Green Day debuted their new single ‘One-Eyed Bastard’ during their intimate album launch gig in New York City on January 18th. The pop-punk legends played the 1,500-capacity Irving Plaza to celebrate the release of their 14th album ‘Saviors’ as part of Sirius XM’s Small Stage Series. Green Day confirmed recently that they would be performing ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ in full on their 2024 ‘Saviors’ world tour.
In addition to playing their new song, the band played a set that focused heavily on songs from ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’, as well as new material. Green Day kicked off the night with ‘American Idiot,’ then performed ‘Look Ma, No Brains!’ and ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’, both from ‘Saviors’. Kicking off the night, the band played ‘American Idiot’, then performed ‘Look Ma, No Brains!’ and ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’, both from ‘Saviors’.
Green Day also sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to touring guitarist Kevin Preston and keyboardist Jason Freese in the middle of their set. During ‘Minority,’ Armstrong stopped playing to say, “It’s a very very very special night. It’s Kevin Preston’s birthday tonight baby!” and led the crowd in a rendition of Happy Birthday. Later on in the set, Armstrong led the crowd in another rendition for Freese after taking a brief water break.
The band will embark on a world tour this year, playing support across select dates while Nothing But Thieves, The Hives, Donots, The Interrupters, Maid Of Ace, The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas are set to join them. Tickets can be found here. Green Day recently shared a fun video for their new single ‘Bobby Sox’, which Armstrong described as “the ’90s song that we never wrote.”
Green Day showed that they are still very much alive and well with this intimate album launch gig. They will go on to
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