The band performed at Rock in Rio in 2022 and returns to Brazil as one of the headliners of the Sao Paulo festival, scheduled for September
Two of the five headliners The City 2025festival which reaches its second edition in Sao Paulo, have already been announced. Also in November the organization confirmed Katy Perry for the third day of the event, 12 September. The second appointment, on September 7th, will be Green Day.
The American band composed of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals and guitar), Mike Dint (low) e Three Cool (drums) comes to the country for the fifth time, following visits in 1998, 2010, 2017 and 2022 – a low number considering the group has been around for 35 years and blew up 30 years ago on the most recent occasion they played Rock in Riofestival run by the same people responsible for The Town.
It is not yet possible to say what show Green Day will bring to Brazil. In 2024, they went on the road with a tour celebrating 30 years Dookie (1994) and the 20th American idiot (2004), his most famous albums. Both were played in full, meaning that the new album, Saviors (2024), only had one or two songs in the setlist. However, these works will no longer celebrate their anniversary in 2025, so it is expected that they will resume a more conventional set, like the one seen at Rock in Rio by the journalist who writes there.
In the capital Rio de Janeiro, as usual, the trio performed with the support of Jason White (guitar), Kevin Preston (guitar) e Jason Freese (keyboards and saxophone). They had the best rock show of the 2022 edition and one of the best since the event took place regularly in Rio again, starting in 2011.
Despite being a band with a punk essence, Green Day promote a fast-paced show, with art on big screens, pyrotechnics, fireworks and (little) use of pre-recorded backing tracks to “fill” the sound. No songs from the most recent album at that time were criticized Father of all… (2020), went into the script, which is sometimes left aside, both due to direct interaction with the fans who came on stage, and through improvisations and changes to songs that make sense in a show, but perhaps not in a other. It’s all very well rehearsed, but with a hint of informality.
The audience is usually prepared by two undisputed classics that are played in the PA before the band even goes on stage: “Bohemian Rhapsody”from queen (always sung in unison by those present), e “Blitzkrieg Bop”of Ramones. There are also occasions when they use it “I love rock and roll”in the version of Joan Jett and the Black HeartsAND “We will Rock You”from queen. When the musicians take the stage, the audience is already in the palm of their hands.
Green Day at Rock in Rio! pic.twitter.com/RcmBsyCtaS
— Igor Miranda (@igormirandasite) September 10, 2022
Even if the other members are no different, it is impossible not to mention Billie Joe Armstrong. In addition to keeping his voice intact at the age of 52, the frontman leads the audience in a typically arena rock manner. When he performed at Rock in Rio, the party commander:
- He asked a fan to sing the final part with him “Know your enemy”;
- led in “Avenue of Broken Dreams” a marriage proposal from fans who met in an Orkut community dedicated to Green Day fans;
- on the cover the Brazilian flag was waving with the words “no to racism, no to fascism, no to sexism” “Knowledge” (Operation Ivy);
- He held out the LGBTQ+ flag, lay face down and face up on the stage, gave a kiss towards the camera and had the volume turned down and then turned up, all in double “King for a Day” AND “Scream” (The Isley Brothers).
As for the repertoire, it is worth waiting for vigorous sounds like “American Idiot”, “Vacation”, “Welcome to Paradise” (which mobilized a giant wheel in 2022), “St. Jimmy” AND “Minority”in addition to the slowest “Avenue of Broken Dreams”, “Wake me up when September ends”, “21 Guns”of the curiously progressive “Jesus of Suburbia” and climate “Long Vision”. This is just to stay on the surface. Away with the slowness “Good Ridding (The Time of Your Life)”performed only by Armstrong on stage to conclude the set. An almost disappointing ending to a show with absurd energy levels.
Also entitled to a marriage proposal, Green Day is putting on their best show yet at Rock in Rio 2022. The whole band is sharp and impresses as if Billie Joe Armstrong were a great frontman. pic.twitter.com/nRUbws0dhX
— Igor Miranda (@igormirandasite) September 10, 2022
Green Day setlist
Below we recall the repertoire played by Green Day at Rock in Rio 2022:
- American idiot
- Vacation
- Know your enemy
- Avenue of Broken Dreams
- Long view
- Welcome to Paradise
- Take a tour
- Rock and Roll All Nite (Kiss cover)
- Brain stew
- Saint Jimmy
- When I arrive
- Pending
- 21 guns
- Minority
- Knowledge (Operation Ivy cover)
- Basketball case
- King for a day
- Shout (Isley Brothers cover)
- Wake me up when September ends
- Jesus of Suburbia
- Good Liberation (Time of your life)
Tickets for The Town 2025
From 7pm on 20 February 2025, the sale of The Town Card will begin, which is equivalent to a lawn ticket, valid for one day of the festival and without a predefined date. This is a “blind” buy: the public guarantees their presence at the event before all bands and attractions are fully announced.
Tickets will be sold exclusively online, through the Ticketmaster Brasil platform (thetown.ticketmaster.com.br). The organization advises fans to register in advance on the platform, to facilitate the process.
In the last edition, in 2023, The Town Card tickets sold out in just over three hours. At the time, around 438,000 people lined up to complete the presale.
Members of The Town Club benefit club will have early access to the pre-sale of The Town Card on February 13, at 7pm, also on the Ticketmaster Brasil platform. To purchase the benefit and view other information, visit: club.thetown.com.br.
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Source: Terra
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