Green Day kick off ‘Saviors’ world tour with ‘Dookie’, ‘American Idiot’, the hits and epic stage show
Green Day kicked off their massive ‘Saviors‘ world tour last night (May 30) in Spain, where they played a stacked setlist.
The band – comprised of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool – took over the stage at the O Son do Camino festival in Monte do Gozo, Spain for the first night of their tour.
They opened with ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ – the lead single from their 14th studio album ‘Saviors’ – before diving into their 1994 LP ‘Dookie’, playing it in its entirety. Armstrong and co. then treated the crowd to ‘Know Your Enemy’, ‘Dilemma’ and ‘Brain Stew’ as a short intermission before jumping into their 2004 album ‘American Idiot’ in its entirety.
Green Day’s stage set up included a gigantic hand holding a red grenade heart, as seen on the album artwork for ‘American Idiot’ and many Marshall amps stacked on stage. Both LPs – ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ respectively – are celebrating their 30th and 20th anniversaries this year. The band previously promised that they would be playing both albums in full while on tour.
Green Day are performing on stage at O Son Do Camiño in Spain. They just played Dookie in its entirety, and now it's time for American Idiot.
ihr.freelancer pic.twitter.com/7ofhDLt0NH— Green Day Italy (@GreenDayItaly_) May 30, 2024
To close out the night, the band performed ‘Minority’ and ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’. In total, they played 34 songs. Check out the full set list below.
Green Day Played:
1.’The American Dream Is Killing Me’
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’ (orchestral version)
17. ‘Know Your Enemy’ (with fan onstage)
18. ‘Dilemma’
19. ‘Brain Stew’
20. ‘American Idiot’
21. ‘Jesus Of Suburbia’
22. ‘Holiday’
23. ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’
24. ‘Are We The Waiting’
25. ‘St. Jimmy’
26. ‘Give Me Novacaine’
27. ‘She’s A Rebel’
28. ‘Extraordinary Girl’
29. ‘Letterbomb’
30. ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’
31. ‘Homecoming’
32. ‘Whatsername’
33. ‘Minority’
34. ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’
In other news, Green Day are amongst the the signees of an open letter calling for a bill to be passed to protect gig goers from ticket scams.
Over 280 musicians have signed the letter, which encourages lawmakers to implement the Fans First Act to prevent ticketing scams and people reselling tickets at massively inflated prices.
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Anagricel Duran
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