the gates opened at about 2pm. people rushed in to buy the great merchandise the bands had to offer. after the buying of more food, drink, the browsing of souveneer stores, we saw them, the great steps leading up to the top of the hill, we headed towards them at a fast run, hopped two even three steps at a timeat was came to the top, the veiw was amazing, a half bowl shaped hillside dropped elegantly and gradually to a huge, spectacular stage at the bottom, stating obviously the american idiot flag and many green day signs and symbols, at last i knew i was here. so at once we said 'lets go!' at a very fast speed we headed sprinting jumping and skipping down the steep hill to the pitt, in the very front to the stage where green day would appear at 9pm that night!

to my complete and utter suprise, there i was, at the very front of the stage, simply metres away from where my heros were going to be in the matter of hours.  

once a few hundred people entered the pit, it was closed off, other fans crowded into the bowl, as the hill top gradually filled up it soon became a mass of buzzing fans in american idiot, nimrod, dookie and various other green day merchandise hoodies and tees! it was amazing!

after hours sitting in the heat with barley no drink, water began to be passed around the fans, the atmosphere was posotivly shocking, the electricity never wore off in all those mad hours playing with beach balls, shouting at roadies and generally having fun!

for time reasons im not going to go into loads of details about the supporting bands...

Running Order
Hard-Fi: 5.00pm
Taking Back Sunday: 6:15pm
Jimmy Eat World: 7.35pm
Green Day: 9:05pm

to sum it up, hard fi were shitty!

TBS and JEW were fucking amazing!

green day... what we came for...

on came the incredible green day, and out of thousands of fans came the noise! cheers, screems, whistles and just general sound came out in support of the fantastic three!

and then the music begins, and in the pitt, the moshing starts in full swing!...

american idiot, wake me up when september ends, king for a day, maria, good riddance and basket case were among the tens of songs sung by the incredible billie joe, played by the fantastic mike and tre and danced, moshed and sung to by the delighted and loyal fans! the night was amazing, one that will stay with me forever! i love green day, i love their sound, their style, the way billie joe works the crowds of people... its breath taking!

here it comes, the highlights of my time at the concert!

• billie joe pulling a mooney to thousands
• tre druming the life out of his kit, his facial expressions as dramatic as ever before!
• the kool, calm and fantastic mike on bass giving the million dollar sound
• the crazy mosh pitt that i fainted in
• the underwear i threw at billie joe
• the bunny coming on stage before the start of green day
• the fire works that burst out at the end of wake me up when september ends added to the tear jerking atmosphere that made me highly emotional, bringing me to happy tears whilst singing to the almighty heart capturing words of the songs!
• the smiles on the fans faces the whole day through