Green Day Tickets – A Success at Lollapalooza

Green Day was one of three classic punk rock acts that stole the show at Lollapalooza recently. Along with AFI and Social Distortion, the veteran punk outfit helped bring back memories of Lollapalooza's early existence in the beginning of the 1990s as a small punk rock festival. These days the event is hardly recognizable, as it has grown into a huge multi-day, multi-stage music extravaganza that takes up residence at Chicago's Grant Park. Green Day was clearly one of the highlights as they provided fans with an unforgettable concert filled with classic hits from their entire catalog of music.

According to Entertainment Weekly, there was "no discernable loss of energy, passion, or commitment." The band members proved that even though they have seen decades in the industry they can still have the same fire and enthusiasm as when they first started their career. See their next live gig by purchasing <a href="http://www.stubhub.com/green-day-tickets/">Green Day tickets</a> today from StubHub.

Billie Joe Armstrong did not once let his fans down, donning a feather boa, mooning the crowd and firing T-shirt cannons off the stage. An article on MTV.com quotes Armstrong as saying during the performance, "They say they're gonna pull the plug on us at 10…I told them to kiss my f**king a**, we'll play for as long as we want. You paid your hard-earned money to buy a ticket tonight. It is my honor and my privilege to give you the best show you've ever seen in your life."

Green Day played a variety of their most popular tunes including "Longview," "21st Century Breakdown," "She" and "Hitching a Ride." They also gave fans a thrill with impressive covers of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and the Beatles' "Hey Jude." Other bands at Lollapalooza also put on stellar performances, but Green Day proved hard to beat.

Green Day began their career in the 1990s, with their major label debut album Dookie dropping in 1994. The record gained steam thanks to the success of singles like "Longview," Basket Case" and "When I Come Around." The band was a hit at the Woodstock Festival that year and Dookie ended up winning the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. The punk rockers wasted no time in delivering their sophomore album Insomniac the following year. It saw similar success on the charts and group followed suit with both Nimrod and Warning several years later.

It was a long wait for fans before Green Day released their follow-up to Warning, but the wait was well worth it. American Idiot landed in 2004 and was a chart-topper around the world as well as a Grammy Award winner. The impressive rock opera set the tone for Green Day's future albums and even spurred talk of a Broadway musical.

Their latest album is very similar in style to American Idiot and has billed as another rock opera. 21st Century Breakdown received rave reviews from both fans and critics and spawned the hot radio single, "21 Guns." Don't miss seeing the band perform live on a stage near you!

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