Green Day heads to suburbia: Band to play ‘Last of the American Girls’ at Jets’ 1st game

Green Day teams with Gang Green in Jets’ opener

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Gang Green and Green Day are ready to play together.

The New York Jets said Friday the band will play during their regular-season opener Sept. 13. The Jets face the Baltimore Ravens in the Monday night game at New Meadowlands Stadium.

Green Day will perform “Last of the American Girls” with the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning rock musical “American Idiot.” The halftime show will finish with fireworks.

The guitarist Slash and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger will play during a tailgate concert outside the stadium. Scherzinger will sing the national anthem.