Green Day have their new album Saviors out and they’ve been gearing up for a stadium tour that will see them performing American Idiot and Dookie in full plus new material and more, but last night (2/27), Billie Joe Armstrong took a break from Green Day to have a little fun. He brought his covers band The Coverups to The Garage in London, and Courtney Love joined him on stage to do guest vocals on three songs. Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock as well as Blondie‘s Clem Burke were reportedly among those in attendance.
“We’re The Coverups, we play cover songs,” Billie Joe said on stage. “This is the kind of stuff that we do at home. We’re just friends who get together and we hang out, and it’s just glorified karaoke.”
When Courtney came out, she introduced herself by saying, “My name is Courtney Love – you may not remember me. I’ve been living in a cave in Birmingham for about nine years. We’ll give this a fucking try, right?” She did Cheap Trick‘s “He’s A Whore” and Tom Petty‘s “Even the Losers” with the band, and came back to the stage later for another Cheap Trick song, “Surrender.” And before she left, she said, “Later… I’ll be back in Hole.” Hole reunions have been teased and shot down before, so, let’s hope!
The Coverups also did songs by the Ramones, The Clash, David Bowie, Generation X, Pretenders, Buzzcocks, The Plimsouls, Nirvana, The Strokes, the Misfits, and more. Watch videos of the songs with Courtney and a handful of others, and check out the full setlist below.
The Coverups at The Garage in London – 2/27/24 Setlist (via)
A Million Miles Away (The Plimsouls cover)
I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)
Ready Steady Go (Generation X cover)
I Think We’re Alone Now (Tommy James & the Shondells cover)
Message of Love (Pretenders cover)
Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams cover)
Walking Out on Love (Paul Collins Beat cover)
I Fought the Law (The Crickets cover)
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) (Buzzcocks cover)
I’m So Bored With the U.S.A. (The Clash cover)
Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover)
Dancing With Myself (Generation X cover)
He’s a Whore (Cheap Trick cover) (with Courtney Love)
Even the Losers (Tom Petty cover) (with Courtney Love)
Neat Neat Neat (The Damned cover)
Drain You (Nirvana cover)
Last Nite (The Strokes cover)
American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
Love is for Losers (The Longshot cover)
Fox on the Run (Sweet cover)
Rockaway Beach (Ramones cover)
Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash cover)
Surrender (Cheap Trick cover) (with Courtney Love)
Encore:
Where Eagles Dare (Misfits cover)