The band returned to their Bay Area hometown to celebrate the 60th NFL showpiece
By Max Pilley 8th February 2026
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day at Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Green Day opened the Super Bowl tonight with an opening ceremony medley of some of their biggest songs – watch footage below.
The band took to the field at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, near their East Bay hometown, tonight (February 8), in a special opening ceremony that paid tribute to the history of Super Bowl on its 60th anniversary.
AdvertisementAs they opened with an instrumental snippet of ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’, they were backed by an orchestral arrangement, while a parade of former Super Bowl MVPs were introduced to the huge crowd.
From there, the medley morphed into ‘Holiday’ and shortened versions of ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’ and ‘American Idiot’, all from the 2004 album of the same name. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong did not, however, sing the tweaked line “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda” as he has done at recent shows.
As they wrapped up their set, Armstrong shouted: “Welcome to the Bay! It’s Super Bowl LX!”
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.@GreenDay gets the show started in Santa Clara! 🎸
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IT’S GAME DAY!!! We’re kicking off the Super Bowl today, live on the field right at 3pm PT/ 6pm ET. Do not miss it !! pic.twitter.com/TE6J3k8E5C
— Green Day (@GreenDay) February 8, 2026
Green Day played:
‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ (with orchestra) ‘Holiday’ ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’ ‘American Idiot’
Official broadcaster NBC did mute Armstrong when he sang “The subliminal mindfuck America” during ‘American Idiot’, and it remains a possibility that any further comments were also edited out of the broadcast.
While their presence on the big stage appeared to be politics-free, on Friday, the band played a warm-up show to prepare for the big show, at San Francisco’s Pier 29, and Armstrong took the opportunity at that show to implore any ICE agents present in the room to “quit their shitty ass job”. ICE are expected to be a presence in the crowd at the Super Bowl too.
California governor Gavin Newsom was also revealed to be at the show, and he also declared Sunday ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in California, amid the right-wing backlash against the rapper’s selection for the halftime show.
Green Day are longstanding critics of the Trump administration, slamming the President and Elon Musk at Download Festival, where they asked the crowd to call Trump a “fat bastard”. As far back as 2016, they were leading chants of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA”, and in 2024, they strongly advocated for Democrat candidate Kamala Harris.
Trump slated Green Day and Bad Bunny’s selection for the Super Bowl, calling them a “terrible choice” that only “sow hatred”. He also confirmed he would not be attending the event, despite having done so last year.
