Green Day Are Not From California...
GREEN DAY ARE FROM ENGLAND! - Billie Joe Armstrong.
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Cut for pictures of intense awesomes, fuckloads of squee, and major fangirling over a certain man's face <3 (:
Oh man. There's really not much else I can say to describe it. At the end, mum asked me if it was better than Take That; I nearly said yes. But they are, of course, very different types of music and there's very little point in comparing them with each other. So I'll compare last night with every other rock concert I've been to instead.
Green Day, Wembley, 19th June 2010 > EVERY OTHER ROCK BAND I'VE EVER SEEN.
It was also the first time I've been in a pit. Me and Sofie managed to stick together until Holiday - the fourth song, HA - and then we were seperated and ended up in different pits. I've been crushed, trampled, punched, kicked, elbowed and I still had the best night of my life. They played the most blinding set ever, and I could barely see anything, but when I did, it was a fantastic show. I did manage to get some pictures, and some were actually brilliant.
I don't actually know how I got this picture, I was in a pit at the time and really coudn't see the screens. IDK. But IDC, because I love the toilet-roll gun :D
N'awww, tipsy!Billie is adorable :')
Also, I's jealous of the fact he got an umbrella in his drink. We just got plastic cups of water D:
I love those multi-coloured lights too much for my own good.
Also, Billie-on-his-knees makes little parts inside of me go wibbly ;D
I think this was shortly after he'd bowed down to us for our singing skills (:
This looks real arty, ha. With the exception of the guy-in-front-of-me's hair, obvs. I think it's Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. Or 21 Guns, not sure xD
Close-up of sexybum's Billie's screen face :D
The best picture my camera has ever taken. Little!Billie, and screen!Billie, in the same shot, as well as being seriously detailed and perfect. Fuk noes, he's gorgeous <3
Hello gormy!Tré, how are you on this fine evening? (:
Screen!Mike's pretty cool as well <3 ;D
I didn't get many good ones of Mike, I am seriously pissed off about that.
First encore. American Idiot. Ohhhhhhhh. The shallow part of me just died, about 50 times over. He's so fucking beautiful :') I'm the luckiest girl ever to get this shot.
Jesus of Suburbia..... I think. Though possibly not, I was being kicked in the back of the leg at this poit. Still a damn good photo though (:
Yeah, Jesus of Suburbia. We spent ages waiting for the explosion; for saying he's a smoker, Billie has an awesome pair of lungs to hold on the 'home' for that long :D
Now to the second encore. When It's Time, which is, incidently, a fucking gorgeous song and beautiful live. Billie made a speech about all the bands he liked being split up, people he looked up to dying, but he assured us 'the only way I'm leaving this band is when they fucking roll me away in a fucking coffin' and I was sobbing. Christ, I love them :')
Oh, hello the rest of you. This, I believe, was Wake Me Up When September Ends. By this point, I was a mess, dripping in my own hairspray and tears. It makes me cry live, every time. Even when I watch it on the live DVD I cry.
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life). FUCK. <3
Though it upsets me every time that song starts because it means it's over.
And I say it again, FUCK. Everyone chanting Billie! Billie! Billie! is the greatest thing I've ever heard <3
NOOOOO. NO NO NO NO. COME BACK. COME BAAAACCCCCKKKKK.
GOODNIGHT WEMBERLEY!!!!!!!!!!!
And then it was over. I want to go again already; I can't wait for them to come back - though it best not be another five fucking years. Billie said he didn't know when they'd be back, but he promised that they would. Next time I won't have to go with an adult, I imagine, although my mum did say she really enjoyed it, that they were better than she thought they'd be, which was good. She was sitting, and I really didn't want her to be bored by it all.
We got home at about 10 past 3, and I went to bed in my clothes. I left my hair in a state, kept my clothes on and didn't take my make-up off. God I'm punk rock. ;D
Highlights:
Reece. He was the child who was saved in East Jesus Nowhere. He only looked about six, and Billie got him onstage, and Reece just kind of stared at him, and then he just jumped on him, hugging his waist, and Wembley was just full of loads of hardcore punks just going 'n'awwwwwwwwww.' Billie wouldn't stop smiling - have I mentioned how stunning his smile is? Sorry - and he picked Reece up and cuddled him, it was so sweet.
The random gay guy. The guy in the black shirt and red tie who jumped onstage during Know Your Enemy and proceeded to snog Billie's face off. Very amusing, and even better when Billie kissed him back.
Basket Case. As if it couldn't be a highlight. I lost count of how many people I punched in the pits to that song. Also, I enjoy it so much because so do they. It drives me mad when bands complain about having to play the same songs over and over because they were hit singles. I mean, WTF? Everyone knows it, everyone sings it, why the fuck are you whining? Because you're bored of the song? Fuck off. With Green Day, they just adore every single song they play, they really enjoy it and they have a good time. They know Basket Case was the song that broke it for them in 1994, and they still play it like it's that year now.
American Idiot. I have no clue what it's called, but that pit thing where people spread out while it's quieter, and then when it all comes back in they run into each other? Yeah, that? Yeah, me and Sofie were in it. Fuck, that was fun.
21 Guns. GOD I LOVE THAT SONG. + confetti and fireworks, FUCK.
Dominated Love Slave. OH TRÉ. I love him :')
And Shout. I love that we broke the record and did it four times before the actual song started properly, LMAO
Now I'd just like to make a random shout-out to the guy who looked like Billie's long-lost twin. Me and Sofie saw him wandering around in the front section, some guy with black hair in a black shirt and waistcoat, and then he turned around and I nearly fell over. HE LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME. He had the Sherriff badge on and everything. Black eyeliner and messy black hair and then he smiled and he was just... Wow. He was the spitting image of Billie. You would've thought it was him, except for the lack of tattoos. I bet he gets jumped all the time in the street and stuff. I would've loved a picture with him, but we were in the wrong section.
Finally, that woman stood next to me complaining about the covers? THEY DO COVERS LIVE, IT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO. And also, regarding what else you were whining about? HEY-OH IS BILLIE'S TRADEMARK. She kept yelling fuck off every time he did it, and pissed everyone off. Eventually, she got pulled out because so many people pissed off at her shoved her about and she nearly fainted. DO NOT DIS BILLIE'S HEY-OH'S WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY PITS OF MANIC FANS. Dick xD
Setlist:
Ah. This can actually be found here. If you care, just click on the list icon next to the London date (:
Oh fuck. I just loved it so much, I can't even say. I cannot wait to see them again, no doubt. They just keep getting better <3 :')