Green Day Concert 8/23/2010

I saw Green Day last night at the DTE Music Theater in Clarkston, MI. They rocked the house. It was a fantastic show. They played a 3 hour set that included a lot of their old and new catalog. The set list was as follows:

Song of the Century
21st Century Breakdown
Know Your Enemy
East Jesus Nowhere
Holiday
Viva La Gloria
Give Me Novocain
Letterbomb
Are We the Waiting
St. Jimmy
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Burnout
Geek Stink Breath
Going to Pasalacqua
2000 Light Years Away
Hitchin a Ride
When I Come Around
J.A.R.
Brief riffs of Iron Man, Rock n Roll, Eye of the Tiger, Sweet Child of Mine, Highway to Hell
Brain Stew
Jaded
Longview
Basket Case
She
King for a Day (included Shout, Hey Jude, and a few others)
21 Guns
Minority

Encore:
American Idiot
Jesus of Suburbia
Last Night on Earth
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Good Riddance

The show was a lot of fun. Billie brought a five year old up on stage for the "healing" during East Jesus Nowhere.

He brought a female audience member up on stage to sing Longview. She knew the words but not the greatest voice, so when he gave her his guitar, Billie said "Here, take this and learn how to play it instead." Everyone laughed.

BJ had quite a few good one-liners. When he brought the little boy up on stage for the healing, he was deciding on who to choose, he said:
"I need a child. You! How old are you? Five?! Are you a virgin?"
Kid shakes his head
"Do you know what that is?"
Kid shakes his head
"Well there's the internet... Get your ass up here"
After the healing, BJ asked if he could come over and watch TV after the show, the kid said no and Billie retorted with "Get your ass off my stage."

Tre, Jason White, Jason F, and Mike all took turns going through "Shout"

They had a dance party on stage during parts of Going to Pasalacqua and 2000 Light Years Away. They brought a bunch of fans up on stage. The women on stage were more or less molesting Billie while he was singing. One female kept taking the mic and talking into it. When security came and started ripping people off stage, she escaped their clutches and came back to sing more. They finally got her off stage. It wasn't a big tiff, but she was really annoying.

They engaged the crowd the whole time. When Mike did Shout, he jumped off stage and sang with the crowd. Toward the end of the show, Tre came out and got off stage and walked through the crowd.

The had pressure washers built into the stage that they brought out a few times to spray people.

DTE has chair seating down front so there was no mosh pit, but at the beginning of the show, Billie told everyone to come down and dance in the aisles. He said "Come on, who wants a closer seat, get your asses down here. Dance in the aisles! Man in the blue shirt... get the fuck out of the way."

This is the third time I've seen them in concert (I also saw the Warning Tour in 2001 and American Idiot Tour in 2004) I've never been disappointed and this lived up to the last two shows. This is the longest set I've seen them do and it was a fantastic show. I drove 2 hours to see it and it was worth every mile and every penny for the ticket.

I took a few pictures. They were taken from far away so they're not the best quality, but I got a few nice shots.