Armstrong is one of the many musicians who have paid tribute to Wilson; Sting also covered the Beach Boys ‘ “ God Only Knows ” at a concert in Germany. “Today, one of my heroes died, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys,” he said prior to the performance. “So I want to sing a song that I love.”

Tributes to The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson have been pouring in from all throughout the music world, from Bob Dylan to Kacey Musgraves to Paul McCartney, and now Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong shared a cover of “I Get Around” that he recorded a few years ago and never released.

Green Day are finally, finally coming to Download. Which, as festival experts, is long overdue. Fresh from their spell at Coachella, Billie Joe

Parade. Billie Joe Armstrongis not afraid to make his voice heard. Since then, Armstrong and the band have not shied away from making political statements, and he did so on Sunday, June 8. Billie Joe Armstrong performs alongside Mike Dirnt with their band Green Day during The Saviors Tour at SoFi Stadium on Saturday,

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has shown solidarity to those protesting in LA against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s immigration raids in their city and Trumps

The protests, which are also pushing back on the deployment of the National Guard, have been happening since Friday.

Billie Joe Armstrong has a history of speaking out against Donald Trump and his administration so maybe it should not have been a surprise to see him enter the mix as tensions rise in Los Angeles.