Green Day’s frontman and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong recently celebrated his 50th birthday last Thursday, February 17. Recently, a video clip from the musician’s party surfaced where he was spotted performing a cover version of Nirvana’s classic “Drain You”, accompanied by his bandmates.
Billie Joe Armstrong performs Nirvana song
The video clip was Recorded by drummer and agent Scott Lipps. The short video clip showed Billie Joe accompanied by Green Day’s Mike Dirnt and Jason White on bass and second guitar respectively while making his best Kurt Cobain impression.
This isn’t the first time that the band tackled Nirvana, as their cover band act “The Coverups” has played “Drain You” live in the past as well. Green Day are set to go on one of the year’s biggest tours, the Hella Mega Tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer, passing by the U.K. and Europe during Summer, with all dates and venues available here.
You can check out the performance below:
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Green Day recently performed at Super Bowl Music Fest in LA with Miley Cyrus. The festival took place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, where the LA Rams played the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. However, the attendance was quite low by the end as was noted by the fans, despite a packed house earlier.
Very low attendance for the last 5 songs of the set was noted, as the show was going well past 12:30 AM and the obscure songs played weren’t an expected part of the setlist. This led to casual fans leaving in droves.
The members of Green Day focused on their hits of the 1990s and early 2000s. They opened with a rousing rip through 2004’s “American Idiot.” “Los Angeles!” lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, who turns 50 on Thursday, shouted during the song. “Super Bowl!” he later yelled, in the only real mention the game got during the night.
