Time Of Her Life: Furlong Girl Rocks Out With Green Day In Philly

FURLONG, PA — Brynn Kremer has been playing guitar for only a year, but that didn’t stop her from wowing thousands of fans Friday night when she performed on stage with Green Day at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Green Day frontman Billie Jo Armstrong picked the 14-year-old from Furlong out of the crowd to play one of the band’s hits and quickly showed her the chords. It didn’t take long before Brynn was at the front of the stage, rocking out with one of her favorite bands.

Brynn showed no signs of nerves, despite playing for a crowd of tens of thousands with just two School of Rock concerts under her belt.

She “was a natural,” her parents, Dawn and Geoff, told Patch.

“I was just in shock, and I was really excited,” Brynn said of her “mind-blowing” experience. “I don’t know why, but I didn’t really think of the people (in the crowd).”

Armstrong invited Brynn onstage after seeing her and her dad’s signs in the audience.

Brynn, who attends Holicong Middle School, was holding a sign that said it was her first rock concert. Knowing Green Day had asked fans to play with them at previous concerts, her dad, Geoff, used his sign to let the band know Brynn was ready to perform.

Geoff had seen previous Green Day setlists that showed the band invited fans on stage to play a cover of Operation Ivy's “Knowledge” after “Minority.” With “Minority” coming to an end, the Kremers hoisted their signs and caught Armstrong's attention.

“You can play? How long you been playing?” Armstrong asked Brynn from the stage. “You look very professional.”

“Can you play? OK, get your ass up here,” he told her.

Brynn said she was shocked when she realized Armstrong was talking to her, and she had no idea how to even get on the stage. She didn’t have much time to think about it, though, as she was immediately lifted over the barriers by fans around her.

Just a year after teaching Brynn her first chords, Geoff Kremer was living out a dream by “seeing my daughter jamming along” with Green Day, one of his favorite bands.

At the end of her electric 90-second jam with Green Day, Brynn did a stage dive to the delight of fans.

Green Day finished their show with “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” conjuring up a moment that nearly brought Geoff to tears after watching his daughter perform.

“This really was the time of my life,” he said.

Brynn went home with the guitar she played onstage, after it was signed by members of Green Day.