The band's frontman invited the fan to perform the show's grand finale, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024 ...

Bryan Adams and Green Day don’t seem alike at first. Bryan Adams makes classic rock with strong guitar riffs while Green Day makes loud punk rock. But some fans say Green Day may have borrowed a lot ...

It wouldn't be a Green Day performance without a strong political message, and Billie Joe Armstrong gave fans exactly what they were expecting — and more — during the band's epic Coachella 2025 debut.

Green Day booted a fan from the stage during a recent concert after he played Oasis' "Wonderwall" instead of the band's own "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)." You can see video of the exchange below ...

Every so often, a song will enter the global zeitgeist and become so ubiquitous and socially and culturally significant that it’s hard to imagine a world without it—songs like the Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” ...

Billie Joe Armstrong is making Green Day’s political stances known. When the band took the stage at Coachella to close out Saturday’s performance, they made two lyric changes that directly referenced ...

Billie Joe Armstrong has invited enough audience members onstage to sing or play guitar with Green Day for a song or two that at this point you figure he’s developed a keen sense for what type of fan ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Green Day’s “American Idiot” hits 800 weeks on the U.K.’s Official ...