Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong invited Courtney Love on stage to join his cover of The Coverups on Tuesday night in London, where they performed songs by Tom Petty and Cheap Trick at The Garage, a 600-capacity venue.
The band performed a number of covers including the Plimsouls' “A Million Miles Away” and the Ramones' “I Wanna be Sedated”, along with songs by the Pretenders, Bryan Adams and The Clash, such as Billboard reports. But the big surprise of the night came about halfway through their set.
“Ladies and gentlemen, Courtney Love,” the Green Day frontman said, introducing the surprise Coverups guest, per fan video.
“Thank you, Billie Joe. My name is Courtney Love – you may not remember me. I've been living in a cave in Birmingham for about nine years. We're going to give it a fucking try, right?'
He performed Cheap Trick's “He's a Whore,” Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' “Even the Losers,” and also the Cheap Trick classic “Surrender,” according to NME.
Armstrong and his band also played David Bowie's “Ziggy Stardust”, Nirvana's “Drain You” and the Strokes' “Last Nite”, along with a rendition of “Love Is for Losers” from Armstrong's side project , the Longshot.
Coverups are back for second date in London at the 100 Club on Friday. Last month, Green Day released their 14th album, Saviors. Meanwhile, last October as album-apparently-coming-christmastime/news/” rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>Stereogum was mentionedLove teased tracks from the follow-up to her 2004 debut solo album America's Sweetheart (Her last album Hole was in 2010 Nobody's daughter). At the time, he said the album would be released around Christmas, though it hasn't arrived yet.
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