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Punk rock fans came out in droves for Green Day’s Saviors Tour at Great American Ball Park. Pyrotechnics, hot air balloons, and strobe lights lit up thousands in the stadium as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees hit Cincinnati on tour.
Green Day dedicated most of their performance to songs from their third studio album, “Dookie,” which was released 30 years ago. The stage setup also paid tribute to the 1994 album, featuring a display of glowing balloons resembling the cartoon bomb from the album’s cover.
The concert featured a lineup of opening acts including The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas, offering fans an entire evening of rock music to get the crowd warmed up and rowdy.
The Linda Lindas performance
The Linda Lindas, an all-female rock band from Los Angeles, represented the next generation of punk rock with an electric performance, commanding the stage with youthful spunk and determination.
The group is made up of Bela Salazar (the oldest at 19), Eloise Wong and sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza (the latter is youngest of the bunch at just 14 years old). The Linda Lindas delivered a near-flawless performance, flexing punchy group vocals reminiscent of female punk pioneers Joan Jett and Bikini Kill.
Rancid performance
The atmosphere reached a new level when Rancid – a punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1991 – took the stage.
The Smashing Pumpkins brought its Windy City grunge
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan stepped out in an ankle-length black frock, portraying rock and roll bad guy, despite being a good family man. He showcased his chameleon like talent during the band’s dynamic cover of U2’s 1991 track “Zoo Station.” Guitarist James Iha also shined during the cover, with his trademark guitar sound fitting the U2 classic.
Toward the end of the song, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin delivered a drum performance with the accuracy of a 100-man marching band, hitting a final blow that echoed over the crowd as the song concluded.
Billie Joe Armstrong offered a Freddie Mercury flair during Green Day performance
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong commanded the stage with a Freddie Mercury-flair, incorporating Queen references that were hard to miss. The band’s iconic track “Bohemian Rhapsody” played in the moments before Armstrong took the stage.
Throughout the set, Armstrong charmingly provoked the crowd with Mercury’s signature “ay-oh” vocal improvisation, alluding to the legendary British rock band. This underlined that, much like Queen, Green Day entertains a loyal fan base with its performances. The fans at Great American Ball Park were no exception.
Green Day also foreshadowed the meteor that flew over Cincinnati and Kentucky Thursday night. Fans were already looking up at the sky while the band played its 1994 hit “Emenius Sleepus,” as a hot air balloon in the shape of a “dookie” plane was dragged across the field.
