Fact: Punk trio Green Day were joined onstage by Rancid leader Tim Armstrong and their original drummer John Kiffmeyer during a three-hour pre-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony gig in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday night (16Apr15). Billie Joe Armstrong and his bandmates will be inducted into the city's fabled museum on Saturday (18Apr15), alongside Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Bill Withers, Lou Reed and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, among others.
Fact: Public Image Ltd, The Buzzcocks and Rancid have signed up for the 15th annual Rebellion punk music festival in Blackpool, England in August (12). Bow Wow Wow, Social Distortion and Stiff Little Fingers will also be on the bill at the four-day Winter Gardens event, which begins on 2 August.