Thank you. That was amazing
That’s fucking great! Thanks for linking that.
Ohhhh I thought the joke was that their song was only 3 chords and he played it all during that clip.
Thanks!
Thank you!!! Freaking magical.
That was so awesome! He's gonna be telling his grandchildren about that. Thanks for sharing it.
"grandpa, tell that story about when you played on stage again!"
"Sure, I remember as if it was yesterday. As a boy, I was a big fan of greenday, they made me want to learn the guitar and I knew all their songs by heart. My dad bought me tickets, but to get there, we had to take the ferry. On the day of the concert, I was getting dressed. So, I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel. And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. ‘Give me five bees for a quarter,’ you’d say. Now, where were we? Oh, yeah! The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.”
Ah, man. Grandpa has dementia? Damn!
Thank you for sharing, The YOUTUBE VIDEO
Awesome link - much thanks!
Thank you for posting that. Awesome.
Thank you friend!
Niiiiiice thx for this link 🥰
Thanks for posting the whole video!
Holy fuck, that kid had the time of his life! Thats awesome
Thank you!
Also, apparently I need a new phone because the quality of that video is amazing considering the distance of the person filming from the stage.
Didn’t show him actually play and PLAYED CRAP MUSIC DUBBED OVER!
This kid will remember this his whole life...love Green Day
I've seen them twice and they did this both times. It's so fucking awesome. Those kids are going to remember it for the rest of their lives.
At the WWWY tour he called up a kid that wasn't very good so they had to call another one on. They let the first kid stay on stage and the other kid got to rock out... he still gave a guitar to the first kid. The crowd lost it when he did that. It was so fucking sweet. Man I love them so much.
The big groups that do stuff like this are great. They inspire a lot of people, especially kids, to pursue creative hobbies or even careers. I haven't really enjoyed the music of Green Day for a good while, with the exception of a few select songs, but I will forever love them as wonderful people
Green Day has the BEST concerts!
They really do. I got to see them when they toured with Blink-182 when I was a teenager and it was just so much fun. Green day had the better set imo.
I went to the same tour and Green Day was AMAZING. We left halfway through Blink’s set as they were too drunk and the level of energy/engagement/planning was not even close. Simultaneously the best and worst concerts I’ve been to.
My first concert was Green Day and I can confirm it was amazing
They sure do. So glad they were my first concert experience 😊
My favourite was when they had a mud fight
That's a core memory right there.
So many reasons Green Day will always be my favorite band
I saw Billie Joe do this years ago. What an amazing band. Making dreams come true.
If you want to feel old: that kid is now 18 ...
So 7 years, not that long
But thinking that 2017 was 7 years ago makes me feel old lol
Oh my god
That kid would later go on to join the New England Patriots and become a 3 time super bowl winner. That's the power of Green Day.
A true American Idiot
But he didn’t want to be one.
They are the ones that really got me into loving music. I still remember the day Good Riddance (Time of your life) was playing on MTV, I believe I was 17. I just stopped what I was doing and was just in awe. Such talent. ❤️ Green Day.
This is a common bit that they do. They did this when I saw them in 2003. Love that they're still doing this for fans!
We don't deserve them, but that kid sure does!
Very cool
This reminds me of the Jose-Luis-on-drums The Killers video that made me happy when I was sad. Then the poster made it private, probably due to a take-down request.
I saw Green Day when I was in high school about 20 years ago, and they did this same thing. Pulled up different audience members to play guitar bass and drums. It's one of the coolest things I've seen at a concert
Nevermind getting to rock with Green Day, he got a fuckin Les Paul for free!!
One of my favorite bands.
3 chords is basically every Green Day song to be fair
Ok, that is f-ing magical.
Enough to make a grown man cry that was amazing!!
The little kid was in his prime here, won't experiencie anything like this for the rest of his life 😅
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Nearly killed that child with happiness
I'm not particularly a fan of Green Day's music, it isn't really my cup of tea but things like this really do make my day. What a truly wholesome moment! Good on them for creating a great core memory for this kid!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
😯🫨🫨🔥🔥
They wrote a song about my town after they played here years ago.
Don’t think I ever read video unavailable in Apollo, see it all the time on the basic reddit app
Way to step up and seize your moment kid. Cheers from Texas!
Im heartbroken I couldn't see the saviors tour, but it's magic to see so many young people experiencing Greenday for the first time. Passing the torch. Love these guys!
The way he instantly went for a hug!!! I will always love this video.
This is why I view rock and roll as the best genre you have constant stories of rock legends being some of the best people you can possibly meet and not once have I heard a story of a pop singer having the same kindness I hear it for rap artists reggae artists even jazz artists never have I heard a pop singer be a inspiringly kind human being (but if you got those stories bring em to me I love hearing that shit and obviously like all groups there's bound to be bad apples)
And that was his first brutal vocal 🥹
I think he does this on the regular. I've been to two Green Day shows and both times he gave his guitar away on stage to a younger person. Kind of cool. At 42, I would love this too, I'm coming to your show in Denver if you're watching, just look for the balding guy half way up.
Was it the same kid?
I swear rock & metal bands are the sweetest people in the world somehow with all their gloomy songs.
Green day and foo fighters are just dads on parade. It's nice to see positive masculine energy in the works.
So happy for the little dude. Rock on, little buddy!
Kids 17 now. I wonder how he's doing
green day does this at all their shows pretty much. it’s so so cool especially with how the fans get to keep the guitar every night.
Was this real or staged?
Imagining it be real feels kinda sad how they potentially would humiliate someone on stage lol
Haha, humiliating someone on stage, so funny.
Three cords, whole song; is there a difference?
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It really wasnt. They do this most concerts. As someone who got called up to play the drums for one song, I assure you it was random (and sofa king amazing). One of the top moments of my life.
Shhhssshhh, they may realize it, but they rather live in ignorance of the bloody obvious
They do this at like every concert
Greenday blows
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Disappointing clip doesn't really show him play. Here's the full thing.
https://youtu.be/fGAHdHTwrpE?si=PQLu1HBrwBkO5gOn