6 months in advance we purchased the tickets & it was well worth the wait, gotta be one of the best live concerts Marty & I have ever been to.
Jet was the opening act I must say we would most certainly go & see them play again.
Opening with 21st Century Breakdown Green Day had us all singing from the start. My throat is sore from all the singing & whoo hooing, as the night moved on my whoo hoo’s changed tone in sheer delight. My neck is sore from trying to look overt the tops of heads, I can barely walk for the pain from dancing & jumping up & down………
Sometimes I would stop just too look, you cannot help but be in awe of truly great performers……
There was lot’s of audience participation, & plenty of calling to the fans ♪♫♪ hey oh, & of course us calling back........ hey oh ♪♫♪♪
Billie Joe Armstrong has an amazing stage presence, the energy of a teenager, & forges a strong connection with the audience, keeping us all on our feet, waving our hands and singing along even when the words are lost!
Not all the songs were from the new album (which is amazing anyway)
Holiday, Give Me Novacain, Are We The Waiting, St Jimmy and The Boulevard of Broken Dreams to name a few & then we got treated to some, Black Sabbath, pieces of Ironman, Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven and the chorus of Highway to Hell, we all sang it LOUD! WHOOOOO HOOOO!!!!!!
Massive amounts of blue confetti fell from above, some of it ended up with us at home, in the boots, in the bra..........
Finishing up with 21 Guns before an encore of American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia and Minority………..Time of Your Life was saved till last - a truly fitting end.Leaving the concert covered in a layer of sweat (& unknown hidden confetti) – you know it was one of the greats.........
Happy Birthday me 45 years old, going on 18???!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is bigger better? Check out the size of the crab!
Hows this for a fish tank?
Now ladies you have a choice of a half flush or a 'POSH' flush - hmmm???
Sunshine Coast, Calandra Markets, a mid-morning breaky at Mooloolabar, Underwater World & the Ettamogah Pub on the way home…….not a bad way to spend a Sunday…….
The best part of Underwater World was a ‘behind the scenes’ tour. No camera’s allowed as this is where the sick sea creatures are.
There was one poor turtle that had swallowed a plastic bag – A turtles favorite food is Jellyfish, & when they see a plastic bag in the water they think hmmm yummm jellyfish, swallow it & then they get what is called floatation. They cannot swim or dive & this poor turtle could not get out of the way of a boat & got caught by its propeller, suffering a deep cut causing major internal injury. The turtle had been 10 months in rehabilitation!!! DON’T LITTER PEOPLE Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!
EKKKK SHARK!!!!……. damn cheeky shark was getting it’s thrills buy coming right by out of the water to frighten me, so close by literally an inch or two (as Marty said "it was certainly an insight to how easily they can sneak up on you!") Hmmmm theme from Jaws now playing in my head!!!!!
After all that excitement one needed a drink, so a quick stop at the Ettamogah Pub on the way home was in order . ♪♫♪ Gimmie a drink, a drink, a drink la laaa la laa ♪♫♪♪
