The band delivered an marathon celebration of 30 years of ‘Dookie’ and and 20 of ‘American Idiot,’ playing each in full with more songs interspersed.
Green Day performs at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. made its major label debut in 1994 with “Dookie,” the East Bay band captured ears and airwaves almost overnight with such melodic pop-punk hits as “Longview,” “Basket Case,” and “When I Come Around.”
From left, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day perform at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. “The American Dream Is Killing Me” kicked off the show, the lead-off track of “Saviors,” an album that in many ways mixes the themes and sounds of “Dookie” and “American Idiot” together. At its finish, blasts of fire shot from a wall of amps behind the band, Armstrong welcomed the crowd to the 30th anniversary of “Dookie,” the crowd roared, and we were off.
“Sassafras Roots,” “Pulling Teeth,” “Having A Blast,” and “In The End,” which had one of the wildest mosh pits of the nights, all fell into that category of songs most at SoFi had never seen the band play before.
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