All the Old Dudes blogherads.adq.push(function () ); Billie Joe Armstrong Enlists Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson for Surprise Cover Dickinson surprised guests at Fandom's Comic-Con party to cover Mott the Hoople’s “All the Young Dudes” By Maya Georgi Maya Georgi Contact Maya Georgi on X Contact Maya Georgi by Email Perez Hilton’s Family Asks for Privacy as Blogger Receives Medical Care Following Self-Harm The Insane Irony of the White House Using Bad Bunny’s ‘La Mudanza’ for Deportation Videos Selena Gomez, Becky G, and Benny Blanco Just Dropped the Video of the Summer View all posts by Maya Georgi July 24, 2026 Bryan Beasley* Talk about a rock crossover we didn’t know we needed. On Thursday night at Fandom’s Comic-con weekend kick off party in San Diego, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson surprised fans and joined Billie Joe Armstrong‘s the Coverups onstage. The rock icons dove into an impassioned cover of Mott the Hoople’s classic “All the Young Dudes,” with Armstrong playing his signature red Les Paul as he and Dickinson harmonized.
Both Dickinson and Armstrong have a storied history with the song: Dickinson recorded a version for his 1990 solo album Tattooed Millionaire, while Armstrong credited David Bowie, who wrote track, on Green Day‘s 2009 hit “21 Guns,” which shares a similar melody. Trending Stories Why Is Everyone Convinced Tate McRae Is MAGA? The Meaning Behind Every Song on Karol G’s Most Personal Album, In Her Own Words A Complicated Case for Perez Hilton Peter Katsis, Smashing Pumpkins and Backstreet Boys Manager, Dead at 69 Earlier in the night, the Coverups had set the stage on a high note with covers of rock classics, including Cheap Trick’s “Hello There” and the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated.” The cover band is one of Armstrong’s many side projects. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article","mid","in-article1","mid-article1","inbody","inbody1"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("music\/article\/inbody1") .addSize([[300,250],[620,350],[2,2],[3,3],[2,4],[4,2],[640,250],[6,6],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); For the unacquainted, Dickinson’s presence at the Comic-Con event makes more sense when you remember he wrote a 12-issue comic book series as part of his solo concept album The Mandrake Project.
On Friday, the rock star will be signing copies of The Mandrake Project: Year Two, a new collection that details the road to the album-comic.
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