Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
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Green Day’s North American Saviors Tour Finishes Strong In San Diego
Green Day’s Saviors tour finishes the North American leg at Petco Park in San Diego
On Saturday September 28th, 2024 Green Day finished the North American leg of their Saviors tour at Petco Park in San Diego. The entire tour began in Santiago de Compostela, Spain this May and finishes May 30th 2025 in Mumbai. This tour was launched in support of Saviors, Green Day’s fourteenth album.
After thirty-five years on the road the band has learned a few things about holding an audience. Green Day’s performance included lots of coordinated flash bang occurrences using fireworks to punctuate their songs, along with a full stage assortment of lighting effects. This tour was a four act bill in North America consisting of The Linda Lindas, Rancid, Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day. That’s a pretty big show given the reasonable ticket prices.
When the audience lights the stage with their phones
There is a lot of talk these days about the ebb and flow of demand for tickets to big shows. Consumers are growing resistant to spending money, and there has been a marked increase in tickets going unsold because fans are economically pressured. But, when Green Day comes to town it’s still a party that can’t be missed.
Green Day in performance at Petco Park
Ticket prices remained fair, even up to the last minute in San Diego where a bunch of “obstructed view” tickets were added shortly before the show for sale at $36 apiece. For those in the know about baseball stadiums, the noted obstruction was because there is netting protecting against foul balls going into the crowd. This netting was still there because the Padres are still in contention as baseball goes into the playoffs. Here’s a pro tip: once it is dark during a nighttime show you can’t see the net. The stage video screens are bright in the darkness and sound is unimpacted.
The Saviors tour focused on the 30th anniversary of the Dookie album and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot. By now, the crowd knew this music intimately, and they sang along throughout the show. There is something special about being in a crowd of longtime fans all joining together to celebrate the music which has been the soundtrack to their lives.
Once a band has been touring a show for a while they settle into a rhythm. If you see the show twice, you’ll have twice the fun, but both shows will be very similar. So, sometimes it the unexpected which gives a little jolt of energy when it comes out of nowhere.
Early on in the San Diego show lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong noticed two people fighting in the front audience. He stopped the show and directly told the aggressors to stop fighting. He had to say it a few times, until the situation calmed. Then, showing how a great front man handles a crowd, Billie Joe turned the entire stadium into a support group, urging everyone to collectively join in the soothing process by chanting “ohm” repeatedly as a calming device. The concert became group therapy, and with the support of the audience the situation resolved.
Even more unexpected was the pep talk Billie Joe gave the audience as the show was nearly finished. It is no surprise to anyone these days that with a highly partisan election nearing there is tension in society. Billie Joe reached around the trip wires and spoke from his heart. He said:
“We are not choosing sides. We are all unified. This is unity. We want a new America. Something that’s inclusive for all of us with compassion and love and joy.”
What Billie Joe sand and how he said it was what should be the norm of how to interact with people. But in this polarized world people are talking in circles. Truth has been left to the performers. Green Day is not afraid to speak from their heart, and remind those in attendance how normal human beings shold interact.
Pink Floyd used to fly an inflatable pig. Green Day hoists a blimp.
All of this runs to trust. Those in entertainment who survive the journey learn to build affinity with their fans. In return, the fans buy tickets, merchandise and build a community amongst themselves which celebrates the joy of singing together the songs which have been playing for the better part of a lifetime. Those who turned up and saw this tour got 38 songs over nearly two and one half hours. The show began with a new song: The American Dream Is Killing Me and ended with a heartwarming classic: Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life.) The arc through their back catalogue during the show kept the crowd engaged. When the audience is in synch with the musicians they bond as the fans in the stadium slowly become a collective community. Then, together with the performers they celebrate the past and inspire the musicians to continue creating in the present.
Stage effects add to the adventure
Green Day is not done. They have many shows already booked around the world for 2025. The party held in San Diego as the Saviors tour of North America ended was joyous. The crowd was a blend of young and old, left and right, well off and grinding. In the end, they came in excited for the event and left satiated. There is nothing easy about managing a stadium crowd. There are substantial logistics to be handled prior to and during the performance. Green Day gave the crowd an terrific experience. It’s clear the stadium will fill again when they return on their next loop.
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Solans, Luna, Guilavogui help RSL beat slumping San Diego, extend unbeaten streak to 6 games :: WRALSportsFan.com
SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
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