Joined by The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas, Green Day’s epic North American headline tour began in Washington, D.C. last night (July 29).
Exactly one month on from wrapping up the European and UK leg of their Saviors Tour with a sold-out show at Wembley Stadium, Green Day’s massive North American run officially began last night (July 29).
For this two-month stint the band have brought along a fantastic supporting cast of The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas, and they all kicked things off yesterday at the massive Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
Unfortunately Rancid and the Pumpkins’ sets were seemingly cut short due to bad weather, but the headliners were unaffected and still able to tear through a phenomenal 37-song setlist – including, as promised, Dookie and American Idiot in full.
In fact, Green Day’s set hasn’t changed from Europe and the UK: they’re still opening with Saviors’ lead single The American Dream Is Killing Me, before going straight into the first of two album celebrations with Dookie.
After their 1994 classic LP there’s a six-song break which opens with Know Your Enemy, then three more from Saviors (Look Ma, No Brains!, One Eyed Bastard and Dilemma – maybe at some point they’ll throw in Corvette Summer after releasing a music video for that song last week?), plus Minority and Brain Stew.
Then comes the American Idiot segment of the show, with Billie Joe Armstrong changing the lyrics last night – as he has done before – in the title-track to, ‘I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda.’ Finally, after all 57 minutes of that iconic record, they finish things up with Bobby Sox and Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life). Phew.
See what the whole thing looked like:
Via setlist.fm, check out the full setlist:
1. The American Dream Is Killing Me
Dookie
2. Burnout
3. Having A Blast
4. Chump
5. Longview
6. Welcome To Paradise
7. Pulling Teeth
8. Basket Case
9. She
10. Sassafras Roots
11. When I Come Around
12. Coming Clean
13. Emenius Sleepus
14. In The End
15. F.O.D.
16. All By Myself
17. Know Your Enemy
18. Look Ma, No Brains!
19. One Eyed Bastard
20. Dilemma
21. Minority
22. Brain Stew
American Idiot
23. American Idiot
24. Jesus Of Suburbia
25. Holiday
26. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
27. Are We The Waiting
28. St. Jimmy
29. Give Me Novacaine
30. She’s A Rebel
31. Extraordinary Girl
32. Letterbomb
33. Wake Me Up When September Ends
34. Homecoming
35. Whatsername
36. Bobby Sox
37. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Catch The Saviors Tour at the following:
August
1 Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
3 Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music and Arts Festival*
5 New York, NY – Citi Field
7 Boston, MA – Fenway Park
9 Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
10 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
13 Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
15 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre !
17 Minneapolis, MN – Target Field
20 Kansas City, KS – Azura Amphitheatre !
22 Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark
24 Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field
26 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion !
28 Atlanta, GA – Truist Park
30 Nashville, TN – Geodis Park
September
1 Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park
4 Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
7 Denver, CO – Coors Field
10 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater !
11 Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field
14 Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium
18 Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field
20 San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
23 Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
25 Portland, OR – Providence Park
28 San Diego, CA – Petco Park
With support from The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas
* = festival date
! = with support from Rancid and The Linda Lindas only
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