Billie Joe Armstrong Praises ‘Superior’ Billie Eilish After FireAid Set

Billie Joe Armstrong can’t say sufficient excellent issues about that different Billie. Following Sunday night time’s 2025 Grammy Awards, the Inexperienced Day frontman advised Billboard that he was once nonetheless humming about sharing the degree with Billie Eilish ultimately weekend’s all-star FireAid get advantages live performance.

“The truth that we were given to play in combination… she’s simply, she’s a gorgeous superior younger girl,” Armstrong mentioned. “And it was once an honor with the intention to proportion the degree together with her.” Eilish was once a marvel visitor right through Inexperienced Day’s opening set at FireAid, which organizers mentioned on Tuesday has raised an estimated $100 million for reduction efforts so far following the devastating wildfires that experience killed 29 other people so far and destroyed greater than 16,000 properties and constructions. Local Angelenos Eilish and brother/manufacturer Finneas returned later within the display for an acoustic set, which integrated her songs “Birds of a Feather,” “Wildflower” and “The Biggest.”

Armstrong recalled that once he first began listening to about Eilish years in the past he watched some photos on Instagram and was once captivated by way of one specific piece of merch: a scarf that learn “Billie.”

“I mentioned, ‘I’ve to must have that!,’” he mentioned on the time; Eilish due to this fact despatched him a “bunch of merch,” together with a kind of headbands. “I noticed her play a pair occasions and she or he was once implausible. You simply knew one thing particular was once going to occur together with her.”

In an Instagram put up over the weekend, Inexperienced Day gave extra props to Eilish, writing, “It was once an absolute honor to play @fireaidla closing night time. We had the most efficient time with our pal @billieeilish, who joined us for ‘Closing Night time On Earth.’ LA, we’re sending all our like to you.” The roll integrated behind the curtain snaps with Eilish in a chain of pics from their efficiency on the charity display.