Billie Joe Armstrong plans to play a show in the Bay Area \u2014 and he only gave fans a few hours\u2019 notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Green Day frontman\u2019s musical side project, the Coverups<\/a>, shared a promotional poster for its concert at Cornerstone Berkeley on Instagram<\/a> around 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, just four hours before the band is scheduled to hit the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n Admission to the show costs $25, according to the poster.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Coverups, Armstrong\u2019s covers-only group, is also scheduled to perform at Oakland\u2019s Fox Theater on May 2 at as part of Notes & Words<\/a>, an annual benefit concert for UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Armstrong and his Green Day bandmate Mike Dirnt started the Coverups in 2018, playing popup shows at intimate venues around California.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dirnt has not played with the Coverups since the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n Other Green Day musicians involved with the side project include the group\u2019s touring guitarist Jason White, its audio engineer Chris Dugan on drums, and tour manager Bill Schneider playing bass.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Coverups have also performed a handful of shows in London, some of which featured Hole frontwoman and San Francisco native Courtney Love.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s concert will mark Armstrong\u2019s first concert in the Bay Area since Green Day performed during the televised Super Bowl LX pregame show<\/a> on Feb. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n