The Coverups playing two gigs in London

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

7 hours ago, jengd said:

Well that was amazing! Great show, personally I’d have like more Billie, less Courtney but clearly the crowd were very excited when she appeared. ❤️

I've put a laughing face on this because I've heard other people saying the same about Courtney Love 

 

4 hours ago, jj0407 said:

I really hope you are feeling better soon and it is such a shame you couldn't make it but I want to thank you and your amazing daughter so much for giving me the ticket as i never thought i would get to any kind of club show for Green Day or a side project, you literally made my year. I had such an amazing time! Hope to see you again some time soon x

The ticket couldn't have gone to a nicer person. I'm so glad you had a fantastic night

[PluckyJokerhead]

15 hours ago, solongfromthestars said:

Did anyone catch the changed lyrics in Love is for Losers? Billie changed the "we all got our delusions / say goodbye to an old flame" lines. Or maybe I imagined it because I haven't slept for 36 hours (worth it).

A video might correct me but if I was paying attention right he just forgot the words and did the first verse lines again (feeling like a stranger, stranded in the dark)

It was a fantastic show! And hearing a Longshot song live was something I never thought I'd get to see, will never forget that 🤘

[Spike]

Has anyone got a spare ticket for Friday? I'm dying over here 

[solongfromthestars]

I think this is still going to seem surreal for a while but I'm starting to have some coherent thoughts now I've slept.

People may already know this from videos but not long after they took the stage, the crowd started chanting "Billie! Billie! Billie fucking Joe!" His reply was "my mom didn't name me that." Everyone but Chris Dugan (at least I think that's who's on the drums?) got their own version of the chant by the end of the night. Including "Courtney! Courtney! Courtney fucking Love!"

I've never seen The Coverups in the US but from what I've heard, this crowd went crazier than the American ones. Not saying it was the roughest crowd I've been in (far from it haha), but we all got a bit crushed and very (very) sweaty which was a lot more fun than just having clear air behind us. Of course, no-one goes for it like us Brits do

We got to see a totally different side of Billie that I don't think even showed at the Longshot gigs. Aside from a few moments when he struck dramatic poses like the rock star he usually is, he seemed like any other slightly nervous frontman of a random cover band.

I started writing this post when I felt awake and now I'm getting tired again. I'll probably think of more stuff later. Or not. What a night tho.

 

8 hours ago, jengd said:

Well that was amazing! Great show, personally I’d have like more Billie, less Courtney but clearly the crowd were very excited when she appeared.

I thought the same about Courtney Love but saying it seems blasphemous, so I'm glad I'm not alone At least everyone else seemed to love it though.

5 hours ago, jj0407 said:

I really hope you are feeling better soon and it is such a shame you couldn't make it but I want to thank you and your amazing daughter so much for giving me the ticket as i never thought i would get to any kind of club show for Green Day or a side project, you literally made my year. I had such an amazing time! Hope to see you again some time soon x

You are so welcome!!! Couldn't have given the ticket to a better gig buddy  

5 hours ago, Hermione said:

But there's so few Coverups shows and almost no one sees more than one so it really doesn't matter. No one who bought a ticket to this show has seen the Coverups live before.

I was really surprised that there were Americans and Europeans there who'd been to several/most of the Coverups shows in the US. They know what they're getting though.

58 minutes ago, PluckyJokerhead said:

A video might correct me but if I was paying attention right he just forgot the words and did the first verse lines again (feeling like a stranger, stranded in the dark)

It was a fantastic show! And hearing a Longshot song live was something I never thought I'd get to see, will never forget that 🤘

Actually I think you're right. He'll just have to do a UK Longshot tour to remind himself of the lyrics  

[Hermione]

55 minutes ago, solongfromthestars said:

I was really surprised that there were Americans and Europeans there who'd been to several/most of the Coverups shows in the US. They know what they're getting though.

Wow I'm surprised by that! Maybe they should be mixing it up more then lol. Show sounds amazing, glad you got to go!

[GreenDayJunkie86]

4 hours ago, Mato said:

In first video that I posted above at 7:32

Oh. I didn't see that, sorry. 😬 .Thanks for the help!     

Edited February 28, 2024 by GreenDayJunkie86

[Westerberg89]

On 2/27/2024 at 7:20 PM, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

I've heard that doors have opened. Support might come on at 8?

Wonder if we'll get any pro photos from Kerrang, NME or Rocksound?

The support sound good

 

Cover Ups at 9pm with 11 pm curfew

The more I hear of these, the more I love. Green Day is an easy comparison, because it's poppy guitar rock with a punk underbelly. I believe Dugan mixed this. Anybody catch them?
 

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

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[Montclare]

https://people.com/courtney-love-teases-hole-reunion-billie-joe-armstrong-coverups-concert-8601570

Could only this writer see Mike and Greg? 😄

[billy1986]

Anyone have the full Version of their cover of drain you?

[GreenDayJunkie86]

They really played the Misfits?! 🤩. Looking at the setlist and they played Where Eagles Dare. I love the Misfits!

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

 

58 minutes ago, GreenDayJunkie86 said:

They really played the Misfits?! 🤩. Looking at the setlist and they played Where Eagles Dare. I love the Misfits!

 

[jengd]

6 hours ago, Montclare said:

https://people.com/courtney-love-teases-hole-reunion-billie-joe-armstrong-coverups-concert-8601570

Could only this writer see Mike and Greg? 😄

What a weird review, I could believe the author wasn’t actually there, got most of the info from someone else who was and wrote it like to try to the detail they didn’t have! 😂

[farley drexel hatcher]

has anyone had to contact the 100 club regarding accessibility? i’ve emailed the address it tells you to, just wondering a timeline for if i should expect a response or not 

[jengd]

Great review here, captures it exactly.

https://rocksound.tv/features/billie-joe-armstrong-the-coverups-london-live-review#:~:text=It's this wide array of,a blessing unlike any other.

Hope you lucky, lucky people seeing them tomorrow have an amazing time, I know you will.

[solongfromthestars]

10 minutes ago, jengd said:

Great review here, captures it exactly.

https://rocksound.tv/features/billie-joe-armstrong-the-coverups-london-live-review#:~:text=It's this wide array of,a blessing unlike any other.

Hope you lucky, lucky people seeing them tomorrow have an amazing time, I know you will.

That review is perfect! I especially love this part:

"Though he will be back with Green Day in the Summer to take over Wembley Stadium, tonight, Billie Joe was playing for the 18-year-old he used to be. That kid at the forefront of something incredible, making their way to the UK for the first time to play in Wigan, Preston and Brighton."

And the UK has always loved Green Day and always will

[jengd]

And this is the answer to the question he’s been asked a few times recently, which is basically why does he still work so hard?  The answer of course is his huge passion for music, it flows out of him.  

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

Hope everyone going tomorrow night has a great time 🎶 

[Harry]

I am so phenomenally excited for tomorrow. Can’t believe I get to see him in such a tiny little place!

[GreenDayJunkie86]

18 hours ago, billy1986 said:

Anyone have the full Version of their cover of drain you?

I am too busy to watch the whole thing so Drain You might be in here. In the description it says that Drain You is the second to last song in the video. Hope this helps!

[GreenDayJunkie86]

17 hours ago, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

What a coincidence,  listening to the Longshot version right now! 

[solongfromthestars]

There are five of us here right now. If it's anything like the Garage it'll be a while until anyone else shows up though. Especially because it's bloody freezing and pissing it down.

Edit: Up to 11 now.

[farley drexel hatcher]

39 minutes ago, solongfromthestars said:

There are five of us here right now. If it's anything like the Garage it'll be a while until anyone else shows up though. Especially because it's bloody freezing and pissing it down.

Edit: Up to 11 now.

do you reckon once the shops start opening you’ll be moved on? it’s such a small area i’m wondering where people can queue without getting in the way 

[solongfromthestars]

24 minutes ago, farley drexel hatcher said:

do you reckon once the shops start opening you’ll be moved on? it’s such a small area i’m wondering where people can queue without getting in the way 

Yeah I was wondering that. A few staff members have gone in and just smiled but the queue isn't big enough to be an obstruction yet. If it gets bigger quickly it might be a problem.

[farley drexel hatcher]

9 minutes ago, solongfromthestars said:

Yeah I was wondering that. A few staff members have gone in and just smiled but the queue isn't big enough to be an obstruction yet. If it gets bigger quickly it might be a problem.

yeah guess only time will tell! i won’t be there till lunchtime so god knows what the sitch will be by then