{"id":413755,"date":"2026-07-27T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413755\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:11:12","slug":"green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-play-surprise-san-diego-comic-con-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413755\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Play Surprise San Diego Comic-Con Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGreen Day<\/a> singer Billie Joe Armstrong gave fans the surprise of their lives on Friday (July 24) when the veteran pop-punk band\u2019s leader jumped on top of an ice cream truck to play a surprise mini-set to promote the group\u2019s upcoming coming-of-age rock road trip comedy Nimrods<\/a>. Armstrong performed their Grammy-nominated 1994 single \u201cBasket Case\u201d in Gallagher Square outside Petco Park in San Diego, strumming an acoustic guitar<\/a> while perched on the roof<\/a> of a Mister Freezie\u2019s ice cream truck, according to videos posted by fans.<\/p>\n

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\n\tArmstrong was later joined by bandmates drummer Tr\u00e9 Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt as they crammed into the truck emblazoned with the film\u2019s title to hand out T-shirts, cassettes and ice cream<\/a> to the thousands who\u2019d gathered for the special event. In addition to the band \u2014 who are featured in the film that follows three teens as they speed from Kansas City to Los Angeles in the mistaken belief that they have scored a gig opening for Green Day \u2014\u00a0some of the movie\u2019s stars were also on hand<\/a>, including Jenna Fischer (The Office) and Mason Thames (The Black Phone) and director\/writer Lee Kirk.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie follows the fictional group the Analog Dogs (Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust) as they take a rowdy road trip across the country, believing that they\u2019ve been tapped to open for their all-time favorite band on New Year\u2019s Eve. The movie also co-stars The Office\u00a0veteran Angela Kinsey, singer\/actress Mckenna Grace (Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie),\u00a0SNL\u00a0alum Fred Armisen, comedian Bobby Lee, Keen Ruffalo (Thor: Ragnarok) Ignacio Diaz-Silverio (A Good Person) and Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy).<\/p>\n

\n\tCo-produced by Green Day, Nimrods originally premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival under its original title\u00a0New Year\u2019s Rev; the movie will open in the U.S. on Aug. 14. The accompanying soundtrack is due out on Friday (July 31) and features 22 Green Day classics, along with their new song, \u201cI\u2019m Never Gonna R.I.P,\u201d four previously unreleased live tunes and tracks from The Paradox, Ultra Q and McKenna Grace, as well as four from fictional group Analog Dogs.<\/p>\n


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