green day played for a sold-out crowd on october 12th in downtown oslo spektrum. the set list:
main set:
song of the century
21st century breakdown
know your enemy
east jesus nowhere
holiday
the static age
before the lobotomy
are we the waiting
st. jimmy
boulevard of broken dreams
hitchin' a ride
welcome to paradise
when i come around
metal covers
brain stew
jaded
longview
basket case
she
king for a day
shout
21 guns
american eulogy
1st encore:
american idiot
minority
2nd encore:
last night on earth
good riddance
the band played every song like it was their last chance at playing it - ever - and the crowd loved every minute of it. they took fans up on stage, threw them off it, sprayed the crowd with both water and t-shirts and they played hits spanning their whole career.
the only downside to the show for me personally was that the show got kind of unfocused for the last 30 minutes. a bit much fooling around, breaking off songs and the 'gay', rainbow-colored comic relief scenario (you had to be there) seemed to miss it's mark, although i'm sure the younger members of the crowd found it entertaining.
check out the videos i've posted and leave your comments. i apologize for the sound quality, but there you go for trying to make the iphone do it all...(the video for american idiot is really 'bouncy' due to everyone around me going bananas when the played it. certainly gives you the feeling of being in the crowd, though....)
[video and photography by stereosaint©2009]