Billie Joe Armstrong and his wife, Adrienne, have been together for more than 20 years. The couple first met in 1990, during the early days of Green Day’s rise. Billie Joe, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, has built a career that includes multiple chart topping albums and five Grammy Awards. Adrienne has been by his side throughout that run, supporting him through touring, recording, and the pressures of international fame. Together, they have two children and have also gone into business as partners.
As Green Day prepares to perform at the 2026 Super Bowl, attention is again turning to Armstrong, who remains one of punk rock’s most recognizable frontmen. Curious to learn more about Billie Joe Armstrong’s wife? Here are five facts you need to know about Adrienne Armstrong:
1. Adrienne is from Minneapolis.
Born in Minnesota in 1966, Adrienne (née Nesser) has two sisters: Natalie and Susan, and two brothers: Aaron and Steve. Her brother Steve is a professional skateboarder. After transferring from Minneapolis Community College, she graduated from Minnesota State University in 1993 with a degree in sociology. “I loved school, especially when I was in the more focused classes of my degree,” Adrienne told the Mankato Free Press, a daily local newspaper, in 2009. “I graduated in 1993, but I had turned in a paper after one of my classes ended, and the professor never posted the grade. I had to call the school to argue the fact. They finally sent my degree in 1996.”
2. Billie Joe and Adrienne met at a Green Day concert.
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Billie Joe and Adrienne at the 2006 Met Gala.
Adrienne first met Billie Joe Armstrong in 1990 after attending a Green Day show in Minneapolis, the band’s first performance in Minnesota. She asked Armstrong where she could buy the band’s CD, and the two stayed in touch by phone while he toured.
“Billie Joe and I were friends first,” Adrienne later said. “We never tried to be exclusive.” At the time, she was in an on and off relationship, and he was dating someone else. After graduating from college, Adrienne ended that relationship and spent nearly a year single. She saw Armstrong occasionally during that period, but the relationship became serious after she moved to California, where it quickly progressed.
3. The couple got married in 1994.
The couple married on July 2, 1994 in a very private ceremony held in Billie Joe’s backyard, attended by only a few friends and family and according to Rolling Stone, Adrienne discovered she was pregnant the day after the wedding. “I don’t want to grow up too fast,” Billie Joe said months after getting married. “And I don’t think having a kid and being married means that has to happen. My biggest fear is becoming domestic. It seems like when people get married, they don’t have fun anymore. I totally want to walk around the streets with Adrienne. We like to Dumpster dive. That’s the funnest thing in the world.”
Two decades later, they renewed their vows at the Las Vegas Neon Museum in a “vintage grunge-style” ceremony in front of their children and families.
4. They share two sons, Joey and Jakob.
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Adrienne and Billie Joe with sons Joey (left) and Jakob (right) at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2015.
Joey was born in February 1995, and Jakob was born in September 1998. Like their father, both sons have become musicians. Jakob, who goes by the stage name Jakob Danger, recently recorded a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” with his dad Billie Joe for Survivor’s upcoming 50th season. “I don’t think I knew that making music was my vocation until, honestly, I was 18 or 19,” Jakob told Guitar World in 2023. “I had already graduated high school and I’d been playing with the guys in my band for a long time. I tried going to college, but after about a year I realised that I did not enjoy it. I missed playing music so much.”
5. Adrienne is a business owner.
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The couple at Green Day’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025.
Adrienne and her friend, Jamie Kidson, co-founded Atomic Garden, an eco-friendly boutique selling home goods, skincare, jewelry, and other products. Based in Oakland, California, the store has been open since 2007. “What’s been most meaningful to us over the last five years are the people—near and far—who have made all of the beautiful things we carry in our shop. Their time and commitment to quality is inspiring,” Adrienne told SFGate in 2012. “We’re also lucky to have had the support of our growing family of friends and customers who have believed in our vision.”
Rachel King (she/her) is a news writer at Town & Country. Before joining T&C, she spent nearly a decade as an editor at Fortune. Her work covering travel and lifestyle has appeared in Forbes, Observer, Robb Report, Cruise Critic, and Cool Hunting, among others. Originally from San Francisco, she lives in New York with her wife, their daughter, and a precocious labradoodle. Follow her on Instagram at @rk.passport.