Bay Area pop-punk heroes Green Day brought their current Saviors Tour to Oracle Park in San Francisco Friday for an epic show that also featured alt-rock favorites Smashing Pumpkins and fellow punk acts Rancid and the Linda Lindas.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
SoCal punk upstarts the Linda Lindas were the first to play at Oracle, bounding onto the stage with a youthful enthusiasm that marked their brief 20-minute set.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
Though Oracle’s seats were still filling up when the Linda Lindas started playing at 5:30 p.m., the young women dug into songs from their two albums Growing Up and No Obligation with gusto, playing to those who arrived early enough to catch their set.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Linda Lindas at Oracle Park
The Linda Lindas perform at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Featuring two members of legendary Gilman Street ska punk band Operation Ivy (a group Green Day cites as an early influence), fellow Bay Area punk crew Rancid played next.
Rancid at Oracle Park
With guitarists Lars Frederiksen (pictured) and Tim Armstrong trading off on lead vocals, Rancid blasted through an energetic half-hour set that leaned heavily on songs from their biggest album …And Out Come the Wolves.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Rancid at Oracle Park
Rancid performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day fans at Oracle Park
Green Day fans await the band’s performance at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
The Smashing Pumpkins at Oracle Park
Billy Corgan and his alternative-rock group the Smashing Pumpkins provided the evening’s one detour from punk, with the band featuring original members James Iha on guitar and Jimmy Chamberlin on drums playing a career-spanning set that included multiple songs from their biggest albums Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Siamese Dream to a crowd that had filled Oracle Park to capacity.
Green Day fans at Oracle Park
Green Day fans await the band’s performance at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Though the first three bands had already warmed the crowd up plenty, Green Day further amped up the capacity audience after the house lights went down, playing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Blitzkrieg Bop” by the Ramones, with the band’s pink bunny mascot dancing onstage in a Giants jersey to the latter song.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day opened the show with an explosion of pyrotechnics that accompanied their first song, the politically charged single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” from Saviors before diving into a performance of their breakout album Dookie in its entirety.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Magnetic frontman Billie Joe Armstrong introduced that portion of the set, welcoming the crowd to the 30th anniversary of Dookie before the band tore into the opening track “Burnout.”
Green Day at Oracle Park
Though the band’s bracing run through their seminal, hit-filled album set the bar high with spirited takes on “Longview,” “Welcome to Paradise,” “Basket Case” and “When I Come Around,” Green Day somehow managed to maintain the intensity through an epic 38-song setlist, plowing through a mix new songs and hits between their performance of Dookie and their punk-rock opera American Idiot.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day fans at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Green Day at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on September 20, 2024.
Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and producer for KTVU.com in 2003. He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015.
