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Green Day played a spectacular set tonight, Friday August 23, as they headlined this year’s Reading Festival. Here’s some of the best pictures from their epic show…
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Billie Joe Armstrong and co came on to the Main Stage to huge applause after they were introduced by a giant, dancing pink rabbit, which had drummer Tre Cool’s name emblazoned on the back.
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Keeping up the pace with ‘Stay The Night’, the singer called on the audience to up their game. “This is no fucking party I have to admit. Come on, this ain’t just any festival, this is the greatest festival in the world,” he said.
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He also confessed: “When I first started playing punk rock music, I used to get my arse kicked. Everyone thought I was a freak. Now I’m surrounded by many freaks.”
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The band later sparked mass sing-a-longs for ‘Holiday’, ‘When September Ends’ and ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’ the latter of which saw Armstrong bow down to the crowd and collapse in a heap.
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Introducing ‘Dookie’ to a huge backdrop of the album cover, Armstrong declared: “Ladies and gentlemen next year 2014 will mark 20 years of ‘Dookie’ so we’re gonna play it from the back to the front.”
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The singer finally pulled out a third smoking gun which fired out white T-shirts in to the crowd. As they wrapped up the set, the crowd sang along to ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Jesus Of Suburbia’ before Armstrong closed the night with a solitary performance of ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’.