Strings Bar and Venue in Newport on 22 May hosts Green Haze, described as the most in-demand Green Day tribute in the UK. The 2.5-hour set covers the full range of the Green Day catalogue, performed with the same physical energy and audience interaction that the original band built their live reputation on. The costumes, the stage presence, and the noise levels are all part of the approach.
Green Day tribute acts live or die on the guitar tone and the delivery of the punk-pop vocal register, both of which Green Haze have worked to get right across years of touring. The Strings Bar room is close enough to the stage that the performance lands rather than just reaching the back wall, which makes this kind of high-energy tribute show feel more like the original than a larger venue could manage. "Basket Case", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "American Idiot": the set covers the decade of releases that made Green Day a stadium act.
Tickets via Strings Bar. Book in advance. More music events on the Isle of Wight this May.
