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Its always like this, people make false hopes out of nothing and get hyped, just do be disappointed in the end, and then blame the origin (the band) Its not the oscars or grammys, its the nfl superbowl, getting badbunny and greenday to play at their show is surprising enough imo, and the boys took full advantage of it by performing with high rock energy (And keep in mind, this was not about greenday, it was about the mvp ceremony in the end)

I loved their performance. To me, songs like Holiday and American Idiot say enough in their lyrics. It must have meant a lot for them to play this kind of gig in the bay area. They killed it and looked to be having fun. If people listen to Holiday and American Idiot and can’t see any political commentary, that’s their issue. Bad Bunny also approached things in a mature way. Didn’t make a message of hate, but instead of unity. Even said “God Bless America” and had the US flag first in the parade, going against people’s perceptions of him as an America-hater. I felt like they both took the high road and I appreciate that kind of maturity in an era of digs and insults that go nowhere and get nothing done.

I'm just happy my boys got to play the Super Bowl.

This belongs here! He was SO cute at that podcast show!🥰 I also liked his outfit with the leather jacket and the Converse!😍

They played 16 songs, no deep cuts. Will post a full recap once I’ve slept! But it was absolutely a tune up show with a big paycheck for their Super Bowl appearance on Sunday. That said, they had good energy!

My pleasure! It's going to be the weirdest vibe imaginable but I'm a true fan and will share how it shakes out once I'm back. Yes, it's definitely happening but as another poster mentioned, there's no need for publicity as it's (unfortunately) mostly a VIP-only type affair. I don't want to dox myself but I can say I'm attending as media and otherwise would have no shot at getting in.

"To all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are, quit your sh*tty-ass job. Quit that shitty job you have. Because when this is over — and it will be over at some point in time — Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump, they’re gonna drop you like a bad f*cking habit. Come on this side of the line.” - February 6th

They literally called him out the other night at the pre-show concert they did.

the boys have literally been speaking out against the government for the past 21 years now, at stadiums, on live TV, etc. the fact that they were even allowed to play a SLIVER of american idiot and holiday at the FUCKING SUPER BOWL is already nuts. the fact that GREEN DAY IS EVEN AT THE SUPER BOWL ALTOGETHER is nuts. who knows what type of shit NFL would've pulled off had they DID speak up? probably wasnt pretty. r/greenday are some of the most unrealistic idiots ive ever seen on earth...

Confirming what I posted is what they played, 100%. It's possible the crowd didn't earn Forever Now as it was pretty tech bro-y for a Green Day show but as I said earlier, the band certainly had quality energy. BJA did rip on Spotify as a sponsor by yelling "yay Napster" and also called FanDuel "OnlyFans" so he was in high spirits haha.

Just performing in Spanish and celebrating Latino culture was huge in this climate. When he named every country in South and North America I felt that. He was great

Since someone posted the setlist, let me share what they actually played before I crash: 1. American Idiot ("not a part of a MAGA agenda") 2. Holiday ("the representative from Epstein Island has the floor") 3. Know Yr Enemy 4. Blvd. 5. One Eyed Bastard 6. Longview 7. Welcome to Paradise 8. Brain Stew 9. St. Jimmy 10. 21 Guns 11. Minority ("To everyone at ICE, quit your shitty fucking jobs") 12. Basket Case 13. When I Come Around 14. Waiting 15. Jesus of Suburbia ("From Minnesota to the Middle East") 16. Bobby Sox 17. [Encore] Good Riddance

New vinyl for the vinyl collection and new shirt for the shirt collection:

Bad Bunny did a great job. It was a huge moment for Latino people and Puerto Rico! And I loved the bit at the end where he named different countries with a message of love.

This is an insanely ignorant take. Billie called out Trump by name in that show as he has at countless shows in recent time. Where have you been? 😂 Watch the clip, dude. https://youtube.com/shorts/NrGwAS6gqys?si=LQtwLGyaPgQegJLR

They just showed billie in the audience, next to adrienne

I’m cracking up that the only controversy I’ve encountered tonight is 5 different messages from people wanting to know if Billie is wearing a wig … including from my dad. What do we think, fam?

We were all expecting the MAGA agenda line that didn't come but this performance wasn't apolitical. American Idiot and Holiday are political statements themselves and they played these songs on the most watched event of the USA (and I'm surprised NFL let them play these songs). I also wish they did more, but this wasn't nothing

There's a time and place for everything. People just demand things nowadays and feel entitled for other people's behaviour. Green Day have been extremely vocal about the issues for ever. They don't need to scream it during the Superbowl opening to prove it to anyone. They performed American Idiot ffs.

The World Famous KROQ Billie Joe Armstrong arrives at Levi's Stadium ahead of Green Day's pre-game performance. ( Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Billie in those black framed glasses is a whole different genre of Billie hotness GOAT of Billie in glasses pics:

Sound like Geek Stink Breath

Exactly, there is so much hype. The expectations are so high that GD will never be able to meet them. And they don’t have to, in my opinion. It’s not for musicians to save the world. With their art they can only make it a bit better. Or more bearable.

I’ll be there tomorrow and report back. 🫡

I am keeping my expectations low and I am just excited to see a Green Day performance. I don't think there's any reason to be anxious for this performance. My only hope is that people won't hate on them if the performance doesn't meet people's expectations.

Tried making a high quality version of the logo, feel free to use.

New logo? This is the only place I saw it, while they used the Saviors logo everywhere else.

The message at the end again: "The only thing more powerful than hate is love" Absolutely not my type of music, i didnt understand a word in spanish, but he was asked to do a show that unites the people, and i think his halftime performance was really good

"F*ck" america :D But yeah, i never expected to hear greenday perform AI at the superbowl, especially in a time like this with the biggest ever idiot in office

Expectations were always gonna be impossible for this. People started digging up clips from 2016 as if that same thing was gonna happen tonight. I figured the NFL would find a way to keep them on their best behavior. Would've been nice for them to say something out of the ordinary, but it's still pretty impressive to sing "Fuck America" in this climate. ^ This.

If this happens I will film it for ya my friend. My gut says it will just be a rehearsal for what they play on Sunday plus a few extra expected staples. Would love to be wrong!

https://parade.com/news/green-days-american-idiot-music-charts-ahead-of-bands-super-bowl-lx-60-opening-performance

Think of it from a practicality standpoint. You wouldn't expect an employee to start cursing out their boss when the risk of getting fired is all but certain, so why would you expect Green Day to curse out the administration if the chance they'd get their time cut off was all but certain? I'm not saying I didn't want to see the band call out the Trump Administration, but I get why they didn't.

I suppose this is where I'm at emotionally. Not really outraged per se, but surprised. I was definitely expecting at least a throw-away anti Trump/MAGA line or something.

I’ve criticised Green Day for being Sheltered Rich Men in the past, but I personally don’t think it’s a massive deal that they didn’t make this performance political. It would’ve made zero difference to anyone, except perhaps making them slightly richer from all the press, and this was one of the biggest moments of their career. Fair if they wanted to enjoy it without making some performative statement.

Damn. I wasn't hyped by rumors and didn't expect too much, but was still disappointed.

The camera shifts to Green Day. Billie steps up to the microphone and scans the stadium. The audience falls silent... 1, 2, 3, 4... Taking a riiiiiide to my ooooold haaaauuunts... 🎶

That's almost enough time for Father Of All... in full. Fire, Ready, Aim? 👀 (i am joking just in case)

This is really cool: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUc4InwDTmP/?igsh=ZW9sdWw3NXI3NHFl You just have to love him… Someone on Reddit posted the setlist: Forever Now was NOT played.

I got this in the mail today

It would be nice if they did release a non album single during these hard times in the U.S and just before or after their Super Bowl performance since all attention are already on them.

The expectations seems crazy. I’m in a discord for a political podcast and people seem to think Green Day will really put the fire to the Trump admin and I’ve had friends tell me the same. I just don’t see it. I love the band (obviously, I mean, I’m on here 😂) but besides changing a lyric in AI and/or Holiday I don’t see the rebellion that I think a lot of people are expecting from this band.

Then to give American Idiot its props, I decided to try to learn Give Me Novacaine on guitar today. I always thought it was a very good song but I appreciate it much more now. Deceptively simple, yet powerful. The melody is so so beautiful. Never in a million years would I pull that gorgeous intro out of just a few chords. Playing music has deepened my connection to (especially) Green Day’s songs in a way that I really didn’t think was possible. A bright spot in dark times.

You're right. But don't worry, i didn't mean "oh thats silly, you CANT do that" silly, just "oh that's kinda funny" silly But it is true. There's a lot of stuff to look at since i've only started so recently. I found it a bit overwhelming at first and just listened to whatever i found. If you're interested at all, it kinda went like this: "Oh hey, green day has a cool side project! I like side projects. Watch foxboro hottubs live, and "oh look, what's fuck time?" And that happens to be age restricted. Oh, it's on dos! I love nightlife. Oh, billie has a movie he stars in? I love the longshot and ordinary world now. Oh, look, they have another side project! I love the network." And be aware i listened to st jimmy a day before watching that movie too. It just didn't stick. The problem is that i had nothing to connect american idiot to. I love movies and side projects. But where's american idiot? On youtube. Like, just sitting on youtube on a hundred billion different not-really-special to watch green day concerts (unless you were there). I had nothing special to connect american idiot to, and that's what made listening to everything else fun. You could say "c&v!" But what am i connecting c&v to? It's populariy? Influence? I definitely wasn't born for the release either. But i was able to connect to other parts of green day just fine because they were parts of more media i was familiar with... It wasn't really that i was choosing anything but american idiot, it was that i would choose american idiot if it weren't for the lack of connection. There's a movie i watched that had holiday in it. If i watched it any earlier i'd love american idiot much faster. Anyways, i love dos. End of story. I'm enjoying n that's all that matters.

I kind of love this song, so catchy! Definitely not the most genius Green Day lyrics, but still 😅 Nope, also love it. Okay so my favorites from that album are: Father of all Oh Yeah I Was a Teenage Teenager Junkies on High Take the Money and Crawl I like Graffitia too, but it feels too normal for this album... like I can perfectly imagine it being in Rev Rad, but in FOAM it feels kind of out of place 😅 I think I actually really like this album, but it's definitely not in the first 5 albums I'd use to introduce someone to Green Day... and now I have to listen to it 😁

It’s the Super Bowl…they said mindfuck America…and played American Idiot with a bunch of NFL Super Bowl MVP’s on stage jumping up and done to it that’s punk in of itself!! They said fuck…they did a melody…what do people want them to do?!?! It’s watched by millions…they didn’t divide or say anything maybe they were looking for unity either way they sounded great they played holiday and AI to open the Super Bowl which is wild! Wish the played TADIKM and or When I Come Around or Basket Case instead of Blvd but I get it it’s their biggest song but opening up the Super Bowl isn’t the time to take attention away from the event itself watch by everyone kids adults families and people of all sides. Also even if they did say something it would have been bleeped. Plus maybe they will play the halftime show soon now eventually…maybe just maybe they come out with bad bunny for a bit never know?! But they fact the opened the Super Bowl played AI and holiday and said mImdfuck America is wild unto itself. People who are disappointed need to calm down it’s entertainment and a huge thing to do. They stilL chose to end with AI which again is fascinating. Can’t please everyone

never forget (please never do this again GD)

Moustache? .... no thanks billbo....

Your not silly. You GD journey started only recently. You have such a variety of records to choose from the band's vast discography which is cool. From studio albums, compilations, live albums, and many side projects. You get to decide which record to listen to next. Nothing can be more exciting. Enjoy.