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Pinhead Gunpowder new 14 song album "Unt" is out October 18th. 1. Unt 2. Difficult But Not Impossible 3. Scum Of The Earth 4. Oh My 5. Nothing Ever Happens 6. Draw It In 7. Shine 8. ¡Hola Canada! 9. Here Goes The Neighborhood 10. Mumbles 11. Green 12. Chowchilla 13. Trash TV 14. Song For Myself New single "Unt" is out now

I went to the Hershey show last night and it was great! I almost missed out on this one when it was supposed to happen a few weeks ago, but since they rescheduled I bought tickets off of a friend who couldn't make it to the new date. I was kinda bummed that the merch line was out of patches by the time I got there, and they didn't have the shirt I wanted in my size, so I saved myself $50 lol. It was a weird start, the tickets I got from my friend were cheap and they were some of the worst seats in the place, I was in the section furthest from the stage and in row W 😬 the Linda Lindas and Rancid were great but since I was so far away it almost didn't feel like I was there, it was like I was just watching a video of a live show, but that definitely changed once green day came on, Billie has a way of bringing everyone into the performance no matter how bad your seats are! When he was giving a speech during Letterbomb he said that people need to leave trans kids alone, which made me happy to hear, but then it felt even better when the whole stadium cheered after he said it 🖤

If I didn't make it to this show I don't think I ever would've forgiven myself. The three days before it were agonizing, but it all worked out in the end. I didn't realize this was my 10th show until just now! I was so sick that I had to get IV fluids on Friday because I felt like I was going to pass out. I don't even remember much of Friday or Saturday, I slept so much and was so out of it. Sunday morning I finally started to feel better, threw some shit in a bag and headed out the door to Pittsburgh and we made it about an hour before doors opened. It's just funny, every other show I try to obsessively plan everything to make it the best time but this time I half-assed everything and I had one of the best times in a long time. Maybe ever. Not because "omg I got to hear rare songs" or "I was front row and Billie looked at me the whole time" or all the dumb shit you hear from fans. I was just happy to be there. I think sometimes we get so busy micromanaging the experience that we forget to have an experience. I didn't take a single picture during the show, I didn't look at the setlist or any photos or videos of other shows, and this was also the first time I had floor seats instead of a pit spot near or on the barrier. But it's forever going to be one of the most memorable experiences. I have no idea how they'll ever go back to the standard "greatest hits" setlist. Everything was so fucking perfect. I kept waiting for that moment where hearing a song I've never heard live before blew my mind, but it never really happened. I never felt out of body for any one moment, I was really just able to soak it all in and experience it as one giant moment. ... then it all hit me at the end, and I was the basic bitch ugly sobbing during Good Riddance. Embarrassing. "Just like that ... 20 years" hit me so hard. I still vividly remember sitting on my bedroom floor listening to this album in my little portable CD player as a nerdy, sheltered 13-year-old trying to figure herself out. I just don't know how the hell that's been 20 years. I haven't been shy about posting how much I've been struggling this year. It's been one of the best of my life and worst of my life, and honestly, Sunday night was the first time I have felt like myself in longer than I can remember. I've been having a lot of doubts about myself, but I think 13-year-old me would be proud just based on this photo alone, right? I was fangirling so hard.

I'm enjoying this show vicariously from everyone's recaps. And there's so much in here that shows why I love Green Day and this community. @Brooklyn Baby That's so sweet of you to give up your spot for someone seeing GD for the first time. This right here is why I love Green Day fans and GDC in particular. I feel this year more than others I've connected with other fans and we found ways to help each other out. And that's what I love. Too often I hear about fans being shitty to each other, whether it's being a gatekeeper, putting down other fans, or just being greedy. I love that so many in this community genuinely want to help out others. We look out for each other and are happy when someone is fortunate enough to get on stage with the band or meet them (maybe we're a little envious too but we're mostly thrilled). I'm sure the person you gave your spot to will never forget your kindness. You made the show that much better for them. @stories and songs This is the same reason I said fuck it and saw GD last minute this year. I skipped their recent tours thinking the same thing to myself: they'll be back. I said the same thing about Depeche Mode. They'll tour again. Then one of the members died. I still got to see them, but the band isn't the same. So if you can swing, definitely get to that concert! I'm so happy I saw the band this year because it was a great night. And I went by myself! I'm proud of that @AlissaGoesRAWR I really love your insight about how oftentimes we get so caught up in the planning, the micromanaging of a show that we can forget to enjoy it. I love that you were able to say fuck it and just enjoy yourself. It is such a relief just to be at a show and enjoy it. This is what I learned when I was invited to see Alkaline Trio back in March. I'm not a huge fan of them, but my bf LOVES them. And I really enjoyed just taking in the music, watching my bf have an amazing time, and being a part of a great concert. I wasn't thinking about my spot, being able to see during the show, etc. It was just nice to enjoy a good show. And I tried my best to do that at the Wrigley show. Sure I still took pictures, but instead of being obsessed with getting as close as possible, I just wanted to experience this once in a life time moment.

I've been waiting over a year for this. They got together and recorded new music sometime in May 2023 (remember when Jason did that acoustic set in Oakland and played one new song?) Anyway, very excited to finally hear it!

I also loved reading your post! (I remember your username from my active days here too! You might not remember me, but I'm always glad to see familiar "faces" still around 😊). I have loved reading all the recaps from people who, like me, loved American Idiot back in 2004/2005 when they were in their teens, and have now experienced the full album live in this tour 20 years later. It's been so beautiful to see how many different people with this one thing in common, but pretty different life stories otherwise, react to these shows and how it's an emotional journey in one way or another for each of us, whether it's the "this show has made me see that that door is closed now and I feel fully healed" as @Brooklyn Baby wrote, or for you to have an opportunity to feel like yourself again and like you've done your 13 year old self proud... it's just so lovely to read all of this. 🥹 I am glad you were able to enjoy the concert so much and be so present for it (I guess one thing came out of you being sick the days before the show). And I uggly sobbed each time at the end of Whatsername, not so much because of the song itself (although a bit of that too), but because it was the moment when it hit each time that I had just heard AI live, full and in order as I had dreamed when I was 14. So don't worry, you have not been the only 30-something crying "like a basic bitch" at these shows. I was in the barricade for one of the shows and one of the security guys saw me and poured me a glass of water. Talk about embarrassing 🙃 I know, right?! I don't know which has been the best show of the tour, but this has been the best thread of any show in the tour so far 😂 So many insightful and lovely recaps, feels like Billie Joe chose the right show to make the "just like that 20 years" comment. And @Brooklyn Baby, @The Grohl is absolutely right that that girl will forever remember that gesture. When I was 18 I had my first Green Day pit concert experience. I was in third row (I arrived like 30 minutes before doors), and the people in front of me noticed me, they were older than me and much taller too, and they were like "you're not going to see anything from there, come here" and let me stand in front of them. From second row I had an unobstructed view of most of the stage, which would not have been the case if they hadn't let me in front of them. I still remember that now 15 years later and it also strongly formed my pit etiquette. I'm fairly short, so not many people will be shorter than me, but I would never let someone shorter than me stand behind me.

Here’s the video of Jason playing the new song.

I wonder if Ollie Armstrong has ever been to an Ollie's! Not to doxx myself but hey, Billie, there's an Ollie's right by my work (which is also within walking distance of my house), we can go buy some nearly expired food and then feel free to stop by my house and bother the cats 😄

Not gonna lie when I first saw more surprises I wondered how much more money Green Day were going to wring out of me

So glad you were able to make it! I was so worried! The "20 years" line floored me. He didn't say that in Cincy and I was not expecting him to say anything, so it completely caught me off guard. Also, "It's that time again" or whatever he said right before WMUWSE was heavy with the show being on the 1st and I'm sure THAT was weighing on him.

Exactly! Years ago when Temple of the Dog was on a reunion tour, I thought about seeing them at a small theater show but then decided against it. Chris Cornell passed away shortly after that. I can’t believe I had the chance to experience that special soul and his magnificent voice live and didn’t do it. I don’t like to think about this stuff when it comes to Green Day, but after missing out on that, I promised myself I’d never feel that way about them.

Green Day is giving away the Holiday convertible! Green Day Giving Away Custom ‘Holiday’ Video Convertible In Wheels For Wishes Sweepstakes https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/green-day-giving-away-holiday-video-convertible-wheels-for-wishes-sweepstakes-1235766873/

Today (4 September 2024), Green Day played the Comerica Park in Detroit, MI on the Saviors Tour. See more photos, videos and the setlist on GDA. On this day 12 years ago (4 September 2012), the Kill the DJ and Nuclear Family music videos were released. 14 years ago (4 September 2010), Green Day played the last show of the North American 21st Century Breakdown Tour in Mountain View, CA. This was the other show we made it to after Phoenix. The place was full of Christian protestors when we arrived but they didn't get much attention. We saw AFI's set this time and Green Day invaded the stage in animal costumes. My recap: "Darkness was falling when Song of the Century echoed through the amphitheatre. This was it. The homecoming and final show of the North American tour. It was filled with fans from the Bay Area to Japan to Australia. The band ran onstage together. Billie screamed the names of every unfamiliar town we’d sped past on the CalTrain. ‘Home! Home! I am fucking home! It’s been fucking months! But Green Day are back at home! In the fucking Bay Area! However… if you don’t mind, I’m gonna refer to this night as Rodeo, California.’ Mike pointed at my England flag and stuck his tongue out. When he walked out, he beckoned for me to high-five him but security stopped me. Instead of ‘saving’ a kid in East Jesus Nowhere, Billie pulled up an older lady who ‘saved’ him. They played Murder City and Letterbomb again. My voice that had just recovered from Phoenix was hoarse already. I was directly in Mike’s line of view and for much of the show he pulled faces and interacted with me. I rocked out with Mike Dirnt and I’m still not over it. We knew a few of the words to Cigarettes and Valentines now, but it was like seeing it for the first time all over again. After Geek Stink Breath was Coming Clean. Billie announced ‘this next song is about revenge!’ before Going to Pasalacqua. Everyone was jumping to Only of You. It was followed by an explosive performance of Paper Lanterns. That bled into 2000 Light Years Away. They invited fans on stage. The people in front of me were screaming at me to go. My mum was pushing me. I shrugged and said I didn’t want to. By the time I realised that both Mike and Eddie (band security) were beckoning me, it was too late. In 21 Guns, during that bridge I loved so much, Billie thanked us all for the last 22 years. It was beyond surreal to hear that where it all began in the Bay Area. Then we were thrown back into American Eulogy. I can see, clear as if I’m still there, Billie spinning around as he played the solo. I can still hear the roar of ‘Bay Area!’ and see the confetti covering us. I can still see the band returning to play Last Night on Earth and feel the tears in my eyes as I looked up at the night sky. The tears were still streaming down my face as we left because it was over." My phone pics which are once again shit, but have a lot of sentimental value: Even more of them: More decent photos: The Phoenix show was my favourite of those two, but they were both incredible. I'm listening to the recording of American Eulogy from this show and I got goosebumps when the pyros went off with "I don't give a shit about the modern age!" What an amazing tour. 19 years ago (4 September 2005), Green Day played in Montreal, Canada on the American Idiot Tour. 29 years ago (4 September 1995), Green Day played (setlist incomplete) in Risskov, Denmark on the Insomniac Tour. 30 years ago (4 September 1994), Green Day played Lollapalooza in Carson, CA on the Dookie Tour. 33 years ago (4 September 1991), Green Day played in Phoenix, AZ.

* cries in “I already bought more tour merch than I can carry” *

"Thanks for the kisses Hershey PA!" From Green Day’s Instagram story I'm not even going to waste my time uploading all the pics from Green Day’s Post. The photos aren't that great and I don't think anyone will miss them

Thanks to the lovely @Mar and her luck with radio tickets, I get to go to a bonus show! I'll be in the upper deck but would love to say hi to anybody if they're around!

I've thought Greg has taken way too many long distance shots of the stage. I know the design and lighting are really, really special but seriously? Don't people want pics of the guys themselves? Is it because the pics are tiny on Instagram and would look better as a print? I don't know. Some have even been a bit blurry. There aren't really any close ups of the band and Tre and Mike aren't even posting anything. I am a bit baffled. Is it even quantity over quality? Again I don't know and I'm not a photographer so maybe someone who is might know better. Also Instagram have changed the search function and it's way harder to find any pro shots these days.

My bf and I were doing errands over the weekend and we randomly came across a Speedway in Chicago! I had no idea we had one here! We stopped in and sure enough they had the cups. I didn't find the coffee and the attendant was kind of rude so I didn't want to ask. But now I have both versions!

Last Night On Earth had a daily peak on spotify, which is so interesting to me. Yesterday it had 134,881 streams, currently at 77,250,264 in total. Daily streams superior than any single on 21st Century Breakdown (except for 21 Guns), Warning, Revolution Radio, Trilogy and Saviors. Interesting how algorithm works.

Fun fact: this is the first time I’ve ever drank a beer at a Green Day show. Seats, man. I could get used to this.

Those first few lines of One of My Lies are such an excellent opener to Dilemma, oof.

Somehow that feels appropriate though LOL.

Well, now I'm watching the full show 😅

1. Why is every other patch better than the Chicago one? AND we had to pay extra for it because it wasn't ready the night of the concert!! 2. Why does Billie always forget the lyrics to Brainstew?

Fans looking out with each other. That's what it should be! I have a similar experience. The only time I was anywhere near the stage was at the NHL Allstars pre-game performance in 2020. This tall couple was chatting in front of me. They suddenly see me and say "hey wait! You get up here!" And they swapped spots with me. I will never forget. It's such a small act of kindness but it can mean so much.

Awesome! I can't wait I can't believe it's been 16 years since I was excited for their (then) new EP.. Time flies so fucking fast.

I love all of Billie's speeches during Letterbomb. I still think about the one he made in Rosemont on the 99 Revolutions tour. That one felt extra special because we were the kick off show for the tour post rehab.

Finally scoring a tumbler today. The super cool manager of one of the stores I visited texted me with a photo of a whole tray full of them. Off to pick mine up

The whole set is like that unfortunately I wish they were giving us more actual unreleased songs. There’s not even anything to use to hype this release that we haven’t already heard, and my guess is all the “demos” will sound virtually like the finished products

Again 2 of these are already on most streaming services 😭, makes sense they chose that demo though.

I’m normally not an emotional person when it comes to time passing/getting older. I hate to be one of those people but having a kid has just totally wrecked me, I’m such a fucking pushover now. I expected it for those songs! No shame at all there!

I’m so glad you made it. It definitely wouldn’t have been the same without you! I was definitely emotional during WMUWSE and Whatsername. So you weren’t the only one crying!

3 new songs this friday 🫶

I thought it was quite nice of Billie to get a haircut between my Philly and Pittsburgh shows since I complained it was getting too long. His floof amount is now at IMO the absolute perfect volume. He put a hat on and took it off and I swear it bounced back bigger. Magical floof.

Apparently an amp caught fire before Pulling Teeth? Sounds like it was a great show. The GDA article will be updated with more photos throughout the day (or maybe another day if I forget). Also check out the GDA Tumblr for even more photos. Brain Stew Minority American Idiot Boulevard Jim Powers also has some fab videos from the 2013 Philly show in case anyone else was also at that one. Some cute screenshots of Billie and Mike with the fan who sang Know Your Enemy. Performing Boulevard Billie holding up some friendship bracelets he got from the crowd. Whatsername A review: https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2024/09/green-day-smashing-pumpkins-and-rancid-11-highlights-and-surprises-from-the-hershey-concert.html

Tonight's patch

Ok, now I’ve had some time to reflect and recover…. I was so caught up in feeling physically bad after the show last night that I didn’t have time to process anything! I do recall feeling very emotional during the show, and in retrospect I feel emotional, too. When Billie said “and just like that…. It’s been 20 years” I fucking felt that 😭 it felt like a goodbye to my youth, for real. it also felt really healing to have my teenager experiencing it with me and to give her something I would have chewed my own arm off to have had when I was 15. I gave up my spot on the barricade to a girl who was experiencing her first Green Day concert because let’s face it, I’ve been there and done that more times than I can count! But giving up the barricade gave me space to relax a little more and to just let the experience wash over me. I couldn’t believe I was hearing AI in full and I just closed my eyes and let my 14 year old self live in the moment. Felt like the end of an era for me, truly. I will always love Green Day and the music will always mean so much to me… and the door is closed now. I walked out feeling like if I never attend another show, that’s ok. I don’t need to because I don’t need Green Day anymore. I’m whole and happy and healed. They were a huge part of that healing but now that part is over and I’m ready to move on to what’s next.

Last night was just the best. Got to meet @pacejunkie punk and Kevin Preston who was super nice and gave me a pick. Had the best time with @AlissaGoesRAWRand @Laura!. I can't hear out of my left ear and my right hamstring is so damn tight from jumping around, but I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. "Just like that...20 years." 🥹

Easily got front and center with my kiddo after rolling up to the venue two hours before doors…. Gotta love that VIP ticket lol. Green Day put on a SHOW…… I just wish we hadn’t had to suffer through two hours of Rancid and Smashing Pumpkins. Heat really took it out of us and our energy was pretty low by the time Green Day took the stage. And it’s not like we were freaking out over the other bands, we basically just stood there and tried to conserve our energy! Not my fave format for a show and if these kinds of things are their new normal this was probably my last show 😕 that said, Green Day was amazing as always and my kiddo got one of Billie’s picks! She was thrilled 🩷

Love that we each got a bonus show because of radio tickets. Have the best time, you two!

From what I've been hearing it's going to be one of the high end Epiphones that's around $1000 🙁 There will also be an updated rig rundown video by premiere guitar soon, they posted photos on their Facebook yesterday

The songs being released on Friday are mostly likely: 1. Governator 2. St. Jimmy (Live From VH1) 3. Wake Me Up When September Ends (Demo) These are the only songs on Amazon that are not currently released that show the length of the track. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCH9C8JC

Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins rock Nashville's Geodis Park on 'Saviors Tour': Top moments https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/31/green-day-smashing-pumpkins-play-nashvilles-geodis-park-on-saviors-tour/74865600007/

Pics from Green Day on Facebook

Still haven't found the boxes of pods in my supermarkets but they had them for sale in the 7-11 I went into today. Got a fresh cup of PBC to go and a box of pods.

Had the same thought.

That's okay. I still hear "Are you crying on Michael Jordan?" instead of "Are you crying on my cold shoulder?" during "Ashley"

Gotta dig deep for true fandom. Check out these guest appearances at Green Day concerts, go listen to their entire catalogue and maybe find an eggplant or two. https://www.setlist.fm/stats/with/green-day-13d68939.html

Not sure if anyone remembers Jake the photographer who was badly injured on Hella Mega but he had some good news to share that he's become a dad https://www.instagram.com/p/C_PIk_mPFgW/?igsh=MTRvODJmZDRqcXBiYw==

So glad you were able to make it! Have the best time!!