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The author saw Green Day again during their "Saviors" tour after 27 years of seeing them for the first time.
  • Green Day is on tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Dookie" and 20th of "American Idiot."
  • I saw them for the first time in 1998 in Brazil when I was a teenager.
  • Seeing them again in my 40s reminded me of how much fun it is to be young.

When Green Day announced they were going on tour again to celebrate the anniversaries of two of their (arguably) most iconic albums, I knew I had to go.