Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has responded to comments made by Everton boss Sean Dyche.
The Blues are currently preparing to face Liverpool in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night. Everton are battling to avoid relegation from the Premier League as they prepare to take on their rivals in the derby at Goodison Park.
Before the game, Dyche gave an interview where he was asked to recall some of his favourite music memories. One story involved Dyche recalling how he saw Green Day in concert after being convinced to attend the gig by England icon Stuart Pearce.
Dyche was full of praise for the punk rockers, who released their new album ‘Saviors’ earlier this year and will be touring the UK this summer. The Everton boss revealed his affection for the band and how Pearce “bullied” him into attending one of their concerts.
“It just feels like two hours of high-octane, non-stop, smashing the life out of song after song,” Dyche said on the Football, Music and Me podcast. “You can’t not like it, I’m telling you!
“That’s my advice for you: anyone who’s not seen Green Day, I don’t care what music you’re into, just buy a ticket and see Green Day.
“I saw them with Stuart Pearce – he was like, ‘You’ve got to see Green Day.’ He almost bullied me into seeing Green Day. And I went, ‘Right, okay.’ And he was right. They were just a different class.”
A day after Dyche’s interview emerged, Armstrong responded by posting a photo on his Instagram story. The 52-year-old posted a photo that featured an Everton player signing a contract wearing a Blues shirt, with Armstrong’s own face put on the image.
Armstrong also included the hashtag ‘#seandyche’ in the post. Another post from the Green Day lead singer also featured a clip of Dyche’s interview where he talks about the band.
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Green Day has enlisted “Star Wars” legend and Oakland native Mark Hamill, comedian Hannibal Buress and a handful of cringe-worthy ’70s-era antics for its latest music video.
The East Bay punk trio released the video for “Corvette Summer,” parodying the 1978 film of the same name that starred Hamill opposite “Pretty in Pink” actress Annie Potts.
“The song was named after one of our favorite cult classic movies, so it only made sense to pay homage to it with the music video,” the band posted to Instagram on Tuesday, July 23, referring to the track off its latest album “Saviors.”
Transporting the group back to junior high in the late 1970s, when its members were actually around 7 years old, it opens with a short sketch featuring frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, drummer Tré Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt returning to school after summer vacation. Decked out in comically unfashionable wigs, the musicians eagerly beg their teacher, played by Buress, to show the class a video they’ve been working on. After they pop a VHS tape into the television, a parody of the MGM lion introduction flashes across the screen — notably with an orange tabby cat in place of the film studio’s mascot — and the upbeat rock song begins.
Essentially a low-budget retelling of the cult classic film, the video follows Dirnt as his Corvette is stolen and he decides to hit the road with his friend, played by Hamill, to find the thieves.
“We blew the entire budget on them,” Green Day joked of the project’s celebrity cameos, “so we had to get creative with cardboard boxes, some duct tape and matchbox cars we found in Tre’s basement.”
The DIY aesthetic is complete with subtitles narrating the drama and green screen backdrops, making it appear as though it was truly made by teenagers.
In April, the musicians returned to the Bay Area for an intimate benefit concert at the Fillmore in support of the United Nations Human Rights Office’s climate justice initiatives and a MusiCares climate fund.
Next week the band embarks on its highly anticipated “Saviors” stadium tour, with a stop scheduled for San Francisco’s Oracle Park on Sept. 20.
