Green Day on their relationship with Courtney Love and plans for more surprise live shows
nme.comGreen Day have spoken to NME about their longtime relationship with Courtney Love and revealed if they have plans to announce more surprise live shows across London.
Watch our video interview with the band above.It was during the red carpet for the BRIT Awards 2024 that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and drummer Tré Cool caught up with NME – ahead of presenting the Best British Group Award at the ceremony (and being controversially described as “the British Busted“).“It’s fun for us.
There’s no pressure, we don’t have to do anything really except for this! Talk to people, hang out, watch other people throw up, slip in it, fall down, and then we get to laugh!” said Tré Cool of being invited to the ceremony.Their appearance at the awards also came off the heels of Armstrong performing two intimate shows across London earlier that week, breaking out some covers of iconic rock songs as part of The Coverups and bringing out Hole star Courtney Love during both shows.“Playing at The 100 Club is legendary.
We go in, play a bunch of covers. We do it at home, mostly for our friends, and I just love playing. Even if we’re just playing a really great Buzzcocks song, it’s a great time,” Armstrong said, going on to recall how the collaboration with Love arose.“I was texting with her and I said, ‘Come on out, sing a song’, and she did.
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