Watch Green Day offshoots The Coverups perform Sweet's 'Fox on the Run' in London
They were also joined on stage by Courtney Love
Green Day covers project The Coverups performed a rapturously received 24-song set in front of 600 fans at The Garage in London last night (27th February).
Consisting of Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt alongside touring guitarist Jason White, audio engineer Chris Dugan on drums and tour manager Bill Schneider on bass, The Coverups formed in 2018 and until last night they’ve only performed live in the United States.
Their sold-out show at The Garage last night was just their inaugural concert on these shores, and they play an even more intimate show at The 100 Club on Friday (1st March).
The Coverups’ anthem-laden set at The Garage opened with a blistering rendition of The Plimsouls’ ‘A Million Miles Away’ and culminated with an encore of Misfits’ ‘Where Eagles Dare.’
Midway through the set, Billie Joe and co. introduced Hole singer Courtney Love to the stage and she shared vocals on covers of Cheap Trick’s ‘He’s a Whore’ and Tom Petty’s ‘Even the Losers.’ She later returned to belt out a second Cheap Trick cover, ‘Surrender.’
Elsewhere, The Coverups performed renditions of Sweet’s ‘Fox on the Run’, Nirvana’s ‘Drain You’, David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’, Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of ’69’, The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’, The Strokes’ ‘Last Nite’, and many more.
You can watch them belt out Sweet’s ‘Fox on the Run’ right here:
Green Day perform four huge stadium shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and London this June alongside a headline gig at Isle of Wight Festival.
The non-festival dates will see Green Day perform ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ in their entirety to celebrate their 30th and 20th anniversaries respectively.
The Coverups’ setlist at The Garage, London:
A Million Miles Away (The Plimsouls)
I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
Ready Steady Go (Generation X)
I Think We're Alone Now (Tommy James & the Shondells)
Message of Love (Pretenders)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Walking Out on Love (Paul Collins Beat)
I Fought the Law (The Crickets)
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) (Buzzcocks)
I'm So Bored With the U.S.A. (The Clash)
Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Dancing With Myself (Generation X)
He's a Whore (Cheap Trick)*
Even the Losers (Tom Petty)*
Neat Neat Neat (The Damned)
Drain You (Nirvana)
Last Nite (The Strokes)
American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Love is for Losers (The Longshot)
Fox on the Run (Sweet)
Rockaway Beach (Ramones)
Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash)
Surrender (Cheap Trick) (with Courtney Love)*
Encore
Where Eagles Dare (Misfits)
* with Courtney Love
The real names of 100 rock stars, including Mike Dirnt and Courtney Love:
Cozy Powell’s real name: Colin Trevor Flooks
Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović
'Lifeson' is a semi-literal English translation of the Yugoslavian surname Živojinović, which means 'son of life'
Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker
John 5’s real name: John William Lowery
Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback
Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont
Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello
Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano
Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock
King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen
Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm
Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou
Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga
Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano
Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti
Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose
Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott
Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick
Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III
Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola
Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara
Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary
Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein
Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib
Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal
Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III
Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg
Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz
Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray
Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.
Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier
Slash's real name: Saul Hudson
Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard
Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona
Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer
Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones
Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler
Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks
Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell
Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen
Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton
Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan
Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black
Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister
John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin
Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin
Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp
Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion
Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth
David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie
Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley
Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank
Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor
Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld
The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans
Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday
Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico
Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne
Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi
Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini
Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis
Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson
Sting's real name: Gordon Sumner
Billy Idol’s real name: William Michael Albert Broad
Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler
Pat Benatar’s real name: Patricia Mae Giraldo
Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel
Muddy Waters’ real name: McKinley Morganfield
Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks
Doro’s real name: Dorothee Pesch
Sebastian Bach’s real name: Sebastian Philip Bierk
Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira
Jimi Hendrix’s real name: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix)
Zakk Wylde’s real name: Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt
Maynard James Keenan’s real name: James Herbert Keenan
Blaze Bayley’s real name: Bayley Alexander Cooke
Biff Byford's real name: Peter Rodney Byford
M. Shadows' real name: Matthew Charles Sanders
Syd Barrett's real name: Roger Keith Barrett
Chris Jericho's real name: Christopher Keith Irvine
Ginger Wildheart's real name: David Leslie Walls
Paul Di'Anno's real name: Paul Andrews
Phil X’s real name: Theofilos Xenidis
Peter Green’s real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum
Nicko McBrain’s real name: Michael Henry McBrain
Noddy Holder’s real name: Neville John Holder
Steel Panther’s real names
Michael Starr: Ralph Michael Saenz, Satchel: Russell John Parrish, Stix Zadinia: Darren Leader, Spyder: Joe Lester.