Green Day will open Super Bowl LX. Here’s what to know about the Bay Area band
Green Day, the Bay Area rock band, will open this year’s Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 8, bringing generations of fans together.
Green Day is joining a lineup of star-studded performers including half-time performer Latin superstar Bad Bunny for Super Bowl LX.
“We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!” Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer and guitarist for Green Day, said in a statement. “We are honored to welcome the MVPs who’ve shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world. Let’s have fun! Let’s get loud!”
From the band’s hit albums from “Dookie” to their classic “American Idiot,” there is much to know about the California band and the controversy stirred by their upcoming performance.
Who is Green Day?
Green Day is an American rock band formed in the late 1980s during the Bay Area’s punk scene. The band consists of singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool.
The Bay Area rock band was announced to open the Super Bowl LX, earlier in January, the NFL stated that Green Day “will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony,” according to the NFL news release.
The performance will celebrate six decades of the championship’s history, “with the band helping usher generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field.”
The California band is known for its large selection of studio albums including their album “Dookie,” their rock opera American Idiot, which later was adapted for the Broadway stage, and 21st Century Breakdown.
Green Day’s awards include five Grammys including Best Rock Album and Record of the Year, two Tony Awards and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Will Green Day’s performance be live?
Yes, it will.
The ceremony will air live at 3 p.m. Pacific on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Universo.
The opening ceremony will take place ahead of the pregame entertainment, with performances from Charlie Puth singing the national anthem and Brandi Carlile singing “America the Beautiful” and Coco Jones singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Green Day’s advocacy, Trump backlash
Green Day has been a politically active group for decades. The band has shown support for climate justice and partnered with the National Resources Defense Council on a campaign, “Move America Beyond Oil” aimed at encouraging U.S. politicians to embrace renewable energy. The band is vocally supportive of the LGBTQ+ community and has done so during performances.
Locally, the band raised money for families of victims of a fire that killed 36 people at an Oakland warehouse.
Additionally, the band have made it clear their distaste for the president. Since President Donald Trump’s 2016 win, the band has posted, spoke and sang their disapproval of the Trump presidency.
Two years ago, Armstrong altered the lyrics of “American Idiot” from “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” to “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda,” according to USA Today.
Trump announced he will not attend this year’s Super Bowl stating distance as the main reason — and a dislike of the chosen artists to perform.
“I’m anti-them,” said Trump in a Jan. 23 interview with the New York Post. “I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.”
Leaders of the NFL have shown their support over the choice to have Green Day open the Super Bowl. Tim Tubito, the NFL’s senior director of event and game presentation, said in a statement that the Bay Area band will help establish a “collective celebration for fans in the stadium and around the world.”
“Celebrating 60 years of Super Bowl history with Green Day as a hometown band, while honoring the NFL legends who’ve helped define this sport, is an incredibly powerful way to kick off Super Bowl LX,” Tubito said.
This story was originally published January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM with the headline "Green Day will open Super Bowl LX. Here’s what to know about the Bay Area band."
