Once upon a time.

Green Day - October 2009, Köln.

Once upon a time, there was a punk band called Green Day. The band was formed by 3 punk dudes, with some serious drug issues and no sense of anything, but making great music. Time passed by, records came out, major label, more records, video clips, more records, fans, fans, fans, and some years after, there they are.

Not just the fans multiplied. People on stage too. Now they are six - The original members plus a extra guitar player, an extra acoustic guitar / vocals / dancing and an a keyboard / sax / dancing player - and very professionals. No mistakes. Every move is extremely thought and staged, and that is clear to everyone's eye. To complement that, fireworks and explosions, which made me think I was at a Kiss' concert for a moment.

Billy knows how to interact and conduct the crowd. His problem is that he doesn't know when to stop. He brought at least 6 people from the crowd to stage, and on each and every song he was trying to make the public react with the famous "I say heeeeeeee-eeeeeei" thing.

Damn, that must be really disappointing then, right? Actually, not. I like the band a lot, and the songs are great - and very well executed. The set list was incredible, and very organized. They even had a "Dookie" block, with one hit after the other (started with When I come around, then Basket Case, She and Long View with a fan singing the whole song on stage) and the last song was Time of your Life, alone in his guitar. COOL!

Also, the stage was awesome. Lots of projection, nice lights, even a camera in the crowd with high contrasted images. There was also a corridor in the middle, where Billy visited a lot. Also a place for the kids who were on stage to mosh.

It was fun, we got nice places (also another story... to make it short, the seats my friends Silvia and Timo bought online didn't exist and they moved us to a very nice seat in the guest area) and if Green Day comes to play again, I will go.

See ya!