It's been just over a month since Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong confirmed he was writing new material for the band – but now it looks like they've got something else up their sleeves…
Taking to Instagram last night, the musician showed fans a b-e-a-utiful Dookie-themed guitar pedal with the caption: "Anyone going to NAMM?" suggesting the band will have some sort of involvement – even if it's just unveiling or selling this new gear – at the music trade show in Anaheim, California next week.
Given that 1994 LP Dookie will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on February 1, the timing couldn't be more perfect. The question is, though: what else are they planning for their legendary third record's quarter-century celebration? Last year the trio revealed that they had been rehearsing a bunch of old, classic albums in full – including Dookie – so maybe NAMM could be the start of more birthday commemorations? Let's hope so.
In the mean time, let's all gawk at this for a while…