The Coverups (Green Day) - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover) - Secret Show, Live in Albany

The Coverups (Green Day) - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover) - Albany, Live, 1-15-18, 1st row, Ivy Room. Secret Show! Mike Dirnt: We do play requests, but it has to be a song we've already played :P
Other Tidbits:
Billie Joe: I’ve done some time down here in Albany… :P
The Ivy Room is a bar and music venue which has a capacity of only 196 people. There were about 100 friends and family in attendance and essentially a private show, but was also open to fans who were able to figure out the clues the band left on their social media pages. Admission was only $10, and with it, we also got a raffle ticket. Many joke prizes were raffled off, including such items as a sex doll, personal humidifier, drink coupons and a penis enlarging pump, lol. The grand prize was a very nice Les Paul guitar.
The Coverups, Billie Joe, Mike Dirnt, Jason White, Bill Schneider, Lee Bothwick and Chris Dugan, all hung out after the show, talking with the fans and taking pictures.
For 'American Girl', Jason Beebout of Samiam, a punk band from Berkeley, California, sang the lead vocals while fans in the 1st row held up the lyrics sheet for him.
Billie Joe (before ‘I Fought the Law’): The (sex doll) looks just like him! lol
Jason White: I think this bar band thing could work out for us... :P
Many of the fans recognized each other from previous Green Day concerts. Some even recognized each other from the concert at 924 Gilman the previous night! However, because the Ivy Room could only allow in fans 21 years old and over, some fans could not make it.
Billie Joe (after 'Surrender'): Yes... We are all right... It's going to be all right... with all the fu*ked up sh*t going on right now... it's going to be all right. It's like when you're having a night terror, but it's happening 24 hours a day... :P
Setlist:
1. Color me Impressed (The Replacements cover)
2.
3. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)
4. Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones cover)
5. I Fought the Law (The Crickets cover)
6. Bastards of Young (The Replacements cover)
7. Neat Neat Neat (The Damned cover)
8. A Million Miles Away (The Plimsouls cover)
9. American Girl (Tom Petty cover) (with Jason Beebout)
10. Pretty in Pink (The Psychedelic Furs cover)
11. Teenage Kicks (The Undertones cover)
12. Dancing With Myself (Generation X cover)
13. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)
14. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover)
15. Happy (The Rolling Stones cover)
16. Surrender (Cheap Trick cover)
17. Whole Wide World (Wreckless Eric cover)
18. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (Nick Lowe cover)
Lineup:
The Coverups
Dead Sound

[@dasein7015]

Billie, you did justice to this song. I salute you.

[@ustheserfs]

somewhere Bowie is smiling

[@николайфедорчук-н2к]

Amazing vocal Billie!

[@Andrea-ns3ue]

I want the studio version!

[@daraygun9193]

Oliver Hc 9615 same

[@adamherrick6077]

This deserves the studio treatment, magic is happening here. It's criminal not to.

[@palomarequenagarrido]

He has recovered his voice! He sounded so hoarse during the last gigs that I thought he had lost his wonderful voice.

[@tylerbailey9329]

Amazing cover! R.I.P Bowie.

[@Goatchild90]

I still remember the Fuse interview Green Day did where Billie Joe said The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was a monumental album for him and here he is singing a song from that album.

[@joshuawilliams7351]

Which song?

[@barrysokolowski3778]

Ziggy of course.

[@MUSIC-xc8mi]

Billie had a tear in his eye when he sang this. Did anyone that went to the show on Monday notice that he got emotional like that again?. There’s only one short video that I’ve seen of the song so far.

[@gremlinrat420]

Hes probably mourning David Bowie. let's be honest who doesnt miss him?

[@kaori_kanzaki]

@@gremlinrat420 i thought so too, Bowie is a hero. A real hero.

[@brendanbuhhhh]

Billie KILLS every song he does, good god. He is so good it's honestly so impressive he crushed Nirvana covers then does tribute to David Bowie. LOVE HIM

[@diecinueve30]

Ohh shttt that’s so fuckkkkimggg greatttttt

[@LoveMusic05450]

Angel voice ❤️

[@Annie80Taylor]

OH MY GOD YES

[@NitsaPeacelove]

Heard Dirnt sing I Wanna Be Sedated, sounded great! Billie also in rare form, 🤘❤️🔥

[@vivianat.2374]

What an emotion

[@anttoensignia1]

La voz de Billie queda bien en cualquier canción lpm sus covers son la posta siempre.♡

[@anttoensignia1]

HcamiloGd Ramone jajaja omg

[@MORNINGSTAR-pk2qk]

I love Green Day & David Bowie so this is perfect!

[@kelb6073]

Not many people I feel can do Bowie justice, but I have to say, Billie does a great job. This is the 2nd song I've seen him do of Bowie.

[@joshuajoyce7799]

his voice sounds a lot like bowie's, wow! Definitely my favorite cover of theirs! I just found my religion

[@astrog7361]

his voice sounds a lot like bowie's, wow!

[@ricj7517]

For surely Bowie is in heaven

[@garryrptr]

The Coverup should do an full album of covers they did, that would be amazing

[@mr.breakfast_3theoneandonl25]

Definitely my favorite cover of theirs!

[@shane1039]

This is AMAZING. Thanks so much for uploading all these videos!

[@killboypowerhead9768]

I broke up MCR omg hi Shane!! I follow you on instagram 👍

[@shane1039]

Killboy Powerhead Hi! Thanks for following. :)

[@twofacemusic6157]

Why the hell are you everywhere I go?😂

[@shane1039]

Dominick guitar hey you’re the one following me. 😂

[@twofacemusic6157]

I broke up MCR or the other way around

[@MUSIC-xc8mi]

If anybody goes to see them on March 6 or March 8 please record Ziggy Stardust. Thank you.

[@deaconnavarro160]

I swear, this is one of the most fun songs to cover

[@alt94rock44]

I fucking love this cover!

[@danielyosef2149]

Great quality thank you for sharing!!!

[@arvinsj4507]

Green Day is my Path through some Rock Legends like Sex Pistols, Ramones, Queen, Bowie, AC/DC, Joan Jett, Metallica. . .

[@robertharrison9490]

just brilliant Bill

[@LizBlair]

I think David Bowie would be honored.

[@jesusofsuburbia8825]

I love this

[@ryanraisner]

I think these guys should form a band

[@waynehenton7714]

Excellent

[@123yozzer]

Bowie would love this.

[@tmo4330]

Billie, the cover was great!

[@aprilglover781]

I want to go the next block 🎉 it looks fun! I'll look it up online and bring my friend Christina.

[@oliviercalmel2]

What a fantastic tribute to DB

[@SethMarcell]

OH this is NICE

[@maryli2049]

wow actually good

[@edwardhayes2465]

First time I have seen Billy play a Gibson.

[@LegendaryK_03]

Lol I thought it was a les Paul

[@edwardhayes2465]

@@LegendaryK_03 Same thing.

[@LegendaryK_03]

Oh, idk a lot about electric guitar, I do play acoustic and drums tho

[@edwardhayes2465]

@@LegendaryK_03 Gibson makes Les Paul

[@LegendaryK_03]

Yeah I just thought it was an epiphone

[@vicentetejedagallardo4973]

Fantástica versión

[@Anteroization]

only him can cover bowie and jagger

[@spongeboob6954]

No

[@martaortega8027]

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING

[@rafaelfernandez1210]

Pero esto es maravilloso, waooo

[@pistolgoo]

So cool, weird seeing Mike playing guitar and Billie we a gold top Edit - the gold top broke a string, this is just sunburst

[@LizinLouie]

Whoo- Hoo- Hoo !! Billie Played Guitar...and sang.

[@brunxbrubs4574]

The Coversup ♡

[@mickbrown638]

Nailed it

[@chrisradtke3645]

I thought I was going to hate this but it was pretty good.

[@EliasAviv]

Good cover Marc Bolan 👌

[@rebeldiamond601]

Omg yesssss

[@fdkm]

❤️

[@thowun7614]

nice😁

[@guti-aycaramba1509]

😍😍😍

[@heitorcavallari6300]

OHHHHH MANNNNN

[@CLA82529]

Damn.

[@Joe30pack]

Fucking nailed it!!

[@1DJSkittles]

Love to hear it more punk , but its still 100/

[@Vivy_same]

Keren

[@alexander-jq6mr]

I think he did not drink the water from fountain of youth. He looks ages

[@williamjoshualucas6503]

Is it wrong that I think The Coverups might be better than Green Day

[@rhostatton8944]

fwiw....Billy Joe aint no Mick Ronson,but he still plays this cover of ZS well...

[@rockkley9159]

It's Billie :)

[@garylongden]

The guitar part is fine

[@Joe30pack]

Is that Norm McDonald on bass?

[@garylongden]

i don't like Green Day, but this is very good indeed

[@agustinblasco9100]

I just found my religion

[@MultiCappie]

Pretty good, and I mean it, but check out Def Leppard's version. Not kidding.

[@cheifkeef9340]

Better then anything he did with Green day imo lol

[@MonikaOechsle-Schenker]

Tengs min skat

[@MonikaOechsle-Schenker]

Love you

[@jorgew7538]

I hate green day but this cover is exceptional

[@katiehartman3253]

Love Green Day but No. Thanks anyhow