Green Day at Verizon Center

Last night Ashley and I went with my brother Jeff, and his lady JR to see Green Day play at Verizon Center. Having been Green Day fans since 8th grade, this was me and Jeff's 7th time seeing Green Day. I won't call it a show, it was a concert. 

The set consisted of 2 massive screens, one of which was irregularly shaped with the outline of a city, really cool, the screen physically had the silhouette of a cityscape! This was particularly cool because at the beginning you don't realize that this imposing city backdrop is actually a video screen!

Because the band used these massive screens to display things other then simply live video of them, they were afforded the ability to create unique backdrops for each song. You know how music videos typically have some conceptual portion and then a performance portion, well thanks to these screens the effect was just that and as a viewer I got to enjoy a concert length music video for each song.

I was so thankful, they definitely did not need to provide such an overly elaborate show, but they definitely made the money well spent.

Here are a few pictures of Green Day's visit to the White House:

Comments

[Andrew Kloman]

I agree that it was a concern and not a show. Greenday always does a good job with interacting with the crowd. T-Shirt gun, having people play on stage, etc.

[Jason Henley]

I'm so jealous that you got to be on the floor. But we loved it when Billie 'saved' that little girl's soul on stage.