I attended the actual gig myself in Milton Keynes and it was amazing !!! There were over 65 thousand people that attended over two nights - Green Days biggest yet. I waited for this CD/DVD to come out very impatiently as I couldnt wait to reminise. Once purchased, i immediately put into my DVD player to watch. This is a documentary/ concert. In between each song, the band speak for a couple of minutes about various things relating to American Idiot. Although it is very interesting and knowledgeable, I think it ruins the flow of the concert and can be a little disheartening. Also, I feel once you have watched in this format a couple of times, you don't need to hear the "facts and figures", you just want to get along with the concert. The songs chosen for the DVD were suited to mainstream and maybe not the hardcore Green Day fans as such. Green Day have a song which is split into two tracks but they only have shown one half of this which is really ruined it for me. Brilliant DVD with smashing effects and camera angles, but it definately didnt show true potential, there was so much material there that could have been used.
1. American Idiot 2. Jesus Of Suburbia 3. Holiday 4. Are We Waiting 5. St. Jimmy 6. Longview 7. Hitchin' A Ride 8. Brain Stew 9. Basket Case 10. King For A Day / Shout 11. Wake Me Up When Sepetmber Ends 12. Minority 13. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 14. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
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