Green Day reunited their Sweet Children lineup for the first time in 26 years (video, setlist)

Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Hame inductees Green Day had a few surprises up their sleeves for last night’s show at Cleveland’s House of Blues. Paying homage to their roots before their appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend, the band brought out original Sweet Children-era drummer John Kiffmeyer for an 11-song opening set. The show marked the first time the trio have played together in 26 years, and included a number of tracks Green Day haven’t played live in 20+ years, including “I Was There,” and “Don’t Leave Me.”

Following the hour-long Sweet Children set, Green Day proper took the stage for a marathon show that also included a number of early tracks from the Kerplunk! era. They then pulled out Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong to join in on their cover of Armstrong’s previous band Operation Ivy’s “Knowledge,” before running through a version of the Rancid hit “Radio,” co-written by Billie Joe Armstrong.

Check out some fan-shot videos of the night below. Props to the security guard with the green mohawk singing along the entire time.

Setlist

Sweet Children
Don’t Leave Me  (First time live since 1994)
Only of You
Sweet Children  (First time ever live since 1991)
409 in Your Coffeemaker
At the Library
I Was There (First time live since 1992)
Disappearing Boy
Paper Lanterns
Road to Acceptance
Green Day  (First time live since 1990)
Dry Ice (First time live since 1993)

Green Day
99 Revolutions
Holiday
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2000 Light Years Away
Private Ale  (First time live since 1992)
Christie Road
Stuart and the Ave. (First time live since 2009)
She
Geek Stink Breath
One for the Razorbacks (First time live since 2011)
Burnout
Longview
When I Come Around
Basket Case
Are We the Waiting  (First time live since 2010)
St. Jimmy
Knowledge (Operation Ivy cover) (with Tim Armstrong)
Radio (Rancid cover) (with Tim Armstrong)
King for a Day
Shout / Always Look on the Bright Side of Life / Hey Jude / (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Waiting
Minority  (with Tim Armstrong)

Encore:
American Idiot
Jesus of Suburbia