Jul
5
Thu • 1990
Set 1:
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#6 Only Of You
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#8 16
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#11 1,000 Hours
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#13 Boys Don't Cry Partial
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#14 Dry Ice
Encore:
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#15 I Was There
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#16 Knowledge
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#17 I Was There Reprise (reprise)
Show Notes
John Mulhouse: "You know, I can't remember much about the Varsity show, except I know they played 'Road to Acceptance'. Al came out and did a cymbal solo during the break in the middle."
Adrienne Armstrong: "The next day they played The Varsity. I ended up going to that show, too. My friend, Erika, introduced me to the guys that day. I wouldn’t say they were famous."
Mike Dirnt: "The next day I opened up the case and realised guitar had broken in half; it'd caught a grain of wood and broken in half through the body. I was like, 'Fuck!' So this other bass player I knew in Minneapolis was like, 'Hey, I've got this old Gibson that I just bought for 180 bucks. If you want I'll sell it for you.' It was a G-3 Grabber, with three pickups, and he hadn't really even played it yet. I plugged it into my Yamaha amp, hit one note and said, 'I'll take it!' His jaw fell on the floor; that one note sounded so great, he knew he'd screwed up. He let me pay him when I got home from tour; he charged me 180, but I sent him 200 bucks. I used it for 'Kerplunk!' through 'Insomniac', and I toured with for well over 500 shows. I finally retired it after about the third time its neck broke, but I still have it at home."
collectorsfrenzy.com: "...I was one of the 10 or so people at this show. They were great, we all got up on stage for the Operation Ivy encore cover."
"I saw Green Day play at the Varsity to about 12 people, they were awesome back then!"
gdtourvan1990: "Thursday July 5: Today’s show was at the Varsity Theater, not far away from 815 6th St SE where the guys had just about moved in by now. We parked in the back of the theater. Someone showed up with a bottle of blue of hair dye and Mike’s bass broke in half either before or during the show.
Fun show, but it was a really big room; there were more kids at the party the day before."
Billie Joe Armstrong: "Cover photo of sweet children ep is from this show"
Adrienne Armstrong: "The next day they played The Varsity. I ended up going to that show, too. My friend, Erika, introduced me to the guys that day. I wouldn’t say they were famous."
Mike Dirnt: "The next day I opened up the case and realised guitar had broken in half; it'd caught a grain of wood and broken in half through the body. I was like, 'Fuck!' So this other bass player I knew in Minneapolis was like, 'Hey, I've got this old Gibson that I just bought for 180 bucks. If you want I'll sell it for you.' It was a G-3 Grabber, with three pickups, and he hadn't really even played it yet. I plugged it into my Yamaha amp, hit one note and said, 'I'll take it!' His jaw fell on the floor; that one note sounded so great, he knew he'd screwed up. He let me pay him when I got home from tour; he charged me 180, but I sent him 200 bucks. I used it for 'Kerplunk!' through 'Insomniac', and I toured with for well over 500 shows. I finally retired it after about the third time its neck broke, but I still have it at home."
collectorsfrenzy.com: "...I was one of the 10 or so people at this show. They were great, we all got up on stage for the Operation Ivy encore cover."
"I saw Green Day play at the Varsity to about 12 people, they were awesome back then!"
gdtourvan1990: "Thursday July 5: Today’s show was at the Varsity Theater, not far away from 815 6th St SE where the guys had just about moved in by now. We parked in the back of the theater. Someone showed up with a bottle of blue of hair dye and Mike’s bass broke in half either before or during the show.
Fun show, but it was a really big room; there were more kids at the party the day before."
Billie Joe Armstrong: "Cover photo of sweet children ep is from this show"