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It was 16-year-old me who had the walls plastered with magazine clippings and posters, not so much 33-year-old me (more Spice Girls stuff now, tbh )... but yesterday I dug out my old American Idiot purse to clean up to take to the Toronto show with me next week (obvs) and I found a pair of tickets in it from the 21CB tour, summer 2010 in Toronto. That would have been the second of two Green Day shows dad and I went to together and probably one of the last couple of concerts we would have gone to together before he died in 2015. Kinda love that they've been kicking around in that purse for the past 14 years, it was a cool find. But it's also really fucking with me.

This and the show us your stash post made me think about how many Green Day books I have. I'd say a lot.

Billie posted this on his Instagram story and then made it his profile pic

My gaming room is practically a Green Day room now 😅

More pics

This thread is so cute!! I don't have a "shrine" but the walls of my old bedroom back at my parents house are still... decorated with all the GD stuff I hung up between 2010-2013: Newspaper reviews from the shows in Oslo 2010 & 2013, photos from the show in Berlin 2012, and some confetti. I also found these ones that I for some weird reason kept from newspapers (from around 2011-12) + some old and more recent tickets.

I'm taking notes on the ones I don't have yet

Hopefully they get some nominations for the music videos. They did a really great job on all of the videos for Saviors

On this day 15 years ago (25 July 2009), Green Day played in Albany, NY on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 23 years ago (2001), they played in Vegas on the Warning Tour. 24 years ago (2000), they played in Bristow, VA on the Warped Tour. 28 years ago (1996), they played in Tokyo, Japan on the Insomniac Tour (setlist is incomplete). 30 years ago (1994), they played Bogart's in Cincinnati, OH on the Dookie Tour. And 34 years ago (1990), they played in Tampa, FL.

I know, it was really funny! The cat also looks like one we had years ago.😆 I really think they deserve an Oscar for this one.🤣 Well spotted! So many little details that I missed. I've had to re-watch it a few times now!lol! It was nice to see Mike get a bigger role in the video.🥰 I did half wonder that about the Coma City sign too.🤔

From Billie's Instagram story

My stuff at home isn't in any organized fashion, but I have pics I've taken at all of my shows on magnets on my filing cabinet at work.

In May 2023, one of my favorite artists Jesse Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He's slowly recovering and will be going back on stage for two triumphant comeback shows at Beacon Theater, NY in December with bunch of guests. He's releasing a special tribute and benefit album on September 20th called Silver Patron Saints, where a bunch of artists and friends covered his songs, including Billie. He did ''Black Haired Girl'' from Glitter In The Gutter (2007.) and it's out now. All proceeds are going to Jesse Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund.

When you're petting a one eyed dog and One Eyed Bastard pops into your head. (dog was in no way a bastard. Her name was Sweetie. )

Well, there's also a store (or whatever) called Basket Case in the video 😅

I'm the same! 🤣 I normally have a couple of framed tickets on my wall, and then the rest of my stuff is under my bed, (although I imagine my collection/accumulation is not as impressive as most anyway!lol) This is so epic! 🫶 It's bringing back memories for me because I was at the show too! I wish I kept detailed dairies now! I'm loving this thread! It's definitely giving me some ideas of what to do with some of my bits and bobs.

This got stuck in my head so fast and is still stuck in there. Totally sounds like something Billie would have written. 😊

I thought the name Alan Cross sounded familiar...I listen to his Ongoing History of New Music Podcast! I remember him mentioning he wrote books as well. How is his Green Day one? The other books I have that I haven't read yet are Rebels with A Cause by Gillian Gaar and The story of Green Day by Doug Small. I also have Green Day Rising: Before the Dookie Flew - it was okay.

When I Come Around has shot up to #2 on their most popular tracks on Spotify. Wonder what caused this boost?

Oh my goooodddd.... all the feels. I remember the crushing after the 1,2 1,2,3,4 - genuinely thought I was gonna get squished. So worth it though. Some noteworthy quotations/outtakes: "We found our place at Gate H and pulled up a patch of concrete to sit on. We stayed there for a while, but I was shivering violently so [my friends] went to find some coffee. Whilst they were gone, I got talking to the other crazy ass fans who were there at 6.30 in the morning. [My friends] came back with a cup of hot. No that's not me writing too fast, it stops after hot because the liquid in the cup was unidentifiable." "My friends brought a fitted bedsheet from IKEA because we were that cold. We ended up lying on the tarmac wrapped in the blue sheet next to each other to keep warm. We must have looked like a pack of sardines - just four heads, poking out of the top of this sheet!' "I saw Mike first, and by this point the screaming had reached the decibel level of an airport runway. Tré then ran on to more screams, and then I saw Billie. OMG BILLIE." <-- I was such a little fangirl. "[Billie] said he asked Jesus to clear the sky of clouds so that God could watch his favourite band play again, but got ignored, so he went to Jesus' best friend "Also known as Satan" and Satan said hell yeah he'd watch them play." "[During Boulevard of Broken Dreams] Billie got down on his hands and knees to worship the crowd." Apparently, at one point, I thought Billie Joe actually looked at me when I motioned for him to come spray water on our side because he had a water gun. Yeah, sure Bryony, of course he noticed you. They played Dominated Love Slave with Beej on the drums. At the end of 'Hitchin A Ride' Billie came to the front and said he "wanted to fuck each and every one of us" <-- Um, I'm still waiting Beej. Tick, Tock. Apparently it was sweaty balls in the pit due to pyrotechnics. We also got 'When It's Time' which was to do this day is one of my fave songs. At that point it had only been out a week. I remember grabbing my best friends hand, and holding it as we sang. Crazy moment full of so much emotion. Billie speech - not sure when he gave this, or how accurate it is, 'cause it'll be from memory in my diary a few days later: "I'm not sure when we're coming back, but I'll tell you one thing, I'm going to remember this for the rest of my fucking life. Yeah, we'll come back. We will come back. There ain't no other band I'd rather do this with. Bands break up, my favourite bands have broken up, some of my favourite people have died. The only way I'm getting out of this band is when they roll me away in a coffin, I'll tell you that.' There's a lot lot lot more in that entry, and some of it is batshit, so I'm not repeating it. But... fun trip down memory lane.

I'd been wondering which song Billie would choose to cover for this benefit album and suppose it makes sense that he chose one from Glitter in the Gutter (one of my favourite albums of JM's) which was released on Adeline Records and that Billie helped produce Here's what Jesse has to say about Billie's cover https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02fhZ77oM7NJ9XS78J7cCe7XxgjFfJXYwzaZtQamvZtCfirYktALqNBBEvrr7KrnyCl&id=100044380451245

Love it, sounds like it could be a Longshot song. Everything is better with Billie singing it.

I used to have a kind of GD shrine by my bed but it's never been set up again since we had to move back in 2011. Found this though - a picture of my desk at work from August 2010!

When I got GD prayer candles I had no choice but to make an actual shrine. Newest thing I added was awesome GDA sticker @solongfromthestarsgave me at the Wembley show last month along with the cool One Eyed Bastard confetti . Favourite things on it besides the candles are the Rev's beer can, Billie birthday card my nephew made me, mini Blue from my brother, pink Claire's makeup bag from AI era and Mike's pick that the lovely J'net very sweetly gifted to me at my first GD show when he gave her it In the box on the right I have lots of gig mementos like confetti, wristbands and tickets as well as other random stuff

Why record it when its just an airing of the lower generation tape that surfaced in 2019 and is already in the downloads

Ta very much. Was after the Shepherd's Bush one I don't fugging believe it... I started the entry but never finished it, so I didn't write about the gig. Wrote about meeting up with lots of lovely GDCers; Hermione, Tom, Holly, Tasha... but then NOT THE GIG. WHAT THE FUCK PAST BRYONY.

Pit ticket holders need to pick up their wrist bands at the Home plate gate on potomac avenue.

I think the Alan Cross one is pretty weird. It’s either very simply, or badly, written depending on your point of view. It’s very short but possibly a little adoring in places if I remember rightly. 😂 Been trying to get Green Day Rising in Uk but not having much luck so far.

Just got around to listening to this. It's really good! Billie's voice is a perfect fit for this song.

It was so good! Awesome to have details like this written down to remember it better

From Billie's Instagram story Also looks like Coley O'Toole will be playing with the guys for a few more weeks

I agree with @pacejunkie punk about the errors in NLY, I think there have been surprising errors in all the books I have read. Also agree with @The Grohl about Smash! I need to get my books out and check for others but I know I have Green Day The Secret History by Alan Cross which if I remember was a little weird and Green Day Rebels with A Cause by Gillian Gaar. Also, Bodies by Ian Winwood is an interesting read though Green Day are only mentioned.

I left behind all of the tour t-shirts, magazine articles, and memorabilia I had collected when I left Venezuela. And my bass picks I got from Mike at the shows in NYC 2009 were pick pocketed (I foolishly kept them in my wallet and it was stole, only time I have been pick pocketed in my life). The only thing I brought with me was my Venezuelan flag that Billie took on stage at one of the those NYC shows before throwing it back at me. That flag also went to many protests with me, both before and after getting on stage with Green Day, so it has all sorts of sentimental value for me. 🥹 God, what a great song. And also, what a great opener. That is so cool though that you have that written down and have kept it so now you can revisit it.

Not a shrine exactly, but my diary entry (A4 book) about the Wembley Stadium show in 2010 was 16 pages long. It has no paragraphs, it's just 16 pages of writing. What the fork did I talk about?!

This one isn't strictly about Green Day, but there is a large section about them: Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion https://www.amazon.com/Smash-Green-Offspring-Religion-Explosion/dp/0306902745 I highly recommend this one. It's a great look at the pop punk explosion of the 90s.

I loved it. It's so silly.

Damn that stage design really was epic!

I loved it. It's so silly, purposefully bad/cheap looking... it's funny and light-hearted. Also, I just love the thought that Mike should have been so excited to act with with Mark Hamill.

Me at the beginning: well, at least I don't have to see Billie as a blond... Oh. Never mind.

I don’t keep my stuff together as I’m trying not to let on just how much I have but may have to get it together!

This was amusing 10/10 acting from the boys. Watching Billie act will never not be hilarious Cat was the best lmao

It's cute! I like that they actually have a concept and it's not just another random performance video. I don't think the classroom wrap around was necessary - it wasn't shown too much - but I really enjoyed the rest of the video and the weird, cheapo, low budget vibe they were going for. Also, Mark Hamill. Lol. That's awesome.

That was so terrible and I loved every second of it

Excited for this. Man, ‘Saviors’ is just such a great record. Can’t get enough of it still. Never thought they had it in them this late in their career.

So "When I Come Around" enters in the green day song podium on their spotify. it's in the second place now, and if we'd look on the numbers, its gaining insane daily numbers now, more than any other single (currently 819,000 daily -+). What is happening? Is it some Tiktok hype thing?

The new songs are great live, OEB is loads of fun.

Has anyone got an HD photo of him sitting on the stage at the end, just taking it all in?

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! 🥳🎉💚