It was the 10th February, 1996, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia. The number of people who attended was amazing considering the hall was not very big. My friends and I arrived early so we had definite front row positions. Beforehand, while in line, theses girls came running up and screaming that they had gotten a lift to the venue with Green Day. No one really paid much attention to them as it turned out they weren't even fans of theirs. They exaggerated a lot too, because when they were telling everyone within hearing distance, they contradicted themselves one too many times!The support act, The Living End, from here in Melb. were absolutley brilliant. There were rumours that Billie Joe was in the crowd watching them but I didn't believe it because halfway through the Living End's set, Billie himself stuck his head out from behind a curtain at the back of the stage. It didn't take long for people to notice him so Billie quickly moved behind the curtain again. While waiting for Green Day to start, a number of us discussed what colour hair the others would have. As we were placing bets, the show started. They proved to be a great entertainers as well as being very amusing. I was fortunate enough to be standing right in front of Mike, the coolest guy on the planet. Billie kept everyone laughing with his strange affection for his water bottle, using it as a phallic symbol and proceeding to give himeself head with it. Tre pulled a guy onstage and ordered him to strip for the crowd, although he couldn't get him past the underwear! Mike was extremely hospitable as due to the hot weather, many were feeling fairly exhausted so Mike tipped a bucket of icy water of me and the people surrounding me. I also managed to convince a lesser Green Day fan to give me Mike's illustrated pick as I didn't manage to catch any he threw out into the crowd. One bad thing was the huge amount of 12 yr old kids who knew the words to only ONE SONG (I think we all know what that one is!!!). Despite that, the show was incredible. They played heaps of their old stuff, which was good and made everyone go completely wild! I could go on forever about this so I'll just say it was worth every cent! NOTE: Everyone check out The Living End - they're realy really cool!