Just days after performing in Central Park for Good Morning America, Green Day began their ‘Saviors’ stadium tour at DC’s Nationals Park last night (7/29). They opened with “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” the first song on their new album Saviors, and then, as promised, they went on to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot. They began by ripping through Dookie in full, from its fiery opening track “Burnout” to its hidden track “All My Myself,” and they followed the album with a few more Saviors songs (“Look Ma, No Brains!,” “One Eyed Bastard,” “Dilemma”) and a few others from throughout their career (“Know Your Enemy,” “Minority,” “Brain Stew”).
Then, for the second half of their set, Green Day played the entirety of their hour-long, 2004 rock opera American Idiot from start to finish. And after bringing that album to a close, they wrapped their lengthy set with two more: Saviors highlight “Bobby Sox” and a set-closing rendition of their 1997 ballad “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”
The show kicked off in the early evening with a set from teenage LA punks The Linda Lindas, who recently announced their new album No Obligation (due 10/11 via Epitaph) and who were fresh off opening for another stadium band, The Rolling Stones, in their hometown. Green Day’s old Bay Area punk pals Rancid were up next, and as USA Today reports, they only made it through their first two songs (“Maxwell Murder” from 1995’s …And Out Come the Wolves and the title track of last year’s Tomorrow Never Comes) before a storm came through and cut their set short. It caused an hour-long rain delay, but fortunately, the show resumed around 7:20 PM, and fellow ’90s rock giants The Smashing Pumpkins were able to play most of their opening set.
The Pumpkins had to cut three songs from their setlist, but still had time to bang out a handful of classics from Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, plus a few others from throughout their career and a cover of U2’s “Zoo Station.” (Nothing from their upcoming album Aghori Mhori Mei, which comes on Friday, 8/2, though.) It was the band’s first US show with new guitarist Kiki Wong (who’s also played with Taylor Swift, Usher, Bret Michaels, and others), who replaced Jeff Schroeder earlier this year.
Check out more pictures from the show (by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation), fan-shot videos of all four bands, and the setlists for all four bands below. The tour continues in Toronto on Thursday (8/1) and hits NYC on Monday (8/5) at Citi Field. All remaining dates are listed below.
Green Day @ Nationals Park – 7/29/24 Setlist (via)
The American Dream Is Killing Me
Dookie:
Burnout
Having a Blast
Chump
Longview
Welcome to Paradise
Pulling Teeth
Basket Case
She
Sassafras Roots
When I Come Around
Coming Clean
Emenius Sleepus
In the End
F.O.D.
All by Myself
Know Your Enemy
Look Ma, No Brains!
One Eyed Bastard
Dilemma
Minority
Brain Stew
American Idiot:
American Idiot
Jesus of Suburbia
Holiday
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Are We the Waiting
St. Jimmy
Give Me Novacaine
She’s a Rebel
Extraordinary Girl
Letterbomb
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Homecoming
Whatsername
Bobby Sox
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
The Smashing Pumpkins @ Nationals Park – 7/29/24 Setlist (via)
The Everlasting Gaze
Doomsday Clock
Zoo Station (U2 cover)
Today
Tonight, Tonight
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Beguiled
1979
Jellybelly
Cherub Rock
Zero
Rancid @ Nationals Park – 7/29/24 Setlist (cut short due to rain)
Maxwell Murder
Tomorrow Never Comes
The Linda Lindas @ Nationals Park – 7/29/24 Setlist (via)
Too Many Things
Growing Up
Nino
Fine
All In My Head
Oh!
Racist, Sexist Boy
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Green Day — 2024 Tour Dates
Thu Aug 01 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
Sat Aug 03 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music and Arts Festival*
Mon Aug 05 – New York, NY – Citi Field
Wed Aug 07 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
Fri Aug 09 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
Sat Aug 10 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Tue Aug 13 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
Thu Aug 15 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre !
Sat Aug 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field
Tue Aug 20 – Kansas City, KS – Azura Amphitheatre !
Thu Aug 22 – Cincinnati, OH – Great American Ballpark
Sat Aug 24 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Field
Mon Aug 26 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion !
Wed Aug 28 – Atlanta, GA – Truist Park
Fri Aug 30 – Nashville, TN – Geodis Park
Sun Sep 01 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park
Wed Sep 04 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
Sat Sep 07 – Denver, CO – Coors Field
Tue Sep 10 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater !
Wed Sep 11 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field
Sat Sep 14 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium
Wed Sep 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field
Fri Sep 20 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
Mon Sep 23 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
Wed Sep 25 – Portland, OR – Providence Park
Sat Sep 28 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park
*Festival Date
!With Support from Rancid and The Linda Lindas only