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Green Day Previews New Album ‘Saviors’ at Intimate, Hit-Filled Irving Plaza Show


Green Day celebrated the release of their new album 'Saviors' at an intimate concert at New York's Irving Plaza.

But before that, the alt-rock trio treated 1,200 fans in the city to an intimate gig at Irving Plaza, where they previewed songs off their new record, “Saviors,” and celebrated milestone anniversaries of their most famous albums: 2004’s “American Idiot” and 1994’s “Dookie.” The show was part of SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series, which has previously lassoed big acts like Ed Sheeran, John Mayer and Alicia Keys into tight venues. Flanked by Cool’s drumstick-throwing theatrics and Dirnt’s strutting bass moves, Armstrong’s affect was contagious — so much so that a man and a woman behind me had fully adopted his pop-punk accent and giddily harmonized with him throughout the show.

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