Green Day slipped a secret show into their Australian visit with a surprise performance in Sydney on Thursday night.
Green Day popped over to the Captain Cook Hotel in Paddington for a one hour set. Fans discovered the show via a post by singer Billie Joe Armstrong on Twitter. “hello Aussie! Green Day is playing tonight at a club called Captain Cook Hotel TONIGHT in Sydney. I repeat, TONIGHT! Feb 20th around 11:00pm,” he posted.
hello Aussie! Green Day is playing tonight at a club called Captain Cook Hotel TONIGHT in Sydney. I repeat, TONIGHT! Feb 20th around 11:00pm
— Billie Joe Armstrong (@BJAofficial) February 20, 2014
Green Day Paddington Setlist February 20, 2014
99 Revolutions (from Tre, 2012)
Know Your Enemy (from 21st Century Breakdown, 2009)
Nice Guys Finish Last (from Nimrod, 1997)
Holiday (from American Idiot, 2004)
Stuck With Me (from Insomniac, 1995)
Burnout (from Dookie, 1994)
Chump (from Dookie, 1994)
Longview (from Dookie, 1994)
Rusty James (from Uno, 2012)
Brain Stew (from Insomniac, 1995)
St Jimmy (from American Idiot, 2004)
American Idiot (from American Idiot, 2004)
Video from the Paddington Show
Green Day are in Australia to headline the Soundwave Festival.
Soundwave dates
February 22, Brisbane, RNA Showgrounds
February 23, Sydney, Olympic Park
February 28, Melbourne, Flemington Racecourse
March 1, Adelaide, Bonython Park
March 3, Perth, Joondalup
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