Photo courtesy of Dagmar SieglindeGreen Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong is all about audience participation, whether it’s pulling a teenage girl in a Ramones shirt on stage to help out with the chorus of “Longview” or plucking an even younger fan out for special attention.”Who is this little shit here?”, said Armstrong a few songs into the band’s set, gesturing at a young boy in the multi-generational sea of faces who couldn’t have been more than 10 years old. “Come up here!” He proceeded to introduce the kid (“Everybody say ‘hi’ Akeava!”) and instruct him to ‘freak out and dance when we start playing’, a directive with which Akeava happily complied while deafening, red flash pots detonated behind him. Because American Idiot was such a time-sensitive document, the songs in a post-Bush context were more defiant celebration than angry protest, which was a good thing in most cases. “Holiday” in particular sounded more like a joyful vacation than an enraged diatribe, even with the video footage of military planes and a grim newsfeed projected behind the band. Perhaps the awareness of the fact that 21st Century Breakdown is still a relatively new release, the band did not play the record in it’s uninterrupted entirety. Instead, they wisely broke up the set with a mix of material from American Idiot and the new record, with a liberal sprinkling of classic older numbers, including “Geek Stink Breath” and a caustic, euphoric rendition of “Brain Stew.”As with the American Idiot tour, the stage design was an elaborate, dizzying array of video projections, ornate scaffolding and blazing pyrotechnics. Green Day is clearly a band intent on giving people their money’s worth and thoroughly enjoying themselves in the process, which are ultimately the most important ingredients for a satisfying arena rock show. I could have done without the extended version of “Shout” that segued into “Stand By Me”, but hell, when it’s followed by a smashing version of “21 Guns” and a waterfall of of shower sparks so brilliant they’re nearly blinding, one can’t really complain.Set list:Song of the Century 21st Century Breakdown Know Your Enemy East Jesus Nowhere Holiday Static Age Before the Lobotomy Are We the Waiting St. Jimmy Geek Stink Breath Hitchin’ A Ride Brain Stew Jaded Longview Basket Case She King For A Day Shout (Lulu cover) 21 Guns American Eulogy Encore:American Idiot Jesus Of Suburbia Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Minority Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)