--- title: Green Day Invited Their Biggest Fan to Perform Onstage Video description: A diehard Green Day fan gave the punk rock band a run for their money when he showed off his guitar skills after joining them on the stage. canonical: https://time.com/4544611/green-day-fan-onstage/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T04:31:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:59.594Z og:title: Watch Green Day's Biggest Fan Join Them Onstage og:description: He even showed off his guitar skills og:url: https://time.com/4544611/green-day-fan-onstage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14bc3a19deef692f/6988ab77bc6cfca90e3df0ef/green-day-fan-performs-onstage-chicago-concert.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Green Day In Concert - New York, NY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Green Day's Biggest Fan Join Them Onstage twitter:description: He even showed off his guitar skills twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14bc3a19deef692f/6988ab77bc6cfca90e3df0ef/green-day-fan-performs-onstage-chicago-concert.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Green Day's Biggest Fan Rock Out With Them Onstage > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Matthew Eisman/Getty Images) Guitarist Jason White, drummer Tre Cool, guitarist/ vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt of the rock band Green Day perform at Irving Plaza on September 15, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Matthew Eisman/Getty Images) Matthew Eisman—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 4:31 AM UTC A diehard [Green Day](http://time.com/4147920/rare-green-day-photos/) fan gave the popular punk rock band a run for their money after he strapped on [frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1997442,00.html) guitar and showed off some serious skills during a concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. The fan, who wore a brightly colored mop of hair and a Green Day t-shirt, sang and even did a jump kick as he played guitar with the band during a rendition of their smash hit “When I Come Around.” Green Day — [who just released a new album, _Revolution Radio_](http://time.com/4448642/green-day-revolution-radio-album/), for the first time in four years — is doing a round of small venue shows this fall before hitting the road for a North American tour in March of 2017. 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