Green Day to perform American Idiot and Dookie on Saviors tour
By kaylubd /Jan. 17, 2024 / Comments
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot, Green Day will perform both albums in full on each stop of the Saviors tour.
The band broke the news during their appearance on The Howard Stern Show, where they also performed a four-song set: "Basketcase," "Letterbomb," "Dilemma," and a snippet of "Scattered."
JUST NOW: @GreenDay announce on the #SternShow they’re going to play #Dookie and #AmericanIdiot in their entirety on the #Saviors Tour! More info here: https://t.co/gO9T6QSDXi pic.twitter.com/na2X1a7m5r
— Stern Show (@sternshow) January 17, 2024
Check out the announcement below.
🚨BIG NEWS🚨 Each night of The Saviors Tour we’re playing both Dookie AND American Idiot in full AND a bunch of your other favorites new and old all summer long 🤯 allll fueled by @MonsterEnergy 🤘
— Green Day (@GreenDay) January 17, 2024
You're not going to want to miss this one!! https://t.co/DtltM7FtPe pic.twitter.com/chkBqwSANu
Mike Dirnt gave Rolling Stone a breakdown of how the show would work saying it’ll take 90 minutes for the band to perform the two albums, leaving 35 to 45 minutes of the band’s set for “other stuff,” including songs from Saviors.
“What a fuckin’ moment it’s going to be,” Dirnt said. “We’ve never done anything like this before. And there’s a really good chance we’ll never do it again.”
Which American Idiot/Dookie deep cut are you excited to hear live? Let us know on the Green Day Community forum.