in a private flight

Guitarist and lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist

and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool,

Green Day for short, arrived this morning o Lima, around

4 a.m., in a private flight from Santiago, Chile.

The band is scheduled to offer a concert tomorrow night

at the San Marcos University Stadium. The two previous

gigs were in Santiago and Buenos Aires, and have set up a

high standard that will be quite challenging to surpass,

according to recent press reviews.

Numerous fans waited outside the high-end Swissôtel in

residential San Isidro district. Some of them, it is

reported, had a meeting with bassist player Dirnt this

morning. Many of them are camping outside the stadium in

order to have a good spot when the gates open tomorrow

afternoon.

Green Day arrived with a 60 member crew from Chile where

they offered a successful gig for 25 thousand people at

the Bicentenary Stadium in La Florida, Santiago, as part

of their South American tour. Chilean press quoted

Armstrong saying, “this is not a party, this is a

celebration,” before playing “Letterbomb,” as a homage to

Chile’s recent bicentennial celebrations.