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I have a ticket to Green Day! 23rd October, 02 Arena, I'll be there to help kick off their UK tour. 5 years ago I was absolutely OBSESSED with Green Day - even now, I still remember that Billie Joe's birthday is February 17th, that Tre used to go to clown college, that Mike owns his own diner...Many, many useful little nuggets of trivia that don't mean anything to most people. American Idiot used to rule my life - I'd listen to nothing but them. I received American Idiot for Christmas 2004, and by June 2005 I was at Milton Keynes, singing my heart out at my first proper gig. I can't even begin to describe how much they mean to me - they got me through the shittiness of year 7, and every song I listen to by them just makes me feel something. I don't even know what the something is, but...it just gives me a lift, y'know? Just like my favourite songs make me feel like I could conquer the world, so does Green Day's entire back catalogue. And it's for these reasons I'm so nervous about May 15th - what if the album's a disappointment? What if, over the past 5 years, I've built my expectations too high? I doubt that's the case, though: 4.5 out of 5 from Rolling Stone, declared a 'masterpiece' by the Culture magazine, it can't fail...

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