Dickinson assisted on a rendition of 'All The Young Dudes'.
Billie Joe Armstrong has covered David Bowie with Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson, and dedicated a version of Nirvana’s ‘Drain You’ to the late L7 icon Jennifer Finch.
The Green Day frontman performed the tracks at two recent shows with The Coverups. Formed in 2018, the covers band played an intimate show in London early last year. They’d previously been joined on stage in the capital by Courtney Love.
Armstrong is joined in the group by Green Day touring member Jason White, their audio engineer Chris Dugan, and tour manager Bill Schneider (also of Pinhead Gunpowder).
On Monday (July 20), The Coverups took to the stage at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California, where they treated the crowd to a stacked set of rock ‘n’ roll classics. At one point in the gig, they delivered a rendition of ‘Drain You’ from Nirvana’s seminal 1991 album ‘Nevermind’.
“This song goes out to Jennifer Finch from L7,” Armstrong told the crowd to introduce the faithful cover. His tribute followed the death of Finch, aged 59, two days prior on July 18. The bassist and pioneering figure in LA’s punk scene had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
At their next show, held at San Diego’s Hard Rock Hotel last night (Thursday July 23), The Coverups brought out Iron Maiden frontman Dickinson to lend vocals to a Bowie classic. The group took on the late music legend’s 1972 song ‘All The Young Dudes’.
