Green Day surprised fans in a big way ahead of their headlining Coachella performance this weekend. On Wednesday (April 9), the band unexpectedly dropped a brand-new track titled “Smash It Like Belushi.”
This energetic anthem will appear on the upcoming deluxe edition of Saviors, which promises even more exciting additions. Alongside “Smash It Like Belushi,” the deluxe album will feature four other new tracks — “F**k Off,” “Ballyhoo,” “Underdog,” and “Stay Young” as well as acoustic versions of fan favourites “Suzie Chapstick” and “Father to a Son.”
Green Day shared the news on social media, hinting at even more surprises to come. “We’ve got a few more tricks up our sleeves over the next few weeks (as always 😏),” they teased on Instagram. “Stay tuned.”
In recent Green Day news, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong revealed a surprising anecdote about Perry Farrell rejecting the band from the iconic Lollapalooza 1994 lineup because Farrell allegedly thought they were a “boy band.” Read more here.
“Perry was a f*ing ahole, straight up,” Armstrong said bluntly. “He wasn’t even part of the initial conversation because he had checked out. They asked us to play, we agreed, and the setup was supposed to be [Japanese noise band] the Boredoms for the first half and us for the second half as an opener. But then Perry came back into the picture and suddenly decided, ‘I don’t want them on the bill.’ Apparently, he thought we were some kind of manufactured band put together by [record executive] Mo Ostin at Warner Bros.”
Armstrong admitted the rejection was disheartening, especially since Farrell was someone the band admired. “It was really disappointing because we had a lot of respect for Perry,” he explained. “But honestly, that just made us want to play Lollapalooza even more. We had something to prove, especially when it felt like his head was so far up his own a**.”
In response to Farrell’s accusations, Green Day retaliated in their own way—by dedicating their track “Chump” to him.
“His minions would come up to us saying, ‘Perry Farrell is really upset that you dedicated ‘Chump’ to him,’” Armstrong recalled. “And I just thought, ‘Well, maybe he should stop acting like one.’”
