Green Day Kickstarted Their ‘Saviors’ Era With a New York Club Concert

In January, over 1,000 fans attended a special concert hosted by SiriusXM to celebrate Green Day's new album, Saviors, in New York City. The show started with Billie Joe Armstrong telling fans to enjoy the moment and put away their phones, and he also made a dig at Elon Musk. That was just the beginning.

Elon Musk criticized Green Day on New Year's Day for adding a subtle reference to the lyrics of "American Idiot." Anyone who was at the show, though, would have known that it was nonsense. Green Day, in its nearly 40 years, has always had "righteous rage" and commented on the problems with the system. It's hard to deny that with songs with names like "The American Dream Is Killing Me".

Following that, they presented a brief set of songs from Saviors. Playing new songs usually doesn't go over well in stadiums, but the songs went over well in the club setting in New York. After the songs they revisited old albums, like Dookie and American Idiot, playing hits like "Burnout," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and "Holiday," much to the delight of fans.