Green Day @ Electric Factory (Nov 14, 1997)

Nov 14, 1997 ✓ Verified

Green Day

Nimrod tour

Electric Factory · Philadelphia, PA, USA

Setlist

Rarity 58%How rare this setlist is: higher when the band digs into songs they rarely play, lower for a night of staples.
  1. 01 Going To Pasalacqua
  2. 02 Welcome To Paradise
  3. 03 Geek Stink Breath
  4. 04 Nice Guys Finish Last
  5. 05 Hitchin' A Ride
  6. 06 The Grouch
  7. 07 Chump
  8. 08 Longview “The Beautiful People” jam
  9. 09 2000 Light Years Away “Master Of Puppets” tease
  10. 10 Brain Stew
  11. 11 Jaded
  12. 12 Knowledge Operation Ivy cover
  13. 13 Basket Case
  14. 14 She
  15. 15 F.O.D.
  16. 16 Paper Lanterns “Mickey Mouse March” jam “My Way” jam

Encore

  1. 17 Scattered
  2. 18 Prosthetic Head
  3. 19 When I Come Around
  4. 20 Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Soundcheck: Reject
Also on the bill: Superdrag
Show tagged: Nimrod tour
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Performers

Show notes

S.W.: "I just went to their concert at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia. All I gotta say is that it was one of the best days of my life. When I got their my friend and I smoked a joint with some guy we didn't know (big mistake). After about ten minutes we found out that it was laced with something. I passed out and woke up in the first aid room. I was feeling better and they made me call my parents since I was underaged. Well, I was sitting in a chair backstage in the hallway waiting to use the phone. Billie walked out of his dressing room and stood there staring at me for about ten minutes. Then, I had to go into the office to use the phone. When I came back out he had already gone back into his dressing room (all of this happened before they came on stage). After the concert I waited outside for the band to come out. The long wait was well worth it! I got Billie Joe and Mike to autograph my ticket stub. Right now that stub is hanging up on my wall next to all my posters of Green Day. When they were leaving I told Mike that his pants were really cool and he smiled and winked at me! They made my day."

The Inquirer: "Green Day, three guys from Berkeley, Calif., who have sold more albums than any punk band in history, aren't making millions off their originality. It's their energy, attitude and hooks, plus rock-solid musicianship, that have propelled them to the top of the heap. And in Friday's show at the Electric Factory, they had enough of all four to burn. The trio ignored most songs on its new album, Nimrod (Reprise), that vary from the punk genre. Except for the Stray Cat strut of Hitchin' A Ride and the show's closer, a solo acoustic Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), from frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, this was a punk concert that could have been ripped right out of the late '70s. As at past shows, the restive bass riffs of Mike Dirnt and hyperspeed drumming of Tre Cool blasted the energy level through the roof, while Armstrong's four-chord rhythm guitar supplied the mighty hooks. Armstrong is a consummate showman, just as skilled at entertaining as Frank Sinatra or Neil Diamond. Though the comparison isn't an obvious one to make, all three know their audience's fantasies and act as a mirror for them. In Armstrong's case, however, the fantasy is of finding a place where misfits are accepted, even celebrated. It makes sense, then, that Armstrong both insulted and praised his audience, 'blessed' them with bottled water like a punk priest, introduced himself with a smirk as Paco Techsquala, and alluded to being a loser in funny, off-the-cuff comments full of expletives. Fans were both guessing what he'd do next, and feeling like his coconspirators."

Performance stats

34th of 60 in 1997
6th of 12 in Philadelphia
558th of 1176 in USA
22nd of 147 of the Nimrod tour

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Most played song

Longview 1,141 times

Rarest Songs Played

Prosthetic Head 62 times
The Grouch 87 times
Scattered 148 times

Album distribution

39/Smooth 1
  • - Going To Pasalacqua
Slappy 2
  • - Knowledge
  • - Paper Lanterns
Kerplunk 2
  • - Welcome To Paradise
  • - 2000 Light Years Away
Dookie 6
  • - Chump
  • - Longview
  • - Basket Case
  • - She
  • - F.O.D.
  • - When I Come Around
Insomniac 3
  • - Geek Stink Breath
  • - Brain Stew
  • - Jaded
Nimrod 6
  • - Nice Guys Finish Last
  • - Hitchin' A Ride
  • - The Grouch
  • - Scattered
  • - Prosthetic Head
  • - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Debut distribution

The year each song played here was first played live.

1989 2
1990 1
1991 2
1992 3
1993 2
1994 2
1995 2
1997 6

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