Green Day will celebrate their 30th anniversary Dookie and 20 years since stupid american playing both landmark albums in their entirety on their summer stadium tour with Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and the Linda Lindas.
“What a fucking time it's going to be,” says Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt. Rolling rock. “We've never done anything like this before. And there's a very good chance we'll never do it again.”
Dirnt estimates that it will take about 90 minutes to play both albums. “We'll then have about 35 to 45 minutes to get down to other things,” he says. “And in terms of production, making these albums lends itself to some amazing possibilities.” (He played Green Day Dookie straight to England's Reading festival in 2013 and again last October at the Full Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas. It took them just over 40 minutes both times. stupid american clocks in at almost an hour on the record though.)
At the moment, they don't know if they will start the show Dookie the Stupid American. “We still have to put our heads down and do real work to figure it out,” says Dirnt. “Before every tour, we do a lot of pre-production, we think a lot about how it should look, feel and sound, because it really matters to us. That's the fun, but it also keeps us on our toes.”
The set will also contain songs from their new LP Saviors, but the band never leaves a concert stage without breaking out their classics. “When you play a song like 'She' or 'Basket Case' or 'Welcome to Paradise' live, it's a whole different energy,” says Dirnt. “It completes a circuit. There is this energy that happens with the crowd and you. We love playing these songs. It's as exciting for us as playing new songs live.”
Dirnt is also looking forward to the opportunity to reunite with the Smashing Pumpkins this summer. “I look back at some of their songs with nostalgia,” he says. “When we first grew up [in 1994], we entered Lollapalooza. It was front page. And for both of us to still be close and vital, that's huge.”
The tour kicks off on June 29th at Nationals Park in Washington, DC and concludes on September 28th at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Before that, Green Day are playing a mixture of festival gigs and headlining in Europe. They're also playing a special SiriusXM show at New York's Irving Plaza on Thursday night just hours before the drop Saviors.
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