Watch Green Day Return with First Show in a Year

Posted by RiffYou On April 17, 2015 0 Comment

This weekend, Green Day will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Ahead of the special event, the trio took to the stage for the first time in a year for a gig at the city’s House of Blues.

Ahead of the 24-song hit-filled Green Day performance, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt opened up the night with a surprise opening set as Sweet Children (the band’s original moniker) alongside original drummer John Kiffmeyer.

Eventually, Tre Cool, Armstrong and Dirnt got down to business with a Green Day gig that featured “Basket Case,” “Geek Stink Breath,” and “Jesus of Suburbia.” At one point, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong joined the fray so that he and Green Day could rip through a cover of Operation Ivy’s “Knowledge,” before transitioning into Rancid’s “Radio.” After a few other tracks, Armstrong returned for the set closer, “Minority.”

Here is a 30-minute fan-shot video of the evening’s highlights:

Setlist:

Sweet Children Set:
Don’t Leave Me (First time live since 1994)
Only of You
Sweet Children (First time ever live since 1991)
409 in Your Coffeemaker
At the Library
I Was There (First time live since 1992)
Disappearing Boy
Paper Lanterns
Road to Acceptance
Green Day (First time live since 1990)
Dry Ice (First time live since 1993)

Green Day Set:
99 Revolutions
Holiday
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2000 Light Years Away
Private Ale (First time live since 1992)
Christie Road
Stuart and the Ave.
She
Geek Stink Breath
One for the Razorbacks
Burnout
Longview
When I Come Around
Basket Case
Are We the Waiting
St. Jimmy
Knowledge (Operation Ivy cover) (with Tim Armstrong)
Radio (Rancid cover) (with Tim Armstrong)
King for a Day
Shout / Always Look on the Bright Side of Life / Hey Jude / (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Waiting
Minority (with Tim Armstrong)