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Green Day

San Francisco, CA

April 9, 2009 at DNA Lounge

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Venue: DNA Lounge
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: April 9, 2009
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Secret show
Davey Havok of AFI sang "Going To Pasalacqua"
Recordings from this show can be found here
Deborah: "I was there at the show and it was absolutely fantastic! I don't think that putting his fingers to his throat was because he didn't like playing the song but because they messed up during the song. I thought that they were really enjoying playing the old songs because they love fans' interaction with them. There wasn't as much interaction with the new songs because the fans aren't familiar with them yet but Green Day was still enjoying playing them as."
Jess: "Wasn't that Davey from AFI that made a cameo appearance? Couldn't quite recognize him 'cause his hair is out of this world! Bay Area, represent! I waited in line for an hour and a half, and it was WELL worth the wait. I have a painful scratch on my ring finger from some idiot, trying to grab one of the drumsticks. Oh well! It was the best $20 I've spent in a while. The new album sounds amazing! Horseshoes and Handgrenades is quite catchy, I must say."
The New York Times: "SAN FRANCISCO - In its second guerrilla-style gig of the week, the rock band Green Day unveiled songs from its new album, 21st Century Breakdown, due in May. The band, which is from the Bay Area, booked the DNA Lounge, a 500-capacity club here, just 24 hours in advance and alerted fans six hours before the 10 p.m. start time. Tickets sold out in 20 minutes. The intimate space let the band - which routinely plays stadiums - get personal, with the members grabbing outstretched hands, taking requests and crowd surfing. Billie Joe Armstrong, the singer and guitarist, vowed to play its new punk opera 'from front to back'; the often melancholy songs chronicle the lives of a young couple living in the first, tumultuous years of this century. The second half of the show included songs from 2004's American Idiot and older hits, and the audience seemed grateful for the chance to sing along. At one point Mr. Armstrong seemed to forget some lyrics and brought a stunned female fan on stage to sing in his place. Mr. Armstrong, the drummer Tré Cool and the bassist Mike Dirnt occasionally seemed weary of playing their 1990s mega hits. After Basket Case, Mr. Armstrong made his fingers into the shape of a gun and put them in his mouth. Long after midnight the crowd filtered out into the street. Jonathan Pirro, 24, a student with a blue mohawk, clutched a drumstick tossed into the crowd by Tré Cool. 'That had a wonderful feel of spontaneity,' said Mr. Pirro, pumped up on seeing big stars in a small club. 'The new album has this big, huge, sweeping feel and it just sounds like they're having more fun.'"

Setlist

1. 21st Century Breakdown

2. Know Your Enemy

3. ¡Viva La Gloria!

4. Before The Lobotomy

5. Christian's Inferno

6. Last Night On Earth

7. East Jesus Nowhere

9. Last Of The American Girls

10. Murder City

11. ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)

12. Restless Heart Syndrome

13. Horseshoes And Handgrenades

14. The Static Age

16. American Eulogy

17. See The Light

Encore

1. American Idiot

2. Jesus Of Suburbia

4. Give Me Novacaine

6. Coming Clean

8. 80

9. Stuck With Me

10. Blood, Sex And Booze

11. She

13. Basket Case

14. Going To Pasalacqua

15. King For A Day

16. Shout (Isley Brothers cover)

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