Billie Joe Armstrong can’t say sufficient good issues about that different Billie. Following Sunday night time’s 2025 Grammy Awards, the Inexperienced Day frontman instructed Billboard that he was nonetheless buzzing about sharing the stage with Billie Eilish finally weekend’s all-star FireAid profit live performance.
“The truth that we received to play collectively… she’s simply, she’s a reasonably superior younger woman,” Armstrong stated. “And it was an honor to have the ability to share the stage along with her.” Eilish was a shock visitor throughout Inexperienced Day’s opening set at FireAid, which organizers stated on Tuesday has raised an estimated $100 million for reduction efforts so far following the devastating wildfires which have killed 29 individuals so far and destroyed greater than 16,000 properties and buildings. Native Angelenos Eilish and brother/producer Finneas returned later within the present for an acoustic set, which included her songs “Birds of a Feather,” “Wildflower” and “The Best.”
Armstrong recalled that when he first began listening to about Eilish years in the past he watched some footage on Instagram and was captivated by one specific piece of merch: a headscarf that learn “Billie.”
“I stated, ‘I’ve to need to have that!,’” he stated on the time; Eilish subsequently despatched him a “bunch of merch,” together with a type of headbands. “I noticed her play a pair occasions and he or she was improbable. You simply knew one thing particular was going to occur along with her.”
In an Instagram submit over the weekend, Inexperienced Day gave extra props to Eilish, writing, “It was an absolute honor to play @fireaidla final night time. We had the very best time with our pal @billieeilish, who joined us for ‘Final Night time On Earth.’ LA, we’re sending all our like to you.” The roll included backstage snaps with Eilish in a collection of pics from their efficiency on the charity present.
