Bullet in a Bible

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Bullet in a Bible is a live album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on November 15, 2005 through Reprise Records. It was directed by Samuel Bayer, director of all the videos from American Idiot. Bullet in a Bible documents the two biggest shows that Green Day have headlined in their career, playing to over 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in the United Kingdom on June 18 and 19, 2005 during their American Idiot world tour. Fourteen of the twenty songs performed at these shows are included on the disc.

Bullet in a Bible reached number 6 in the United Kingdom and debuted at number 8 in the United States.

Bullet in a Bible was issued on vinyl for the first time on November 10, 2009, after American Idiot's vinyl release. The name of the album was inspired by a Bible with a bullet hole in it in the Imperial War Museum in London. According to Rolling Stone, Bullet was the biggest concert of seven of the 100 best in rock history and in the case of punk music, even today, is considered the largest and the most successful.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music is composed by Green Day, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"American Idiot"	4:32
2.	"Jesus of Suburbia" I. "Jesus of Suburbia" II. "City of the Damned" III. "I Don't Care" IV. "Dearly Beloved" V. "Tales of Another Broken Home"	9:23
3.	"Holiday"	4:12
4.	"Are We the Waiting"	2:49
5.	"St. Jimmy"	2:55
6.	"Longview"	4:44
7.	"Hitchin' a Ride"	4:03
8.	"Brain Stew"	3:02
9.	"Basket Case"	2:58
10.	"King for a Day / Shout" ("Shout" written and originally performed by The Isley Brothers)	8:47
11.	"Wake Me Up When September Ends"	5:03
12.	"Minority"	4:19
13.	"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	4:44
14.	"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"	3:26
Total length:		64:57

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia	Platinum	70,000
Germany (Album)	Gold	100,000
Germany (DVD)	3x Platinum	150,000
Mexico	Gold	50,000

Personnel

• Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, harmonica
• Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
• Tré Cool – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Jason White – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals
• Ronnie Blake – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
• Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Chart positions

Bullet in a Bible peaked on the Billboard 200 at number 8 and spent fourteen weeks on the chart. It peaked on the UK Top 75 at number 6 and spent fifteen weeks on the chart.

Notes

• The Killers "offended" by Green Day