It’s been a crazy week for concerts in Minnesota. Not only did Corcoran Country Daze feature Dylan Scott and Gary Allen, Koe Wetzel played at the Armory on Thursday, and this band called Metallica plays at US Bank Stadium on Friday and Sunday. Target Field didn’t want to miss out on the action, so on Saturday night, Target Field hosted rock band Green Day. During the When I Come Around performance, the group started shouting out Minnesota cities, and St. Cloud was included!
YouTube user Brinzinator uploaded the video proving that the band was thinking about St. Cloud during their performance at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins.
The St. Cloud shout-out occurs at about 2:25 in the video.
According to reviews of the concert, the band played both the “Dookie” album, from which “When I Come Around” comes, and the entire “American Idiot” album!
That sounds like an amazing show where you experienced two of the best albums the band has ever released.
It is also noteworthy that my hometown of New Brighton was mentioned right after St. Cloud because lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong’s wife went to high school in New Brighton.
According to People.com, the two met at a Green Day show in Minneapolis in 1990, and after asking the lead singer for a tape/CD after the show, they stayed in touch, and the rest, as they say in show business, is history.
Did you attend one of the many concerts that took place in the Twin Cities area this weekend?
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