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Dua Lipa Taps Local Legend Billie Joe Armstrong for Green Day Cover in San Francisco: ‘I Love This Band’
Dua Lipa honored Bay Area band Green Day by performing their 2004 hit with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong during her Radical Optimism tour.
- On Oct. 12, Dua Lipa brought out Billie Joe Armstrong at San Francisco's Chase Center to perform 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' near the end of her show.
- The pop star routinely performs city-themed covers and said she grew up listening to Green Day, referencing their album American Idiot when inviting Armstrong onstage.
- After a guitarist played the opening riff, Armstrong walked onstage, hugged Lipa, and the two traded vocals as he shouted `San Francisco`.
- This appearance continues the Radical Optimism Tour pattern of surprise guests, following Gwen Stefani’s recent Los Angeles cameo, as the North American run wraps with two Seattle shows this week before Latin America.
- The band, formed in Rodeo, California, recently wrapped their world tour supporting 2024's 'Saviors' and plans a 25th anniversary reissue of 'Warning' due out Nov. 14.
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Dua Lipa Welcomed Billie Joe Armstrong On Stage To Help Her Cover A Green Day Classic
Madison Phipps Dua Lipa is in the final stretch of US shows on her Radical Optimism tour, with just a pair of Seattle concerts this week remaining. This past weekend, she took over San Francisco’s Chase Center, but she wasn’t alone. Routinely throughout the tour, Lipa has performed covers, typically related to either her host city or an artist from the area. She kept the tradition alive on the second SF performance, when she welcomed Green Day i…
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