Billie Joe Armstrong is returning to 924 Gilman, the Berkeley punk club that helped launch Green Day, for a sold-out show with Pinhead Gunpowder on Friday night, Berkeleyside reported.
The show is an unannounced stop on the band's "Bum Rush" tour. Gilman announced it on Instagram on Oct. 21 and sold tickets only to fans who came in person. The club holds about 300 people, The Needle Drop noted. The tour heads to August Hall in San Francisco on Saturday.
Pinhead Gunpowder was co-founded in 1990 by Aaron Cometbus, the musician and zine writer. Its other members are Green Day touring guitarist Jason White and former Green Day tour manager Bill Schneider.
Armstrong last played Gilman in 2015, according to Berkeleyside, at a Green Day show that ended a famous feud. Gilman members shunned Green Day after it signed with a major label. The club's ban on major-label bands still stands, but it doesn't apply to band members as individuals. Pinhead Gunpowder released its 2022 album on Oakland's 1-2-3-4 Go! Records.
Gilman is celebrating its 40th anniversary and is in the early stages of a campaign to buy its building.