Green Day - 2009-10-30 - MEN Arena, Manchester, UK

This was simply an amazing show performed by an equally amazing band. It had everything - crowd participation, pyrotechnics and regular explosions.

Billie-Joe Armstrong had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand from the moment he walked on stage and he never let them rest until he was finished almost two and a half hours later. He disappeared up into the seated area; he danced with fans onstage; he got fans onstage to sing songs (well done if you're that woman, but Dale from Preston, don't give up the day job!); he got a 10-year old (-ish) kid on stage to be "saved" during East Jesus Nowhere; he fired t-shirts into the upper reaches of the arena from a gun; he soaked the crowd with a hose and giant water pistols. A tad pantomime at times, but a true showman and great entertainment nevertheless!

And then there was the music. The 16,000 strong crowd lapped it up and sang along all the way through. We even had a couple of treats with "2,000 Light Years Away" and "Coming Clean" making rare setlist appearances "for the old school"! The highlights for me were East Jesus Nowhere and Jesus of Suburbia, both outstanding songs that this great band do proud. Cheers lads!

Enjoy! :-)


Green Day - 2009-10-30 - MEN Arena, Manchester, UK - MP3
245MB RAR archive, variable bit rate MP3s (min. 245 kbps)

Green Day - 2009-10-30 - MEN Arena, Manchester, UK - FLAC
799MB RAR archive, FLAC format


Setlist:

01. Song of the Century
02. 21st Century Breakdown
03. Know Your Enemy
04. East Jesus Nowhere
05. Holiday
06. The Static Age
07. Give Me Novacaine
08. Are We the Waiting
09. St. Jimmy
10. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
11. 2000 Light Years Away
12. Hitchin' A Ride
13. Coming Clean
14. When I Come Around
15. Iron Man (Black Sabbath cover)
16. Brain Stew
17. Jaded
18. Longview
19. Basket Case
20. She
21. King For A Day
22. Shout Medley:-
- Shout
- Orgasm Addict
- Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
- Champagne Supernova
- Teenage Kicks
- Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (Reprise)
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Shout (Reprise)
23. 21 Guns
24. Minority
25. -encore break #1-
26. American Idiot
27. Jesus Of Suburbia
28. -encore break #2-
29. Last Night on Earth
30. Wake Me Up When September Ends
31. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Many thanks to Last.fm user Bonzon for the use of the great photo in this post. More photos from this show can be found here.

(Download links updated on 27th January, 2013)