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This one ended up being my first Green Day show ever So we left off where I arrived to Miami, the day after what was supposed to be my first Green Day show ever, heart broken that I had missed it due to flight cancellations because of hurricane Katrina passing through Florida. At the time I was in a Green Day forum (I cannot remember what forum this was, it wasn't here nor the Idiot Club, it was a more general forum with sub forums for different bands/artists), and there I knew a girl about my age from NJ. She was going to this show, had some extra tickets, and when I shared the story of what had happened to me she spoke to her parents and they offered us the two extra tickets they had. Again, I was just shy of 15 years old at the time, and my sister who was going with me (17 years older than I am, so 32 at the time), was terrified when I told her that some random chick on the internet was offering us ticket to see them in NJ. In her mind there was a strong chance this would actually be some creepy old dude trying to kidnap two South American women for human trafficking or something 😂 But seeing how devastated I was, and knowing this was the only way we could make it, as we didn't have money to travel further than Miami AND buy super expensive re-sale tickets for the show (they all had been sold out for months). So she finally agreed to at least check the prices of flights to NJ. Here the universe aligned and we managed to find super cheap flights from Miami to Newark for the day before the concert, and off we went. We met the girl and her parents, she was real, not an internet creep (I never doubted it, but again I was 15 lol), we got the tickets, we went to the show and it was everything that I had dreamed and hoped it'd be. To be honest I don't remember a lot of it, I just remember the feeling and how happy I was. It was also my first stadium concert ever and I remember being blown away by the cheer magnitude of everything. We also managed to go on a super quick tour of NYC in one of those buses before flying back to Miami, which totally laid the foundation for convincing to my sister to travel back to NYC and see the city properly (and go to more GD shows) during the 21stCBD tour in 2009 😂

Look who we found! He was hanging out with some friends (and fellow Ohioans) in our section for a little while.

The monthly roundup is here. https://www.greendayauthority.com/news/6185/ On this day 3 years ago (1 September 2021), Green Day played Summerfest in Milwaukee on the Hella Mega Tour. More photos: 7 years ago (1 September 2017), Green Day played in Raleigh, NC on the Revolution Radio Tour. More photos: 12 years ago (1 September 2012), Green Day played Rock am See in Konstanz, Germany. I wrote a short recap: "Standing in the rain was worth it as we heard the first chords of Welcome to Paradise. The crowd came alive. For the first time we heard the furious Let Yourself Go from the upcoming ¡Uno! and people stared bewilderedly at us for knowing the words. Oh Love had been released as a single at this point, though, and the sold-out crowd of 25,000 sang along, ‘far away, far away, waste away tonight,’ as one united voice. Walls of death formed and crashed together in She and American Idiot. ‘Danke schöne!’ Billie Joe yelled, over and over. As 99 Revolutions closed, the crowd clapped and wailed goodbye, then ‘one more time!’ The song revved back up again and they were playing an extra chorus. We clapped again. I prepared myself for their set being over again, but Billie Joe did not want to leave Konstanz: ‘one more time!’ he roared and they played the chorus again. Then it really was over. He was playing Good Riddance. I almost missed him running back on stage and mooning the crowd." That was so random. They hadn't been off stage long, so he must have got undressed incredibly quickly to ensure as many people as possible saw his arse. Flogging Molly also dedicated If I Ever Leave This World Alive to Billie that night. Great band, nice gesture. I took a few very shit photos: And here are some more professional ones: 19 years ago (1 September 2005), Green Day played the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on the American Idiot Tour. More photos: The photo of Tre with the iron came from this show. 30 years ago (1 September 1994), Green Day played Lollapalooza in George, WA on the Dookie Tour. 33 years ago (1 September 1991), Green Day played the Independent Skate Park in Colorado Springs.

Billie's new profile pic

Love that Billie feels the need to make intro videos telling us to swipe for the photos every time

You can get into the drivers seat and take a photo. It’s pretty cool!

The car from Holiday/BOBD just pulled up in front of us

Pics from Green Day on Facebook

The sun is brutal.

Backstage https://www.instagram.com/stories/a.j.schlegel/3446904273592066675?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=ZjVjaWp5OGd2dXl2

I am not a collector type of person, but I'll admit this is a pretty cool item. However I imagine having a "decorative" door in my tiny apartment, I think I'd have to kick out the boyfriend or the cat to make space for it 😂 also I imagine it just being in the middle of the living of the room, because literally there is no other place I could keep it, and me having to explain to everyone who comes to the apartment why I have a door just lying around and that really, I am a normal person 99% of the time 😂

Lol this is legit me coming from Cleveland and staying with a roomie from college. See you all in the pit.

I got the dookie and nimrod anniversary cd packs, the 25th anniversary insomniac vinyl, and the Riding in Vans with Boys dvd all at once. I plan on preordering the American Idiot anniversary cd pack and am considering getting a Billie Joe signature les Paul jr. I’m just not sure yet because I already have a guitar that’s great for playing Green Day songs and I might opt to get something that offers me more variety. Hmmm…now I’m getting ads for Fender Stratocasters

Some pics

Some videos from last night!

On this day 7 years ago (31 August 2017), Green Day played in Camden, NJ on the Revolution Radio Tour. More photos: 14 years ago (31 August 2010), Green Day played in Irvine, CA on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. We were going to go to this show after Phoenix, but by the time we saved up enough to book flights etc there were only $1,000 resale tickets left, so we went to the Grand Canyon instead. I actually don't regret that at all. We did make it to another show, but that story is a few days away. More photos:

I wasn't able to go but a friend of mine did and caught these photos of the boys

I thought the same! Here's the band's photo of it

Enjoy!! Love to come across other people who have revived their old accounts for this tour.

Logged into GDC for the first time in years, hoping to see some of y’all tonight. But no replies 😭 Its been 15 years since I’ve seen the boys and since they apparently hate Louisiana, I had to fly up to Nashville to see them. Worth it!!!

Going back a few posts but half of Billie's extended family including his mum wearing Green Day shirts at the family reunion/event he attended is the cutest

Wasn't sure where to post these but have chosen this thread as some of you might know the girl from watching The Voice. Mods can move if needed?

Some pics from the show from Green Day's Instagram story From Alice Baxley's Instagram story

New stickers on my beers mini fridge New vinyl

4th pic is proof that men never truly grow up. 😂