Green Day left fans stunned on Thursday night when they turned up for a surprise performance in a London pub.
The band – Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, sent the crowd wild at The Marquis in Covent Garden ahead of their performance at The Electric Ballroom in Camden on Friday evening.
They played 13 tracks during the acoustic set, including hits such as American idiot and Basket Case, as well as Walking Contradiction, which hasn’t been heard live since 2001.
Teasing the show on an Instagram livestream earlier in the day, Tré said: ‘Right now, Green Day’s in London, looking to have us some fun then. If I were the fans, I wouldn’t make plans. Keep all your cellies plugged in.’
Sharing some photos to their Twitter afterwards, the band could be seen in the tiny pub that was packed out by fans.
Shocked: Green Day left fans stunned on Thursday night when they turned up for a surprise performance in a London pub
They captioned the post: ‘London, what a night!!! We’re going to remember that one for a long long time.
‘Thank you to The Marquis Covent Garden for having us and to the handful of you that got to witness it.
‘Excited to see more of your faces tonight at Electric Ballroom and even way more of your faces on The Saviors Tour next summer!’
Prior to the reveal, Green Day’s secret show was advertised as being Busk Til Dawn on posters at the venue.
Sharing their thoughts on Twitter one fan wrote: ‘I absolutely cannot believe that Green Day pub gig imagine just hearing they were down your local like.’
Another added: ‘Green Day playing shoulder to shoulder in a tiny corner of a small London pub is the most badass thing I’ve ever seen.’
‘Wild evening keeping up with Green Day then watching them stream from a <100 capacity pub in Covent Garden – seeing them push through the crowd themselves was weird enough,’ a third penned.
‘Green Day just randomly playing a tiny pub in Covent Garden on a Thursday night is such a GD move I love it,’ some one else posted.
Exciting: The band sent the crowd wild at The Marquis in Covent Garden ahead of their performance at The Electric Ballroom in Camden on Friday evening.
On stage: They played 13 tracks during the acoustic set, including hits such as American idiot and Basket Case, as well as Walking Contradiction, which hasn’t been heard live since 2001
Cover: Prior to the reveal, Green Day’s secret show was advertised as being Busk Til Dawn on posters at the venue
Tour: Next year the trio will be heading out on a huge stadium tour across the UK as they celebrate 30 years since the release of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot
Stunned: Sharing their thoughts on Twitter one fan wrote: ‘I absolutely cannot believe that Green Day pub gig imagine just hearing they were down your local like’
Surprise: Sharing some photos to their Twitter afterwards, the band could be seen in the tiny pub that was packed out by fans
One fan shared: ‘Not green day playing Walking Contradiction in a tiny pub in London tonight I’m gonna go cry myself to sleep.’
Another commented: ‘Jealous of every single person in that pub in London watching Green Day perform live, livid.’
Green Day announced the intimate gig at Electric Ballroom, last week, with fans scrambling to buy tickets for the 1,500-capacity venue.
Next year the trio will be heading out on a huge stadium tour across the UK as they celebrate 30 years since the release of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot.
