Sep
19
Tue • 2000
Set 1:
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#3 Minority
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#4 Brat
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#6 Longview
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#9 Knowledge
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#10 Basket Case
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#11 She
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#12 Coming Clean
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#13 Scattered
Encore:
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#16 Waiting
Encore 2:
Show Notes
This show was recorded for broadcast on TMC2. Setlist may be incomplete, as the following review mentions the show lasted two hours.
Rockol.it (translated from Italian): "And indeed, that same evening, at Dee Dee's Diner in Milan, Green Day performed a showcase that quickly became a full-fledged concert, two hours of rock 'n' roll at full blast. A terrifying crowd of American models had come to the venue to witness the Californian trio perform, and they didn't hesitate to give it their all. Tracks from "Nimrod," "Insomniac," and "Dookie" were mixed with new songs from "Warning," including the singles "Minority," "Church on Sunday," and "Deadbeat Holiday." The three Green Day members were in top form, and the concert provided a display of power, energy, and entertainment that was infectious to everyone in attendance. Very similar in their choice of chords and harmonies to the Clash, Green Day also draw from the Pogues' repertoire of boozy songs, Brian Setzer's vibrant rockabilly, and the Ramones' high school rock 'n' roll, mixing and packaging everything with perfect shifts in tension and constant interaction with the audience. It's during one of the conversations that Billie Joe calls one of the boys in the audience on stage to play a song: by the time he explains the three chords, the band is now a four-man band, with Billie Joe on vocals and a guitarist named Alex covering his parts. Hits like "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" are a must, of course, but the concert's finale holds two more surprises: the first comes when Alex returns on stage with three other boys who seem randomly picked from the audience, but are actually his partners in the band Succo Marcio. Green Day hands him their instruments and leans to the side of the stage to listen. Succo Marcio capitalized on the surprise effect and won over the audience with "Muore il giorno," one of their songs—they later distributed several copies of their self-produced CD to industry insiders, and it must be said, upon first listening, it's not bad at all—which also earned them the disheartened applause of Green Day: "Shit, we suck," says Billy Joe, picking up his guitar again, but it's only momentary. The concert escalates to an unbearable pace and ends, as in the height of the punk era, with the instruments destroyed and the stage devastated. The audience, by the end, seems more tired than the band and welcomes the return of the lights to the room with satisfaction. Powerful, energetic, and vibrant, the Green Day seen last night can truly afford to talk about honesty despite the billions they've earned and often held in their faces, because it's something they've managed to prove on the stage and, in the end, cannot fail to involve everyone."
Rockol.it (translated from Italian): "And indeed, that same evening, at Dee Dee's Diner in Milan, Green Day performed a showcase that quickly became a full-fledged concert, two hours of rock 'n' roll at full blast. A terrifying crowd of American models had come to the venue to witness the Californian trio perform, and they didn't hesitate to give it their all. Tracks from "Nimrod," "Insomniac," and "Dookie" were mixed with new songs from "Warning," including the singles "Minority," "Church on Sunday," and "Deadbeat Holiday." The three Green Day members were in top form, and the concert provided a display of power, energy, and entertainment that was infectious to everyone in attendance. Very similar in their choice of chords and harmonies to the Clash, Green Day also draw from the Pogues' repertoire of boozy songs, Brian Setzer's vibrant rockabilly, and the Ramones' high school rock 'n' roll, mixing and packaging everything with perfect shifts in tension and constant interaction with the audience. It's during one of the conversations that Billie Joe calls one of the boys in the audience on stage to play a song: by the time he explains the three chords, the band is now a four-man band, with Billie Joe on vocals and a guitarist named Alex covering his parts. Hits like "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" are a must, of course, but the concert's finale holds two more surprises: the first comes when Alex returns on stage with three other boys who seem randomly picked from the audience, but are actually his partners in the band Succo Marcio. Green Day hands him their instruments and leans to the side of the stage to listen. Succo Marcio capitalized on the surprise effect and won over the audience with "Muore il giorno," one of their songs—they later distributed several copies of their self-produced CD to industry insiders, and it must be said, upon first listening, it's not bad at all—which also earned them the disheartened applause of Green Day: "Shit, we suck," says Billy Joe, picking up his guitar again, but it's only momentary. The concert escalates to an unbearable pace and ends, as in the height of the punk era, with the instruments destroyed and the stage devastated. The audience, by the end, seems more tired than the band and welcomes the return of the lights to the room with satisfaction. Powerful, energetic, and vibrant, the Green Day seen last night can truly afford to talk about honesty despite the billions they've earned and often held in their faces, because it's something they've managed to prove on the stage and, in the end, cannot fail to involve everyone."