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Launch reports: Two tribute events are being organized in memory of the late Joey Ramone, who died earlier this month of lymphatic cancer. Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh has organized a tribute on Monday (April 30) at New York City's CBGB's dubbed Remembering Joey… Doors for the event open between 7 and 7:30 p.m. ET. Fans will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. Another event is being organized by Ramone's mother and is scheduled for May 18. Details are expected to be revealed shortly. LAUNCH asked Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong if he would attend or be a part of a tribute to the late Ramones singer. "Oh, fuck yeah! I would do it in a second," he said. "As long as the right people are involved in it and it really has something that the…the closest thing you could come to what his spirit has influenced. I definitely want to be a part of something like that. To me, it's like a dream to even be asked to even be a part of something like that." Source: Launch Article