UK dates are still set to go ahead though
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It's the latest instalment of his 'No Fun Mondays' quarantine sessions
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has shared a cover of The Bangles‘ classic hit ‘Manic Monday’ – you can watch it below.
The performance is the latest in Armstrong’s No Fun Mondays quarantine sessions, which have also seen the musician take on Tommy James and the Shondells’ track ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ and Johnny Thunders’ ‘You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory’.
For this week’s edition, Armstrong has joined
UK dates are still set to go ahead though
It marks ten years since the show's Broadway debut
Billie Joe Armstrong's latest installment of his weekly “No Fun Mondays” series was particularly emotional, as it was a tribute to the late Adam Schlesinger.
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is here to make your Monday blues go away.
Schlesinger died earlier this month due to complications relating to the coronavirus
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has been sharing covers while he’s self-isolating at home. In March, he played “I Think We’re Alone Now.” And, earlier this month, Armstrong covered San Francisco punk band Avengers’ “Corpus Christi.” Now, he’s performed “That Thing You Do!” in tribute to the late songwriter Adam Schlesinger. Listen below.
By Chris Willman
The performance was interspersed with shots of empty streets in major cities around the world
Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Ends” received a touching new context on Saturday night (Apr. 18), when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong performed the song for the One World: Together At Home telecast.After playing Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” for iHeartMedia’s recent pandemic benefit special, Armstrong played another American Idiot standout for One World.
The punk world paid tribute to one of its favorite sons on Tuesday (April 14) following the death of New York scene stalwart Jimmy Webb, a punk stylist who reportedly died at age 62.
Webb was a frequent fixture at NY punk store Trash & Vaudeville
Some perfect lockdown listening
Green Day’s 2020 album, Father of All… (aka Father of All Motherf*ckers), includes nods to several classic rock songs. “Stab You In the Heart” takes the inspiration to another level by interpolating Little Richard’s 1995 classic, “Tutti Frutti.”
The winding chart road of pop classic "I Think We're Alone Now" adds another turn, as Billie Joe Armstrong's version debuts at No. 28 on Billboard's Adult Pop Songs radio airplay survey (dated April 11).It also enters the multi-metric Hot Rock Songs chart at No.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is here with a cover of the self-isolation anthem “I Think We’re Alone Now”.
Billie Joe Armstrong logged in for a virtual chat Monday night with The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon, and for a performance of a song high on everyone’s self-isolation list.The Green Day frontman performed a rocking version of “I Think We're Alone Now,” originally recorded in the ‘60s by Tommy James and the Shondells and turned into a mega-hit once more in the ‘80s by Tiffany.“I think we’re alone now. There doesn’t seem to be anyone around,” are lyrics perfect for our time.
Billie Joe Armstrong is keeping fans entertained with a new cover featuring Susanna Hoffs.
Wish it were Sunday? So does Billie Joe Armstrong. For his latest No Fun Mondays cover, the Green Day frontman took on The Bangles' 1986 hit "Manic Monday." But he had a special guest appearance -- and it was none other than Bangles lead vocalist and founding member Susanna Hoffs.