Miami, Florida - Convocation Center, April 14th, 2005
Before the concert started I was standing in line waiting for the doors to open. Some guy who looked real familiar for a reason I don't know was talking to a group of girls about how they were going to play "the new album and you know Kerplunk?" So, I got real excited at the mention of Kerplunk. Also, in line was a guy who liked an aged Mike Dirnt in a way. You didn't need to know that. But you do now. So yeah. Anyways. They opened the doors and I went in. They had everyone empty their pockets and "Metal checked" them. Then I got a wristband to say I had floor. Yeah. And I went into the actual concert area. And I stood one person away from the little gate thing around the catwalk. I stood waiting for maybe an hour or something. I don't know.
Then My Chemical Romance came on. I'm not really a fan of theirs but they were alright to watch. But I still won't be buying any of their CDs anytime soon. They did some songs. Not many. And talked about how they loved Green Day or something like that. The lead singer said he bought Kerplunk and then when Dookie came out he couldn't get tickets to see them. Or something like that. Maybe. I don't really remember I guess. And they said how if a sleazy rock band ever goes up to you and says, "Show us your tits and we'll give you a backstage pass." You know what you do? You tell them to fuck off. There was also a slight homo-erotic moment between the singer and the guitarist (I believe. Eh.) And then after My Chemical Romance finished there seemed to be a while in between them and Green Day.
A sound check guy checked the microphone about 10 times. And the Bunny came out. It looked like they were drinking Miller Lite. That's what the bottle seemed to say. And they stumbled and such. Then once they got to the end of the cat walk they started chugging while people cheered him on. And then he eventually got off stage. And then they started playing some music. Not Green Day but over a radio thing. They played that Beastie Boys song about fighting for your right to party, Blitzkrieg Bop, and some others. Maybe. I guess my memory sucks.
Then some cold water (or ice) (I think...) stuff came over the crowd. And a lot of people were like "Where's it coming from? What is it?" Then Green Day came out. And they started playing American Idiot. Then they played the first six songs of American Idiot in order (minus Boulevard Of broken Dreams, I believe). And during Jesus of Suburbia (or Basket Case?) Billie Joe crossed his eyes. Yeah. Not a real important detail but whatever. Then after St. Jimmy they played Longview. At one point in the show (I don't remember what song) somebody threw leopard print underwear on the stage and Billie wore them on his head. Some other songs they played were She, Basket Case, Brain Stew, Jaded, Hitchin' A Ride, King For A Day, Time of Your Life (Good Riddance), Minority, Boulevard Of broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Maria, Shout, and We Are The Champions. In We Are The Champions one line was changed to "And I'm Rick James bitch!"
They didn't play anything off of Kerplunk. And the only thing they played off 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was Knowledge. Where they did the standard 'form a band' thing.
Then My Chemical Romance came on. I'm not really a fan of theirs but they were alright to watch. But I still won't be buying any of their CDs anytime soon. They did some songs. Not many. And talked about how they loved Green Day or something like that. The lead singer said he bought Kerplunk and then when Dookie came out he couldn't get tickets to see them. Or something like that. Maybe. I don't really remember I guess. And they said how if a sleazy rock band ever goes up to you and says, "Show us your tits and we'll give you a backstage pass." You know what you do? You tell them to fuck off. There was also a slight homo-erotic moment between the singer and the guitarist (I believe. Eh.) And then after My Chemical Romance finished there seemed to be a while in between them and Green Day.
A sound check guy checked the microphone about 10 times. And the Bunny came out. It looked like they were drinking Miller Lite. That's what the bottle seemed to say. And they stumbled and such. Then once they got to the end of the cat walk they started chugging while people cheered him on. And then he eventually got off stage. And then they started playing some music. Not Green Day but over a radio thing. They played that Beastie Boys song about fighting for your right to party, Blitzkrieg Bop, and some others. Maybe. I guess my memory sucks.
Then some cold water (or ice) (I think...) stuff came over the crowd. And a lot of people were like "Where's it coming from? What is it?" Then Green Day came out. And they started playing American Idiot. Then they played the first six songs of American Idiot in order (minus Boulevard Of broken Dreams, I believe). And during Jesus of Suburbia (or Basket Case?) Billie Joe crossed his eyes. Yeah. Not a real important detail but whatever. Then after St. Jimmy they played Longview. At one point in the show (I don't remember what song) somebody threw leopard print underwear on the stage and Billie wore them on his head. Some other songs they played were She, Basket Case, Brain Stew, Jaded, Hitchin' A Ride, King For A Day, Time of Your Life (Good Riddance), Minority, Boulevard Of broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Maria, Shout, and We Are The Champions. In We Are The Champions one line was changed to "And I'm Rick James bitch!"
They didn't play anything off of Kerplunk. And the only thing they played off 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was Knowledge. Where they did the standard 'form a band' thing.
