On this week...
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[img=090611_GD Stand Up.jpg]Last Year:
Green Day were on a short break between the final North American and South American legs of the 21st Century Breakdown tour. Billie Joe performed Wake Me Up When September Ends at the Stand Up 2 Cancer television fundraising event.
2 years ago:
It was confirmed that Prima Donna would be supporting Green Day for their upcoming european tour starting in September, through October (or 'Rocktober' to some fans) and early November. Could this mean a Foxboro Hot Tubs show was on the cards...?
[img=090611_GDU2.jpg]In 2006:
Green Day announced that they would be going in to the studio to record a cover of The Skids song "The Saints Are Coming" with U2.
In 1994:
Green Day performed Armatage Shanks at the VMA's at Radio City Music Hall in New York, more than a year before the release of Insomniac.
[img=090611_GD Hatch Shell.jpg]The following day there was some controversy as the band scheduled a free concert in the Hatch Shell at the Boston Opera House. A larger than expected crowd of over 100,000 turned up and was the cause of some rowdy scenes. During the song Longview, Billie Joe jumped off the stage into a flowerbed and began ripping it up. The chaotic scenes eventually led to the police shutting off the power and bringing the show to a premature end.
(Source: Green Day - A Musical Biography) You can read more here.
In 1993:
On September 8th, Green Day performed at 924 Gilman Street for the penultimate time before leaving independent label Lookout! Records to sign for major label, Reprise Records. Although the band would return to play at Gilman Street in later years, this would herald a period of Green Day being shunned by the venue and the local punk scene.
(click the year to watch a related video)
[img=090611_GD Stand Up.jpg]Last Year:
Green Day were on a short break between the final North American and South American legs of the 21st Century Breakdown tour. Billie Joe performed Wake Me Up When September Ends at the Stand Up 2 Cancer television fundraising event.
2 years ago:
It was confirmed that Prima Donna would be supporting Green Day for their upcoming european tour starting in September, through October (or 'Rocktober' to some fans) and early November. Could this mean a Foxboro Hot Tubs show was on the cards...?
[img=090611_GDU2.jpg]In 2006:
Green Day announced that they would be going in to the studio to record a cover of The Skids song "The Saints Are Coming" with U2.
In 1994:
Green Day performed Armatage Shanks at the VMA's at Radio City Music Hall in New York, more than a year before the release of Insomniac.
[img=090611_GD Hatch Shell.jpg]The following day there was some controversy as the band scheduled a free concert in the Hatch Shell at the Boston Opera House. A larger than expected crowd of over 100,000 turned up and was the cause of some rowdy scenes. During the song Longview, Billie Joe jumped off the stage into a flowerbed and began ripping it up. The chaotic scenes eventually led to the police shutting off the power and bringing the show to a premature end.
(Source: Green Day - A Musical Biography) You can read more here.
In 1993:
On September 8th, Green Day performed at 924 Gilman Street for the penultimate time before leaving independent label Lookout! Records to sign for major label, Reprise Records. Although the band would return to play at Gilman Street in later years, this would herald a period of Green Day being shunned by the venue and the local punk scene.