''Bullet in a Bible'' is a

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, released on November 15, 2005, by

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. Recorded during their American Idiot World Tour, it was directed by Samuel Bayer, who was the director of all the videos from ''

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''.

Background and release

''Bullet in a Bible'' documents one of the two biggest shows that Green Day have performed in their career; they played in front of a crowd of over 130,000 people at the

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on June 18–19, 2005. This was also the hottest weekend of the year, because the United Kingdom was in the middle of a heatwave, with temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius. The band was supported by

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, and Hard-Fi during their ''American Idiot'' world tour. Fourteen of the twenty songs performed at these shows were included on the disc; missing out were the tracks " Jaded", "

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", " She", "Maria", "Homecoming" and "

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". However, "She" was broadcast on

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as part of their coverage of the event. ''Bullet in a Bible'' was released as a double-LP set on November 10, 2009, as part of the band's 2009 vinyl re-release campaign. Green Day have released most of the videos from this concert on their YouTube page except for " Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "

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", and the other songs which have been omitted from the album release.

Commercial performance

''Bullet in a Bible'' peaked on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number eight and spent 14 weeks on the chart. It has also reached top 10 positions in many European countries.

Track listing

Note: "Jaded", "Homecoming", "Maria", " She" and "

" were played but not included.

Personnel

Green Day *

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– lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, harmonica *

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– bass guitar, backing vocals *

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– drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King for a Day/Shout" Additional musicians * Jason White – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone,

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, backing vocals * Ronnie Blake – trumpet,

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, percussion, backing vocals * Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals on "St. Jimmy"

Production

CD * Rob Cavallo – producer * Green Day – producers * Doug McKean –

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– mixing * Dmitar Krnjaic – assistant engineer * Keith Armstrong – assistant engineer * John Van Nest – editing * Ted Jensen – mastering DVD * Samuel Bayer – director * Tim Lynch – producer * Pat Magnarella –

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* Kim Dellara – executive producer * Tim Royes – editor * Chris Dugan – additional filming Design * Wade Brands – photography * Chris Bilheimer – packaging, menu design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

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