Billie Joe Armstrong's No Fun Mondays series is getting a proper album release!
It's hard to comprehend the fact that Billie Joe Armstrong launched his No Fun Mondays all the way back in March this year, unveiling new covers most weeks "until we're let back out into the world". And while things sadly haven't gone back to 'normal' just yet, the Green Day frontman is nevertheless honouring his awesome cover series by giving it a proper album release.
Billie's No Fun Mondays record will arrive on November 27 (with the option to purchase a stunning baby blue vinyl with a glow in the dark cover), and is set to include his renditions of the likes of I Think We're Alone Now, Manic Monday, That Thing You Do!, Kids In America and more.
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Of course, as well as covers, Billie Joe told Kerrang! back in March that he was working on fresh Green Day material in lockdown, too.
"I’ve been writing a lot of music, and I had all these melodies in my head, so I wrote, like, six songs since all of this has been going on," he said. "I don’t know when I can get together with Mike [Dirnt, bass] and Tré [Cool, drums], but I told them to make sure that they’re quarantined for now, and then I hope down the road we can get back in the studio with [Father Of All… producer] Butch Walker."
Check out the No Fun Mondays tracklist below:
1. I Think We’re Alone Now
2. War Stories
3. Manic Monday
4. Corpus Christi
5. That Thing You Do!
6. Amico
7. You Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory
8. Kids in America
9. Not That Way Anymore
10. That’s Rock’N’Roll
11. Gimme Some Truth
12. Whole Wide World
13. Police On My Back
14. A New England
And catch Green Day on the road at the following dates next year:
March 2021
13 Manila Mall Of Asia Arena
16 Taipei Arena
19 Hong Kong Asia World Expo Arena
21 Bangkok Impact Arena
24 Seoul TBA
26 Tokyo Makuhari Messe
27 Tokyo Makuhari Messe
29 Osaka Intex
April 2021
1 Singapore Indoor Stadium
May 2021
28 Moscow, Russia – Spartak Stadium (w/ Pornofilmy)
31 Helsinki, Finland – Hartwall Arena (w/ Manic Street Preachers and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes)
June 2021
2 Stockholm, Sweden – Tele2 Arena (w/ Manic Street Preachers and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes)
4 Alesund, Norway – Colorline Stadium (w/ Manic Street Preachers and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes)
6 Copenhagen, Denmark – Forum (w/ Amyl And The Sniffers)
7 Berlin, Germany – Wuhlheide (w/ Weezer and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes)
9 Vienna, Austria – Ernst-Happel Stadion (Hella Mega Tour)
12 Nurburg, Germany – Rock am Ring
13 Nuremberg, Germany – Rock im Park
16 Milan, Italy – Ippodromo San Siro (w/ Weezer)
17 Florence, Italy – Firenze Rocks (w/ Weezer)
20 Paris, France – La Defense Arena (Hella Mega Tour)
21 Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis (Hella Mega Tour)
23 Groningen, The Netherlands – Stadspark (Hella Mega Tour)
25 London, UK – Stadium (Hella Mega Tour)
26 Huddersfield, UK – John Smith’s Stadium (Hella Mega Tour)
28 Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park (Hella Mega Tour)
30 Dublin, Ireland – venue TBA (Hella Mega Tour)
Catch Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer and The Interrupters at the following Hella Mega U.S. dates:
July 2021
14 Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park
17 Los Angeles, CA @ Dodger Stadium
18 San Diego, CA @ Petco Park
20 San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
24 Dallas, TX @ Globe Life Field
27 Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park
29 Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park
31 Jacksonville, FL @ TIAA Bank Field
August 2021
1 Miami, FL @ Hard Rock Stadium
4 New York, NY @ Citi Field
5 Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
8 Washington, DC @ Nationals Park
10 Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park
13 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
15 Chicago IL @ Wrigley Field
17 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
19 Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park
20 Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park
23 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field
25 Commerce City, CO @ Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
