is our time. This is our moment right now," Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong told a packed house at HP Pavilion early in the evening on Tuesday. "Are you with me, San Jose?"
San Jose was — most definitely. From the moment the group opened its show with the title track to "21st Century Breakdown," to the encores that came nearly three hours later, audience members acted like they were watching the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band.
And who's to argue with them?
In May, "Breakdown" debuted atop the charts in 14 countries. The album's lead single, "Know Your Enemy," hit No. 1 on both Billboard's alternative and rock charts. And there was the news that Berkeley Repertory Theatre Company will produce a stage adaptation of the band's 2004 multiplatinum rock opera, "American Idiot." The musical begins previews on Sept. 4.
And, oh yeah, there's the blockbuster concert drawing capacity crowds across the country.
It all adds up to one thing: 2009 is the year of Green Day.
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