Insomniac Tour

Insomniac
Tour by Green Day
Associated albumInsomniac
Start dateAugust 25, 1995
End dateMarch 27, 1996
Legs5
No. of shows100

The Insomniac Tour was a 1995-96 concert tour by Green Day, launched in support of their fourth studio album, Insomniac. The tour began on August 25, 1995, with dates across North America, Europe, Asia & Oceania.

Background

The previous tour was in support of Green Day's album Dookie. After its worldwide success, the band recorded Insomniac from December 1994 to May 1995, which was released on October 10, 1995, during the Dookie tour.

Critical reception

Outlets such as Rolling Stone praised the album and tour; however fans found the shows less exciting than the previous tour. The band had to cut the tour short due to various personal issues.[1][2]

Set list

The following set list is representative of average data collected from all 100 shows.[3]

  1. "Armatage Shanks"
  2. "Brat"
  3. "Welcome to Paradise"
  4. "Chump"
  5. "Longview"
  6. "Geek Stink Breath"
  7. "Stuck With Me"
  8. "2000 Light Years Away"
  9. "Knowledge" (Operation Ivy cover)
  10. "Brain Stew"
  11. "Jaded"
  12. "Basket Case"
  13. "She"
  14. "86"
  15. "F.O.D."
  16. "Paper Lanterns"
  17. "All By Myself"
  18. "Dominated Love Slave"
  19. "When I Come Around"

Other songs played included:[4]

"Road to Acceptance", "Going to Pasalacqua", "Christie Road", "J.A.R.", "One of my Lies" (only played in 1995), "Burnout", "Coming Clean" (only played on the 1995 Europe leg), "No Pride" (only played on the 1995 North America leg), and "Walking Contradiction" (played sometimes on the tour).

Tour dates

List of 1995 concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue[5]
Date City Country Venue
August 25 Reading United Kingdom Reading Festival
August 27 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival
August 28 Copenhagen Denmark K.B. Hallen
August 29 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
August 31 Helsinki Finland Helsingin Juhlaviikot
September 2 Stockholm Sweden Hovet
September 3 Gothenburg Lisebergshallen
September 4 Risskov Denmark Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
September 5 Hamburg Germany Sporthalle Hamburg
September 6 Cologne Sporthalle
September 8 Munich Flughafen München-Riem
September 9 Winterthur Switzerland Musikfestwochen
September 10 Offenbach am Main Germany Stadthalle
September 11 Prague Czech Republic Sportovní hala Fortuna
September 12 Weisen Austria Festivalgelände Schöllingstraße
September 13 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sportcsarnok
September 15 Assago Italy Forum di Assago
September 16 Villeurbanne France Le Transbordeur
September 17 Paris Élysée Montmartre
September 18 Deinze Belgium Brielpoot
September 20 London United Kingdom Brixton Academy
September 21
September 22 Manchester Manchester Apollo
October 17 Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum
October 18 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
October 20 Edmonton Edmonton Coliseum
October 21 Calgary Canadian Airlines Saddledome
October 22 Regina Regina Agridome
October 23 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
October 25 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
October 26 Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena
October 27 Montreal Montreal Forum
October 28 Quebec City Colisée de Québec
October 29 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Center
October 31 Halifax Metro Center
November 1 Fredericton Aitken University Centre
November 3 Worcester United States The Centrum
November 4 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial Arena
November 5 Harrisburg State Farm Show Arena
November 6 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
November 8 Cleveland CSU Convocation Center
November 9 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
November 10 Albany State University Albany
November 11 Bethlehem Stabler Arena
November 12 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
November 13 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
November 14 Philadelphia Philadelphia Convention Hall
November 16 Detroit Cobo Hall
November 17 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Convention Center
November 18 Indianapolis Pepsi Coliseum
November 19 Cleveland CSU Convocation Center
November 21 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
November 22 Chicago UIC Pavilion
November 23 Moline The MARK of the Quad Cities
November 24 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
November 25 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 26 Doraville International Ballroom
November 28 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
November 29 Fort Mill Charlotte Hornets Training Center
November 30 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
December 1 Jacksonville Metropolitan Park
December 2 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium
December 3
December 6 New Orleans Keifer UNO Lakefront Arena
December 7 Houston Astroarena
December 8 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
December 9 Dallas Fair Park Coliseum
December 11 Mesa Mesa Amphitheater
December 12 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
December 13 Los Angeles Grand Olympic Auditorium
December 14 Oakland Oakland - Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 16 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
List of 1996 concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue [6]
Date City Country Venue
January 19 Osaka Japan IMP Hall
January 20
January 21 Fukuoka Skala Espacio
January 23 Kawasaki Club Citta
January 24
January 25 Nagoya Diamond Hall
January 27 Tokyo Tokyo Kokusai Mihon-ichi Kaijou
February 2 Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta International Convention Center
February 6 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Festival Hall
February 7 Sydney Hordern Pavilion
February 8
February 10 Melbourne Melbourne Festival Hall
February 11
February 12 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
February 15 Auckland New Zealand Logan Campell Center
February 17 ʻAiea United States Richardson Field
March 12 London United Kingdom Brixton Academy
March 14 Cologne Germany Sporthalle
March 15 Alsfeld Hessenhalle
March 16 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
March 17 Neuchâtel Switzerland Patinoire du Littoral
March 19 Turin Italy PalaStampa
March 20 Florence Palasport
March 21 Rome Palazzo dello Sport
March 22 Modena Palasport
March 23 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall
March 25 Vienna Austria Bank-Austria Zeit
March 26 Prague Czech Republic Sportovní hala Fortuna
March 27 Leipzig Germany Haus Aunsee
List of miscellaneous Insomniac Tour concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue [7] [8]
January 26, 1995 San Francisco United States The Fillmore
May 27, 1995 Oakland Kaiser Arena
May 28, 1995
November 8, 1995 New York City Late Show with David Letterman
February 25, 1996 Burbank The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
March 11, 1996 London United Kingdom Maida Vale Studios
March 12, 1996 Hotel Babylon
March 13, 1996 MTV Studios
May 9, 1996 San Francisco United States Late Show with David Letterman
May 18, 1996 Los Angeles Saturday Night Special

Personnel

References

  1. ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/greenday/comments/15faqly/insomniac_tour/
  2. ^ https://riffology.co/2025/01/06/the-making-of-insomniac-by-green-day/
  3. ^ https://www.setlist.fm/stats/green-day-13d68939.html?tour=33d660e1
  4. ^ https://www.setlist.fm/stats/green-day-13d68939.html?tour=33d660e1
  5. ^ https://greendaylive.fm/setlists/green-day/1995
  6. ^ https://greendaylive.fm/setlists/green-day/1996
  7. ^ https://greendaylive.fm/setlists/green-day/1996
  8. ^ https://greendaylive.fm/setlists/green-day/1995
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