Mike Dirnt Honored at 2026 Bass Magazine Awards

Green Day marked the occasion with a surprise performance at the ceremony

Awards Live · Posted Jan 23, 2026 · 9 ARTICLES

Mike Dirnt was honoured last night at the Bass Magazine Awards with a lifetime achievement award! The well deserved honour was presented to Mike by Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus.

To cap off the night, Green Day played a surprise 7 song set, including the Mike Dirnt penned classic, 'J.A.R.'. Check out the full setlist below and show stats at GreenDayLive.fm.

JANUARY 22, 2026

Green Day

THE OBSERVATORY · SANTA ANA, CA, USA

01 Welcome To Paradise
02 Longview
03 J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)
04 Holiday
05 American Idiot
06 Basket Case
07 When I Come Around

Show Notes: Surprise set after Mike Dirnt received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bass Magazine. Brooklyn Vegan: "Bass Magazine celebrated all things bass at their annual awards on Thursday night (1/23), which happened at The Observatory in Santa Ana. Les Claypool was one of the evening’s honorees, and he performed with Primus, who had a few special guests on hand for the occasion. They brought out Green Day‘s Mike Dirnt and Tool‘s Justin Chancellor for 'Too Many Puppies,' Metallica‘s Robert Trujillo for 'My Name is Mud,' and Marcus Miller for 'Tommy the Cat'... Dirnt was billed as performing with 'very special guests,' which wound up being Green Day, playing their second show of the year"

Articles Overview

Mike Dirnt received a bass award at the 2026 Bass Magazine Awards, presented by Blink-182's Mark Hoppus.
Hoppus paid tribute to Dirnt as "a master craftsman and a great friend" during the ceremony.
Dirnt joined Primus' Les Claypool and Tool's Justin Chancellor onstage for a performance of Primus' "Too Many Puppies."
The event recognized Dirnt's decades-long influence on punk rock bass playing.
Dirnt was billed as performing with 'very special guests,' which wound up being Green Day, playing their second show of the year