Breakout Birmingham band Lovebreakers will mark the release of their second album Wonder by opening two sellout London shows for Green Day’s side project The Coverups.

The Brummie four-piece, who cite the Californian music stars amongst their musical influences, will share a stage with the American rock trio’s frontman and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, at London’s legendary The Garage and The 100 Club venues this week.

The Coverups - formed around the same time as Lovebreakers - is a live band also featuring Green Day touring guitarist Jason White, tour manager Bill Schneider (bass), and acclaimed audio engineer Chris Dugan (drums) amongst others, that perform small, rare intimate shows.

Lovebreakers bassist Christian O’Reilly met two-time Grammy Award-winning engineer Chris Dugan, who has credits on seven Green Day albums including American Idiot and 2024 release Saviors, whilst on tour in California with a previous band.

Lovebreakers hail from the UK rock and metal heartlands of Birmingham (UK) and formed in 2017.

Their songs caught the attention of Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, who hand-picked the band’s cover of Baba O’Riley for his Oakland Coffee Spotify playlist, as well as LA-based producer, Davey Warsop, who invited the band out to California in 2019 to record their first album.

Their debut full-length album Primary Colours was recorded in Costa Mesa, California. The album has a vibrant sound, drawing upon influences such as Tom Petty, The Clash and The Replacements. Primary Colours received radio play from nationwide stations such as BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and Radio X.