In August 2002, Good Charlotte offered a bit of eat-the-rich prescience with their single “Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous.” “If money is such a problem / Well, they got mansions / Think we should rob them.” The song was basically Robin Hood’s ethos run through a pop-punk filter, and it was a massive hit for the little band from small-town Maryland. More than 20 years later, Good Charlotte’s founding twin brothers, Joel and Benji Madden, are, well, part of the rich and famous. The former is married to Nicole Richie, the latter to Cameron Diaz, and the two now run an array of businesses. But in April 2023, after some time away, it was time to prove their rock bona fides again by playing their first gig in four years.

The occasion was elite: the wedding of Joel’s sister-in-law Sofia R

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