Green Day Turn Two Lucky Fans Into Rock Stars at SXSW
When Green Day kicked off their first-ever SXSW set, everyone in attendance already felt lucky to be there. Even those with SXSW badges had to enter a ticket lottery to win entrance to the highly anticipated concert, which was their first major show since Billie Joe Armstrong's rehab stint last year. So anyone at Austin's Moody Theater on Friday night was just pumped to be there in the first place.
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But for one incredibly lucky fan, the SXSW highlight became a once-in-a-lifetime victory when Armstrong brought her onstage to trade vocals with him. And for the rest of the audience, it was impossible to be jealous while watching her go from flabbergast to utterly ecstatic.
After catching hold of her runaway emotions—you could read the varying shades of shock play across her dazed face—the fortunate fan joined Armstrong onstage and even earned a full-on kiss from the frontman. And in true punk fashion, she made her exit by launching into the audience and crowd surfing her way back into the masses.
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