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2025/01/27 - Expo City Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates


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Please use this thread to discuss Green Day's show on January 27th, 2025 at Expo City Dubai.

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Do you think that many people will queue for a long time in advance for this show?

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Hi,

I’m going to this show too, as I have a business trip there at the same time. I opted for the VIP ticket.

On 1/9/2025 at 12:02 AM, Tomcat20 said:

Do you think that many people will queue for a long time in advance for this show?

Yes, I believe so. Dubai has a large expat population, so there will likely be plenty of Green Day fans. I also think people will travel from Asia and nearby countries to attend. Since this is their first time in Dubai, expect everyone to be really excited!

Cheers,

 

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4 hours ago, nowshesgone said:

Any last minute setlist predictions before the show tomorrow?

Just that it will have to be a pretty "clean" setlist. No f-ing and blinding :lol: No Bobby Sox or Coming Clean or anything like that

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5 minutes ago, nowshesgone said:

No She and Give Me Novacaine apparently :(

I've always taken She being played live for granted... I had never even considered that they might drop it. I would very much like it back, please and thank you. I'd be more willing to drop any other song from Dookie. And Novacaine... I was so happy to see they had kept it for the South African shows, and hopping that'd be the case for the rest of the tour. I guess it'd make sense to drop it, but it's the song that got me into Green Day and I'll never tire of hearing it live.

39 minutes ago, mao said:

Go Green Day!

 

Do we know if he refrained from swearing the songs? 😅

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3 minutes ago, Cris. said:

I've always taken She being played live for granted... I had never even considered that they might drop it. I would very much like it back, please and thank you. I'd be more willing to drop any other song from Dookie. And Novacaine... I was so happy to see they had kept it for the South African shows, and hopping that'd be the case for the rest of the tour. I guess it'd make sense to drop it, but it's the song that got me into Green Day and I'll never tire of hearing it live.

to be fair they did drop She briefly during late HMT (alongside Still Breathing which did come back last show and Pollyanna which uhhh hasn't)
She though i think is guaranteed to return outside of festivals, Novacaine on the other hand could have a decent shot, but im not holding my breath per say

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Answering my own question, I just opened instagram and this is literally the first thing I see and hear :lol:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFVvPiANQ8N/?igsh=MTBkY2Zmc2V6bHU0aw==

Just now, nowshesgone said:

to be fair they did drop She briefly during late HMT (alongside Still Breathing which did come back last show and Pollyanna which uhhh hasn't)
She though i think is guaranteed to return outside of festivals, Novacaine on the other hand could have a decent shot, but im not holding my breath per say

I didn't know She had been dropped during HMT (I was still in hibernation). Also didn't know Pollyanna was played live. Did not see that coming 😅 I guess we'll have to wait and see what the future non-festival shows will bring us :)

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Here are my observations from the concert in Dubai:

    •    I didn’t see any crowd surfers.
    •    Barely noticed any mosh pits.
    •    Not once did I get bumped from behind while standing in the front row.
    •    The people next to me seemed like they didn’t know the songs, with hardly any interaction.
    •    Any flags that were held up were immediately stopped by security (possibly to prevent unpopular flags from being displayed).
    •    There seemed to be some last-minute changes to the setlist. Shortly before the start, there was a bit of confusion on stage.

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4 minutes ago, Tomcat20 said:

Here are my observations from the concert in Dubai:

    •    I didn’t see any crowd surfers.
    •    Barely noticed any mosh pits.
    •    Not once did I get bumped from behind while standing in the front row.
    •    The people next to me seemed like they didn’t know the songs, with hardly any interaction.
    •    Any flags that were held up were immediately stopped by security (possibly to prevent unpopular flags from being displayed).
    •    There seemed to be some last-minute changes to the setlist. Shortly before the start, there was a bit of confusion on stage.

like what kind of confusion?
 

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51 minutes ago, Tomcat20 said:

Here are my observations from the concert in Dubai:

    •    I didn’t see any crowd surfers.
    •    Barely noticed any mosh pits.
    •    Not once did I get bumped from behind while standing in the front row.
    •    The people next to me seemed like they didn’t know the songs, with hardly any interaction.
    •    Any flags that were held up were immediately stopped by security (possibly to prevent unpopular flags from being displayed).
    •    There seemed to be some last-minute changes to the setlist. Shortly before the start, there was a bit of confusion on stage.

Yeah this was fairly spot on. My 11th time seeing them (first time outside of England) and by far the quietest. No crowd surfing was nice as I’m always at the front so get booted in the head when I least expect it, but half the people there were literally just there for the AI singles and Basket Case. Being in the front row of a Green Day concert and being the only one to sing along to Letterbomb and Last Night on Earth is absolutely criminal 😂

Sooooooo many phones too. God I hate it, but it is the way of the world unless you go full Bob Dylan. 90% of the crowd seemed to be Russian with the other 10% British/Irish and a smattering of Indians (didn’t see any locals).
 

Was nice to see them in this part of the world (I live in Bahrain so a much cheaper flight than usual!) but I’m definitely looking forward to Download in June for a proper crowd.

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12 hours ago, Darth_Krid said:

Yeah this was fairly spot on. My 11th time seeing them (first time outside of England) and by far the quietest. No crowd surfing was nice as I’m always at the front so get booted in the head when I least expect it, but half the people there were literally just there for the AI singles and Basket Case. Being in the front row of a Green Day concert and being the only one to sing along to Letterbomb and Last Night on Earth is absolutely criminal 😂

Sooooooo many phones too. God I hate it, but it is the way of the world unless you go full Bob Dylan. 90% of the crowd seemed to be Russian with the other 10% British/Irish and a smattering of Indians (didn’t see any locals).
 

Was nice to see them in this part of the world (I live in Bahrain so a much cheaper flight than usual!) but I’m definitely looking forward to Download in June for a proper crowd.

Yes, that's right, a lot of Russians. But of course, the UAE is probably one of the few countries where Russians can currently enter without too many problems. And it's a fact that there are a lot of Green Day fans in Russia as well.

I've seen a few local fans. 

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