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Nearly 40 years after Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt founded the Bay Area trio in 1987, Green Day is as polished and reliable a rock band as any on the road these days.

No one onstage said anything about the incident with the bassist’s wife.

Last month, Alvin Gibbs, bassist of the British punk band U.K.

After encouraging fans to “sing it if you know it,” Dunn looks at the bassist, shakes his head and gestures that he’s done for the evening.

“Festival sets now feel like a mini-game. You have no time to think and you go on stage, you play really fast — it’s awesome — and then you run off,” explained bassist and vocalist Alexandria Elizabeth.