I’m all busted up, broken bones and nasty cuts

Green Day at the London o2.  I can’t lie, I wasn’t particularly excited seeing as their newest album “21st Century Breakdown” is well… not particularly good.  It has its moments but that’s about it.  BUT as I’ve seen them live before I should never really have doubted that it was going to be a good show.  They played for 3 hours straight, from 8pm until 11 and it was an energetic show not just them standing around.

As the picture to the right shows there were plenty of tattoo related disasters, little kids trying to be big kids, tu tu’s, luminous articles of clothing purchased in Camden and middle aged parents wearing Green Day t shirts whilst escorting their kids…

In terms of the format it was the same essentially as 2005’s tour, they got kids up to be a “band” etc.  But I did get touching distance from Billie Joe as he ran down the side of the crowd so pretty good on that score!  He also pulled a full moonie.  Again, nice one.

They sang all of the favourites and in a semi acknowledgement that the new album isn’t so strong they only played 4 songs from it if that.  All of the people that screamed when asked it they were old skool fans didn’t know the words to most songs pre American idiot and were left blank by the Operation Ivey cover and also the I fought the law/ rock the Casbah/ Teenage kicks/ satisfaction medley.  Not being born is not an excuse.  I wasn’t born for those four songs.

My crappy compact died and came back alive numerous times and for some reason (this started whilst camping during the summer) the zoom sticks, as in the actual button/dial type thing.  Answers on a post card.