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Fact #118288

When:

Short story:

Green Day play the first of two days at the Academy, Brixton, London, UK.

Full article:

Sarah Boden (reviewer, The Observer) : The first explosive burst of pyrotechnics rumbles through the venue before the opener, American Idiot, has gathered pace. Singer Billie Joe is an animated goofball, clambering onto speaker stacks on either side of the stage, his facial expression twitching into spasms of surprise as if he’s being touched up with a cattle prod. He can incite the audience with a mere flick of his hand.