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
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Some perfect lockdown listening
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has shared a new cover as part of his new No Fun Mondays series of quarantine sessions — you can listen to it below.
Armstrong’s latest cover is a take on the classic The Avengers song, ‘Corpus Christi’ and follows on from earlier covers he’s done of The Bangles’ ‘Manic Monday’, Tommy James and the Shondells’ track ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ and Johnny Thunders’ ‘You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory’.
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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
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’
UK dates are still set to go ahead though
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.
By Chris Willman
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.
Fiona Apple has released her first new album in eight years. After a brief announcement video earlier this month, Fetch the Bolt Cutters has arrived as promised. Have a listen below, and check out the album’s full credits.
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Webb was a frequent fixture at NY punk store Trash & Vaudeville
Kid Cudi has shared a brand new track called “Leader of the Delinquents.” Cudi teased a clip of the song during an Instagram Live session on April 10. Hear the single below (via Republic).
Joan Shelley has released a new live album, recorded in Louisville, Kentucky in December. The full-band performance includes guitarist Nathan Salsburg, Nathan Bowles, Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Anna Krippenstapel, plus guest appearances by Will Oldham and Julia Purcell. Listen to Live at The Bomhard below.
Randy Newman has written a new COVID-19-inspired song at the request of Southern California radio station KPCC.
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.