Green Day Performs Sped-Up Version of 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' as Fans Exit Venue to Escape 'Lightning Storm'

Mar. 15, 2025

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs in Los Angeles in April 2024.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

Rain or shine, the members ofGreen Daywill do whatever it takes to make sure their fans have the time of their lives!

As the band — drummer Tré Cool, bassist Mike Dirnt and frontmanBillie Joe Armstrong— took the stage for an encore during theirThe Saviors Tourstop in St. Louis on Thursday, Aug. 15, the rain moved in, forcing them to speed through their final song.

As per usual, the rockers wrapped the show with their hit “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” but this time, they performed a sped-up version of the song in an attempt to finish before a storm moved in at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater,fan-captured footageshows.

After telling fans “we gotta get you out of here because there’s a big lightning storm that’s coming right now” — and thanking them, of course — Armstrong, 52, rushed into an extremely swift and entirely acoustic rendition of the hit 1997 song.

The Green Day vocalist continued singing as the crowd shuffled out of the amphitheater, pausing intermittently to say things like “keep walking” and motion toward the exits with his hands.

“I hope you had the time of your life,” Armstrong finished as Cool, 51, and Dirnt, 52, flanked him on either side for one final “thank you” to their fans.

Green Day performs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July 2023.Daniel Boczarski/Getty

Daniel Boczarski/Getty

Green Day’s Saviors Tour, which kicked off in May, is a massive celebration of two milestones — the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1994 albumDookieand the 20th anniversary of their 2004 LP,American Idiot— plus, the release of the band’s 14th studio album,Saviors.

In North America, the tour featured openersThe Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid andThe Linda Lindas, while Nothing But Thieves, The Hives, Donots, The Interrupters and Maid of Ace opened for the band in the U.K. and Europe.

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Speaking with PEOPLE ahead of the tour, Armstrongbroke down the meaning of several of the band’s classic songs— including set staple “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”

“She was moving to Ecuador, and I was pretty heartbroken about it, so I wrote that song [from 1997’sNimrod] for her,” Armstrong continued. “It’s a simple love song on a guitar, and it has ended up being played at graduations and bar mitzvahs; it’s at funerals and weddings.”

“It’s wild what it turned into,” he added of the track.

source: people.com