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Green Day frontman Billy Joe Armstrong is getting clowned on for his reaction to a fan doing the classic “guy plays Wonderwall” bit at a recent concert. The fan had been invited on stage to play the Green Day classic “Good Riddance” but instead started playing the chords for Oasis’ “Wonderwall.”
“Based on one video, it appears the young guitarist got Armstrong to do about half of the first verse over a chord progression that sounds a bit like ‘Wonderwall,’ but definitely isn’t ‘Good Riddance.’ Thinking that maybe his guest had just started playing it in the wrong key, Armstrong gave the guy some quick instructions, and even remarked with a laugh, ‘You told me you could play this one!’”
“At that moment, the guitarist launched into an unmistakable rendition of ‘Wonderwall,’ getting through the lead progression once before Armstrong clocked what was going on. ‘Oh, f—!’ the frontman exclaimed, grabbing his guitar back, before the guest was promptly ushered off the stage.” [via Rolling Stone]
“Nice try, nice try,” Armstrong said as the fan was escorted off-stage and his began playing “Good Riddance” himself.
After the news went viral, Armstrong got clowned on for not rolling with the punches of the gag.
“This is his least punk move ever,” one music fan tweeted.
“This is actually the funniest thing you could do as a fan being invited onstage to play guitar. Unless it’s an Oasis show,” another added.
“Absolute mad lad behavior. Proper shenanigans. Excellent work,” a third raved.
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