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Californian punks who scored huge hits with the albums Dookie and American Idiot

Green Day have announced their 2024 UK tour dates. Preorder the new album, Saviors, here before 15.00 on Tuesday 7 November to gain access to the presale.

Green Day sprang out of the west coast hardcore punk scene in the late 80s and early 90s. The initial trio of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Al Sobrante (drums) grew their reputation via energetic live shows and the promise of their 1989 debut EP 1000 Hours. Sobrante was replaced by John Kiftmeyer for Green Day’s debut album 39/Smooth and the EP Slappy, but he was soon replaced by Tré Cool just before the band signed to Lookout Records.

The band’s first move on their new home was to reissue their debut album and two EPs as 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. This was followed by the album Kerplunk!, which represented a notable leap forward in songwriting, paving the way for the band to sign to Reprise Records for their third album, Dookie.

Released in 1994, Dookie found Green Day coming of age at exactly the right moment, seizing upon the shift effected by Nirvana in order to jump right to the top of the charts. But where Nirvana tapped into a generation fuelled by alienation and angst, Green Day had an energy and self-effacing sense of humour that was more in keeping with punk heroes such as The Buzzcocks, The Ramones and Stiff Little Fingers.

Mainstream radio and MTV jumped behind singles Longview, Basket Case and When I Come Around, propelling Dookie to the upper echelons of album charts around the world. The band returned in 1995 with Insomniac, which was less instantly catchy than Dookie but hit harder.

The band cancelled a planned European tour, citing impending burnout and instead spending the time working on their fourth album. Released in 1997, Nimrod was a more diverse, textured album that Green Day’s previous efforts, most notably on the fan-favourite acoustic ballad Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).

It took Green Day three years to follow Nimrod, but the wait resulted in their most sonically adventurous album yet. Warning owed as much to The Kinks as The Buzzcocks as the band was clearly maturing beyond their trademark three-chord breakneck punk.

If the band’s popularity had waned since their Dookie heyday, American Idiot soon righted the ship. Conceived as a rock opera about young suburban Americans disillusioned in the wake of the Gulf War and 9/11, it showcased Green Day at height of their ambition, matched by some of their catchiest songs since Dookie. The album was a huge success and won Grammys for Best Rock Album and Record Of The Year (for the song Boulevard Of Broken Dreams).

Green Day’s seventh studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, saw the band return to the concept album format, this time following a couple through the American urban wilderness. Around the same time, the band had returned to their garage punk roots under the alias The Foxboro Hot Tubs.

That dalliance seemed to take hold, as when Green Day returned to the studio, they’d cast off the pomp of their rock operas and once again embraced their wilder side on a trio of albums released across 2012: ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre!. However, in the midst of the release schedule for the trilogy, Billie Joe Armstrong checked himself into rehab to address his substance abuse issues, leaving the band’s immediate future in limbo.

Green Day finally returned in 2016 with Revolution Radio, a stinging, angry record that addressed political issues such as gun control with a fervour reminiscent of their heroes The Clash. This was followed in 2020 by the glammed-up dance punk of Father Of All…

Throughout 2020, Billie Joe Armstrong kept his social media followers entertained with his "No Fun Mondays" series of covers. These were released as the album No Fun Mondays in late 2020. That year also saw the release – after a 17-year wait – of the second album by Green Day's new wave side project The Network.

Green Day had originally planned to tour in 2020 with Weezer and Fall Out Boy on the Hella Mega Tour but the tour was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2021, Green Day confirmed that the UK tour dates on the Hella Mega tour were moving to June 2022.

In October 2023, Green Day released 'The American Dream Is Killing Me', the first single from the new album, Saviors, due for release on 19 January 2024. The new album will release in the same year Green Day celebrate 30 years of Dookie – the album that changed everything.

Setlists

    1. -Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen cover)
    2. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover) (with Drunk Bunny)
    3. -lntro Theme (With elements of “The Imperial March”, "Blitzkrieg Bop", “We Will Rock You” & “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll")
    4. 1.American Idiot (“...I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda”)
    5. 2.Holiday (“...The representative from Coachella now has the floor”)
    6. 3.Know Your Enemy (with Brooke, a fan pulled from the crowd to help sing the bridge)
    7. 4.Boulevard of Broken Dreams
    8. 5.One Eyed Bastard
    9. 6.Longview (with band introduction of member Mike Dirnt)
    10. 7.Welcome to Paradise
    11. 8.Hitchin' a Ride (with “Iron Man” tease by Black Sabbath)
    12. 9.Brain Stew
    13. 10.St. Jimmy
    14. 11.21 Guns (shortened; ended after guitar solo)
    15. 12.Minority (with band introductions)
    16. 13.Basket Case
    17. 14.When I Come Around
    18. 15.Wake Me Up When September Ends (with Tom Petty's “Free Fallin” intro)
    19. 16.Jesus of Suburbia ("...Running away from pain like the kids from Palestine")
    20. 17.Bobby Sox
    21. 18.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (with fan on guitar and fireworks at the end)
    22. -Summer Wind (Grethe Ingmann cover) (Frank Sinatra version)
  1. Scene 1:

    1. 1.Know Your Enemy (take 1)
    2. 2.Know Your Enemy (take 2; with false start)
    3. 3.Know Your Enemy (take 3; with false start. Preceded by Mike's solo snippet of "Fuck Time" (Jailhouse Rock))
    4. 4.Know Your Enemy (take 4; partial, from bridge onwards)
    5. 5.Look Ma, No Brains! (preceded by Mike solo snippet of "J.A.R.", and full band snippet of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)")
    6. 6.Know Your Enemy (take 5)
  2. Scene 2:

    1. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover) (Drunk Bunny on stage; take 1)
    2. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover) (Drunk Bunny on stage; take 2)
    3. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover) (Drunk Bunny on stage; take 3)
    4. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover) (Drunk Bunny on stage; take 4)
  3. Scene 3:

    1. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover) (Drunk Bunny on stage; take 5; leads into "American Idiot" intro)
    2. 7.American Idiot (take 1; with false start)
    3. 8.American Idiot (take 2)
    4. 9.American Idiot (take 3)
    5. 10.American Idiot (take 4; preceded by Billie "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love", "Crazy Train", and "Iron Man" snippets)
  4. Unrecorded Set:

    1. 11.Revolution Radio
    2. 12.One Eyed Bastard (after the song, Billie Joe was informed that the cameras had been cut, but they continued playing)
    3. 13.2000 Light Years Away
    4. 14.Going to Pasalacqua
  5. Scene 4:

    1. 15.Auld Lang Syne ([traditional] cover) (practicing the song prior to the shot; instrumental; first performance by Green Day)
    2. 16.Auld Lang Syne ([traditional] cover) (instrumental; followed by Billie and Tré "Corvette Summer" snippet)
  6. Scene 5:

    1. 17.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (take 1)
    2. 18.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (take 2)
    3. 19.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (take 3; final chorus only)
    4. 20.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (take 4)
    1. -Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen cover)
    2. -Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover)
    3. -lntro Theme (interpolations of "The Imperial March", "Blitzkrieg Bop", "We Will Rock You", "I Love Rock 'n' Roll")
    4. 1.The American Dream Is Killing Me
    5. 2.Basket Case
    6. 3.Longview (Billie forgot part of the lyrics from the 2nd verse)
    7. 4.Welcome to Paradise
    8. 5.She (After the song, Billie helped a fan from the crowd and brought her onstage to check if she was fine)
    9. 6.When I Come Around
    10. 7.Know Your Enemy (with a fan onstage)
    11. 8.Look Ma, No Brains!
    12. 9.Dilemma (with Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" intro snippet)
    13. 10.Minority (with band introductions)
    14. 11.Brain Stew (with Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" riff intro snippet)
    15. 12.American Idiot
    16. 13.Holiday
    17. 14.Boulevard of Broken Dreams
    18. 15.Are We the Waiting
    19. 16.St. Jimmy
    20. 17.Give Me Novacaine
    21. 18.Letterbomb
    22. 19.Wake Me Up When September Ends
    23. 20.Jesus of Suburbia
    24. 21.Bobby Sox
  1. Encore

    1. 22.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
    2. -Summer Wind (Grethe Ingmann cover) (Frank Sinatra version)
    1. 1.Welcome to Paradise
    2. 2.Bobby Sox
    3. 3.Bobby Sox (Had to do a second take for the broadcast)
    4. 4.Longview
    5. 5.Basket Case
    6. 6.When I Come Around
    7. 7.Know Your Enemy
    8. 8.Look Ma, No Brains!
    9. 9.Dilemma
    10. 10.Brain Stew
    11. 11.American Idiot
    12. 12.Holiday
    13. 13.Minority
    1. 1.Basket Case
    2. 2.Dilemma
    3. 3.Look Ma, No Brains!
    4. 4.American Idiot
    5. 5.Holiday
    6. 6.Bobby Sox

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Reviews

Rating: 4.9 out of 5 based on 187 reviews
  • So good!

    by Stephen on 17/12/2024Rating: 5 out of 5

    I've seen Green Day live 4 times now and they sounded as good here as they did the first time I saw them at the barrowlands. It was awesome to hear dookie and American Idiot played in full with some hits sprinkled in Great support from nothing but thieves

  • saviors tour wembley

    by ciciiiiii on 14/11/2024Rating: 5 out of 5

    best concert ever, couldn't recommend them more. manifesting a trilogy anniversary tour 🙏

  • Solid

    by Skylar on 02/11/2024Rating: 5 out of 5

    Mint gig worth a watch just sound, saw in Manchester and they didn't disappoint

  • hell yeah

    by evan on 22/10/2024Rating: 5 out of 5

    one of the best concerts ever, would die for them tbh

  • Best concert

    by Connor on 31/08/2024Rating: 5 out of 5

    Saw them at Old Trafford and it was phenomenal. Green Day played for almost 3 hours and I got to witness both dookie and American idiot in full.

  • Probably the best concert I've ever been to!

    by Nicknick on 12/08/2024Wembley Stadium - LondonRating: 5 out of 5

    Electric atmosphere! From start to finish the energy was fantastic! Hit after hit kept coming! BJA his voice amazing ! My two boys 1st concert and what a good one! Memories made. The best night! Thank you Green Day!

  • They turned it up to 11!

    by Rich on 30/07/2024Wembley Stadium - LondonRating: 5 out of 5

    My family and I attended the Green Day concert at Wembley. It was a spectacular performance and the level of energy the band put into the performance was immense. We were all absolutely buzzing. I hope to seem them again.

  • Amazing

    by Annetax on 22/07/2024Wembley Stadium - LondonRating: 5 out of 5

    I wasn't sure what to expect. I loved American Idiot but not so much Dookie. But they played and entertained from song to song the whole evening and i loved every minute.

  • GreenDay Live

    by Gunner on 11/07/2024Wembley Stadium - LondonRating: 5 out of 5

    Well, what can I say, they were absolutely BRILLIANT, a must see if they r ever in your country or city.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • Green Day - Saviours Tour at Wembley

    by Alex on 09/07/2024Wembley Stadium - LondonRating: 5 out of 5

    Incredible concert with fantastic sound and atmosphere. So happy I went. Can't stop listening to the concert playlist. If you have a chance to see Green Day, definitely do it!