Punk rock supergroup and cover band, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, recently announced their latest live offering, ¡Blow it…at Madison’s Quinceañera!, will be out on June 14 from Fat Wreck Chords. The follow-up to 2004’s Ruin Jonny’s Bar Mitzvah, the band partnered with 91X in San Diego to find another party for the legendary cover band to play. The first single released was a cover of ABBA’s iconic classic “Dancing Queen,” but for their second single, the band sought to find a song that a 15 year old might actually appreciate: Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U.”
“Since our usual audience is, well, decidedly not 15,” says Me First frontman Spike Slawson, “we felt obligated to learn a song from this whole new…millennium thing. After deep reflection and questionable late-night pop radio binges, we determined ‘Good 4 U’ perfectly captured our band’s values, integrity, and, uh, musical stylings.”
Check out the track below:
2 May 2024 in Atlanta, GA, US @ Center Stage Theater
3 May 2024 in St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheater – Backyard Stage
4 May 2024 in Orlando, FL, US @ House of Blues Orlando
5 May 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, US @ Revolution Live
23 Jun 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland @ Saal, Dynamo
26 Jun 2024 in Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof Wiesbaden
28 Jun 2024 in Vienna, Austria @ Arena Wien
30 Jun 2024 in Ysselsteyn, NL @ Jera On Air
2 Jul 2024 in Paris, France @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge
4 Jul 2024 in Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
¡Blow it…at Madison’s Quinceañera! is out June 14 and you can pre-order it from Fat Wreck Chords. Follow Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on Instagram and Twitter for future updates.
Photo courtesy of Alan Snodgrass
