Are we the waiting…
On October the 5th was finally the day I waited all my life for. So it was a really weird feeling that I wasn’t excited at all. It was so unbelievable and surreal that I just couldn’t believe I would really see Green Day after all this years of being a huge fan of them.
Since the show wouldn’t take place in my hometown my mum and I had to drive to Cologne a bit early. It was raining like shit when we arrived in Cologne. A few diehard fans waited in front of the arena. We hadn’t a reason to wait in line that early cause we had seats anyway. So instead of waiting at the arena we walk around through the rain while waiting for my good friend Leila to join us. When she finally arrived we went to a café to chill out with some coffee and cake. Leila was so scared of me cause I was so relaxed and not hysterical in anyway.
We made our way to the arena at 6pm when they opened the doors. Holy shit I can’t tell you how fucking big this arena was and all these ppl with their Green Day shirts on, that was pretty cool. We checked out the nice merch but we didn’t buy some cause yeah I’m first really broke and on the other hand I already have so much Green Day stuff. We still had to wait for them to open the doors to the seat and standing area, so we just walked around for a while. Around 6.30pm they opened the doors and we searched for our seats. I was a little bit shocked how close we actually were to the stage but wasn’t still too excited, so I was shocked by this as well. There were so many seats and the standing area was pretty big as well, but ppl moved in pretty slow and bit by bit it got crowed. At some point we saw a small dude with black hair and two blonde highlights checking the guitars behind the stage, we were like OMG is that Billie Joe!?!?! We got nuts, I don’t think it was him but I’m still not sure at all.
At 7.30pm the support act Prima Donna popped on stage and start to rock the show. They were pretty cool but the sound was pretty fucked up that my ears start to hurt. I think it wasn’t the band’s fault, maybe the crew just fucked it up or they wanted Green Day to sound even better. The arena was pretty empty at this time and things didn’t get that crazy. You can describe their music as Rock’n’Roll with a glamour rock touch. The singer was really born as a performer and looked so cool with those tight pants together with this leopard coat. The highlight was when he throw up his coat and was half naked (he didn’t wear a shirt under the coat O_O). I have to say this view wasn’t that bad. :D They played a few songs but everybody was just waiting for Green Day to start. When the singer said that they would play their last song everyone was freaking out not because they were that bad but cause it meant Green Day would be next. I felt their pain it must sucked to support Green Day. ;) Watch how they performed "Soul Stripper" here. The sound on you tube is better as it was live.
When they left the stage it was already 8pm and I start to get really nervous when I saw the crew setting up the stage. The stage looked so awesome with this big wall of LSD screens looking like buildings. So the crew did their job well and then the famous pink bunny popped on stage. At this point it felt like watching a you tube video or Bullet In A Bible (the live concert DVD). I saw this so many times, when ppl were singing along to YMCA while the bunny was ex-ing a beer on stage, but being a part of all this was so out of this world. He entertained us for a while till he was escorted by some security guards. lol
Then we’re waiting again and my legs were already shaking, it was like waiting for death to come. Things got nuts and suddenly the light was out and the Song of the Century was blasting. Leila was like OMG the show starts let’s get our asses up, I can’t sit any longer. I was so shocked that the show would start in a few seconds and my legs were shaking so much that I could hardly stand.
Then… BOOM… out of nowhere Billie Joe, Mike Dirt, Tre Cool, Jason Freese and Jason White popped up on stage. OMG this is GREEN DAY was the only thing I was thinking. Leila was freaking out and rocked to 21st Century Breakdown while I was so overwhelmed that I was just crying of happiness.
I finally realize this isn’t just a dream this is REAL. It was like seeing the ghosts of long lost friends coming alive in front of you. I couldn’t believe those are really the guys I look up to for so long and who gave me so much strength with their music. It was such a incredible feeling that I still have to cry when I think about it and write all this down.
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