I went to six Green Day shows in Australia. Some might think I am out of my mind, crazy or a freak or whatever but I consider myself as lucky for being able to have the times of my life six times! The last two weeks were the happiest times of my life. I can't remember when the last time I felt that happy. I slept and woke up smiling. I was so damn excited to see them performing live. I traveled from Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and back again to Melbourne. I spent so much money and I didn't regret it at all. There were times I threw away some of my seating tickets and bought floor tickets instead and I swore to God that was the best thing I had ever done! When in fact some people thought it was just a foolish thing to do. I didn't care about money. I was having the best time of my life indeed! Not that I am rich or I don't have any other idea to blow my money on, I am just one very happy person.
Having gone to six shows in Australia, I gotta say that Melbourne's last show was the best of all. I didn't go to Brisbane though. Actually I already had the seated ticket for the second show. I got the very front row and it was really near to the stage. But I had decided to find the floor standing tickets, having experienced AWESOME times being on the floor in Sydney's last show. I gave my ticket to my sister. So on the 15th I and Bobby had been lining up four hours before the gate was opened. We were burning under the sunlight. But just 30 minutes before the gate was supposed to be opened, I got a phone call from Tika telling me that she heard in the radio that the show was canceled because Billie Joe was sick. I didn't believe it. I thought maybe it was some kind of a joke that Hamish and Andy made. But then the tour manager came and told us that the second show was postponed to the next day due to Billie Joe had some food poisoning. We were really disappointed. But I totally understood the situation. All GD fans there too. You know Green Day wouldn't cancel or postpone any show if it was not anything serious. It reminded me the times when Mike Dirnt was sick and had to go back and forth on the stage just to shit on the bucket. I got worried about Billie Joe though. Negative thoughts barged into my mind "What if Green Day break up just like Oasis did?" or "What if Billie Joe dies?" I know it's ridiculous. Bobby was having a dilemma because he was supposed to attend his brother's graduation ceremony on the 16th, in which in the end he chose to go to the Green Day show! YEAY! Good choice!*grins*
The next day I lined up earlier. It was getting way hotter than the day before. The mercury hit 39 degrees! Yet I stood strong under the heat. I'd do anything for Green Day. I got my survival kit bag filled with umbrella, sunscreen, food and water. Thank God Bobby was also willing to wait under the scorching hot sunlight without any complaints. The faces I saw on the second day was the same faces I saw on the first day. They were die-hard fans. You know I felt like I am really normal compared to those fans. I think some of them may have camped out there! They got all their arms or legs written with words from the Green Day songs like "Cast Away", "Viva La Gloria" or "Rage and Love" from "Jesus of Suburbia". Most of them were teenagers but there were also some people in their 30s too!
So Billie Joe was already fit at that time. The gate was opened at exactly 5:30pm. There were things that annoyed me a bit though. It was explained that the front standing were supposed to enter in door 5 or 16. And the rear standing to door 15. I was confused. I got the front standing but it said on the ticket to enter in door 15. Then the man told us "Front standing please go lining up to the city side, rear standing to the Richmond side". Some chicks behind me was like "What the fuck? I don't know where I'm going! Where's city? Where's Richmond?". You know there were lots of people coming from other state. Anyway as we entered the gate, I ran as fast as I could to door 16 (which is on Richmond's side!!). We had to wait for another 45 minutes there. When the door was opened, we ran and I couldn't believe we got the front row!! YEAY!!!
I knew that the show was going to be different when there was some surprises during Jet's performance. There were toilet paper everywhere, there were fireworks and bunny, lion, giraffe. It was awesome!
Right after the drunk bunny appeared, Green Day showed up! I went hysterical (like usual). They opened the show with normal setlist : 21st Century Breakdown, Know Your Enemy and East Jesus Nowhere. Then after several songs, Billie Joe said "We'll play that later! Now we're gonna play some old shit!". Everybody screamed so hard I could feel my ears like bleeding. And then Billie Joe started with "Seventeen and strung out on confusion..." and I was like "I can't believe they played Coming Clean!". Everyone around me who was screaming before stood still, not knowing what the song was. I screamed my head off singing to every line of the song! They also played "Going To Pasalacqua"! They also did the cover of The Kinks - You Really Got Me. It was the best fucking setlist in all Australian shows! Even though I was hoping they would play Knowledge though. During "King For A Day", Jet showed up with a bunch of male strippers! They lift up Tre Cool and it was all hilarious. Tre Cool had a boner. Oh well I had a really good time that I couldn't feel everyone was pushing and pressing. I kept jumping and screaming no matter what. And this time Billie Joe sprayed the water right at my face.
The best thing was Tre Cool was actually smiling at me and blew me a kiss! I swear to God it was for me! But you know the worst part is when they finished playing "Minority", Tre Cool went to my direction and tried to throw me the drumstick but he missed it! The girl next to me got it. I was so bummed I felt like crying. I was so close to tears when Billie Joe went acoustic. Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) is a really beautiful song but I hated it so much when the song was played because I knew that the whole Green Day thing was going to end. I wanted the drumstick and I didn't want the night to end, you know. Oh well but in the end I got Mike Dirnt's guitar pick. And I also got the original setlist! Thanks to the very kind security in front of me. She'd been giving me water and smiling at me. There was a time when I saw her mouthing words to the song and I smiled at her! You know almost all the security guards I saw were really serious, except this security guard. I thank her so much for giving me the setlist :)And I GOT THE GUITAR PICK! That's the guitar pick that Mike Dirnt was actually using on that show and it has his signature on it. I still can't believe I got it.
That night was turning to a bit chaotic. The front standing was wearing blue wristbands and the rear standing with yellow wristbands. When the show was going halfway, the people behind us were all wearing yellow wristbands! Shit. I didn't know where the other blue wristbands behind us before. Bobby who was standing beside me was now behind me. Just like Sylvia did when we were in Sydney. There's a tip for floor standing : HUG the barrier in front of you and NEVER EVER let go even when you are jumping like a mad man.
Green Day shows were hands down the best shows I had ever seen. I don't know if I'm biased though but I successfully converted my sister and some of my friends to be Green Day fans. And here's a quote I found from a forum:
Having gone to six shows in Australia, I gotta say that Melbourne's last show was the best of all. I didn't go to Brisbane though. Actually I already had the seated ticket for the second show. I got the very front row and it was really near to the stage. But I had decided to find the floor standing tickets, having experienced AWESOME times being on the floor in Sydney's last show. I gave my ticket to my sister. So on the 15th I and Bobby had been lining up four hours before the gate was opened. We were burning under the sunlight. But just 30 minutes before the gate was supposed to be opened, I got a phone call from Tika telling me that she heard in the radio that the show was canceled because Billie Joe was sick. I didn't believe it. I thought maybe it was some kind of a joke that Hamish and Andy made. But then the tour manager came and told us that the second show was postponed to the next day due to Billie Joe had some food poisoning. We were really disappointed. But I totally understood the situation. All GD fans there too. You know Green Day wouldn't cancel or postpone any show if it was not anything serious. It reminded me the times when Mike Dirnt was sick and had to go back and forth on the stage just to shit on the bucket. I got worried about Billie Joe though. Negative thoughts barged into my mind "What if Green Day break up just like Oasis did?" or "What if Billie Joe dies?" I know it's ridiculous. Bobby was having a dilemma because he was supposed to attend his brother's graduation ceremony on the 16th, in which in the end he chose to go to the Green Day show! YEAY! Good choice!*grins*
The next day I lined up earlier. It was getting way hotter than the day before. The mercury hit 39 degrees! Yet I stood strong under the heat. I'd do anything for Green Day. I got my survival kit bag filled with umbrella, sunscreen, food and water. Thank God Bobby was also willing to wait under the scorching hot sunlight without any complaints. The faces I saw on the second day was the same faces I saw on the first day. They were die-hard fans. You know I felt like I am really normal compared to those fans. I think some of them may have camped out there! They got all their arms or legs written with words from the Green Day songs like "Cast Away", "Viva La Gloria" or "Rage and Love" from "Jesus of Suburbia". Most of them were teenagers but there were also some people in their 30s too!
So Billie Joe was already fit at that time. The gate was opened at exactly 5:30pm. There were things that annoyed me a bit though. It was explained that the front standing were supposed to enter in door 5 or 16. And the rear standing to door 15. I was confused. I got the front standing but it said on the ticket to enter in door 15. Then the man told us "Front standing please go lining up to the city side, rear standing to the Richmond side". Some chicks behind me was like "What the fuck? I don't know where I'm going! Where's city? Where's Richmond?". You know there were lots of people coming from other state. Anyway as we entered the gate, I ran as fast as I could to door 16 (which is on Richmond's side!!). We had to wait for another 45 minutes there. When the door was opened, we ran and I couldn't believe we got the front row!! YEAY!!!
I knew that the show was going to be different when there was some surprises during Jet's performance. There were toilet paper everywhere, there were fireworks and bunny, lion, giraffe. It was awesome!
Right after the drunk bunny appeared, Green Day showed up! I went hysterical (like usual). They opened the show with normal setlist : 21st Century Breakdown, Know Your Enemy and East Jesus Nowhere. Then after several songs, Billie Joe said "We'll play that later! Now we're gonna play some old shit!". Everybody screamed so hard I could feel my ears like bleeding. And then Billie Joe started with "Seventeen and strung out on confusion..." and I was like "I can't believe they played Coming Clean!". Everyone around me who was screaming before stood still, not knowing what the song was. I screamed my head off singing to every line of the song! They also played "Going To Pasalacqua"! They also did the cover of The Kinks - You Really Got Me. It was the best fucking setlist in all Australian shows! Even though I was hoping they would play Knowledge though. During "King For A Day", Jet showed up with a bunch of male strippers! They lift up Tre Cool and it was all hilarious. Tre Cool had a boner. Oh well I had a really good time that I couldn't feel everyone was pushing and pressing. I kept jumping and screaming no matter what. And this time Billie Joe sprayed the water right at my face.
The best thing was Tre Cool was actually smiling at me and blew me a kiss! I swear to God it was for me! But you know the worst part is when they finished playing "Minority", Tre Cool went to my direction and tried to throw me the drumstick but he missed it! The girl next to me got it. I was so bummed I felt like crying. I was so close to tears when Billie Joe went acoustic. Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) is a really beautiful song but I hated it so much when the song was played because I knew that the whole Green Day thing was going to end. I wanted the drumstick and I didn't want the night to end, you know. Oh well but in the end I got Mike Dirnt's guitar pick. And I also got the original setlist! Thanks to the very kind security in front of me. She'd been giving me water and smiling at me. There was a time when I saw her mouthing words to the song and I smiled at her! You know almost all the security guards I saw were really serious, except this security guard. I thank her so much for giving me the setlist :)And I GOT THE GUITAR PICK! That's the guitar pick that Mike Dirnt was actually using on that show and it has his signature on it. I still can't believe I got it.
That night was turning to a bit chaotic. The front standing was wearing blue wristbands and the rear standing with yellow wristbands. When the show was going halfway, the people behind us were all wearing yellow wristbands! Shit. I didn't know where the other blue wristbands behind us before. Bobby who was standing beside me was now behind me. Just like Sylvia did when we were in Sydney. There's a tip for floor standing : HUG the barrier in front of you and NEVER EVER let go even when you are jumping like a mad man.
Green Day shows were hands down the best shows I had ever seen. I don't know if I'm biased though but I successfully converted my sister and some of my friends to be Green Day fans. And here's a quote I found from a forum:
"Well, I'm definitely not a big Green Day fan, but I went to the show tonight... it amazes me that I'm about to say this, but it was hands down the best concert I've ever been to :?
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I've seen bands I CHERISH, bands whose reputation precedes them hugely... I've seen masters of stadium rock like Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica... And Green Day SHAT on all of them.
I'm floored... I still don't really like them any more than I did before, but that show was fucking amazing. When three songs in you've had fireworks, randoms invited on stage, band members sprinting through the crowd etc, you know you're at an event. When that went on for nearly THREE HOURS and never once really lagged... Yeah. Don't know what more to say, fucking brilliance. "FOR VIDEOS : CLICK HERE
