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Green Day Puts On Great Concert
Venue/Date: US Airways Center (Phoenix, AZ)
Concert Date:  October 5th, 2005
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Green Day, Jimmy Eat World rock packed America West Arena

Larry Rodgers
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 6, 2005 12:00 AM

U2's Bono may be the most magnetic front man in rock, but he'd better watch his back when Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is in the house.

Armstrong and his bandmates had an overflow crowd at America West Arena hanging on their every move from the opening chords of the mega-hit single "American Idiot" on Wednesday night.

After more than a decade of working mostly smaller venues, Green Day has become a full-blown arena act, complete with fireworks, 40-foot-tall flames and costumes.

But the punk-pop outfit's explosion into the mainstream, courtesy of its hugely popular "American Idiot" album, hasn't softened the impact of a band that clearly still loves what it's doing.

Arnstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool - augmented by a few players for touring - delivered a musical tirade against Red State America and its leader, President Bush, with an impressive level of energy and rage.

"I want you to sing so loud that every redneck in America can hear you!" Armstrong screamed as loud explosions brought the opening song to an end.

"This is not (expletive) television! Get your ass out of your (expletive) seat right now," Armstrong added, as the band went into the rocking "Jesus of Suburbia" suite, also from "American Idiot."

For Green Day's entire two-hour set, Armstrong bounced all over the stage and a runway extending out into the crowd, usually with a grin on his face, imploring concertgoers - mostly in their 20s and 30s - to join in the fun.

In a reminder that Green Day has more than paid its dues before hitting its multi-million-dollar payday, Armstrong told the Phoenix audience that October is " a special month. We've been a band for 17 years."

He recalled early shows in the Valley, including a gig at the Silver Dollar Club that also was mentioned by Jim Adkins, leader of opening act Jimmy Eat World. (Adkins waited all night as a fan to see the show, but didn't make it in.)

After playing small clubs and sweaty stops on the Van's Warped Tour over the years, Green Day has mastered the art of playing for a large audience.

Armstrong was the happy cheerleader for the night, repeatedly getting the crowd to join in chants of "Ay-oh!" and orchestrating singalong duels between the arena's two sides.
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Green Day Rules Home Depot Center
Venue/Date: Home Depot Center (Carson, CA)
Concert Date:  October 9th, 2005
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Triumph of punk vitality
Green Day wraps up its improbable comeback with an explosion of epic proportions at the Home Depot Center.
By BEN WENER
The Orange County Register

And so, a little more than a year after its launch, Green Day's improbable, deserved, very encouraging "American Idiot" juggernaut prepares to rest with two pandemonium-inducing shows at Home Depot Center, 4 million copies in stateside possession alone, a raft of awards (including a Grammy) and not one but four singles still getting airplay.

Who could have imagined such a development?

Five years ago the Bay Area trio that almost single-handedly kick-started the '90s neo- punk boom had been reduced to either has-been or exalted- veteran status (depending on your viewpoint) on the catch- a-rising-band Warped Tour.

Who would have dreamt that the group could reassess, stretch both its own boundaries and that of its proudly limited genre, and produce not just a triumphant comeback, not just one of the greatest punk totems ever (rank it just behind "London Calling," I say), but a "Tommy"-like masterpiece that is certain to be among the most defining works this decade?

Such an achievement demands an equally stupendous live incarnation, which is exactly what Saturday brought: a massive, fervent, fireworks- laden rally to extravagantly rouse the fresh and the faithful behind these anthems to alienation wrapped in a teenage sociopolitical manifesto.

"This is the biggest show we've ever had in Los Angeles," a momentarily wistful Billie Joe Armstrong declared after listing all the dives that once hosted the 17-year-old band, which now is older than at least half of its fans.

But it was more than that: When combined with other equally large stops on this leg of the "Idiot" run, this is the single biggest punk takeover in rock history. Down on the gargantuan stadium floor were thousands of sweaty kids pressed like stamps to envelopes. In the stands, it was like 'NSync at the Rose Bowl - that is, row after row of families toting little ones to their first concert.

Never before have I heard this at a punk show: "Daddy, is it going to be loud?"

I know to some this review must seem like absurd hyperbole, and I don't mean to overlook the Kiss-like atmosphere or those lapses (the abundant demands for more screaming, the build-a-band-out-of-fans bit) that test the patience of older patrons. This is, I realize, the same show Green Day offered last year in arenas, two halves of "Idiot" sandwiching a smattering of earlier radio hits, all of it now draped by gigantic video screens
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