Details
Location:
Pantai Carnaval Ancol in Jakarta, Indonesia
Date:
February 15, 2025
Other Acts:
Rebellion Rose
News:
Discussion:
Notes:
- First show in Indonesia since 1996.
- First performance of Paper Lanterns since 2019.
- Maria: "When I first discovered Green Day at 12, I read about their crazy Jakarta show on the Insomniac Tour and thought it would be cool to see them there one day. I never thought I actually would. As my flight descended to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, I thought, 'what the fuck have I done?' The taxi driver who took me into town said 'I can't believe you came to JAKARTA just to see GREEN DAY' and honestly, neither could I.
I arrived at the venue around noon. Late by British standards, of course, but early enough in Jakarta. There were about 20 people there. I'd completely relaxed. It was just another queue in a city that I actually liked a lot. I even had someone to chat to when a Filipino fan arrived. He was seeing Green Day for the first time, as was the Indonesian man behind us who'd sat on a bus for over 18 hours to get there and said, 'Green Day is my family.' Thanks to a Singaporean fan I met at the ticket gate and the lovely Indonesians around us, I got onto the barrier where the crowd was split.
I'd never heard any crowd as loud as this one when Bohemian Rhapsody started! They were even louder when Green Day came on and we sang along to The American Dream Is Killing Me. I'd told myself I wouldn't go too crazy because I nearly came down with heat exhaustion in the queue, but I couldn't help it when Paper Lanterns started. I heard that Green Day played Forever Now in Bangkok, but thought it might be a one-off... and then they played it. It took a few seconds for me to realise it was actually happening. And then I screamed like I was still 12. That is hands down one of the best Green Day songs and possibly their best live song. I never thought I'd be fortunate enough to hear it again.
There were quite a lot of phones out and Billie had told people to put them away in Longview, but of course, he had us get them back out for Boulevard of Broken Dreams. It was totally surreal to see him holding up the Indonesian flag in Are We the Waiting. I thought, 'check this out, 12 year-old self. You will see Green Day in Jakarta.'
As incredible as it was to hear Paper Lanterns and Forever Now, Bobby Sox was probably the highlight for me. The show was coming to a close and it was all worth it. Billie asked 'do you want to be my girlfriend?' and 'do you want to be my boyfriend?' before starting the song and both times, men and women screamed 'YEEEEES!!!'
When he came back with his acoustic guitar to play Good Riddance, he joked, 'Jesus, how many people here can play Good Riddance? Well, I can play it too!' He asked if we wanted him or someone from the crowd to play it.
'YOU!' roared the crowd.
'And I won't mess it up,' Billie replied. He did burp though.
I met people from all over the world on the way out - Philippines, Singapore, India, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and South Korea. I will definitely never forget that time I 'went to Jakarta just to see Green Day.'"
Setlist
1. The American Dream Is Killing Me
2. Welcome to Paradise
3. Longview
4. Basket Case
5. She
6. Paper Lanterns
7. When I Come Around
8. Know Your Enemy
9. Forever Now
10. Dilemma
11. 21 Guns
12. Minority
13. Brain Stew
14. American Idiot
15. Holiday
16. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
17. Are We the Waiting
18. St. Jimmy
19. Give Me Novacaine
20. Letterbomb
21. Wake Me Up When September Ends
22. Jesus of Suburbia
23. Bobby Sox
24. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
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