{"id":222948,"date":"2026-03-17T01:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:05:20","slug":"billie-joe-armstrong-to-perform-at-oakland-benefit-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222948\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Joe Armstrong to perform at Oakland benefit concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billie Joe Armstrong is returning home to the East Bay for a benefit concert this spring \u2014 his first performance since the Super Bowl<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Green Day frontman tops the bill for the 17th edition of Notes & Words, a concert that raises funds for UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals. This year\u2019s show is set for May 2, at the Fox Theater in Oakland.<\/p>\n

Armstrong is slated to perform as part of the Coverups, his covers-only side project. Other acts on the bill include hip-hop duo Black Violin, singer-songwriter August Lee Stevens and Oakland School for the Arts students. Author Emily Rapp Black and UCSF surgeon and neuroscientist Dr. Charles Limb will also be speaking at the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have The\u00a0Coverups join us this year. They\u2019re a beloved local band that knows how to turn a room into a high energy sing-along, which feels exactly right for Notes & Words,\u201d Melissa Williams, event co-founder and UCSF BCH board member, told the Chronicle.<\/p>\n

Past performers at the annual fundraiser include singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, multi-instrumentalist Beck, \u201cThe Office\u201d star B.J. Novak and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tickets for Notes & Words are on sale now. All proceeds go directly to UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Armstrong most recently performed in the Bay Area last month during Super Bowl week, both at Spotify and FanDuel\u2019s joint<\/a> party at San Francisco\u2019s Pier 29 and during the televised pregame show<\/a> before the Seattle Seahawks-New England Patriots matchup at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During Green Day\u2019s Pier 29 concert, Armstrong called out U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and made mention of the infamous\u00a0Epstein files, not an uncommon move for the politically charged artist. But when on the field during the Super Bowl, Armstrong surprised fans by playing it safe and veering away from any off-script commentary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated how long the Notes & Words benefit concert has existed. The upcoming event will be its 17th edition.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billie Joe Armstrong is returning home to the East Bay for a benefit concert this spring \u2014 his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[329,332,330,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-222948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-east-bay","tag-music","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}