So, today I am feeling sentimental about Green Day. It has been happening to me a lot recently but today has been especially bad...this is because, two years ago today they gave me the best night of my life.
It was two years ago since me, David and Katie went to see them in Manchester as part of their 21st Century Breakdown summer tour 2010 and for obvious reasons i was so excited.
It was such a lovely day too, really sunny outside as we walked to find our bed and breakfast that we had booked in advance for the show. We waited and waited and waited, got to the very front...well not barrier but second row, and as soon as the boys ran onstage I just knew it was going to be a night to remember.
We were on Mike's side, and it was so amazing coz you could see the energy and the passion in his performance, he genuinely wanted to be there putting on that show for us and it was so incredible. As soon as Billie ran over and stood right in front of me (more or less) my heart just started pounding. My hero was standing right in front of me was just something else altogether.
I heard Lulu's Shout on TV tonight and I couldn't stop smiling because I could see Tre singing it and dancing, and I could hear Billie saying "Come here Christina Aguilera I want you back!" and when the crowd was chanting 'Get your tits out for the lads' at Tre, Billie said "Take your c*cks out for the girls!" I am still laughing as I am writing this!
Billie's performance was unreal. Although there were so many people there, he made me feel a sense of intimacy...i know it doesn't make any sense but to feel like that at a show is just the best feeling in the world, better than any high. When he did the final encore and sang When It's Time/Wake Me Up When September Ends/Good Riddance you could hear that he meant every single word he was singing. Before he started singing he said this (this is along the same lines as what he said):
"This is the best show we have ever played in Manchester right now, and I swear to God i would never wanna be in any other fucking band than Green Day, I swear to God. Bands break up, some of my favourite bands either someone died or they have broke up i don't know, like your parents or something...but you gotta wheel me away in a fucking coffin to get me out of this fucking band i'll tell you..."
After he said that I cried, I cried through the encore and I cried at the end. It was the first time for a while that I have walked out of a show thinking 'I never want this to end!'
There are only a few other people who would be able to understand my feelings about this night, but hopefully if you read this you will see why this night meant the world to me! If not I hope you enjoyed reading it all the same.
Bring on the next tour! :D
(Here are some of my favourite photos)
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