Green Day offered a sneak preview ahead of their upcoming ‘Saviors’ World Tour by playing their albums ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ in full at an intimate club show in LA.
The live set which lasted for 35 songs overall, also saw the trio perform material from their latest album Saviors, which arrived in January.
Green Day also performed an encore of ‘Minority’ and a new cut ‘Fancy Sauce’ which was not included on their prime set list.
Billie Joe Armstrong and co began proceedings by playing ‘Dookie’ in full, before performing five tracks from ‘Saviors’, including ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’, ‘Bobby Sox’, ‘Look Ma, No Brains!’, ‘Dilemma’ and ‘Saviors’.
They also performed ‘American Idiot’ in full at this set.
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Green Day Announce Tour
Green Day’s upcoming tour will mark the 20th and 30th anniversaries of ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Dookie’ in full.
The band will kick off their UK/European Tour with two shows in Spain, as well as shows in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Paris and the Netherlands.
Green Day will then head over to the UK for several shows in England and Scotland, before taking in a show in Ireland with a gig at Marlay Park on June 27, before returning to the UK with a concert a Wembley Stadium on June 30.
The band will also take in a full North American tour, which finishes on September 28. More on this here.
Last November, Green Day also surprised fans with an impromptu show at a pub in London. Find out more on this here.