Superior to anything that has performed at the City of Rock, Billie Joe Armstrong’s group is charismatic, professional, explosive and in tune (how rare)
It’s been 35 years on the road with a solid front. Billie Joe Armstrong on vocals, Mike Dirnt on bass and Tré Cool on drums. Green Day, despite having come to Brazil three more times, had never set foot in Rock in Rio. A technical problem with the festival, which has now been solved, starting with American Idiot. A knockout. Billie Joe wanted the audience in his hands from the start, and soon he played with the guitar placed behind his head, inviting fans to sing together on the edge of the stage. And everyone plays a lot.
Fans of the band Green Day Photo: MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP
Wasting no time, they quickly joined Holiday and proved they have what should be the best Rock show in Rio so far, even after the heady delivery of Jessie J and Dream Theater. There was a lot of stored energy, and this start of the show was like an emotional explosion, with an impressive response from the audience. Showing that they would follow the same lineup they were doing in other countries, they modified it with Know Your Enemy. And yet another combustion has been activated. The night promised.
The speed with which a roadie walked in to remove a pedestal from the front of the stage before the Boulevard of Broken Dreams showed that the performance wouldn’t breathe even with a ballad like this. Okay, vocals, accompaniment, bass, drums, everything. It was like they were still on stage since the mid 90’s. But Billie still called a couple from the audience in the middle of the song. The guy asked the girl to marry him, she agreed and they even took a selfie with the singer. And the music rolls. Show.
Then came Longview, glued and uninterrupted by the battery of Tré Cool (which is heavier and less performing than other times, but still precise). And finally, when there seemed to be a moment to breathe, another scare with Welcome to Paradise, showing that there was more gasoline than in the group’s arrivals in 1998, when they showed the songs from the album Nimrod, in 2010, for the classic 21st Century Breakdown album and in 2017.
Hitchi’n a Ride changed the group’s recent repertoire a bit, but kept the temperature high and, in the end, Billie Joe led the audience in a way that only a long way and empathy teaches. Then came a cover of Rock and Roll All Nite, by Kiss, and others Brain Stew and St. Jimmy. Then there was a short pause, the stage was dark, people were shouting “hey Bolsonaro, go get the c ..” as if the world was going to end tomorrow and Billy was back singing When I Come Around. Amazing.
A new block then began with Waiting, the ballad 21 Guns, the rebound with Minority, Knowledge (Operation Ivy) – when he asks a girl from the audience to play together, and it’s a delight, and the precious Basket Case. But there was Lights (Journey), King for a Day; Shout (Isley Brothers cover), tearful Wake Me Up When September Ends and the incendiary Jesus of Suburbia and Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).
Source: Terra
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