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So Foxboro Hot Tubs consists of Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt of a little band known as Green Day. Also in the band are guitarist Jason White and sax/keyboard player Jason Freese who make up Green Day’s touring band and Prima Donna axe man Kevin Preston. So when the last minute New York debut of the band for $20 was announced, we all flocked to Greenwhich St. to try our luck at being some of the lucky few to get in. It did not disappoint. After opening sets from Honna Lee from New Jersey and the insanely fun Mystic Knights of the Cobra, FBHT flamboyantly rushed the stage. Sure some in the room were hoping for an all out Green Day set, but what we got really was special. The band belted 2008’s Stop Drop And Roll, including the title track 4 times, and a new song simply entitled “Fuck Time”. When the show ended 2+ hours later, everybody knew the words as it was played about 8 times throughout the night. Onstage the PBR was flowing (I’ve never seen that much beer chugged in quite some time), Billie Joe was crowd surfing, hanging from the ceiling pipes and everything else you won’t usually see at a GD show. Those who expected a greatest hits set were appeased with “Blood, Sex and Booze” from Warning and American Idiot’s “St. Jimmy”. The Who’s “A Quick One While He’s Away”, Sonny Curtis’ “I Fought The Law”, The Penguin’s “Earth Angel” and “Supermodel Robots” from an ‘unknown’ band called The Network were sloppily played to our delight. Long live the kings!