Interview Series Business In The Week Ahead.Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. Green Day brought the show to a close with a flurry of great numbers - highlighted by a gorgeous take on “Wake Me Up When September Ends” - solidifying what thousands will likely remember as the signature set of the 2022 Outside Lands. It must have been an awesome moment for young Montgomery, one made all that much better when Armstrong let him keep the guitar. Montgomery didn’t shy away from the spotlight, as he strummed for the stars in front of the massive crowd. The group also tipped the hat to fellow East Bay punk legends Operation Ivy by performing a cool cover of “Knowledge,” during which Armstrong brought a 10-year-old 49ers fan named Montgomery up on the stage to play guitar. The highlight in that regard was the faithful take on the KISS nugget “Rock and Roll All Nite,” which showed without a shadow of a doubt that Green Day could’ve had a career as a fraternity-party band at nearby UC Berkeley had that whole pop-punk thing never really taken off.Īrmstrong also sang a brief part - no more than a snippet really - of the Journey song “Lights.” It was a nice salute to being back in the Bay Area, although one that probably felt a little less poignant for those who know the song was originally written about Los Angeles, not San Francisco. The group’s live show hasn’t changed all that much over the last 15 years or so, and can seem more than a little repetitive for those who have been consistent Green Day concertgoers, so it was nice to see Armstrong and company spice things up a little bit in the form of cover songs on this night. Green Day completely ignored its mediocre newer material - including its most recent full-length, 2020’s “The Father of All (expletive)” - and just keep dealing from earlier fan favorites like 2000’s “Warning” and, of course, the 1994 major label debut “Dookie,” which was well represented with four songs on this night.
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Outside Lands: How to stream the festival from your home Green Day opened its show with a powerful double shot of “American Idiot” and “Holiday,” two of a half-dozen numbers that the group performed from its multiplatinum-selling “American Idiot” album from 2004.
The group did its most to make up for lost time, rolling through pretty much all of its big hits during a high-energy 21-song set that ran some 100 minutes. So, Green Day has been booked for several years.” Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. “The idea was actually for them to play last year, but because their stadium date (at Oracle Park in San Francisco) got moved a year due to COVID, we pushed it to this year. “Green Day is a conversation that we’ve been having for a long time,” said Allen Scott, president of concerts and festivals for the Berkeley-based Another Planet Presents, which co-presents Outside Lands. Yet, it turns out that fans weren’t the only ones eagerly awaiting for Green Day to play the festival Most assumed it would’ve happened by now, especially given that the Bay Area’s other biggest band - Metallica - has already headlined the festival twice (in 20). It was a triumphant showing for these hometown heroes, whose fans have long hoped and expected would top a Outside Lands bill one of these years.