21st Century Breakdown: The Green Day Thread

[sarah]

So as you may have heard already, Green Day has announced their next album release for May 2009 :excited::excited::excited::excited:


http://www.greenday.com/site/uploadedextras/COVER_SMALL_1.jpg


From USA Today:


By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
Green Day is on the verge of a 21st Century Breakdown. The band's eighth album, due in May, doesn't retreat from the seething invective of 2004's Bush-whacking American Idiot, which sold 5.8 million copies and transformed the Bay Area trio from punk brats to serious rockers.
After Idiot's success, "we asked how much more ambitious can we be?" says singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong. "We could take a sideways step or go back to our roots. We chose to move forward."

Expected to be one of 2009's blockbusters (bolstered by a summer tour), Breakdown addresses working-class struggles, internal demons, apathy and the fading American dream. "It's about reflecting what's been happening the past three years and putting it to melody with some bold statements."

The boldest may be March of the Dogs, which rails against religious hypocrisy. "I have nothing against religion," Armstrong says. "It's about preying on people's blind faith. I'm all for spirituality. There's nothing more spiritual than rock 'n' roll."

[flaggwalkstheline]

Wait Foxboro Hot Tubs doesnt count as a new album?
but still
YAAAAYYYY!!!!!

[fernandito]

Hooray Sugarpop for starting this thread! :wub:

I love Green Day, I listen to their songs virtually every day and in many occasions I play them on repeat for several mintues/hours. :)

[sarah]

yay for the green day love!

where is gsd? has she heard yet?

[fernandito]

She did! She sent me a text message about 2.5 minutes after I posted in here the other day! :lol: I'll let her know that you started this awesome thread so that she can come in here and post her little heart out.

[obscurejude]

Is Green Day any good? What kind of music do they play? :orely:

[Girlystevedave]

yay for the green day love!

where is gsd? has she heard yet?

Fudge yes she did! And I am (as always) uber excited. Good job on creating the thread though. :wub:


Wait Foxboro Hot Tubs doesnt count as a new album?
but still
YAAAAYYYY!!!!!

Well, that was more of just a side project though. :unsure:


She did! She sent me a text message about 2.5 minutes after I posted in here the other day! :lol: I'll let her know that you started this awesome thread so that she can come in here and post her little heart out.

What can I say? I felt a disturbance in the Green Day force. :cyclops:


Is Green Day any good? What kind of music do they play? :orely:

Emo :P

[Seymour_Glass]

Is Green Day any good? What kind of music do they play? :orely:

Poppity Punkity emo.

[sarah]

some new stuff from EW.com (http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/03/green-day-new-a.html)


Nearly five years after the release of their 2004 blockbuster American Idiot—it sold some 12 million copies worldwide, and yielded five singles—the boys from Berkeley return this spring with their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown (not including, lest we forget, a little 2007 side project). And now we have an official release date! It's May 15, though you can get lead single "Know Your Enemy" digitally sooner, on a soon-to-be-announced day in April.
A few EW staffers were given a sneak peak last month (you can read about it here), and basically, it's not a huge departure for the band. Fans of Idiot will appreciate the trio's continued three-chord raging-against-the-machine and rock-opera flourishes, like dividing the album into three parts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades."
As we've reported, they're not the only returning late '90s/early '00s pop-punk icons returning this year (see No Doubt, Blink 182, et al). Which one has you feeling most pogo-y in your old Dickies, readers?

[fernandito]

Ahh! A week before my birthday! :excited:

[sarah]

American Idiot heads to the stage (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001834.html?categoryid=15&cs=1).

this looks awesome.

[Unfound One]

They better be coming to Omaha.
I missed them by a week last time.

Like, I literally got into Green Day a week after they were here on their last tour.
:rolleyes:

[obscurejude]

When I was in middle school, I had a copy of Dookie on cassette that I listened through everyday for several months. I remember that the tape was blue...

That kind of sums up my feelings about the band- its mostly nostalgic for me and I don't really listen to most of the music today that I did when I was 13 or 14. Occasionally I listen to them because of the memories but they just didn't stick with me over the years the same way Weezer or the Smashing Pumpkins did.

On a side note, I thought Insomniac was a great punk album and demonstrated their roots were still intact after the major label deal. It didn't have the same mass appeal as Dookie due to its overtly angst ridden themes and thrashy arrangements, but I thought it was great. "No Pride" "Stuart and the Ave" and "Walking Contradiction" were all great in my opinion.

[sarah]

Just finished buying my tickets for the September 10th show (http://www.berkeleyrep.org/index.asp)!!! :excited:

[sarajean]

i hate you. with a firey passion that will remain unquenched until you also buy me a ticket.

[Brice]

i hate you. with a firey passion that will remain unquenched until you also buy me a ticket.

Oh, doesn't she have to buy your plane ticket there and back too? :lol:

...and I need the same.

[sarajean]

i hate you. with a firey passion that will remain unquenched until you also buy me a ticket.

Oh, doesn't she have to buy your plane ticket there and back too? :lol:

...and I need the same.

oh, i thought that was implied. if i have to go right out and say it...

[Brice]

:lol:

[Patrick]

I'm going to see Green Day tonight at a concert that was just announced yesterday.

This is the venue: Fox Theater in Oakland (http://www.thefoxoakland.com/)

:rock:

[sarah]

YAY! Thanks for the extra ticket, Patrick. See you in a few hours! :rock:

[obscurejude]

Have fun guys. :)

[Patrick]

Thanks, man.

See you there, Sarah! :nana:

[Brice]

:o Awesome! I hope y'all have a great time.

[sarajean]

they are.

i already have pictures.

^_^

[Brice]

*jealous as hell**





* of you and them

[fernandito]

I hope they took bazillions of pictures :)

[sarajean]

i made sarah promise to.

[Brice]

It still won't be enough. :nope:

[sarajean]

:lol:

[Patrick]

You guys are great. :grouphug:

It's quarter to 3 in the morning, I gotta get some sleep. Up in four hours for another work day.

It boils down to this: The concert was absolutely outstanding. And Sarah is incredible and amazing. The photos are on Sarah's phone, I'm sure we'll see them tomorrow.

'Night, all. :)

[turtlex]

:orely: Waitin' on maer and Patrick to post about the concert last night :orely:

[Brice]

fottergraphs thread :)

[turtlex]

Thankee, big-big!

[Unfound One]

When are they going to post the tour schedule?!?!? :panic:

[Patrick]

fottergraphs thread :)

Before it all gets buried, here is a link to the discussion about, and photos from, the Green Day concert last night (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?p=371505#post371505) in the fottergraphs thread.

[sarah]

Here's a write up (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/15/green-day-bring-21st-century-breakdown-to-life-at-stunning-oakland-gig/) about the show Patrick and I went to.

[Patrick]

Here's a write up (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/15/green-day-bring-21st-century-breakdown-to-life-at-stunning-oakland-gig/) about the show Patrick and I went to.
Thanks for that link, Sarah!
Links to some good photos there as well.

[turtlex]

Wow, great article. Seems like you both saw a great show!

Lucky duckys!

[Patrick]

Thanks, Pam.

If you're interested, this morning there was a review of the concert in the San Francisco Chronicle:

A seriously ambitious Green Day (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/16/DDJL172UN1.DTL&type=music)

[turtlex]

Thanks Patrick!
Sounds like am amazing evening!

<--yeah, jealous.

[Seymour_Glass]

Okay, I'm excited for this album.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7coXtg3rw4

[sarah]

yeah, i saw that live :rock:

[Seymour_Glass]

:pullhair: Jealousy.:pullhair:

[Seymour_Glass]

So, what do you guys think about the new single? I have friends who hate it because of the repetitiveness, but it's soooo damn catchy.

[sarah]

Personally, I don't think "know your enemy" is all that great. I think the rest of the album is much much better. The single has grown on me after each time I'm heard it (three times). Seriously, I don't think people will be disappointed with the new alblum/

[Patrick]

I loved the new album, but I've only heard the songs once.

All of them.

In order.

Live.


With Sarah.

:P

[Brice]

<_<

[Patrick]

Announced this morning:

Green Day have announced that they will hit the road for their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years beginning July 3rd in Seattle, WA. The first leg of the tour will cross North America through the summer and finish up with a show in Los Angeles on August 25th.

July
3rd Seattle, WA
4th Vancouver, BC
6th Edmonton, AB
7th Saskatoon, SAS
9th Winnipeg, MAN
10th Fargo, ND
11th Minneapolis, MN
13th Chicago, IL
14th Detroit, MI
16th Hamilton, ONT
17th Ottawa, ONT
18th Montreal, QUE
20th Boston, MA
21st Philadelphia, PA
22nd Pittsburgh, PA
24th Hartford, CT
25th Albany, NY
27th New York, NY
29th Washington, DC
31st Nashville, TN

August
1st Atlanta, GA
3rd Tampa, FL
4th Miami, FL
5th Orlando, FL
7th New Orleans, LA
8th Houston, TX
9th San Antonio, TX
11th St. Louis, MO
12th Kansas City, MO
13th Omaha, NE
15th Denver, CO
16th Salt Lake City, UT
18th San Jose, CA
20th San Diego, CA
21st Las Vegas, NV
22nd Phoenix, AZ
24th Sacramento, CA
25th Los Angeles, CA

[Brice]

No NC dates! <_<

[Seymour_Glass]

Personally, I don't think "know your enemy" is all that great. I think the rest of the album is much much better. The single has grown on me after each time I'm heard it (three times). Seriously, I don't think people will be disappointed with the new alblum/

All right. Cool. I was thinking it probably sounded better in context with the album. Strikes me as more of a movement within a larger piece than an all-encompassing epic of punk rock ambition.

[Unfound One]

Announced this morning:

August
1st Atlanta, GA
3rd Tampa, FL
4th Miami, FL
5th Orlando, FL
7th New Orleans, LA
8th Houston, TX
9th San Antonio, TX
11th St. Louis, MO
12th Kansas City, MO
13th Omaha, NE
15th Denver, CO
16th Salt Lake City, UT
18th San Jose, CA
20th San Diego, CA
21st Las Vegas, NV
22nd Phoenix, AZ
24th Sacramento, CA
25th Los Angeles, CA

:excited: :panic: :excited:

[sarah]

yeah, I'm all over that. First leg will rock!

[Girlystevedave]

Well, looks like I know what I'm doing July 31st. :D

[fernandito]

August

25th Los Angeles, CA

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[Seymour_Glass]

Have you guys seen the bonus tracks on iTunes?

A Quick One While He's Away!
and Like a Rolling Stone!

[Seymour_Glass]

How has nobody posted in this thread since the actual album has been released??

Also, can I borrow thirteen dollars?

[turtlex]

Hey Green Day Fans ...

... Green Day is on the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone ( issue # 1079 ).

I got mine in the mail, but I assue it's on the newstands now.

[Unfound One]

I finally found a friend to go with me and bought our tickets!!!

:excited: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited:

We're in section 203, which is directly to the right of the stage.
This graphic is stretched out to show all the sections, but think of 203 as being stacked on 103 - that's what it's really like.
https://files.gotickets.com/cached/_images/maintainwidth/521x500/3289d6466a2cd8483042263f956c9f7d/qwest_center_omaha_endstage-8525.gif

[flaggwalkstheline]

Have you guys seen the bonus tracks on iTunes?

A Quick One While He's Away!
and Like a Rolling Stone!

Greenday performing Bob Dylan?!!!!!?
and THAT song?!

I MUST HAVE THAT TRACK!!!!!:panic::panic::panic::panic::panic::pani c:

[turtlex]

Way to go, SJ. Congrats! We expect a full report.

[Seymour_Glass]

Have you guys seen the bonus tracks on iTunes?

A Quick One While He's Away!
and Like a Rolling Stone!

Greenday performing Bob Dylan?!!!!!?
and THAT song?!

I MUST HAVE THAT TRACK!!!!!:panic::panic::panic::panic::panic::pani c:

I think it was preorder-only. I should have preordered it. :pullhair:

[flaggwalkstheline]

I bought the disk on the day it came out!

If record companies would rather have us buying disks than downloading songs then they ought to give us the incentive of extra songs not available for download:pirate:

[Girlystevedave]

I got the song since I pre-ordered the cd on Itunes. If anyone wants the extra tracks, I could send via email or something. (Given it's possible. I'm pretty computer illiterate to a degree. :unsure: )

But seriously, the offer stands. :)


I have listened to nothing but this cd since it came out. I am utterly obsessed. :wub:

[flaggwalkstheline]

I got the song since I pre-ordered the cd on Itunes. If anyone wants the extra tracks, I could send via email or something. (Given it's possible. I'm pretty computer illiterate to a degree. :unsure: )

But seriously, the offer stands. :)


I have listened to nothing but this cd since it came out. I am utterly obsessed. :wub:

I would totally like to take u up on that offer :idea: PM me for my email address if ud like

[Seymour_Glass]

I got it the pther day. I like it a lot. It doesn't flow as well as AI, imo, but it has some of the best songs they've ever recorded.

My favorites are: the title track, East Jesus Nowhere, Viva La Gloria!, 21 Guns, and Peacemaker.

[Patrick]

Going to the show on August 18th in San Jose. :)

[Patrick]

Green Day concert tomorrow night! :excited:

[Patrick]

That was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. An absolutely incredible experience. I'm still blown away.

[Unfound One]

Right?!?

Oh man, I'd go back in an instant.

Did Billie Joe pull a "child sacrifice" up on stage and knock him down? Because that was intense. :lol:

[Girlystevedave]

Right?!?

Oh man, I'd go back in an instant.

Did Billie Joe pull a "child sacrifice" up on stage and knock him down? Because that was intense. :lol:

I loved that part too.
I also loved at one point when he wanted to pull someone up onstage to play Longview. He asked the guy who was 16 or something: "Have you ever been laid.......cause you will be after tonight." :lol:
And on the way onto the stage he said: "You goofy looking mother fucker..you better be able to play."

[Unfound One]

He had somebody actually PLAY?!?

During Longview he had three different people sing, and they were all AWFUL.
He had no problem letting them know they sucked either. :lol:

[Girlystevedave]

He had somebody actually PLAY?!?

During Longview he had three different people sing, and they were all AWFUL.
He had no problem letting them know they sucked either. :lol:

:rofl:

Imagine the excitement of going onstage and then the letdown of being ridiculed. :lol:

[Unfound One]

Oh absolutely. :lol:
He kicked a few people offstage for "stealing his limelight" too.
God, I fucking LOVE Billie Joe.

[Girlystevedave]

Oh absolutely. :lol:
He kicked a few people offstage for "stealing his limelight" too.
God, I fucking LOVE Billie Joe.

Ditto that. :wub:
He has definitely learned how to work a crowd over the years.
Mark my word: Green Day will be rock legends years from now. :cool:

[flaggwalkstheline]

Oh absolutely. :lol:
He kicked a few people offstage for "stealing his limelight" too.
God, I fucking LOVE Billie Joe.

Ditto that. :wub:
He has definitely learned how to work a crowd over the years.
Mark my word: Green Day will be rock legends years from now. :cool:

methinks they already are:clap:

[Patrick]

He brought a cute little 9-year old kid onstage. That was cool.

He kicked off one singer who didn't really know the words to Longview, but the next girl he brought up knew the song really well and she put on a great stage presence running all over the stage and out on the catwalk while singing.

Later in the show, the guitarist from the audience was very mellow, but played great!

I went to the San Jose show which was the only stop in the Bay Area and therefore it was their "hometown" show (they're from Oakland). Billy Joe's whole family was there. He brought up and introduced his brother, and then later brought his mom on stage. He gave her the Supersoaker, showed her how to use it, and had her soaking the audience. It was a total blast.

I was down front on the floor by the catwalk. The show completely rocked. Green Day played for almost three hours.

My cellphone is a piece of crap, but here's a photo I took from the floor.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20081809/081809GDclose.jpg

HP Pavilion is a much larger venue, but I was much closer to the stage this time than I had been at the 'guerilla concert' that I attended in April (at The Fox Theater in Oakland) with Sarah and other friends.

[Patrick]

Yeah, I'm double posting. Sue me.

Here is a slightly better photo of Billy Joe out on the catwalk.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20081809/081809GDclose2.jpg

And on the mainstage:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20081809/081809GDmainstage1.jpg

[Bev Vincent]

I've been listening to this new album pretty much non-stop in my car since it came out. It's a fantastic album from beginning to end.

[cody44]

I enjoyed the album.

[sarah]

Patrick, I love those pictures. I loved that you sent them to me during the show. It made me extra jealous.

My show last night was fucking awesome. They played for almost four hours and it was one of the craziest green day shows I've been to. Loved every moment. I was so fucking close to the stage and during East Jesus Nowhere I took off my homemade shirt and waved it in the air. Mike pointed to me and gave me a smile and a wink. :panic: it was super cool. I have a bunch of pictures on my phone but haven't uploaded any yet. My computer was taken over by an evil virus and i'm just getting back into the swing of things.....


anyhooo.....:rock:

[flaggwalkstheline]

Patrick, I love those pictures. I loved that you sent them to me during the show. It made me extra jealous.

My show last night was fucking awesome. They played for almost four hours and it was one of the craziest green day shows I've been to. Loved every moment. I was so fucking close to the stage and during East Jesus Nowhere I took off my homemade shirt and waved it in the air. Mike pointed to me and gave me a smile and a wink. :panic: it was super cool. I have a bunch of pictures on my phone but haven't uploaded any yet. My computer was taken over by an evil virus and i'm just getting back into the swing of things.....


anyhooo.....:rock:

I wonder if greenday got the phrase horseshoes and handgrenades from Chris Mars (of the replacements) solo album Horseshoes and Hand grenades

[turtlex]

Green Day ends tour with exemplary arena show
By Erik Pedersen via YahooNews

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – When Green Day toured behind its ambitious "American Idiot" record a half-decade ago, it was about a return to mega-stardom. This time, it's about legacy.

The pop-punk progenitors seem bent on cementing their place among the current rock elite, with an eye on the all-time best live acts. Tuesday's all-in performance at the Forum in Los Angeles was a mandate for the crowd to remember this show, the last of a seven-week North American jaunt. And memorable it was.

The focus was not on the music, though the band is promoting its second consecutive concept album, "21st Century Breakdown." No, the emphasis of this nearly three-hour marathon was squarely on entertainment and creating that sense of community that so few "important" rock acts seem to care about anymore. Sure, it was Professional Show Business, calculated every step of the way. But it also was one of the most flat-out enjoyable arena shows this town has seen in years.

Has Billie Joe Armstrong been keeping a journal of his band's gigs since their spectacular breakout in 1994 -- filing away every trick that ever got a rise from any crowd to unleash them all on this tour? It seemed that way. The feisty frontman pulled no punches in his zeal to obliterate the wall between performer and patron, simply insisting that the crowd enjoy themselves.

It was a syllabus for Arena Rock 101: booming pyrotechnics, call and response, count-offs, incited clap-alongs and arm waves, name-checking the tour stop ("Thank God for Los Angeleees!"), venturing into the crowd, bringing folks onstage (he yanked out one youngster's earplugs and hurled them away in mock disgust), cannon-firing T-shirts and TP into the throng, making exaggerated and drawn-out band intros. There even was a full mooning.

And the crowd lapped it up, acquiescing to Armstrong's every demand. He told stories and often made a point of inciting communal pride. "This is a f***ing rock 'n' roll show, not a tea party," he admonished. "You listen to Coldplay on your own f***ing time!" His easy command of the stage and crowd recalled vintage Springsteen.

Among songs that spanned its multiplatinum career, the band deployed teaser snippets of rock classics by bands renowned for their concert prowess, as if lobbying for inclusion into an exclusive club -- from "Satisfaction" and "Stairway to Heaven" to "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" and "Sweet Child o' Mine." A raucous version of Green Day's own "King for a Day" devolved into a show-stopping celebration of "Shout," complete with a sax-and-kazoo breakdown and side trips to Tom Petty, the Doors and Beastie Boys.

Everything was meticulously planned for maximum effect; Armstrong even coached folks he brought onstage to dive off it at a certain time. That might be anti-punk, but so what? It was pure rock 'n' roll, the creaky Forum adding to the old-school ambience of a great concert by one of today's greatest live bands -- one that's still firmly in its prime.

[sarah]

The American Idiot musical is set to begin previews on September 4th in Berkeley, California, and prep for the Green Day-inspired production is kicking into high gear: tickets for the limited run (scheduled through October 11th) are selling quickly, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre blogged a sneak peek at the show’s stage (revealing the set required extra support to accommodate its size and its massive walls will be covered in rock posters) and the show’s lead, John Gallagher, Jr. tweeted the cast had its first full-band rehearsal last night.

Idiot weaves Green Day’s punk opera together with established and up-and-coming stars of the theater world — but these are no ordinary musical theater actors. Many boast their own pop music careers, and several have starred in rock musicals including Spring Awakening, Hair and the Queen-based musical We Will Rock You: Check out the cast’s resumes, photos and videos of their live performances.

[Patrick]

The American Idiot musical is set to begin previews on September 4th in Berkeley, California, and prep for the Green Day-inspired production is kicking into high gear: tickets for the limited run (scheduled through October 11th) are selling quickly, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre blogged a sneak peek at the show’s stage (revealing the set required extra support to accommodate its size and its massive walls will be covered in rock posters) and the show’s lead, John Gallagher, Jr. tweeted the cast had its first full-band rehearsal last night.

Idiot weaves Green Day’s punk opera together with established and up-and-coming stars of the theater world — but these are no ordinary musical theater actors. Many boast their own pop music careers, and several have starred in rock musicals including Spring Awakening, Hair and the Queen-based musical We Will Rock You: Check out the cast’s resumes, photos and videos of their live performances.

I want to go to there.

[IWasSentWest]

god i used to love old green day. still do, but i wish they wouldnt of gone all political. theres just some things i want to keep seperate from political hog wash. my music is one of them

[Patrick]

Sarah is attending the American Idiot show tonight that is featured in her sig.

I wish I were there!

[flaggwalkstheline]

god i used to love old green day. still do, but i wish they wouldnt of gone all political. theres just some things i want to keep seperate from political hog wash. my music is one of them

I've got no problem with music which is somewhat political and greenday isn't really leaning towards left or right so much as they are criticisizing american society as a whole, I DONT like my punk rock to be very preachy (IE Bad Religion) and I think greenday has mangaed to present social criticism without becoming obnoxiously preachy

[Patrick]

I agree with that assessment.

[Seymour_Glass]

What I think is funny is all those headlines saying "Punk Rock Gets Political" when American Idiot came out, and all I can think is Dead Kennedys and the Clash.

[sarah]

Sarah is attending the American Idiot show tonight that is featured in her sig.

I wish I were there!


It was so amazing. I've never seen anything like it. If you're out in NorCal and can see the show I highly recommend it.

All the actors we so lively, so into the characters, it just blew us away. The set was so cool with a live band spread about. It was an experience to remember.

[Patrick]

Sarah! Tonight I bought tix for one the added American Idiot shows they "pre-announced" to the Idiot Club today. Going in mid-November, I think it's the last day of the show. Got some sweet seats! :excited:

[sarah]

:excited: I'm so glad you're going. I hope you love it as much as we did. :thumbsup:

[Patrick]

Going to the American Idiot stage play tomorrow afternoon. I'm taking the boys, they have become Green Day fiends!

Orchestra section, Row D. :thumbsup:

[sarah]

Give me a full report. :)

[Patrick]

Give me a full report. :)

Last Sunday I took my boys (ages 8 and 6) to see the American Idiot live theater show. They loved it! Luckily they are still young enough that a lot of the stuff went over their heads (e.g. sex and heroine). :ninja:

The acting, singing, and music was fantastic. As Sarah knows, the play incorporates all of the songs from the American Idiot album, four songs from 21st Century Breakdown, and a sweet love song that Billy Joe wrote when he was 19 for his then-girlfriend (and future wife). Apparently he has never recorded nor performed the song for an audience, so the stage presentation is its public debut.

After the show I bought the boys posters, and then when we were about to leave, the actors started coming out to that patio area. So the boys ended up getting one of their posters signed by about half a dozen cast members with a borrowed silver-ink sharpie. Had I known, I would have just brought the proper pens and they would have gotten even more (but like I said, they had to keep borrowing pens). It's a great poster from the original show. Even cooler knowing the show is now moving on to Broadway - and extra sweet having some original cast member autographs.

Anyway, I'm going to have the poster framed for them before they destroy it.

In talking with the lead actor after the show, he said they were going to New York.

- - -

Sarah and Feev, you two are going to have a blast in LA for the "mini-concert." I so wish I could make it. Sigh. Ah well, you better be sending me photos!

We'll have to go see GD again when they come back to the Bay Area!

[turtlex]

Hey All - Just heard that the Green Day Grammy performance video is available on iTunes for $1.99 ( actually, all the Grammy performances are available, but a friend was very specific about how cool the Green Day and Cast performance was ).

[sarah]

cool. thanks Pam. :rose:

[Darkthoughts]

I'm going to see them at Wembley Arena on the 19th June :panic:

[turtlex]

Green Day's "American Idiot" hits Great White Way

Click Me (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100417/stage_nm/us_greenday)

[turtlex]

Wow !! Congrats !!!!

The Tony nominations for best musical have been announced in New York by The American Theatre Wing.

The category's four nominees announced Tuesday morning are: "American Idiot," music by Green Day, lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer; "Fela!" music and lyrics by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones; "Memphis," music by David Bryan, lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, book by Joe DiPietro; and "Million Dollar Quartet," book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux, music and lyrics by various composers.

[turtlex]

Okay Gamers -

Green Day Rock Band is now available for pre-order!!

Amazon is doing a pre-order get $20 dollar credit deal. (http://www.amazon.com/Green-Day-Rock-Band-Playstation-3/dp/B003E4B792/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1273936219&sr=8-2)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61T8T2WLhzL._AA300_.jpg

( this is looking pretty cool.... but I'm holding out for Pearl Jam Rock Band coming soon! )

[sarah]

tickets for Green Day in the Bay go on sale this Tuesday, fyi. Shoreline Amphitheater (http://www.livenation.com/venue/shoreline-amphitheatre-at-mountain-view-tickets)

If you're going and want to meet up, send me a PM. :D

[Patrick]

Sarah, I sent you a PM. I'll be there!

[Brice]

Sarah, I'll go with you. Hell, I'll even buy your ticket. Just come by my house and pick me up. :couple:

[Patrick]

Idiot Club Member Pre-sale tix go on sale in 50 minutes for the Bay Area concert. :excited:

[sarah]

got them :dance:

[fernandito]

I'm so happy for you guys ! ...

...

:angry: with jealous rage

[Darkthoughts]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I'm going to Wembley on Saturday for my first ever Green Day gig :excited: :nana:

[turtlex]

Green Day at Wembley?!? That's awesome!

I expect lots of details from everyone !!!!

[Patrick]

Sarah, I got my tix yesterday too! I'm bringing the boys for their first concert ever. They have been asking me all year when they can go see Green Day. I haven't told them about this concert yet though since it is so long away. I'll probably crack in the next day or two.

Because the boys are young and the concert will end very late, I went ahead and sprung for the rip-off VIP parking. I just don't want to have to drag them twenty miles to the general parking out in the boondocks.

It just dawned on me that this will be my third Green Day concert of 2010! And, heck, it's your fourth counting the L.A. miniconcert.

Lisa, that is so awesome that you are going to see them in a just a few days! I wish we could all be there! :grouphug:

[turtlex]

Sarah, I got my tix yesterday too! I'm bringing the boys for their first concert ever. They have been asking me all year when they can go see Green Day. I haven't told them about this concert yet though since it is so long away. I'll probably crack in the next day or two.

Because the boys are young and the concert will end very late, I went ahead and sprung for the rip-off VIP parking. I just don't want to have to drag them twenty miles to the general parking out in the boondocks.

It just dawned on me that this will be my third Green Day concert of 2010! And, heck, it's your fourth counting the L.A. miniconcert.

Lisa, that is so awesome that you are going to see them in a just a few days! I wish we could all be there! :grouphug:

OMG!!! How awesome a Dad are you?!??!

[Patrick]

Aw shucks, Pam, you're making me blush.

Considering the forty dollar price tag, my parking space damn well better be right next to the stage.

I think Sarah and her husband ought to catch up with us for a little tailgate cocktail before heading into the Shoreline so we can toast our good friends at TDT.com who ought to be joining us. :)

[Brice]

Hell, $40 to park a goddamn car...they should let you park ON the fuckin' stage.

[Jack Torrance]

Plain and simple Greenday sucks!

Sorry the singer should have shut his mouth about Nirvana!

[Darkthoughts]

What did he say about Nirvana?

[turtlex]

I'm with Brice on that - $40 to park ... that better be one awesome parking space! It should actually come with the cocktails!!

[Jack Torrance]

What did he say about Nirvana?

Don't remember the exactly quote but somewhere along the lines of calling them talentless and saying that the seattle scene was never needed and that grunge was nothing.

even though the seattle scene brought out punk rock, so to speak, because labels were looking for the next Nirvana and Alice In Chains, so without them greenday would be doing bar concerts.

Hence why greenday sucks.

[turtlex]

Yeah, um, everyone gets an opinion ... sort of like, how you come into a thread about Green Day and say they suck ... Billy Joe gets to think Nirvana isn't great.

;)

[Jack Torrance]

Yeah, um, everyone gets an opinion ... sort of like, how you come into a thread about Green Day and say they suck ... Billy Joe gets to think Nirvana isn't great.

Well read again buddy, I just answered a question. Now you put in your opinion. Although you fail because I just don't care about yours. Also I don't care what you reply to this. Sorry for your loss.

[turtlex]

JT - :lol: I do appreciate though that you called me "buddy". :huglove:

Darkers - Is Green Day doing Wembley solo? Anyone opening?

[Jack Torrance]

:lol:

lol. I think I failed a bit there.

I am sorry. It's too damn late

[Brice]

I've looked and looked the only thing remotely bad I can find that Billie Joe said about Nirvana is this from the April issue of Kerrang magazine:


'I remember the first time we came to Europe, in 1991, we had a tape of Nevermind playing in the van throughout that whole tour. I'd heard Bleach but I didn't really get it; to me it sounded like Aerosmith or something. But with Nevermind I think Nirvana finally delivered a classic album for that generation of people who listened to it. Other generations had their Beatles or their Pink Floyds, and finally we had something that was worthy of that status, but was also unique to us.'

Was this what you're talking about, Jack? This was actually from Kerrang's Commemoration of Kurt, so while it starts out sounding a little bad it's actually quite complimentary. Nirvana, Green Day, and Alice In Chains came out the same year;1987 and all three were putting out big albums roughly with in the same time period.

[Jack Torrance]

I've looked and looked the only thing remotely bad I can find that Billie Joe said about Nirvana is this from the April issue of Kerrang magazine:


'I remember the first time we came to Europe, in 1991, we had a tape of Nevermind playing in the van throughout that whole tour. I'd heard Bleach but I didn't really get it; to me it sounded like Aerosmith or something. But with Nevermind I think Nirvana finally delivered a classic album for that generation of people who listened to it. Other generations had their Beatles or their Pink Floyds, and finally we had something that was worthy of that status, but was also unique to us.'

Was this what you're talking about, Jack? This was actually from Kerrang's Commemoration of Kurt, so while it starts out sounding a little bad it's actually quite complimentary. Both bands came out the same year;1987.

Nah I saw it on VH1 a few years back. I couldn't tell you anything other than that.

[Darkthoughts]

But, is that why you dislike Green Day - because they said something negative about Nirvana - or because you don't like their music?

[Brice]

Still I'd guess from the context of the quote I posted that they (Green Day) liked Nirvana quite a bit by the time Nevermind came out. Maybe the quote you heard was a misunderstanding... or Billie Joe was just exhausted as the little changeable mood indicator on your posts indicate you are. :P ...or maybe he was referencing his opinions pre Nevermind which as the article I quoted indicates were less than stellar. If such is the case well, as Pam said everyone gets an opinion.

[Jack Torrance]

Still I'd guess from the context of the quote I posted that they (Green Day) liked Nirvana quite a bit by the time Nevermind came out. Maybe the quote you heard was a misunderstanding... or Billie Joe was just exhausted as the little changeable mood indicator on your posts indicate you are. :P ...or maybe he was referencing his opinions pre Nevermind which as the article I quoted indicates were less than stellar. If such is the case well, as Pam said everyone gets an opinion.

I am not sure. It is possible I misunderstood what he said, but at the time I thought it was upfront. It has been so long though. I just don't listen to them and every once in a while tell people they suck or I hate them. Just to get a reaction.

Yep. Plus I feel bad for being moody with her anyways. I have been up since yesterday at 3am, working on going 2 days awake......

Sorry!!!

[Brice]

I know how it is. Go take a nap. :) We'll still be here. I promise we won't turn the internet off while you're gone.

[Jack Torrance]

I know how it is. Go take a nap. :) We'll still be here. I promise we won't turn the internet off while you're gone.

That's funny cause I was just your post on the internet off for a month topic. LOL

I do need to take a nap. I think I will here soon.

Just need to wait for the girlfriend to get home. We have to go shopping, which means an eternity of hell awaits me today!

[Darkthoughts]

:lol: Because Brice does have that power!

Just found out that Frank Turner is supporting Green Day...I LOVE HIM!!! Cool!!!

YouTube- Frank Turner - Photosynthesis

[Brice]

You sleep; let her shop. Or like if you hurry up and do so...maybe you have time for both.


And yes, I would DIE without internet. Luckily lisa is right. ;)

[Jack Torrance]

You sleep; let her shop. Or like if you hurry up and do so...maybe you have time for both.


And yes, I would DIE without internet. Luckily lisa is right. ;)


Haha. I might just do that. Nothing like trying to get rid of me! lol

[Brice]

Nah! We ain't trying to get rid of you.

[sarah]

Patrick and I got seats a couple of rows apart. :lol: good times. We post tons of pictures for sure. shots? um....yeah baby :D

Darkers, I can't wait to hear about the show. you're going to have the best time ever, I swear! Green Day is at their best live, imo.

turtlex....buddy....:rofl: I prefer pamcake. :wub:

[turtlex]

:blush: :wub:

[Darkthoughts]

:lol:

Aaaand!! Not just Frank Turner supporting, but JOAN JETT too!! Ha!! Awesome :D

Maerbear, I will take loads of pics and give you an essay entitled "What I did at the weekend..." :lol:

[sarah]

:D can't wait, darkers. :wub:

[turtlex]

Get outta town?!?

Joan Jett opening for Green Day?!?

Totally cool!!!!

You must smuggle a camera in, Darkers!!!!

That's gonna rock !

Is Joan opening any US dates?!??!

[Darkthoughts]

Camera smuggling accomplished! The photos are uploaded...on facebook :evil:

:lol: One sec, I'll upload to photobucket and give you a run down of the show :D

[turtlex]

Facebook?? facebook?!??! ... you're a cruel and heartless woman!! :P And that's part of what I love about you!!

Pics please, and yup - tell us about the show?!??

( totally thread stalking you this morning :wub: )

[Brice]

Pam would set up an account on facebook in about ten seconds if you refused to post them here. :evil:

[Darkthoughts]

Ok, not posting! :lol:

It's taking ages!! While you're waiting here's the NME review of the gig:
http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/51582

[Brice]

:lol:

[Darkthoughts]

Here we go! :D

Wembley stadium starting to fill up...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010057.jpg

The beer was £4 a cup!!!!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010060.jpg

Me and my sister

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010061.jpg

Frank Turner, he was ace

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010063.jpg

Joan Jett, who still looks and sounds amazing

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010064.jpg

I thought these kids were ace with their dyed hair :D

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010065.jpg

The drunken bunny...who is the drunken bunny? One of the band?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010066.jpg

GREEN DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010072.jpg

more to follow...

[Brice]

Awesome! I am jealous.

[Darkthoughts]

The sets and the pyrotechnics and everything were just amazing, it was really, really awesome -

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010073.jpg

The first person they bought up on stage was this little kid, he could only have been about 8 or 9. He was just stunned to be choosen, he kept rubbing his hands over his face like he couldn't believe he was up there. He ran straight up to Billie Joe and gave him a massive hug and then they got him to do all kinds of cool stuff, it was so lush :wub:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010076.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010079.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010081.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010086.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010091.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010092.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010093.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010096.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010106.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010108.jpg

[Darkthoughts]

I didn't manage to get a picture of this other kid they got up on stage, but they started to play the intro to a song and this kid had a sign that said "I know the words!!" so Billie Joe goes, "Hey you! Do you REALLY know the words?" and the kid was nodding madly, so Billie Joe says "How old are you?" the kid shouts "15!" Billie says "have you ever had sex with a woman?" and when the kid said no, he goes "Then you need to get the fuck up here RIGHT NOW!" and the kid sang the whole song and then stage dived off at the end - it was brilliant :D

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010118.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010119.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010121.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/towerjunkie19/Random%20Stuff/P1010125.jpg

[turtlex]

OMG!! I am sooooo jealous !!

Thanks for the pics, Lisa!! :wub: :huglove:

Looks like you had a great time and the show was amazing! Wow, nearly 3 hours!!

ETA: And they covered Sweet Child O Mine? How was that?!??! ( i love that song ! )

[Darkthoughts]

Ahhh, that part was so fucking cool!! They didn't sing it all, it was part of a medley it kinda turned into Highway To Hell after the first verse and chorus, but EVERYONE in the stadium was singing it :D

They are just the best showmen ever. They really involved the audience in the show. Billy Joe reminded me of Freddie Mercury in that way. He kept singing little phrases like "Heeeeeey ooooooooh" and the audience sang it back - when we were piling out of the stadium at the end everyone was so hyped someone would shout "heeeeey oooooh" and EVERYONE kept echoing it...so, so cool :cool: I think there's a real power in that many like minded people gathering together like that.

[turtlex]

Sounds ... AWESOME!

Thanks for sharing ...

.... sarah and Patrick - You're up next!! :D

[Patrick]

Hey Lisa, I don't know how I missed these photos before. Fantastic!

Only six more days until we see GD again, Sarah!

[Seymour_Glass]

I need to see Green Day. I just have to do it. Billie Joe is such a great performer it's sickening.


Also, has anybody else listened to the Foxboro Hot Tubs? I'm in love with them.

[Patrick]

Green Day plays a Foxborough Hot Tubs song on this tour. :)

[Seymour_Glass]

:excited::excited::excited::excited::excited::exci ted::excited::excited::excited::excited::excited:: excited::excited::excited:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH HHHH!!!!!!!

[Mattrick]

I like Green Day but now they are just too big to ever get tickets to. They had a show with close to 100,000 tickets available here a few years ago, sold out in less than ahour. Chances of getting tickets are slim.

[Darkthoughts]

We managed to get tickets and the gig sold out, but when we bought them they'd been on sale for a week or so. If you sign up to their site newsletter you get a heads up :)

[turtlex]

Yup. Also, I've seen where Patrick and Sarah post info from the newsgroup of the band's club and those are "tickets available" kind of things. You should check it out, man.

[Mattrick]

I may, not sure though. Green Day isn't high on my list of bands I would like to see anymore. I don't go to many concerts either. I've seen Brand New twice, Roger Waters play Darkside of the Moon and Slayer with Judas Priest. about it.

[LadyHitchhiker]

I love Green Day so much that I almost named Majel "September" because that's the month I got her, but I couldn't bear for when she passes away finally if I heard the song "Wake Me Up When September Ends".

[Patrick]

Lisa and Pam are correct. If you're willing to sign up for a band's newletter, or better yet join their pay fan club, you get a lot of info and opportunity in advance. That's how I got the info/tix for one of those 'guerilla' shows that GD put on prior to the release of 21st CB as well as later getting tickets on presale when the official tour came around the first time and now this time.


I'm on board with that line of reasoning, Lady, although it is cool that you thought about naming a pet after a Green Day song.


Four more days....

[Brice]

*jealous*

Have a great time! ...although I'm sure that's pretty well guaranteed. :D

[turtlex]

Can't wait to get the low-down on the show, Patrick! You and Sarah - high fives and kisses from all of us! Take lots of photos!

[RainInSpain]

Oh, how I envy you guys! :cry:
Missed the concert in Helsinki in July, and so hoped I would be on a business trip to SF in September to catch the one on the 4th. The trip never transpired, so now I'll be waiting (im)patiently for your photos!

[Patrick]

Thanks, Brice, Pam and Rain.

The concert starts in about 3-1/2 hours. :excited:

AFI is the opener.

[Brice]

You have roughly an hour and a half to come pick me up for it, Patrick.


Have fun! :dance:

[Patrick]

You have roughly an hour and a half to come pick me up for it, Patrick.

Have fun! :dance:
Gee, Brice, I stopped by in my private jet helicopter, but no one was home. Hope I didn't get the wrong house.

:couple:

[Patrick]

The concert was fantastic! Sarah and I met up before and after the show. All the photos of she and I are on her camera though, so we'll have to wait until she checks in to see them.

In the meantime, here are a few from mine.

As I think I posted here, my two sons (ages 9 and 7) have been asking me for well over a year when they would be able to go see Green Day (ever since I saw them in April 2009 to be specific). This was finally their chance.

Pre-show parking lot pic:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC01.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC02.jpg

The boys were real troopers standing on their seats to get a view through the adults in front of them for the three hours that Green Day played - because no one sits at a Green Day concert.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC03.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC04.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC05.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC06.jpg


(to be continued)

[Patrick]

continued...

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC07.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC08.jpg

This was the last U.S. show of the tour. After pulling this woman up on stage to sing Longview after which she stagedove off, Billie Joe pulled her back up on stage and gave her his guitar as a gift. How sweet is that?
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC09.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC11.jpg

Holding up my younger son so he could get a better view.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC12.jpg

The full resolution version of this one is now my computer wallpaper.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/JHPatrick/Green%20Day%20090410/090410GreenDayC10.jpg

Ok, I have more but that's enough. Now it's Sarah's turn to post! :)

[turtlex]

Patrick!!!

Votes to you for the coolest Dad ever !!!! :rock:

Love that you took your boys!!!

Awesome pics ...

So, how did they like the show? Set list?

[Ricky]

That's so cool that you took your kids, Patrick. I think that qualifies as brownie points for life. :lol:

Glad you had a great time!!

[Patrick]

Thanks, Pam and Ricky. Yes, the boys loved it and you know they will remember that concert forever.

Here's the setlist from that night I found posted somewhere:

Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA
September 4, 2010

# Song Of The Century
# 21st Century Breakdown
# Know Your Enemy
# East Jesus Nowhere
# Holiday
# Murder City
# Give Me Novacaine
# Letterbomb
# Are We The Waiting
# St. Jimmy
# Boulevard of Broken Dreams
# Cigarettes And Valentines *
# Burnout
# Geek Stink Breath
# Coming Clean
# Going To Pasalacqua
# Only Of You
# Paper Lanterns
# 2000 Light Years Away
# Hitchin' a Ride
# When I Come Around
# Iron Man / Rock 'n' Roll / Sweet Child O' Mine / Baba O' Riley / Highway To Hell
# Brain Stew
# Jaded
# Longview
# Basket Case
# She
# King for a Day / Shout / Benny Hill / Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / Lights / White Rabbit / Break On Through / Satisfaction / Hey Jude
# 21 Guns
# American Eulogy

Encore:
# American Idiot
# Jesus of Suburbia

Encore 2:
# Last Night on EarthAdditional Information: Half acoustic, half with bandHalf acoustic, half with band
# Wake Me Up When September Ends
Additional Information: Half acoustic, half with band Half acoustic, half with band
# Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Additional Information: Acoustic


* Billy Joe introduced this as a brand new song!

[Darkthoughts]

:onfire:

I want to go again!!!

[Ricky]

# Holiday


My favorite. :)

Nice line up!

[Patrick]

Lisa, me too!



For Ricky then, something performed just the other night...

Your favorite Green Day song

[RainInSpain]

One word: AMAZING!
Pics are great! Looks like the show went well - but then, one hardly could expect anything different from GD.

Oh, and the most important thing: Proud dad :clap:

[Ricky]

For Ricky then, something performed just the other night...

Your favorite Green Day song (http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCw5D7fYt8)

Awesome, Patrick. Thanks! They do put on quite a show.

[fernandito]

Patrick ! Those pics are awesome man ! Glad you guys had a great time. Can't wait for mah sugarpop to post the rest of the pics :)

[Patrick]

Thanks, RainInSpain and Feev. Fernando, where the hell is Sarah anyway? Get her in here!

[turtlex]

Billie Joe Armstrong boosts 'Idiot' ticket sales

NEW YORK – Having Billie Joe Armstrong on Broadway was — not surprisingly — a pretty smart move for "American Idiot."

Producers of the rock musical say ticket sales soared to more than $1 million last week when the Green Day front man joined the show for eight performances ending Sunday.

The show's weekly average gross has been $740,000 since it opened on April 20 at the St. James Theatre. Last week it was $1,092,334.

Armstrong, who composed and co-wrote the musical, made his Broadway debut as "St. Jimmy." Actor Tony Vincent will resume performances in the role on Oct. 12, with understudies playing the part until then.

Online: http://www.AmericanIdiotonBroadway.com

[Patrick]

Yeah, I got the pre-announcement and I sooooo wanted to go see it again. On Broadway. With Billie Joe. But that's a bit of an expensive spontaneous trip from California. :(

No surprise his presence increased attendance like that!

[RainInSpain]

Good grief, that's quite a surge. Not surprising of course - I'd have gladly been a part of it, too, had it been at all possible.

(BTW, my first thought after reading the first line was about a different "Idiot" - the one by Dostoevsky; so it gave me pause for a second)

[Patrick]

Anybody buy tickets yet for the first leg of Green Day's new North American tour?

11/26 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
11/27 Kennewick, WA - Toyota Arena
11/29 Salem, OR - Salem Armory Auditorium

12/1 Sacramento, CA - Memorial Auditorium
12/4 Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
12/2 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre
12/10 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

1/7 Green Bay, WI - Resch Arena
1/8 Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
1/10 Wilkes Barre, PA - Mohegan Sun Arena
1/11 State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center – Penn State Univ.
1/13 Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena
1/14 Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
1/16 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
1/18 Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena
1/19 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
1/21 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center
1/22 Philadelphia, PA - Liacourias Center – Temple University
1/24 Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center
1/25 Portland, ME - Cumberland Civic Center

1/29 Toronto, ONT - Air Canada Centre
1/30 Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center – Cleveland State Univ

2/1 Moline, IL - I Wireless Center
2/2 Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center Memorial Col
2/4 Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Arena
2/6 Broomfield, CO - 1STBANK Center
2/8 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena

[RainInSpain]

Hmm, how quickly do the tickets usually sell out? I'm asking because there is a (very slim) chance that I'll have a business trip to the US late this year or in early 2013, and I'd LOVE to go to one of GD concerts. But I might not know the dates of my visit until around November, and I have an unpleasant feeling that by then it will be too late.

[Brice]

They are not coming close to me. <_<

[noal]

After Billie's 'incident' on stage, there may not be a tour?

[Brice]

Why? I'm sure he has another guitar or can scrape together enough change for one. :)

[noal]

Why? I'm sure he has another guitar or can scrape together enough change for one. :)

Well, I'm sure rehab will cost him a fair whack!

I still have bad memories of them cancelling a UK tour in 1994 when I had a ticket!
If I went now it would be full of kids. I'm too old (or feel too old) for that shit!:nope:

[Brice]

I'll NEVER feel too old for good music or a good concert. Next month I'm thinking I'll travel to GA to see Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie.

[Patrick]

While some publicity appearances may be cancelled, I'm sure the tour will go on. :thumbsup:

New album dropped. Anyone listen to it yet? I have the download, but can't do it until I get back to my personal (vs. work) computer tomorrow night.

[Girlystevedave]

Just downloaded the new album.
Listening to it right now. :D

[noal]

I'll NEVER feel too old for good music or a good concert. Next month I'm thinking I'll travel to GA to see Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie.

I saw White Zombie in 94 or 95, can't remember the year now!:blush: