Green Day launched their North American “Saviors Tour” at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Monday night (July 29th), with 41,000 fans in attendance. The stacked tour bill features support from The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas.
The outing finds Green Day celebrating the 30th and 20th anniversaries of their classic albums Dookie and American Idiot, respectively. The punk veterans are playing both albums in full, plus other favorites and selections from their latest LP, Saviors. All in all, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and company performed a 37-song set.
The show kicked off with the Saviors single “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” and was followed by a front-to-back performance of Dookie. More Saviors songs and other hits made up the middle portion, with a full performance of American Idiot next. The concert wrapped up with the new song “Bobby Sox” and the set-closing “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”
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The Smashing Pumpkins provided direct support with an 11-song set that included favorites like “Tonight, Tonight,” “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “1979,” and “Cherub Rock.” Unfortunately, Rancid’s set was cut short due to heavy rain, with the punk band only getting to play two songs. However, the weather cooperated for opening act The Linda Lindas, who performed a full seven-song set.
See photos of the kickoff show, courtesy of Live Nation and Getty Images, below, followed by fan-filmed video and Green Day’s setlist. Pick up tickets to Green Day’s “Saviors Tour” via Ticketmaster or StubHub.
Green Day Setlist:
The American Dream Is Killing Me
Dookie:
Burnout
Having a Blast
Chump
Longview
Welcome to Paradise
Pulling Teeth
Basket Case
She
Sassafras Roots
When I Come Around
Coming Clean
Emenius Sleepus
In the End
F.O.D.
All by Myself
Know Your Enemy (with fan)
Look Ma, No Brains!
One Eyed Bastard
Dilemma
Minority
Brain Stew (preceded by snippet of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man”)
American Idiot:
American Idiot
Jesus of Suburbia
Holiday
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Are We the Waiting
St. Jimmy
Give Me Novacaine
She’s a Rebel
Extraordinary Girl
Letterbomb
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Homecoming
Whatsername
Bobby Sox
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)