Late last week it was announced that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt would play two club shows in London with their side-project covers band The Coverups. The two shows sold out immediately, and the first – at the Garage in Highbury, North London – took place last night.
The band played a 24-song set, kicking off with a cover of A Million Miles Away by California power poppers The Plimsouls and encoring with a version of The Misfits' 1979 classic Where Eagles Dare. In between the 600-capacity audience were treated to songs by the The Clash, Ramones, The Damned and many more, while surprise guest Courtney Love also joined the band onstage.
