Welp, There Was Finally A Matinee Rock Concert In New York City, And No One Invited Jamie Lee Curtis

Last March, Jamie Lee Curtis made matinee concerts the hill she’s winning to die on — specifically, rock matinees.

“I am gonna just say this now as a taunt and as a suggestion: U2, do a matinee,” Curtis said at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards. “Coldplay, do a matinee. What about a 12-noon concert, Coldplay? What about it? Bruce Springsteen, do a f*cking matinee! You’re old! Why wouldn’t you let me come see you, Bruce Springsteen, in your glory days — pun intended — and do it at noon or 1 o’clock? 2 o’clock! 2 o’clock matinee! Theater in New York, 2 o’clock! I will come and hear your five-hour concert, Bruce, at 2 o’clock, and I’m gonna be home and in bed by 7:30.”

On Tuesday, January 16, Green Day (and Jimmy Fallon) held an afternoon matinee — sort of — by randomly performing in a New York City subway station. Curtis was upset that nobody thought to invite her, Hollywood’s Foremost Matinee Enthusiast. The Oscar winner reposted a video of Billie Joe Armstrong singing “Basket Case,” writing, “Are you effing kidding me?! Green Day @GreenDay played a matinee in the subway in New York City when I was IN New York City and nobody mentioned it? I’ve been making this case for matinee rock shows for a long time. #BummedButThrilled.”

Other people posted videos from Green Day’s random concert — again, involving Fallon playing the tambourine for some reason, showing them performing “American Idiot” and “Basket Case.”

Green Day has yet to acknowledge Curtis’ FOMO, likely because they are in full-on promotional mode ahead of their album, Saviors, arriving on Friday, January 19, and their subsequent tour.