Italy: Green Day in Trst
Ana and me attended a concert in Trst (Trieste), where an American punk rock band formed in 1987 had a concert. Green Day were on the 99 Revolutions Tour and since Trst was our closest city with privilege to host them, we decided to be there.
Somewhere on the bus, still in Slovenia, we got the tickets
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| Stage from our perspective |
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One of their great songs, Basket Case, from Dookie album (1994)
Report from: http://www.therocktologist.com/green-day-in-trieste.html
Green Day shake Trieste
Report by: Jure Žejn
Photographs by: Bogdan Mlinar
Location: Piazza Unita d´ Italia, Trieste, Italy
Date: May 25, 2013
The beautiful square in the heart of Trieste hosted one of the biggest names of modern punkrock – Green Day. But even the grim day nor the foul weather couldn´t scare the fans who waited for the venue to open. The rain eventually stopped, and the warm-up band hit the stage at 8.30. Their 20 minute set covered some punkrock classics like the DeadBoys and the Ramones.
At about 9.15 Green Day opened with ˝99 revolutions˝ from their latest release. The show started with full power, but the stalling during every fourth song stole the time for at least five songs and eventually became annoying and expected. The weather also wasn´t very cooperative, as it started to rain again about an hour into the show. All of that didn´t seem to spoil the party for over 12.000 fans of all ages.
The show itself was splendidly played through, with excellent sound and light backup. Enhanced lineup of 6 acted as one through the whole show and the crowd was singing along as Green Day served a cocktail of hits new and old. At this point I must say, that old hits Basket case and She really got the crowd dancing and singing although the songs were played by the end of the concert. You could really feel the energy of the whole square. The power laden show lasted for over two and a half hours and Green Day proved they still got it. Over 20 years ago they pretty much put punk rock back on the map, and they still keep the crown.
Photographs by: Bogdan Mlinar
Location: Piazza Unita d´ Italia, Trieste, Italy
Date: May 25, 2013
The beautiful square in the heart of Trieste hosted one of the biggest names of modern punkrock – Green Day. But even the grim day nor the foul weather couldn´t scare the fans who waited for the venue to open. The rain eventually stopped, and the warm-up band hit the stage at 8.30. Their 20 minute set covered some punkrock classics like the DeadBoys and the Ramones.
At about 9.15 Green Day opened with ˝99 revolutions˝ from their latest release. The show started with full power, but the stalling during every fourth song stole the time for at least five songs and eventually became annoying and expected. The weather also wasn´t very cooperative, as it started to rain again about an hour into the show. All of that didn´t seem to spoil the party for over 12.000 fans of all ages.
The show itself was splendidly played through, with excellent sound and light backup. Enhanced lineup of 6 acted as one through the whole show and the crowd was singing along as Green Day served a cocktail of hits new and old. At this point I must say, that old hits Basket case and She really got the crowd dancing and singing although the songs were played by the end of the concert. You could really feel the energy of the whole square. The power laden show lasted for over two and a half hours and Green Day proved they still got it. Over 20 years ago they pretty much put punk rock back on the map, and they still keep the crown.
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