Green Day praise “awesome” Billie Eilish after performing together at FireAid

Green Day have shared their love for Billie Eilish, following the band’s onstage collab with the pop megastar at FireAid LA on January 30.

In a new interview with Billboard from this weekend’s GRAMMYs – where Green Day were nominated for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album, but sadly didn’t win – they said that performing with Billie last month was “an honour”.

Speaking about how he came to be a fan of his namesake in the first place, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong explained, “It’s funny, when she first started coming out, I saw some footage of her on Instagram – I saw some merch, and there was a headband that said ‘Billie’ with an ‘ie’, and I said, ‘I have to have that!’ And then so she sent me a bunch of merch that had ‘Billie’ on it, and I was like, ‘Yes!’”

He continued, “I saw her play a couple of times and she was fantastic, and you just knew something special was gonna happen with her. But the fact that we got to play together… she’s a pretty awesome young lady, and it was an honour to be able to share the stage with her.”

Billie x Billie played beloved 21st Century Breakdown ballad Last Night On Earth together, before Green Day wrapped up their short set at the Kia Forum with Still Breathing and When I Come Around.

Watch the Billboard interview below:

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