Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Oakland, Live, 8-5-17, 1st row, Oakland Coliseum. Billie Joe: This songs goes out to all the people who have ever felt alone! All of my weirdos, and all of the freaks and all of the strangers... ~0:40


Other Tidbits:

Hometown show! For 'Know Your Enemy', 'Longview' and 'Knowledge', Billie invited a fan to sing and play the guitar with them. 2 of the fans picked out were standing adjacent to me, lol. Many of the fans recognized each other from previous Green Day concerts. In fact, the kid who played 'Longview and J.A.R.' last year on the guitar and who was featured in the 'Spotify Landmark Series: Green Day The Early Years', was next to me in the VIP line.

For the VIPs, we received, among other things, the opportunity to watch the band sound check from the stadium's suites. Two of the songs sound checked were 'Homecoming' and 'Too Dumb to Die', but neither was performed. Like Oakland Arena, they have an early curfew at ~11:00, so perhaps there was not enough time before the scheduled fireworks.

Billie Joe (during ‘Letterbomb’): OMG! We’re home! This is family! This is friendship! This is about home… Tonight, every song is about home! The East Bay! The entire Bay Area man!


To further celebrate the homecoming, the band held a Pop-Up Shop at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland for 2 days, complete with exclusive merchandise, giveaways, free Oakland Coffee, and appearances by the Drunk Bunny and the A's Mascot, Stomper. Upon opening, there was a ~30-fan long line out the door. The first 250 Idiot Nation Fan Club members got 2 free tries on the carnival claw machine to win miniature stuffed pink or green drunk bunnies. Only 25 of the green bunnies were made and they were all in the machine. I aimed the claw to try to get one of those, but it didn't hold on :P I bought a pair of posters and they gave me a free Oakland Coffee tote bag, which was nice.

http://www.greenday.com/news/green-day-oakland-pop-shop-63471

The opener was Catfish and the Bottlemen, who was actually scheduled to perform last year with Green Day at Oakland Arena for Not So Silent Night 2016, but they had to cancel. Many were looking forward to seeing them as well.


Green Day: The Early Years: Ch 4
https://youtu.be/ieioi4BmihQ?t=3m30s
https://youtu.be/rC2zISCslcI?t=8m20s



Setlist:
1. Know Your Enemy (Fan brought on stage to sing)
2. Bang Bang
3. Revolution Radio
4. Holiday
5. Letterbomb
6. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
7. Longview (Fan brought on stage to sing)
8. Youngblood
9. 2000 Light Years Away
10. Hitchin' a Ride
11. When I Come Around
12. Welcome to Paradise
13. Minority
14. Are We the Waiting
15. St. Jimmy
16. Knowledge (Operation Ivy cover) (Fan brought on stage to play guitar and got to keep the guitar!)
17. Basket Case
18. She
19. King for a Day (Sax solo with instrumental snippet of "Careless Whisper" by George Michael)
20. Bump N' Grind / Shout / Always Look on the Bright Side of Life / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Hey Jude
21. Still Breathing
22. Forever Now

Encore:
23. American Idiot
24. Jesus of Suburbia

Encore 2:
25. 21 Guns (Acoustic)
26. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (Acoustic)

(Soundcheck: Too Dumb to Die and Homecoming)


Lineup:
Green Day
Catfish and the Bottlemen


Green Day - Live in Oakland, 8-5-17
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLujkdDYKKNkvow6AzZWx9oRxSrVkA-YUb