Green Day had to speed through a super-fast version of ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ as a lightning storm closed in on a St. Louis show on Thursday – watch below.
At a show at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Missouri yesterday (August 15), the band were forced to slightly curtail their show, cutting out their traditional show closer ‘Bobby Sox’ and speeding through their impromptu encore.
“Ok you guys, that’s it,” said frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to the crowd, as they were encouraged to leave before the storm became more dangerous. “We gotta get you out of here, because there’s a big lightning storm that’s coming right now. Thank you so much!”
With that, he launched into a hyper-fast version of ‘Good Riddance’ on electric guitar – not acoustic, like he would normally play it. “Keep walking,” he said, in between verses. Watch the unique moment below:
It comes as the band, comprised of Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong, are currently on the road celebrating two of their classic albums: 1994’s ‘Dookie’, which is turning 30 this year, and ‘American Idiot’, which is turning 20. At the shows, the band have been playing both records in full, with support coming from Rancid, The Linda Lindas and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Elsewhere, the band recently announced an expanded 20th anniversary reissue of ‘American Idiot’ featuring a new documentary and various unreleased tracks.
The upcoming box sets boast 15 unreleased ‘American Idiot’ demos, a 15-track 2004 live show recorded at Irving Plaza in New York City, nine previously unreleased live recordings (including a cover of Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’) and 14 songs previously available only as B-Sides and bonus tracks.
What’s more, one of the Blu-rays will house a brand-new, 110-minute documentary film titled 20 Years Of American Idiot. The other disc features the Heart Like A Hand Grenade movie, which documents “nine months with Green Day” as they record ‘American Idiot’.
This week, the band also soundtracked a new 11-minute skate film called ‘Monsters And Saviors’, directed by Russell Houghten. The project was a collaboration between Green Day and Monster Energy and celebrates the album of the same name, which was released in January. Check it out below.
In a five-star review of Green Day’s ‘Saviors’ tour in Manchester back in June, NME wrote: “With Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer all playing UK shows over the month, it’s an understatement to say rock fans are spoilt for choice. The pick of the bunch, however, might just be Green Day’s ‘Saviors’ tour: combining class, youthfulness and scruffy punk anthems into a trademark stadium-rock event.”
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