Green Day perform Nirvana, Ramones and more in New Year’s Eve Coverups set

From the UK and European leg of the Hella Mega Tour finally happening, to recording a brand-new album, 2022 was another massive year for Green Day. And the band celebrated in style on New Year’s Eve, performing an awesome small show with their side-project The Coverups.

Streamed live online via Green Day’s Instagram, the band hit Hollywood’s Viper Room for a two-set, 23-song covers show to kickstart their 2023. They tackled everything from The Ramones and The Replacements favourites to The Cure’s Just Like Heaven and Nirvana’s Drain You.

Of course, as everyone does on social media Green Day also previously reflected on their 2022 by writing: “WTF WHAT a year. Seeing you all at festivals, in between working recording our record in London & LA, doing a Hella Mega European tour playing the US East Coast, Chicago and Florida, San Francisco, shows in Brazil and Argentina. Playing Singapore to Austin Texas to Los Angeles charity show with Billy Idol, Jon Fogerty and The Who.”

Check out their full New Year’s Eve setlist:

Set 1:

1. A Million Miles Away (The Plimsouls cover)
2. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)
3. I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick cover)
4. Ready Steady Go (Generation X cover)
5. Rockaway Beach (Ramones cover)
6. I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James & the Shondells cover)
7. Message Of Love (Pretenders cover)
8. Just Like Heaven (The Cure cover)
9. What I Like About You (The Romantics cover)
10. Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Eddie Schwartz cover)
11. Color Me Impressed (The Replacements cover)
12. Don’t Change (INXS cover)
13. Fox On The Run (Sweet cover)
14. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover)

Set 2:

15. Dancing With Myself (Generation X cover)
16. Born To Lose (The Heartbreakers cover)
17. Hybrid Moments (Misfits cover)
18. Teenagers From Mars (Misfits cover)
19. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) (Buzzcocks cover)
20. Auld lang syne (Robert Burns cover)
21. Neat Neat Neat (The Damned cover)
22. Drain You (Nirvana cover)
23. Suffragette City (David Bowie cover)

And watch the performance below:

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