green day bullet in a bible full concert

Playing for 130,000 people over two days, Green Day have performed what must be the largest punk rock gig in history. Recorded at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, in June 2005, the Bullet in a Bible CD/DVD captures Green Day at an astounding height in their career. Superimposed at his side, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool hover above a crowd of thousands as if messiahs over water. On the back cover, an image of a larger-than-life Armstrong, dwarfing the festival stage behind him, pointing to the sky like Pete Townshend. A silhouette of lead singer and guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong poses before an arena audience that seems to extend into infinity.

Music videos, making-of) wasn't included, but I'm sure that stuff'll surface one day.At first sight of the cover, it’s evident Bullet in a Bible is a new kind of Green Day album. I was a little disappointed that more 'American Idiot' stuff (i.e. This concert is a monster, and they pack so much energy into each song, it's hard not to be moved. But the fact remains, this is Green Day at their best. He complicates something that should have been fairly simple and straight-forward: letting the viewer watch one of the best acts of our generation. The cameras dart around way to fast, and he inserts so many unneccessary and distracting effects. I love his videos, especially all he's done for Green Day, but he overdoes it with his direction for the concert. My only gripe with this performance/documentary is Samuel Bayer's direction. It was worth buying this set just to have that version on the audio-CD that is included. The final song, 'Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)' has Billie Joe going solo with an electric guitar and freshening up a song that got played to death in it's day. The band blows through nearly the first half of the 'American Idiot' album, saving 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams' for the encore, and then gets into some choice older material such as 'Longview' and 'Minority.' 'King For A Day' is fused with a cover of 'Shout,' which is just brilliant (although Billie skips the floor-humping here that he did for us). One noticeable omission is their popular cover of Queen's 'We Are The Champions.' 'She,' 'Maria' and 'Knowledge,' the song where they bring fans onstage to play, are also missing as well.

'American Idiot' tour, with a few differences.

They play roughly the same set that they did for the U.S. I saw them back in April, and let me tell you: it was the best concert I have ever been to, and I have a hard time imagining any concert I go to in the future being that good. As far as the performance, the boys are on top of their game. The concert/documentary runs at about two-hours long, and spliced in between each song are interviews and behind the scenes footage that document Green Day's rise back to the top and the nervousness that comes with playing to such a large crowd. So, in comes 'Bullet In A Bible,' a DVD/CD set that covers Green Day's biggest show to date, a two-day concert at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes where they played to over 130,000 English fans. Their great come-back album, 2004's 'American Idiot' was not only massively successful and dominant over the radio, but was easily the most interesting and inspiring piece of music to come out of that year as well. You had to figure that Green Day couldn't let their biggest year, 2005, pass by without some sort of celebration.

Green day bullet in a bible full concert