Green Day will open the Super Bowl 2026

[ThranaM]

They’re gonna perform Rock and Roll All Nite. 

source: me

[That Dude]

The Grouch.  F-Time and Strangeland.  

 

[sergiewoo]

This is their setlist

1. Fuck time

2. Fuck time (again) (partial)

3. Ordinary world (only for 30 seconds)

4. Dominated love slave (only for 10 seconds)

5. Fuck time (again-again)

source: my butt

[The Grohl]

Setlist:

Nightlife

Kill the DJ

All of FOAM

Source: billies cousin's friend's dog walker told me

[Gwen Stacy]

If they don’t play Bratwurst I’m going to cry and I’ll never stop. 

[Cris.]

I just found out there are some Green Day fans who are super pissed that Green Day is playing this 😅

[Mollyluna]

9 minutes ago, Cris. said:

I just found out there are some Green Day fans who are super pissed that Green Day is playing this 😅

😂 And why? Is it a sellout? Not punk rock? …….

[Cris.]

2 minutes ago, Mollyluna said:

😂 And why? Is it a sellout? Not punk rock? …….

Apparently because they feel they've been put there only to appease the racist people who are pissed that Bad Bunny is the half team act, and it will take away from his act somehow? and because ICE agents will be in the crowd arresting people (?? no idea if this is a known fact or speculation or a rumor?), and they are in this only for the money, obviously.

Opinions from the comments I read, not mine. As I said in another thread, I'm willing to bet they will say something against ICE in their act.

[Reverend Strychnine Twitch]

Just imagine a riot starting during GD's performance (just like the riot during their Boston 1994 performance). Now that would be legendary and unforgettable... and it will be broadcasted LIVE 🙂

[Mollyluna]

1 hour ago, Cris. said:

Apparently because they feel they've been put there only to appease the racist people who are pissed that Bad Bunny is the half team act, and it will take away from his act somehow? and because ICE agents will be in the crowd arresting people (?? no idea if this is a known fact or speculation or a rumor?), and they are in this only for the money, obviously.

Opinions from the comments I read, not mine. As I said in another thread, I'm willing to bet they will say something against ICE in their act.

Okay, I can’t relate to those arguments. No logic there I think. I‘m happy for GD to have gotten this honor and hope that the event will turn out well. And of course I hope that they‘ll speak out as usual.

[Montclare]

I say they come out dressed as The Network and play Ivankkka Is a Nazi.  

[Tomcat20]

It would be interesting to know if the orange man will be at the stadium. They could definitely play Ivanka is a Nazi haha.

No, seriously, I'm pretty sure all the greatest hits are possible, except American Idiot. I can't imagine that.

[pacejunkie punk]

19 hours ago, Cris. said:

Apparently because they feel they've been put there only to appease the racist people who are pissed that Bad Bunny is the half team act, and it will take away from his act somehow? and because ICE agents will be in the crowd arresting people (?? no idea if this is a known fact or speculation or a rumor?), and they are in this only for the money, obviously.

Opinions from the comments I read, not mine. As I said in another thread, I'm willing to bet they will say something against ICE in their act.

I mean if you were going to choose an act to counter Bad Bunny and appease the racists would you pick Green Day??? Who are these woke racists?

[Winter321]

If Billie doesn’t tell Trump to fuck off in the middle of American Idiot or Holiday, I’m going to be very disappointed 😂

[Montclare]

Billie could dedicate One Eyed Bastard to a certain someone.

[Cris.]

22 hours ago, Mollyluna said:

Okay, I can’t relate to those arguments. No logic there I think. I‘m happy for GD to have gotten this honor and hope that the event will turn out well. And of course I hope that they‘ll speak out as usual.

I don't have enough data really.  I definitely  don't think Green Day are doing it just for the money but because they want to, and probably because they think it's a nice big platform to send a nice big public message to ICE. Now, is the super bowl doing this just to appease the people who are pissed that Bad Bunny in all his Puerto Rican and Spanish speaking glory is the half time act? I don't know. Have they always had an opening ceremony, or is this something they invented this year? (it's the first time I hear about it, but it might be because I just don't normally care for this event). If it was invented this year, then yes, having an English-speaking band might be a choice to balance a bit the Bad Bunny thing. But still, Bad Bunny remains the main act, so I don't see how this takes away from him?

And if they chose Green Day to appease the MAGA crowd well...  they have a surprise coming their way, and the people who made that choice without spending 5 minutes googling the band would surely be fired the day after. All this to say, I think they probably chose Green Day to send the message of "fine, we'll give you an act from an American band, singing all in English, with the 3 whitest dudes, but they also hate you, so you should really take a look at yourself" rather than to appease the MAGA folks  

As for the comment about ICE raiding the crowd during the show, I have no idea if there's any information to back that up. I seem to remember reading at some point that Bad Bunny didn't want to do many US dates in his current tour because he was afraid that ICE agents would target his shows given the predominately hispanic crowds he draws (this is something I might have seen in passing on Instagram so no idea if it's true or not), so I guess maybe the comment from that? 

20 hours ago, Tomcat20 said:

 

No, seriously, I'm pretty sure all the greatest hits are possible, except American Idiot. I can't imagine that.

Really? I'm pretty much counting on them definitely doing American Idiot and Holiday, would be surprised if they didn't. 

[GuitarPunk94]

the super bowl halftime act never gets any money payed as far as i remember

so GD could maybe also get no money at all

and since this is the NFL and broadcasted live around the world i could imagine there could be some sort of contract on what songs they are allowed to play and/or that they wont make any political statement during their show

 

i also guess they will pre-record the instruments audio prior to the show, so it will just be billie with his voice who is actually live?

[Cris.]

41 minutes ago, GuitarPunk94 said:

the super bowl halftime act never gets any money payed as far as i remember

so GD could maybe also get no money at all

and since this is the NFL and broadcasted live around the world i could imagine there could be some sort of contract on what songs they are allowed to play and/or that they wont make any political statement during their show

 

i also guess they will pre-record the instruments audio prior to the show, so it will just be billie with his voice who is actually live?

If they agree to no political songs and no political messages I will be highly disappointed. 

[Montclare]

18 minutes ago, Cris. said:

If they agree to no political songs and no political messages I will be highly disappointed. 

As will a lot of other people.  Everyone I've seen (in non-GD forums) has been excited about this because they expect him to say something.  It'll reflect poorly if he doesn't.

[Mollyluna]

2 hours ago, Cris. said:

I don't have enough data really.  I definitely  don't think Green Day are doing it just for the money but because they want to, and probably because they think it's a nice big platform to send a nice big public message to ICE. Now, is the super bowl doing this just to appease the people who are pissed that Bad Bunny in all his Puerto Rican and Spanish speaking glory is the half time act? I don't know. Have they always had an opening ceremony, or is this something they invented this year? (it's the first time I hear about it, but it might be because I just don't normally care for this event). If it was invented this year, then yes, having an English-speaking band might be a choice to balance a bit the Bad Bunny thing. But still, Bad Bunny remains the main act, so I don't see how this takes away from him?

And if they chose Green Day to appease the MAGA crowd well...  they have a surprise coming their way, and the people who made that choice without spending 5 minutes googling the band would surely be fired the day after. All this to say, I think they probably chose Green Day to send the message of "fine, we'll give you an act from an American band, singing all in English, with the 3 whitest dudes, but they also hate you, so you should really take a look at yourself" rather than to appease the MAGA folks  

As for the comment about ICE raiding the crowd during the show, I have no idea if there's any information to back that up. I seem to remember reading at some point that Bad Bunny didn't want to do many US dates in his current tour because he was afraid that ICE agents would target his shows given the predominately hispanic crowds he draws (this is something I might have seen in passing on Instagram so no idea if it's true or not), so I guess maybe the comment from that? 

My IG feed was flooded with statements on the matter and I took the following information from that:

It‘s the first time for the Super Bowl to have an opening ceremony, and it’s because of their 60 year anniversary. 
The organizers booked three acts that don’t go well with the MAGA crowd, beside Bad Bunny and GD there‘s Brandi Carlisle to sing the national anthem. She‘s openly queer and married to a woman. So I get the impression that the NFL maybe doesn’t like the current political climate and wants to make a statement?

As for ICE raids I saw a statement by Kristi Noem herself that there will be lots of ICE agents in the stadium… So that seems to be true unfortunately…

Edit: Carlisle will not sing the national anthem but „America the Beautiful“, the unofficial hymn. Still…

44 minutes ago, Montclare said:

As will a lot of other people.  Everyone I've seen (in non-GD forums) has been excited about this because they expect him to say something.  It'll reflect poorly if he doesn't.

Yes, I‘ve seen that too. And so many statements that this turns people into GD fans!😅 I very much hope that our band won’t disappoint the expectations…