Green Day

Ooooh YES!!
Anyone know how to get the flight info?

Hmm, there's a five day gap between the Melbourne show and the Auckland one, so they could be arriving any day between the 15th and the 18th. Trying to catch them as they were leaving may be easier.

JOJO GOT US TICKETS TO THE SECOND SHOW ASWELL!!! SHE PWNS YOUUUU!!

...im gonna go out on a limb and say that rachel loves me a whole fucking lot right now...
anyone else picked that up? lol

Fuck.

what?

Yes!! I doooooo!

And What's fuck?

I'm not going to have enough money to go to both

... and all my friends are going to the Friday night one

Okay so I am going to both now =]

I'm just going to the Saturday one. My friend's going to that one too, so I don't mind so much, as long as they don't play one of my favourite songs on the friday and not on the saturday. =]

I made us a camp Green Day thread for our epic planning to live in.

How cute is this shit?
From a show last night.

Fucking wow.

"Dan Christianson was excited ­he would finally get to see one of his favorite bands live in concert, just like a lot of other teenagers at the Green Day concert Friday night at the Fargodome.

The recent Grand Forks Red River High School graduate had unsuccessfully tried to catch up with the band earlier in the day at a CD signing, and had barely missed the cutoff to get backstage passes for after the show. He was disappointed by the near-misses, but had no idea he’d be playing guitar onstage with Green Day by the end of the night in front of nearly 8,000 screaming fans.

Getting picked

Christianson said he went to Fargo on Friday with the two other members of the Neckties, his band based out of Grand Forks. It was an exciting weekend event and something they all were anxiously waiting for.

“We kind of wanted to go down as a band and see these guys just because they’ve been such a big influence on us,” he said.

They tried to meet up with Green Day during a Hot Topic CD signing, but missed the band and then were a little too far back in a line to get backstage passes. Christianson said they did get great seats and the show was “incredible.”

“Green Day rocked the house — they were so good,” he said. “They were just amazing to see.”

As the show was coming to a finale, the band asked for a volunteer to come onstage and play the guitar part for “Jesus of Suburbia” during the encore. Christianson’s friends pointed to him and yelled for lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong’s attention.

Before he knew what was happening, Armstrong had pointed to him and another guy in the crowd, but only one could come onstage and play the song. Armstrong asked what key the song was in — Christianson said C sharp, the correct answer, “so he told me to get my ass up there,” he said.

He admitted he got a lump in his throat when Armstrong looked right at him and pointed him out, “but once he pulled me up, I wasn’t really that nervous anymore,” Christianson said. “It’s one of the songs that I actually learned to play guitar to.”

He was handed Armstrong’s own guitar and got to play most of the song onstage, and also joined in on vocals for a bit. He said the experience was “really surreal” but didn’t totally sink in until he had climbed back off the stage and rejoined his friends.

Christianson said it was all business on stage, and his friends have told him he did a great job with the spontaneous gig. But his chance to spend a few minutes onstage with musicians he has idolized for years will be a memorable event, he said.

“It was definitely the best concert I’ve ever been to,” he said. “It’s one thing that you hope for, but I never would have expected it would happen.”"

holy shit

That's amazing.

Wow.

I'm so jealous.

But I can't play the song anyray, so I wouldn't be able to do it.

But still, Holy Gouda!

He also got some fans on stage to sing Longview in Seattle:

"07-20 - GREEN DAY TOUR TO FEATURE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS."

Stay tuned for more info... "

Hmm, I'm thinking maybe The Living End will be opening for the Aussie tour. Cause they're pretty good friends from what I've heard. But, it's just a theory.

holy shit rachel, you're alive!! i was starting to wonder haha.
ohhh that would be such a mint concert. im so looking forward to finding out who its gonna be ae

yay my mate from work just told me shes got tickets to the show on the 18th!

HARTFORD _ Apparently Billie Joe Armstrong didn't feel like he was getting the proper reaction from the crowd at the XL Center on Friday night. To remedy the situation he left the stage and went into the cheap seats to bang out the current hit "Know Your Enemy," with a fury that, while impressive, would be topped several times throughout the night.

"This isn't television," screamed Armstrong, after the band submitted "21st Century Breakdown" as its opening salvo. "This is a rock' n' roll show!"

Armstrong did ask a lot from the Harford crowd, at various times bringing up fans to sing, play guitar, act as stage props, and hose down the front row with a Super Soaker.

All hands on deck.

By the time all was said and done, nearly three hours later, the audience had finally earned its keep, and Green Day solidified its status as one of the best live bands in the land.

Selected or not, I will attempt to get on stage at some point.

maybe we should find a Way to meet them which wont result in being kicked out...

...Or that?
I was thinking towards the end of the second show so it would matter less.