A Green Day concert in Detroit was temporarily halted due to a “potential safety issue”.
The pop-punkers are currently embarking on their ‘Saviors’ stadium tour, where they are touring the release of their latest album ‘Saviors‘.
At their stop in Detroit’s Comerica Park last night (September 4), however, the band were forced to evacuate the stage in the middle of ‘Longview’. According to Billboard, security reportedly spotted an unauthorised drone hovering near the stage, prompting the band to leave abruptly.
After ten minutes or so, Green Day returned by finishing off ‘Longview’, with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong requesting fans to put away their phones: “Pull ’em out later. Let’s be here right now.”
Armstrong went on to allude to the brief interruption after ‘Welcome to Paradise’, telling the crowd: “Ain’t no motherf—er that’s gonna stop us, I’ll tell you that.”
Though no explanation was given at the show, the band later took to X/Twitter to apologise for the delay, writing: “stadium security had us clear the stage while they dealt with a potential safety issue. DPD quickly resolved the situation, and we were able to continue. Thanks for understanding.”
Detroit! Sorry for the delay in the show tonight, Stadium security had us clear the stage while they dealt with a potential safety issue. DPD quickly resolved the situation, and we were able to continue. Thanks for understanding.💚#greendayDetroit
— Green Day (@GreenDay) September 5, 2024
This is not the first time a Green Day show has been cut short in recent times. Green Day were forced to speed through a super-fast version of ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ as fans left due to a “big lightning storm”.
Green Day were also compelled to cut their usual closer ‘Bobby Sox’ and encore due to the weather conditions at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Missouri on August 15, with Armstrong encouraging fans: “Keep walking”.
In a four-star review of ‘Saviors’, NME hailed the record as Green Day’s “best work since ‘American Idiot’, elaborating: “There’s also some serendipity in the band hitting the road to celebrate 30 years of ‘Dookie’ and 20 years of ‘American Idiot’ later this summer. Not only does ‘Saviors’ spiritually bridge the gap between the two, but it uses the palette of the best of the band to tell us something else.
“Look to the artwork: ‘Dookie’ was a cheeky carpet-bombing of shit, ‘American Idiot’ was a hand grenade, ‘Saviors’ is an act of defiance met with a shrug; a band saying, “We’re still here and we’re still fucked”.”
