{"id":2247453,"date":"2026-01-23T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247453"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:55:50","slug":"listen-to-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-and-son-jakobs-faithful-new-cover-of-david-bowies-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-to-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-and-son-jakobs-faithful-new-cover-of-david-bowies-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Green Day&#8217;s Billie Joe Armstrong and son Jakob&#8217;s faithful new cover of David Bowie&#8217;s &#8216;Heroes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/green-day\">Green\u00a0Day<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/billie-joe-armstrong\">Billie Joe Armstrong<\/a>\u00a0has teamed up with his son Jakob for a faithful cover of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/david-bowie\">David Bowie<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Heroes\u2019 \u2013\u00a0listen\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p>The singer\u2019s son,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/jakob-danger-son-of-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-speaks-on-the-strokes-high-school-and-joining-th-15006\">who\u00a0has\u00a0recorded\u00a0his own music as far back as 2015\u00a0under the name Jakob Danger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/green-day-frontman-billie-joe-armstrongs-sons-band-ultra-q-share-new-single-bowman-3034691\">has also been a\u00a0member of\u00a0the band Ultra Q<\/a>, guests on the cover, which is on streaming platforms now.<\/p>\n<p>It features a close replica of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/robert-fripp\">Robert Fripp<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0straining, wailing guitar tone\u00a0from the 1977 original, with the younger Armstrong taking the bulk of the lead vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to their version here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Heroes (feat. Jakob Armstrong)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0BW5H8jW1N72zfaIviq6m9?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/jakob-danger-green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-son-new-tracks-1949693\">Jakob spoke to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>in 2017 about his influences<\/a>, citing\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-strokes\">The Strokes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/beach-fossils\">Beach Fossils<\/a>. \u201cWhen it comes to\u00a0the music\u00a0and\u00a0the guitar\u00a0parts and bass, I like that style of music. I love the way The Strokes and Beach Fossils sound, so I wanted to see if I could write songs like that,\u201d he said.\u00a0Ultra Q, meanwhile,\u00a0signed with Royal Mountain Records and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/green-day-frontman-billie-joe-armstrongs-sons-band-ultra-q-share-new-single-bowman-3034691\">released their third EP \u2018Get Yourself A Friend\u2019 in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Heroes\u2019 has seen a resurgence in recent weeks,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-bowies-heroes-sees-huge-streaming-surge-after-stranger-things-finale-3921322\">thanks to its role soundtracking some of the closing moments<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/stranger-things\"><i>Stranger Things<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0<\/i>finale.\u00a0It surged by almost 500 per cent on streaming after the episode debuted on New Year\u2019s Day, clocking up\u00a0nearly half\u00a0a million plays per day at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been a busy time for those connected to Bowie as the 10th\u00a0anniversary of the release of his final album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/reviews-david-bowie-16363-308323\">Blackstar<\/a>\u2019, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-bowies-widow-iman-shares-new-blackstar-tattoo-on-10th-anniversary-of-icons-death-3922367\">two days later the same anniversary of his death<\/a>, were both commemorated earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-bowies-widow-iman-shares-new-blackstar-tattoo-on-10th-anniversary-of-icons-death-3922367\">His widow Iman got herself a tattoo to celebrate \u2018Blackstar\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-bowies-bandmates-pay-tribute-on-10th-anniversary-of-his-death-his-spirit-lives-on-in-the-music-3922609\">a range of bands covered Bowie classics live, including The Libertines, Anna Calvi and The Molotovs<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-jehnny-beth-cover-david-bowies-dollar-days-at-10-year-anniversary-event-at-british-library-3923919\">Jehnny Beth, Donny McCaslin and Tony Visconti were among those to be part of an all-day celebration<\/a>\u00a0of the music icon at the\u00a0British\u00a0Library.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Green Day on performing with Courtney Love and potential collaborations | BRITS 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24GqWOWgccM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Billie Joe Armstrong has a long history of playing cover versions,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/billie-joe-armstrong-no-fun-mondays-review-2823432\">releasing an entire album of them \u2013 titled \u2018No Fun Mondays\u2019 \u2013 in 2020<\/a>, a spinoff from his lockdown-era online series. It included versions of songs by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/prince\">Prince<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/john-lennon\">John Lennon<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-clash\">The\u00a0Clash<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/billy-bragg\">Billy Bragg<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/billie-joe-armstrong-no-fun-mondays-review-2823432\">earned a three-star review from\u00a0<i>NME<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/green-day-members-make-surprise-appearance-party-play-loads-banging-covers-2534227\">He also formed the all-covers\u00a0band The Coverups in 2018<\/a> with\u00a0Green Day bandmate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Mike-Dirnt\">Mike\u00a0Dirnt<\/a>\u00a0and touring member Jason White, audio engineer Chris Dugan, tour manager Bill\u00a0Schneider\u00a0and musician Greg Schneider.<\/p>\n<p>They have been\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-courtney-love-play-holes-celebrity-skin-with-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-3595682\">joined by Courtney Love for a version of Hole\u2019s \u2018Celebrity Skin\u2019<\/a>, as well as another Bowie song, \u2018Suffragette City\u2019, while they have also played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/cheap-trick\">Cheap Trick<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Surrender\u2019, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bryan-adams\">Bryan Adams<\/a>\u2019 \u2018Summer Of 69\u2019 and The Strokes\u2019 \u2018Last Nite\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/green-day-discuss-relationship-with-courtney-love-and-intimate-live-show-plans-brits-2024-3595813\"><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>spoke with Green Day at the 2024 BRITs about The Coverups<\/a>, where Armstrong explained: \u201cI was texting with [Courtney Love] and I said come on out and do a song, and she did. She did \u2018Suffragette City\u2019,\u00a0she did \u2018Surrender\u2019,\u00a0and we got to do \u2018Celebrity Skin\u2019 \u2013 the Hole song. But she\u00a0definitely brought\u00a0the rock and roll back\u2026you\u2019ll\u00a0probably be\u00a0hearing more from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green\u00a0Day\u2019s\u00a0Billie Joe Armstrong\u00a0has teamed up with his son Jakob for a faithful cover of\u00a0David Bowie\u2019s \u2018Heroes\u2019 \u2013\u00a0listen\u00a0below. 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It features a close replica of\u00a0Robert Fripp\u2019s\u00a0straining, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2247454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21939],"class_list":["post-2247453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-rock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Listen-to-Green-Days-Billie-Joe-Armstrong-and-son-Jakobs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247455,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247453\/revisions\/2247455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}