Green Day

My first experience with a Green Day concert was one of the greatest at Woodstock 99. That experience has stuck with me ever since then, as has my desire to see Green Day perform any time I get the chance.

The first thing I can say about the Green Day concert experience is all about the crowd, as they are always a very rowdy, but very fun crowd! A bit crazy, a bit intoxicated, a bit of everything, and a whole lot of fun! By the time I actually get into the stadium and am waiting for the show to start, I already feel that I've had greatest time already and just can't wait for the insanity to kick in. For me personally, if Im not down in the middle of it all, in the pit, being able to jump around, crowd surf, exert some energy and really feel the music, it just wouldn't be a Green Day show.

Their stage presence is intense and Billie Joe Armstrong really draws the insanity out of the crowd, encouraging the mosh, encouraging all-out fun. He runs around all over stage, having as much fun performing as the crowd is watching them. It's truly a sight to see and a show that I have always been excited to go to and look forward to every time. The sound and light show can be overpowering at times, but that is mostly a good thing, as it just fuels the crowd and creates even more energy and excitement. By the end of the show, it's obvious that everyone has had so much fun, is tired and sweaty, while at the same time still bubbling over with energy and excitement.

It is indeed an experience to be had, and if you are a Green Day fan at all, then you deserve to have this experience at least once!!

The concert was really great! The Support act played at 7 pm to 7.30 pm. Half an hour later, green day started to Play. They Played for 2 and a half hours. The First Song they played was Bang Bang. They played a Lot of Songs (New and older ones). While they played "revolution radio", they had pyro, like big flames. They also had exploding things, where flames,lights and loud noises came. This was definitely great. They also had on the end a vergessen big amount of confetti comming down. While they were on stage , they let 3 people on stage. 2 were allowed to sing with them and one could Play the gituare with them. Billie said at the end, that the girl playing the gituare could keep it.
Another cool thing was, that they had water "guns". I was in the second row and billie really got me and all the other people near me wet. In between the concert they also played Songs like "Hey Jude" by the beatles. At the end they played 3 last Songs: American Idiot; Jesus of suburbia; ordinary World. They whole concert was really great and I would say it was the best concert I've ever been to.

Unless you want to be an American Idiot, I would thoroughly recommend going to see the incredible rock legends that are Green Day, perform live. The alternative rock band have been making waves recently by taking the stage at a number of high profile festivals. Each time the band make their way on to another festival stage, always as headliners (obviously), the crowd go absolutely wild. Green Day always produce a crazy crowd, they wouldn’t be indie rock legends if they didn’t, and the crowds they muster up are always undoubtedly fun. Green Day have a number of hits, from iconic classics such as ‘American Idiot’ to slower tunes such as ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ . And they played them all. The energy and passion that the band brought on to stage was phenomenal, with Billie Joe Armstrong drawing out the crowd’s madness and encouraging each and every mosh pit that the music hungry crowd were all too excited to form. Armstrong’s vocals were on point and the band proved themselves to be the talented musicians we all remembered them to be.

One of the worst kept secrets of recent festival years was the spiritual return to Reading Festival by the almighty punk rock band Green Day. The 'American Idiot' hitmakers had been rumoured to be taking to the NME stage from the offset of the event and as promised they arrive at 12pm on Saturday to perform to a packed out field as the majority of the site flocks towards the big top.

Playing four tracks from the iconic 'Dookie' this really was a great show that could have headlined the main stage with ease. As opposed to other 'surprise' artists who come and play acoustic sets of their B sides from 1992 to 1995, Green Day were here to enthuse the crowds and delight with the hits. Whether you were inside or outside of the tent, everybody sang along at deafening volumes to 'Know Your Enemy' and 'American Idiot' as the band charged around the stage and into the lucky front row. It may not have been a well guarded secret but something makes me think Billie Joe Armstrong and co wanted the biggest crowd available and damn they got it.

Green Day is the type of band that makes you either want to go overthrow the government or go find the love of your life and everything in-between. Every song has its own unique story that touches the hearts of everyone in the audience. Despite all the hatred and fear and walls that divide us in this country right now, Green Day allowed for a brief moment of tranquility and release of political tension that I think everyone needs right now. You can just forget about your problems for a while and live in the moment. The lyrics are so empowering and inspiring. Billie Joe makes everyone feel accepted. He provides a safe haven for the oddballs, weirdos, and those who don't "fit in". You can be whatever you want, love whomever you want, and just be yourself and have fun and not feel judged. Mike Dirnt is a phenomenal bassist and Tré Cool is a complete badass on drums. Seeing them in concert was surreal. The ear ringing afterwards is totally worth it. If you get the chance to see Green Day in concert, do it. You won't regret it.

My first Green Day experiences date back to high school, I was 15-16 and it was like ‘93-‘94 before Dookie even came to be. I would see this punk band from the Bay Area perform in some local pizza place in Bakersfield, California called Jerry’s Pizza. From then on I was in love. Like IN LOVE! I loved the bands music! Their sound was something that just got me and to this day Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? is my most favorite Green Day song still. I take a lot of pride in saying I was part of the small percentage of people who loved their music before the entire world knew who they were. They are badass, Hands down! AND I’m thankful BJ had a sweet wife and family to help him when he needed it most and that he is still breathing and that he is here to give us more music with his fellow brothers of the band.

Back in 1994, I wouldn't have dreamed that Green Day would one day become a rock and roll institution, displaying an energy and repertoire that kept the multi-generational crowd on its feet for nearly 3 hours. Complete with impressive pyrotechnics and a well-polished knack for inviting fans onto stage, these guys put on an impressive show.

Though the show at times teetered on getting bogged down in call and response, my 12 year old son left the venue as hyped up about Green Day as my 45 year old self recollects my 19 year old self having been. Since those good old days, the guys of Green Day have gone from thrashing a few chords to reveling in surprisingly complex musicianship.

I'd gladly go again, and I appreciated Billy Joe and the boys for leaving it all onstage.

I went to Green Day concert in Mannheim at 18th of January and I feel the need to write this as a duty! I've been a true concert girl in my whole life, traveled the world for the love of music; I've been to stadiums to see the superstars as well as dark bars to listen to not much known quality music. I listen to from heavy metal to jazz and classics. And I've never seen a concert so interactive and energetic in my experiences! Now I'm full of light and joy! Light gives the hope to fight the dark, joy in my heart sends away the devils in my tired mind! After a long tiring period, I feel ALIVE again! Whatever happens in this crazy world in these evil times, I'm happy and I enjoy it. Thank you Green Day. Let there be light, let there be music in our souls!

This was my first concert in the Pit, and it was the best night of my life. I got really hyped when I saw how close I was to the stage, and I met some pretty cool people there. When Green Day came out, I actually started crying. I was standing only a couple feet away from the band at points, and I know it was a night I'm never going to forget. I think what made Green Day different that most concerts was how they called so many people on stage and gave away so much stuff. Some people got to go on stage and sing lyrics, or play guitar, and actually got to meet the band members and I honestly thought it was so amazing because they made someone else have the best night of their life. This concert was hands down 10/10, in fact, it broke the scale.

It's been 9 years since Green Day made an appearance in Northern Ireland.

Boy did they make up for it

Rancid, Green Day's tour buddies. Started the show off with high adrenaline. So much so that a mosh pit itself began to form at the front of the stage. I was slap bang in the middle of it.

This high adrenaline show meant that when Green Day started the crowd was already pumped and ready. And they delivered on the he action packed, high octane poreformance everyone wanted. I would easily call this the best night of my life without question. It was a phemomonal performance from both Green Day and Rancid and I wold seriously recommended that,if they're coming to somewhere near you. You get tickets ASAP.