solongfromthestars Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago 8 years ago yesterday (17 October 2016), Green Day played the Hollywood Palladium on the Revolution Radio club tour. Stuart and the Ave. is the most interesting song on that setlist. More photos: Spoiler 14 years ago (17 October 2010), they played the Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brasil on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. That photo seemed to be in everyone's signature back then. More photos: Spoiler 15 years ago (17 October 2009), Green Day played the Sportpaleis in Merksem (Antwerp), Belgium on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. Photos by Leen Hubau. More photos: Spoiler 19 years ago (17 October 2005), Green Day played the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Fairborn (Dayton), OH on the American Idiot Tour. These photos were kindly shared by thetoph_drums who got onstage to play the drums Another one: Spoiler "After Number One Fan completed their set, the roadies began the process of moving Green Day's gear onstage. Around 7:45, the Drunk Bunny staggered onto the dimly lit stage. The crowd went wild, screaming and hollering, as he guzzled down his first beer. Continuing to stagger around, he almost fell headfirst into the mosh pit full of eager fans just waiting to discover his identity. Before ending his little preview show, the Bunny capped off another beer, hidden in his suit, and proceeded to 'get happy' on the stage floor. He seemed to enjoy it as much as the crowd, and then, his show was over as he made his way backstage. The crowd yelled and moshed until their faces were blue. Finally, Green Day made their entrance. The fans were crazy. The pit began to move faster and faster until they were in an all-out mosh as Green Day began their show with American Idiot, the title track off their multi-platnium record released September 21st, 2004. After finishing the kick-off song of the Dayton show, Billie Joe Armstrong took the mic and introduced the guys he had been with for 17 years. He also asked for the date and alerted the crowd that 'the day after this show will be our 17th fucking anniversary!' Not only was the Dayton show the band's anniversary show, it was the last show on the bill for the American Idiot Tour 2005. As Green Day continued on through the night, they played the entire American Idiot album straight through, with breaks of course, so Billie could begin all-arena waves, spotlight jumps, and, his favorite, 'heeeey-hoooo!' He could induce the crowd into doing anything, whether it be jumping, headbanging, waves, or swaying. Billie, with the help of Mike and Tre, turned the crowd into a raging pack of punks, even the young kids staying up way past their bedtime to hear their favorite band. At one point during the show, Billie held 'heeey' for, what was probably a record, one full fucking minute! His convinced the crowd that they could hold that note, and they tried. Few actually completed the task, but everybody tried. Now, it seems to be a tradition that at every Green Day show they pick people from the crowd to play their instruments. This time around a guy wearing a red and black striped shirt played drums, and the crowd seemed to love the way he played! A girl was chosen to play bass, and Mike seemed to like her because he kept whispering tips in her ear. And, the mother of all instruments was left, guitar. A girl was also chosen to play this. She seemed to have been dying to play because once she got on stage, she owned it. She was running around hugging everybody and yelling at the crowd to make some noise. The three chosen musicians played Knowledge while Billie picked up the vocals. The girl who played guitar was allowed to keep Billie's guitar as long as she 'got her fucking ass off my fucking stage!' And, the drummer dude got to keep Tre's sticks and do a stage dive. And, I do believe the bass girl got to keep Mike's bass. In my personal opinion, I do believe this was the best Green Day show I've ever seen, but that might just have been because I was there. I enjoyed this concert so fucking much that it will be the best night of my life forever!" — Sunset Veins 29 years ago (17 October 1995), Green Day played the Seattle Center Arena on the Insomniac Tour. "I remember going to see Seattle Opera's wonderful production of 'Madama Butterfly' there in 2001, and chuckling to myself about how I'd seen Green Day and the Riverdales put on a very different great show in the exact same spot in 1995." — Sid Spencer "The first time I saw Green Day is when they played an arena in Seattle in 1995. Someone threw a shoe at Billie Joe and he got pissed off and cut the set short..." — John Goar (one of Billie's teachers at John Swett High School) Green Day were also interviewed at the Seattle Center Arena. More photos: Spoiler 30 years ago (17 October 1994), Green Day played the Cambridge Junction in Cambridge, England on the Dookie Tour. "I scored some gear for Green Day that night after they came and talked to me in the launderette on Cheery Hinton Road! I think it may have been more than a Henry too. But don't tell the fuzz." — hairyarsenal 31 years ago (17 October 1993), Green Day played the Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA while supporting Bad Religion. "I saw Bad Religion a couple of weeks ago in Seattle, as I think that they're one of the best bands ever I expected (and got) a great show. What I didn't expect was the fantastic opening band Green Day, one of the tightest and most energetic bands I've ever seen." — Michael Hurd A ticket from the show: Spoiler 32 years ago (17 October 1992), Green Day played SOMA in San Diego, CA on the Kerplunk Tour. "I remember it was funny because all the talk was that Green Day were gonna be signed to a major label, and back then there were lots of arguments as to whether people should to major labels. Billie Joe was onstage and he said, 'Hey everyone, make sure you clap really loud because the executives from the label are trying to decide whether they want us to sign or not tonight, so let them know what do you think.' He was making a joke out of it which was pretty cool." — Mark Hoppus 33 years ago (17 October 1991), Green Day played the Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA for the first time. 37 years ago (17 October 1987), Green Day played their first gig ever at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, CA, where Billie Joe's mum worked as a waitress. The small audience was impressed enough to invite them back. The diner has since been demolished and replaced with a Starbucks. For more information, check out the Green Day landmarks tour. I also wrote about visiting the Starbucks and many other landmarks on my own website. ---------------------------- On this day 24 years ago (18 October 2000), Green Day played the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia on the Warning Tour. "Green Day played an awesome gig last night in Sydney to a packed out Hordern Pavilion. The whole set lasted for an hour and 45 minutes during which a fan from the audience got to play Platypus (I Hate You). Billie Joe had half the crowd screaming, 'Fuck you!' and the other half screaming back, 'Go fuck your mums!' For the finale, Tre Cool, after smashing his drumkit with a little help from Mike, climbed on top of a speaker two metres high, and threw his drum down. All in all, a kick ass concert." 29 years ago (18 October 1995), Green Day played the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada on the Insomniac Tour. More photos: Spoiler 30 years ago (18 October 1994), Green Day played the Leadmill in Sheffield, England on the Dookie Tour. Billie had broken his ankle in Amsterdam on 13 October. Photo: Di Coke We've got yet more spitting quotes: "From what I remember, Billie Joe spat and caught it, then did it again, but someone from the crowd got up and caught it then stagedove into the mosh pit. Gross." — James Matthews "I've seen them at the Leadmill and at Leeds Uni and they were great. Specially at Leadmill. They used to spit onto the lights and then catch it in their mouths when it came back down." — NEKRO138 33 years ago (18 October 1991), Green Day played at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, CA. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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