Hiya Guys!
I know this is a little different to my usual type of blog post but I couldn't not write something about the Green Day gigs I attended in Leeds and Manchester so let's get going...
At the beginning of the month Green Day started their UK leg of the Revolution Radio tour, which was only three dates that started in Leeds at the First Direct Arena, then went to Manchester Arena and ended at the O2 in London.
We luckily managed to get tickets to both the Leeds and Manchester shows. The first show we attended was Leeds on the 5th February at the First Direct Arena, as I knew we were going to two shows I decided I didn't want to use my phone at all and just be in the moment. I had waited 10 years to see Green Day live and it was most probably the most incredible moment in my life. The moment Billie Joe walked out on stage the tears started, I'm never one to cry at gigs but my body was just overcome by emotions - I never thought the day would come were I was at a Green Day gig.
The set list was amazing - full of old classics and also some of their new material which is ridiculously impressive but it is Green Day after all, I could never have expected less. They kicked the gig off with Know Your Enemy and within that first song they had a fan on stage from the audience. The way they got the audience involved was just brilliant - from making them stage dive to BJA giving a young fan one of his guitars. It was just such an amazing atmosphere to be involved in.
Speaking of the new album Revolution Radio some of my favourite tracks from this record are Still Breathing, Ordinary World and Young Blood. I would highly recommend any GD fans who are a bit sceptical about Rev Rad to give it a listen. Whilst we're on the topic of new music the support act for the Rev Rad Tour were a band called The Interrupters, if you're a fan of Ska/Punk I'd recommend checking this band out!
I wasn't expecting the gigs to go on for as long as they did but the sets were 2 and a half hours long which was music to my ears (literally!) I couldn't imagine anything better than watching my favourite band live for over 2 hours. Especially due to the fact they played Jesus of Suburbia which is my all time favourite song and has been since I was in Primary School.
GD have just announced that they'll be back in the UK at Sheffield Arena on July 3rd which is just 2 days after they play British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park London on the 1st. If you can grab tickets to either of these shows I would 10000% recommend it, getting tickets to these gigs was one of the best things I have ever done.
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As always I hope you enjoyed the read. Speak soon!
Amber xxx
