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BBC News
9 hours ago
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- BBC News
Woman sings on stage with Green Day at Download Festival
A woman who sang on stage with Green Day at Download festival said the experience "was a real big blast".India Barton was seeing the band for the ninth time on Friday when she was invited on stage at Donington Park in Leicestershire to sing their hit, Know Your 27-year-old, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, said the experience of getting to meet and sing with lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong was "crazy". She said it was her sixth time attending the event, which she described as "a really friendly festival". "I'm a really big Green Day fan, and I know that at all their gigs for one specific song, they always pull someone up to sing," Ms Barton said."So me, my dad, my boyfriend and my best friend, we all had this plan to just get me on there."I spoke to everybody in the crowd, and I was like, when I go on someone's shoulders, can you all point at me?"So as soon as the song started, I went up, and everyone around me was just pointing. I was waving the pom-poms, and then it worked."Ms Barton said she lost her voice on Wednesday, two days before she got up on stage."When it came to the Friday and I was getting on the stage, all I was thinking was, 'oh, my God, I haven't got a voice. What am I going to do? I'm just going to have to squeal'."It was one of those moments where I thought, I'm just going to have to go for this. So I just went."When we were leaving, I had so many people coming up to me, saying, you were amazing and stuff."Thousands of rock fans attended the festival, which also saw performances by Korn, Sleep Token, Weezer and McFly.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Not Part of the MAGA Agenda': Green Day Tear Through Decades of Hits During Coachella Debut
The energy at Coachella had started to shift even before Green Day's long-awaited headlining set on Saturday night. About an hour earlier, Charli XCX had sent the crowd into an all-out frenzy with a set that included surprise appearances from Lorde, Billie Eilish, and Troye Sivan. Then, before Clairo started playing at the Outdoor Theatre, Bernie Sanders came out and made a passionate political speech, urging festival-goers to fight for the country and avoid apathy. All of that meant that by the time the California rockers took the stage, the crowd was completely fired up and ready to lose it. After a quick countdown, they dove headfirst into a high-voltage rendition of 'American Idiot,' all while fans screamed along to every word. Led by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, the rock outfit continued its tradition of changing the lyrics of the line 'I'm not a part of a redneck agenda,' making it 'I'm not part of the MAGA agenda,' adding a political undertone to the performance. More from Rolling Stone Coachella 2025: Stream Green Day's Long-Awaited Headlining Set Bernie Sanders Urges People to Fight for Justice Before Introducing Clairo's Coachella Set Weezer Rock Through Hits and Cover Metallica at Coachella Following LAPD Incident Save for a couple of moments, there were no political overtures or lengthy speeches. The band's messages are embedded into the music already, and their main goal for the night seemed to be to get the audience rocking out as hard as humanly possible, especially because it was their first time at the festival (Armstrong had performed with the Replacements in 2014, and played with The Go-Gos on Friday.) They largely succeeded. When they launched into 'Know Your Enemy,' Armstrong looked into the mass of screaming fans jumping up and down to the music. 'I need a special guest right now,' he said, pointing to someone in the crowd. 'I'm coming down right now.' Within seconds, he found a fan who knew the words and brought her onstage, where she sang along with him, a little stunned and teary. The whole setlist unfolded like a career-spanning, best-of montage, packed with hits that crisscrossed the decades. There was 'Brain Stew' and 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams,' but one of the peaks of the performance came when Green Day kicked off a thrashing version of 'Minority,' followed by 'Basket Case' and 'When I Come Around.' It was a back-to-back wallop that served as a reminder of the band's longevity and staying power through the years. They briefly slowed things down by covering a few bars of Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin'' as a mini-precursor to the weepy rock ballad 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' from 2004. To make sure the energy didn't dip too much, Armstrong leaped into 'Jesus of Suburbia'n right after, eliciting a sing-a-long from the crowd. Armstrong added more political commentary into the set by tweaking a line from the track and singing 'runnin' away from pain like the kids from Palestine,' earning cheers from the audience. During 'Bobby Sox,' from the band's most recent album Saviors, confetti rained down on the audience and Armstrong thanked the crowd repeatedly. 'Thank you, thank you, thank you,' he shouted. 'What an unbelievable night.' It seemed like the show would end there, but they had one more trick left: Armstrong called up a random dude from the audience who swore he could play guitar and had him play the classic 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).' The guy delivered and played while Armstrong sang, closing the set on a poignant note. The band said goodbye and ended their debut with fireworks and pyrotechnics – all while the crowd kept cheering their name over and over. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Forbes
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Rage Against The Machine's New Album Is Sure To Be A Fan-Favorite
Rage Against the Machine hasn't dropped a new studio album in nearly a quarter of a century, but that doesn't mean the rockers have nothing to share. The politically-charged group is about to return with a special new release — though not exactly brand new material. The beloved band has announced another project, and it's arriving just in time for – and only for – Record Store Day 2025. The Grammy-winning act is getting ready to release Live on Tour 1993, a live double LP that captures the talent of Rage Against the Machine at the height of its fame. The album is composed of 10 "completely untouched and unmixed" live recordings from its 1993 tour, as the title suggests. While Live on Tour 1993 is technically a new addition to the band's discography, the songs featured come from its debut full-length, Rage Against the Machine. That introductory project was released the year prior. The live versions include hits like 'Know Your Enemy' and the explosive 'Killing in the Name,' which helped catapult the group to fame and defined the sound of early '90s hard rock. Rage Against the Machine fans who want to get their hands on Live on Tour 1993 will not be able to place an order online. In keeping with the spirit of the event, this release will only be available at participating brick-and-mortar locations starting on April 12. Record Store Day was created to drive foot traffic to independent music stores, and artists frequently participate by releasing rare or exclusive titles. Rage Against the Machine's new live album is one of the biggest pressings tied to the 2025 event, with 15,000 copies being produced. Live on Tour 1993 marks Rage Against the Machine's first live set since The Battle of Mexico City arrived in 2021. That title debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 70, giving the group another chart appearance years after the musicians stopped producing new studio projects. Despite reuniting for live performances in recent years, Rage Against the Machine hasn't released any original studio material since 2000's Renegades. That full-length, the band's fourth and final studio album, consisted entirely of cover songs. So while the group isn't technically 'back together' for Live on Tour 1993, the rock outfit does stand out as one of the biggest names participating in Record Store Day this year.
