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14 bands who have performed under different names

Can you imagine Fall Out Boy going by any other name? Well, they did, and they certainly weren’t alone. Check out nine bands who have performed under a different name at a secret show, festivals and more. Read more: ‘Black Mirror’ creators “vaguely aware” of Halsey, deny Ashley O. theories 1. Arctic Monkeys – The […]

New Politics shake up “Harlem” at secret show—watch

New Politics surprised their New York fans with a secret show where they performed a very special rendition of “Harlem,” and you can catch it here on AP. Capturing the intimacy of Grace’s Pub in New York’s West End, fans can be seen enthusiastically singing along to the hit. Read more: Brendon Urie had the […]

Gerard Way And The Hormones announce intimate UK show

Gerard Way And The Hormones will play their second show this Wednesday, August 20, at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, U.K.. As we suspected when we saw that Gerard Way and fellow Hormone James Dewees were on their way to the U.K. early, Gerard Way And The Hormones will be playing an intimate U.K. show […]

Jack White stages theatrical show, quarantines audience, gets taken away in ambulance

Last night, Jack White staged an elaborate, theatrical secret show in London with help from the Punchdrunk Theatre Group. White based the show’s concept around his latest album, Lazaretto, which is defined as an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases. During the show, fans were asked to change into blue medical gowns and eventually […]

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong performs secret show with son

This past Thursday, June 12, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and side guitarist Jason White performed a secret show at 1-2-3-4 Go Records in Oakland, California with Armstrong's son, Joey, on drums. According to Restless Press, the trio operated under the moniker Two And A Half Men and played songs deep within Green Day's back […]

Midtown secret reunion show photo recap

Photographer: Rebecca Reed Last night (May 14) in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory, a mysterious band billed as “Merman” (or “Brotown” in some circles) made their grand reunion. Of course, “Brotown” is simply the moniker of Midtown who announced their return in February (read more about that in our exclusive Q&A with Gabe Saporta).  AP photographer Rebecca Reed was there […]

Dave Grohl plays surprise show for less than 100 people in Nashville, possibly for new documentary

Just two nights after Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl played a surprise show at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club with his band, the rocker turned up at Nashville, Tenn.'s famed Bluebird Cafe to play a solo, acoustic set for less than 100 unsuspecting patrons. According to accounts from attendees, cameras were present to film the […]

Nirvana played a secret show after their Rock Hall performance

It looks like Nirvana weren’t finished after their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame performance in Brooklyn. After leaving their initial Barclays center performance, the band apparently played a secret show at Saint Vitus, a smaller (350-capacity) metal club in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The band were joined by Rock Hall performers Joan Jett, […]

Taking Back Sunday perform new song live at "secret" acoustic show

Taking Back Sunday's Adam Lazzara and John Nolan, during a “secret” acoustic show last night at a bar called The Leaky Lifeboat in Seaford, N.Y., performed a new song, potentially titled “The Bird You Cannot Change.” We say potentially because, though Lazzara jokingly suggested the title (and even laughed about how all of the “shitty […]

Fan video at Green Day secret show catches band performing three new songs

Below you can see three fan-caught videos from the LA secret show Green Day put on last night at the Echoplex. While the quality isn't great, the band perform upcoming single “Kill The DJ” along with “Wild One” and “Nuclear Family.” You can pre-order their upcoming trilogy album here.