After Green Day’s legendary rise to prominence in 1994 following the release of “Dookie” and striking lightning twice a decade later with “American Idiot,” the band finally performed at ...

The opening riff of “American Idiot” hit fast. Flames erupted, the stage was washed in red light, and the album’s grenade-heart logo loomed massive behind the band. Armstrong even slipped in ...

Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t mince his words as Green Day performed “American Idiot” in Johannesburg ... He later repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,” he said.