price throughout venues but now and 1994 are two different situations as far as how the economy of bands works so you can't really compare the two. Green Day still have decently low ticket prices for a band of their stature.

You are right @PhuzzyPhriend I know there are rules about family etc but 30 years together is quite an achievement and it’s been lovely to see all the posts, even Adrienne came back to post! Many congratulations to Billie Joe and Adrienne! 🥳🎉💚

I'm sure I'm one of the only people who thinks this but I really wish the band would ditch Bohemian Rhapsody now. It's past it's sell by date

I can’t believe the European leg of the tour is already over. It was great seeing them live again, even if it was only one show. It was a great tour and it seemed like there were only positive vibes. I really hope there’ll be another leg or a new European tour soon. I don’t want to wait for multiple years. It was also good to see that they’re apparently still able to sell out these massive venues. Numbers don’t matter but it’s still nice to know that so many people genuinely care for the band and their music.