Green Day
39/Smooth tour
Setlist
Rarity 91%How rare this setlist is: higher when the band digs into songs they rarely play, lower for a night of staples.- 01 Don't Leave Me
- 02 At The Library
- 03 Paper Lanterns
- 04 Disappearing Boy “I Don't Know” jam “Sweet Home Alabama” tease
- 05 Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
- 06 Only Of You
- 07 Going To Pasalacqua
- 08 16
- 09 Sweet Children
- 10 Road To Acceptance
- 11 1,000 Hours
- 12 409 In Your Coffeemaker
- 13 Boys Don't Cry Debut The Cure cover Partial
- 14 Dry Ice
Encore
- 15 I Was There
- 16 Knowledge Operation Ivy cover
- 17 I Was There Reprise
Concert poster
Performers
- Billie Joe Armstrong - Vocals / Guitar
- Mike Dirnt - Bass / Backing Vocals
- John Kiffmeyer - Drums
Show notes
John Mulhouse: "You know, I can't remember much about the Varsity show, except I know they played 'Road to Acceptance'. Al came out and did a cymbal solo during the break in the middle."
Adrienne Armstrong: "The next day they played The Varsity. I ended up going to that show, too. My friend, Erika, introduced me to the guys that day. I wouldn’t say they were famous."
Mike Dirnt: "The next day I opened up the case and realised guitar had broken in half; it'd caught a grain of wood and broken in half through the body. I was like, 'Fuck!' So this other bass player I knew in Minneapolis was like, 'Hey, I've got this old Gibson that I just bought for 180 bucks. If you want I'll sell it for you.' It was a G-3 Grabber, with three pickups, and he hadn't really even played it yet. I plugged it into my Yamaha amp, hit one note and said, 'I'll take it!' His jaw fell on the floor; that one note sounded so great, he knew he'd screwed up. He let me pay him when I got home from tour; he charged me 180, but I sent him 200 bucks. I used it for 'Kerplunk!' through 'Insomniac', and I toured with for well over 500 shows. I finally retired it after about the third time its neck broke, but I still have it at home."
collectorsfrenzy.com: "...I was one of the 10 or so people at this show. They were great, we all got up on stage for the Operation Ivy encore cover."
"I saw Green Day play at the Varsity to about 12 people, they were awesome back then!"
gdtourvan1990: "Thursday July 5: Today’s show was at the Varsity Theater, not far away from 815 6th St SE where the guys had just about moved in by now. We parked in the back of the theater. Someone showed up with a bottle of blue of hair dye and Mike’s bass broke in half either before or during the show.
Fun show, but it was a really big room; there were more kids at the party the day before."
Billie Joe Armstrong: "Cover photo of sweet children ep is from this show"
Performance stats
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Live debuts
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Rarest Songs Played
Album distribution
1,000 Hours 3
- - Only Of You
- - 1,000 Hours
- - Dry Ice
39/Smooth 8
- - Don't Leave Me
- - At The Library
- - Disappearing Boy
- - Going To Pasalacqua
- - 16
- - Road To Acceptance
- - I Was There ×2
Slappy 3
- - Paper Lanterns
- - 409 In Your Coffeemaker
- - Knowledge
Sweet Children 1
- - Sweet Children
Kerplunk 1
- - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
Covers 1
- - Boys Don't Cry
Debut distribution
The year each song played here was first played live.