It happened!

With The Saviors Tour fast approaching, Green Day just warmed up for their stadium epic with a last-minute show in Anaheim.

The punk legends from Oakland hit the 2200-capacity House of Blues last night (19th of March) and debuted their entire Saviours album live, although not necessarily in order.

That done, they then cracked on with some practice from Dookie and American Idiot (both of which will be played in full on the Saviours tour).

Indeed, at the HOB, they dusted off American Idiot’s deep cuts, Give Me Novacaine, for the first time since 2017, and She’s A Rebel and Extraordinary Girl for their first full band performances since 2005!

Green Day is an American rock band formed in the East Bay of California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990. In 1994, their major-label debut, Dookie, released through Reprise Records, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the U.S. Alongside fellow California punk bands Bad Religion, the Offspring, Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise and Social Distortion, Green Day is credited with popularising mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S.

Check out the full setlist (via setlist.fm):

1. American Idiot
   2. Saviors (live debut)
   3. The American Dream Is Killing Me
   4. Look Ma, No Brains!
   5. Bobby Sox
   6. One Eyed Bastard
   7. Dilemma
   8. 1981
   9. Goodnight Adeline (live debut)
   10. Coma City (live debut)
   11. Corvette Summer (live debut)
   12. Suzie Chapstick (live debut)
   13. Strange Days Are Here To Stay (live debut)
   14. Living In The ’20s (live debut)
   15. Father To A Son (live debut)
   16. Fancy Sauce (live debut)
   17. Burnout
   18. Chump
   19. Pulling Teeth
   20. Coming Clean
   21. She
   22. F.O.D.
   23. Give Me Novacaine (first time since 2017)
   24. She’s A Rebel (first full band performance since 2005)
   25. Extraordinary Girl (first full band performance since 2005)
   26. Letterbomb
   27. Homecoming
   28. Whatsername

Encore:

29. All By Myself
    30. Minority

Get tickets for the Saviours tour here.

May

30 Monte do Gozo, Spain – O Son do Camino

June

1 Madrid Spain – Road to Rio Babel
5 Lyon Decines – LDLC Arena – with The Interrupters
7 Nurnberg Germany – Rock im Park
8 Nurburgring Germany – Rock am Ring
10 Berlin Germany – Waldbühne
11 Hamburg Germany – Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
15 Interlaken Switzerland – Greenfield Festival
16 Milan Italy – I Days – Hippodrome La Maura
18 Paris France – Accor Arena
19 Arnhem Netherlands – GelreDome
21 Manchester UK – Emirates Old Trafford
23 Isle of Wight UK – Isle of Wight Festival
25 Glasgow UK – Bellahouston Park
27 Dublin Ireland – Marlay Park
29 London UK – Wembley Stadium

July

29 Washington, DC – Nationals Park

August

1 Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
3 Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
5 New York, NY – Citi Field
7 Boston, MA – Fenway Park
9 Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
10 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
13 Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
15 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
17 Minneapolis, MN – Target Field
20 Kansas City, KS – Azura Amphitheatre
22 Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark
24 Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field
26 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
28 Atlanta, GA – Truist Park
30 Nashville, TN – Geodis Park

September

1 Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park
4 Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
7 Denver, CO – Coors Field
10 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
11 Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field
14 Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium
18 Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field
20 San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
23 Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
25 Portland, OR – Providence Park
28 San Diego, CA – Petco Park

Last night (the 27th of February), 600 fans were treated to one heck of a show indeed.

The Coverups, who are a cover band, are comprised of Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and touring guitarist Jason White, plus Bill Schneider and Chris Dugan on bass and drums, respectively – played a hit-packed 24-song set in north London, having only announced the show just last week.

As if that wasn’t enough of a treat, they were joined on stage midway through the show by Courtney Love — who said she’d been “living in a cave in Birmingham for about nine years”.

Lead singer of ‘Hole’ and a legend in her own right, Love joined the Coverups on stage and lent her signature vocals to covers of Cheap Trick’s He’s A Whore and Tom Petty’s Even The Losers, before she came back out again for another Cheap Trick cover, Surrender.

In an eventful night, The Coverups took on a number of hits from The Ramones to Nirvana and threw in a bonus performance of Love Is For Losers by another of Billie Joe’s projects, The Longshot.

Courtney Love made a surprise appearance at The Garage in London last night with Billie Joe Armstrong’s side-project The Coverups, performing songs by Cheap Trick and Tom Petty. https://t.co/1YqfbcBCz4 pic.twitter.com/fEi1svdooq

— Kerrang! (@KerrangMagazine) February 28, 2024

The Coverups will be playing again at the 100 club on Friday night, and who knows, fans might just be in for another treat.

The setlist in full:

1. A Million Miles Away (The Plimsouls)
   2. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
   3. Ready Steady Go (Generation X)
   4. I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James & the Shondells)
   5. Message of Love (Pretenders)
   6. Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams)
   7. Walking Out On Love (Paul Collins Beat)
   8. I Fought The Law (The Crickets)
   9. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) (Buzzcocks)
   10. I’m So Bored With the U.S.A. (The Clash)
   11. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
   12. Dancing With Myself (Generation X)
   13. He’s A Whore (Cheap Trick) – with Courtney Love
   14. Even The Losers (Tom Petty) – with Courtney Love
   15. Neat Neat Neat (The Damned)
   16. Drain You (Nirvana)
   17. Last Nite (The Strokes)
   18. American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
   19. Love Is For Losers (The Longshot)
   20. Fox On The Run (Sweet)
   21. Rockaway Beach (Ramones)
   22. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash)
   23. Surrender (Cheap Trick) – with Courtney Love

Encore:

24. Where Eagles Dare (Misfits)

Green Day themselves will be back in the UK this summer as part of the ‘Saviors’ tour, where they will be playing ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Dookie’ in full.

Tickets can be found here.

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for… taking The Saviors Tour on the road all summer long next year to celebrate 30 years of ‘Dookie,’ 20 years of ‘American Idiot’ + our new album ‘Saviors’!!! https://t.co/e1YhBPEsQ6 fueled by @monsterenergy @monstermusic. pic.twitter.com/6mV5PHCohb

— Green Day (@GreenDay) November 2, 2023

The ‘Saviors‘ tour is set to kick off in Monto Do Gozo, Spain at the O Son Do Camiño festival on 3o May 2024, and will conclude with a huge show at Wembley Stadium, London on 29 June. The tour will see Green Day visit Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Ireland while the British cities of Manchester, London, Glasgow and even the Isle of Wight will also play host to the American pop-punk legends.

The announcement comes only days after the band had teased the possibility of a tour on their webstore, in the form of a banner telling fans to, “Pre-order ‘Saviors’ here for presale access to UK and European 2024 tour dates”. Joining Green Day on their travels are a number of bands that will act as support at different venues, including Nothing But Thieves, The Hives, Donots, The interrupters, and Maid Of Ace. British fans attending shows at any of the British venues can expect a mega headline show from Green Day, of course, along with performances from Nothing But Thieves and Maid Of Ace.

Saviors is the band’s 14th studio album and will no doubt contain material that will be showcased at the various shows, as will Green Day classics like Basket Case, American Idiot and Welcome To Paradise. A taste of what to come has been offered in the past days, with the band releasing the singles “The American Dream Is Killing Me” on 24 October and “Look Ma, No Brains!” yesterday.

Watch the music video for “Look Ma, No Brains!” below:

Additionally, Green Day have announced two special shows that will take place later next week: in Milan at Magazzini and London at Electric Ballroom on the 7th and 10th respectively of November. Tickets for the London show are by request only and are available here.

See below for tour dates:

30/05/2024 – O Son Do Camiño – Monto Do Gozo
01/06 – Road to Rio Babel – Madrid
05/06 – LDLC Arena – Lyon
07/06 – Rock im Park – Nürburgring
08/06 – Rock am Ring – Nürburgring
10/06 – Waldbühne – Berlin
11/06 – Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld – Hamburg
13/06 – Nova Rock Festival – Nickelsdorf
15/06 – Greenfield Festival – Interlaken
16/06 – I Days – Hippodrome La Maura – Milan
18/06 – Accor Arena – Paris
19/06 – Gelredome – Arnhem
21/06 – Emirates Old Trafford – Manchester
23/06 – Isle of Wight Festival – Isle of Wight
25/06 – Bellahouston Park – Glasgow
27/06 – Marlay Park – Dublin
29/06 – Wembley Stadium – London

Pre-order Saviors here now.

Those who have pre-ordered Saviors can access pre-sale tickets. General sale tickets will be available from Friday 10 November here.