The Green Day frontman dedicated the song to the band's bassist, Mike Dirnt on his birthday
20.04.2020 - 23:43 / variety.com
By Chris Willman
Music Writer
If Billie Joe Armstrong’s solo version of the somber “Wake Me Up When September Ends” on Saturday night’s “One World: Together at Home” broadcast left you at all down in the mouth, he’s got the immediate antidote for that. On Monday the Green Day singer released his cover version of the theme song for the 1996 film “That Thing You Do!,” a song that in any variation is destined to turn COVID-19-related frowns upside down.
The coronavirus crisis did provide a sad
The Green Day frontman dedicated the song to the band's bassist, Mike Dirnt on his birthday
Billie Joe Armstrong's version of "I Think We're Alone Now" is clearly winning fans, as it surges on multiple Billboard charts. Among those impressed? Tommy James and Tiffany. James and h
The Green Day frontman's latest 'No Fun Mondays' cover version came out on, er, a Wednesday
Tommy James And The Shondells' single was made famous by Tiffany
Billie Joe Armstrong’s kids really rock.
Armstrong’s latest lockdown cover sees him perform the Belfast power pop band's 1979 song ‘War Stories’
Fountains of Wayne reunited on Wednesday to pay heartfelt tribute to their late founding member, Adam Schlesinger, who died of complications from coronavirus earlier this month.
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.
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
The Oneders are getting the band back together for a very good cause!
Some perfect lockdown listening
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.