Green Day @ The Cricketer (May 5, 1993)

May 5, 1993 ✓ Verified

Green Day

Kerplunk tour

The Cricketer · Wigan, England

Setlist

Rarity 81%How rare this setlist is: higher when the band digs into songs they rarely play, lower for a night of staples.
  1. 01 2000 Light Years Away “Black Sabbath” tease
  2. 02 One Of My Lies
  3. 03 At The Library
  4. 04 Welcome To Paradise
  5. 05 Only Of You
  6. 06 Christie Road
  7. 07 Going To Pasalacqua
  8. 08 Burnout
  9. 09 16
  10. 10 Paper Lanterns
  11. 11 Knowledge Operation Ivy cover
  12. 12 Road To Acceptance

Encore

  1. 13 Food Around The Corner Bob Clampett cover
  2. 14 Dominated Love Slave
  3. 15 Disappearing Boy “Free Bird” jam “I Don't Know” jam “Sweet Home Alabama” jam
Also on the bill: Raging Kipper, Wat Tyler
Show tagged: Kerplunk tour
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Performers

Show notes

Mel Wallhead: "Wat Tyler played when Green Day played The Cricketer club. Just before they signed to Warner."

"It felt like we had suddenly tapped into something that was really happening. Back then, it was all on a really tiny level, with people coming round saying, 'Right then, can anyone help out with a spare room for the bands?'"

"The band were the dog's bollocks. They were like, 'This is it, here we go, if you don't like it, tough shit!' And then they fucked off - but not before Billie Joe gobbed into the air and caught it again with his mouth! Punk, or what?!"

"Green Day were tight as fuck. They just plugged in, piled through it and did the business. I remember Billie Joe made this kid in the audience swallow a 50p coin! The promoter was a local guy who ran a toy shop! He just did it because he was a fan!"

Kerrang!: "Early on in 1993, Green Day pulled into the industrial wasteland of Wigan for a date at the town's popular (and picturesque) venue The Cricketer! It was the second time the soon-to-be US sensations had hauled into Wigan, where they went down a storm!"

"One member of 300-plus crowd was music nut Paul Dolman, from neighbouring St. Helens! 'There seemed to be this really in-the-know underground scene,' Paul recalls. 'And me and a few mates thought we'd give it a go. I mean, it wasn't like there was a lot else going on for £2 on a rainy Wednesday night in Wigan!'"

Performance stats

50th of 98 in 1993
2nd of 2 in Wigan
12th of 117 in England
161st of 161 of the Kerplunk tour

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Most played song

Welcome To Paradise 851 times

Rarest Songs Played

Food Around The Corner 15 times
16 83 times
One Of My Lies 89 times

Album distribution

1,000 Hours 1
  • - Only Of You
39/Smooth 5
  • - At The Library
  • - Going To Pasalacqua
  • - 16
  • - Road To Acceptance
  • - Disappearing Boy
Slappy 2
  • - Paper Lanterns
  • - Knowledge
Kerplunk 5
  • - 2000 Light Years Away
  • - One Of My Lies
  • - Welcome To Paradise
  • - Christie Road
  • - Dominated Love Slave
Dookie 1
  • - Burnout
Covers 1
  • - Food Around The Corner

Debut distribution

The year each song played here was first played live.

1988 1
1989 5
1990 3
1991 4
1992 2

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