AILSA CHANG, HOST:
All right, we are well into the summer and all of the season's beloved traditions like barbecues, pool days...
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
...Or being trapped at a party by someone pulling out their guitar and playing "Wonderwall."
CHANG: The song that will not die. Well, the rock band Green Day and tens of thousands of their fans also got to experience that on Monday. At a sold-out show in Luxembourg, front man Billie Joe Armstrong invited an audience member on stage to play guitar during one of the band's biggest hits, "Good Riddance."
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GREEN DAY: (Singing) Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.
SUMMERS: But the fan seemed to be playing something else.
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BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG: You don't know it anymore (ph)?
(CHEERING)
SUMMERS: And once Armstrong realized what was happening...
(SOUNDBITE OF OASIS SONG, "WONDERWALL")
ARMSTRONG: Oh, [expletive].
SUMMERS: ...He intervened.
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ARMSTRONG: Nice try. Nice try.
CHANG: But the original singer of "Wonderwall," Liam Gallagher of Oasis, he appreciated the tribute, later tweeting, best song of the night.
SUMMERS: And this is the part where you sing along if you know it.
CHANG: I don't want to (laughter).
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WONDERWALL")
OASIS: (Singing) Because maybe you're going to be the one that saves me. And after all... Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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