Last night, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was joined on stage by Courtney Love as his side project covers band The Coverups performed an intimate show of rock classics in London. The band took to the stage at The Garage in Islington before a crowd that included Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock as well as Blondie’s Clem Burke and comedian Frank Skinner. The band performed a run of standards by likes of The Ramones, Pretenders, Sex Pistols, Bryan Adams, The Clash and David Bowie – with repeated crowd chant-along of “Billie, Billie, Billie fucking Joe”.
After several songs, Armstrong invited Love to the stage, introduced her, and encouraged her to give it a go. She and the band then tore into a spirited rendition of ‘He’s a Whore’ by Cheap Trick before a take on ‘Even the Losers’ by Tom Petty. Love would later return for a cover of ‘Surrender’ by Cheap Trick.
The Coverups will play another London show at The 100 Club on Friday, before a world tour in support of their 2024 album ‘Saviors’, which also celebrates 30 years of their breakthrough album ‘Dookie’ and the 20th anniversary of their seminal 2004 record ‘American Idiot’.
Green Day is an American rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1986. The band members include lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool. Over the course of their career, Green Day has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and won five Grammy Awards
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