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Green Day side-project The Coverups announce 2025 London show

Surprise! Billie Joe Armstrong will be back in London next month for another special show with his side-project The Coverups.

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“This band exists in a state of chaos”: The story of Green Day’s ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! album trilogy

Green Day’s bold experiment was overshadowed and derailed by an infamous public meltdown, as Billie Joe Armstrong’s issues and addictions came to a head…

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Pinhead Gunpowder: “I was looking at everyone like, ‘Holy f*ck, I think we just made our best record!’”

Ahead of this Friday’s long-awaited new album Unt, Pinhead Gunpowder join K! for a catch-up about how the record came to be, why they’re feeling so strong as a band after three-plus decades, and their “fantasy” of doing a proper tour…

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Green Day side-project Pinhead Gunpowder announce new album UNT, share title-track

Pinhead Gunpowder are releasing their first new music since 2008, and they promise that it’s “our catchiest, most collaborative, and most poignant”.

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Pinhead Gunpowder are teasing their return

Pinhead Gunpowder – featuring Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and touring guitarist Jason White – are potentially dropping new music this week!

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“We simply thought, ‘Let’s just f*cking be Green Day’”: The story of Revolution Radio

With Billie Joe Armstrong sober and Green Day enjoying a deserved Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction, it was time to get back to what the trio did best…

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How Green Day’s ‘lost’ album put them on the path to greatness again

The album that never was, the question mark ahead of their second wind, this is the story of Cigarettes And Valentines…

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Hear Billie Joe Armstrong cover Jesse Malin’s Black Haired Girl for benefit album

“He took it to another level, a lot of attitude, a lot of power…” says Jesse Malin of Billie Joe Armstrong’s fantastic new cover of Black Haired Girl.

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Live review: Green Day, Manchester Emirates Old Trafford

Welcome to paradise: Green Day dazzle Manchester with mammoth Dookie and American Idiot knees-up as The Saviors Tour makes its debut in England…

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Billie Joe Armstrong, Bruce Springsteen and more have covered Jesse Malin songs for a new benefit album

All proceeds from the Silver Patron Saints tribute album – which features everyone from Billie Joe and Springsteen to Tom Morello and Rancid – will go to Jesse Malin’s Sweet Relief artist fund.

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Green Day officially launch their very own Punk Bunny Coffee

It’s the “first thing” drummer Tré Cool thinks about every morning, and now Green Day fans can also power up for the day via the band’s newly-launched Punk Bunny Coffee.

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Watch Green Day perform Basket Case with original demo lyrics

At last night’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, Green Day played a two-song medley of Bobby Sox and Basket Case – but with a twist…

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See Courtney Love join Billie Joe Armstrong onstage to perform three covers

Courtney Love made a surprise appearance at The Garage in London last night with Billie Joe Armstrong’s side-project The Coverups, performing songs by Cheap Trick and Tom Petty.

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Green Day side-project The Coverups announce two tiny London shows

Fancy seeing members of Green Day jamming a load of their favourite songs? The Coverups have just announced a couple of intimate London dates very soon…

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Billie Joe Armstrong reveals “embarrassingly bad” original lyrics to Basket Case

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has given an honest assessment of his first attempt at writing Dookie mega-hit Basket Case, before he changed up the whole thing and made “the best decision I’d ever made, probably, as a songwriter”.

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Green Day’s Saviors hits Number One in the UK charts: “We love you all”

Billie Joe Armstrong says Green Day are “so excited about our future, about our album Saviors”, as he accepts a fifth Number One in the UK from the Official Charts.

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See Green Day go busking undercover with Jimmy Fallon

Watch a segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in which Green Day – in disguises – go busking in front of some unsuspecting New York commuters…

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Green Day side-project The Coverups announce 2025 London show

“This band exists in a state of chaos”: The story of Green Day’s ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! album trilogy

Pinhead Gunpowder: “I was looking at everyone like, ‘Holy f*ck, I think we just made our best record!’”

Green Day side-project Pinhead Gunpowder announce new album UNT, share title-track

Pinhead Gunpowder are teasing their return

“We simply thought, ‘Let’s just f*cking be Green Day’”: The story of Revolution Radio

How Green Day’s ‘lost’ album put them on the path to greatness again

Hear Billie Joe Armstrong cover Jesse Malin’s Black Haired Girl for benefit album

Live review: Green Day, Manchester Emirates Old Trafford

Billie Joe Armstrong, Bruce Springsteen and more have covered Jesse Malin songs for a new benefit album

Green Day officially launch their very own Punk Bunny Coffee

Watch Green Day perform Basket Case with original demo lyrics

See Courtney Love join Billie Joe Armstrong onstage to perform three covers

Green Day side-project The Coverups announce two tiny London shows

Billie Joe Armstrong reveals “embarrassingly bad” original lyrics to Basket Case

Green Day’s Saviors hits Number One in the UK charts: “We love you all”

See Green Day go busking undercover with Jimmy Fallon

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