Green Day will open the Super Bowl 2026

[jakdokinori]

25 minutes ago, jengd said:

I also something about the Rebel Loon sticker on his guitar showing support for Minnesota.

I think that was at the Pier 29 show unless I'm mistaken, not the Super Bowl opening show.

[CocaColaX]

Being from Scotland & not the USA, don’t really know much if anything about the Super Bowl/NFL, but I really enjoyed the “mega mix”.  Why is no-one here talking about how great Billies voice sounded ?  🗽(I’ve also never heard of Bad Bunny either)

[jengd]

9 hours ago, jakdokinori said:

I think that was at the Pier 29 show unless I'm mistaken, not the Super Bowl opening show.

You are right, my bad. 😞 

7 hours ago, CocaColaX said:

Being from Scotland & not the USA, don’t really know much if anything about the Super Bowl/NFL, but I really enjoyed the “mega mix”.  Why is no-one here talking about how great Billies voice sounded ?  🗽(I’ve also never heard of Bad Bunny either)

same, same and same.  I thought it they sounded and looked great.

[Cris.]

On 2/10/2026 at 6:50 AM, Hermione said:

You don't get fined by the FCC for saying the words Trump or ICE. That's for breaking rules on profanity and nudity etc. It's not about owing it's about putting your money where your mouth is if you claim to be punk

Yes but the difference is he actually did it and didn't do a heavily censored version of it. Saying "God bless America" and then naming the Latin American countries is a significant statement. I am glad they played those songs but I feel them being censored the way they were removed their impact

But you could also claim Bad Bunny was a watered down version of himself. He has spoken out explicitly about ICE as recently as his Grammy acceptance speech the week before. He also dressed in drag in one of his music videos (Yo Perreo Sola, which is one of the songs he included in his Super Bowl performance), and if I'm not mistaken he's also worn dresses to some red carpet events or magazine shoots. I know there were rumors about him also wearing something like that for the Super Bowl. But he didn't. He could have also easily done a 15 minute medley with only songs that more political or more of a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, and skip all the dancing and sex songs and "I have a girlfriend in every country" songs.  He also didn't call out ICE even though he has done it before.

And I think it's okay that he didn't. He wanted to send out a message of unity and celebration of a culture, and directly calling out ICE would have been more divisive and would have been all people talked about afterwards. I think he presented the version of himself that he felt would be most palatable to most people without giving up his core essence (he couldn't give that up anyways, unless he had only sung covers with back up of All-American all white artists and dancers). 

My point is, I don't think Bad Bunny was particularly bold in anything he did. His act was still super powerful, without a doubt, especially because we're in a climate where looking like him, sounding like him, speaking his language, has almost become a crime in the US. But I think some people perceive it as exceptionally bold due to a lack of familiarity with his music and performances. Meanwhile there might be some people in his fan base, or queer folk, who are disappointed that he didn't use this platform to be the most bold he can be. 

Undoubtedly Bad Bunny's performance was more impactful and powerful, but he had more time, more budget, and just looking the way he does, and singing in Spanish, was going to be a statement, no matter which songs he chose or how the act had been choreographed. So as you say, not matter what, Bad Bunny's performance was always going to be more impactful.

 

On 2/10/2026 at 10:01 AM, Mollyluna said:

But maybe it was meant to be that way and GD respected that?

 

13 hours ago, Yosuke Hanamura said:

I don't wanna hear anybody else saying "Green Day played it safe"

 

On the other hand I also feel we are grasping at straws here.  He could have worn a t-shirt with a huge Virgen de Guadalupe on it if he really wanted to make a statement, not a tiny medallion that needs to be pointed out for people to notice it. I also doubt  that they are so deluded as to think that them singing "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda" would have upstaged Bad Bunny (or at least I hope they are not that deluded 😅). Short of Billie dropping his pants and taking a a literal shit on a bucket of ice, I don't think there's anything Green Day could have done to upstage Bad Bunny. They just didn't have the time or space to do that. 

I think they chose to include two of their most political songs, and leave it at that, and just put their focus on putting the best show they could in just 5 minutes. We all know how much Billie struggled to put together a 30 minute set for iHeartRadio some years ago, imagine they pain they must have gone through trying to figure out how to make the most powerful 5 minute performance they could do.

We just have to accept they were not as bold or as political as we had expected them to be (I also think for non-American folks who are not familiar with the Super Bowl at all, such as myself, the expectation of how much stage time they'd get was way off. I certainly expected them to have a least 20 minutes  not realizing that not even the half time was that long. So my expectations of what they could do were also hyperinflated just because of how much more time I thought they had.)  

But their act was still political, and could have been even more watered down if they really hadn't wanted to make a statement at all (they could have just done a Time of Your Life, Basket Case, BOBD, WMUWSE, WICA medley, people would have still recognized the songs, and be done with that). 

[Flashback]

On 2/9/2026 at 6:04 PM, GDFan2019 said:

New single coming soon?

Don't get your expectations too high. My Chemical Romance had probably 10 different logos in the last years and they didn't release a new album 😅

[The Grohl]

3 hours ago, Cris. said:

But you could also claim Bad Bunny was a watered down version of himself. He has spoken out explicitly about ICE as recently as his Grammy acceptance speech the week before. He also dressed in drag in one of his music videos (Yo Perreo Sola, which is one of the songs he included in his Super Bowl performance), and if I'm not mistaken he's also worn dresses to some red carpet events or magazine shoots. I know there were rumors about him also wearing something like that for the Super Bowl. But he didn't. He could have also easily done a 15 minute medley with only songs that more political or more of a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, and skip all the dancing and sex songs and "I have a girlfriend in every country" songs.  He also didn't call out ICE even though he has done it before.

And I think it's okay that he didn't. He wanted to send out a message of unity and celebration of a culture, and directly calling out ICE would have been more divisive and would have been all people talked about afterwards. I think he presented the version of himself that he felt would be most palatable to most people without giving up his core essence (he couldn't give that up anyways, unless he had only sung covers with back up of All-American all white artists and dancers). 

My point is, I don't think Bad Bunny was particularly bold in anything he did. His act was still super powerful, without a doubt, especially because we're in a climate where looking like him, sounding like him, speaking his language, has almost become a crime in the US. But I think some people perceive it as exceptionally bold due to a lack of familiarity with his music and performances. Meanwhile there might be some people in his fan base, or queer folk, who are disappointed that he didn't use this platform to be the most bold he can be. 

Undoubtedly Bad Bunny's performance was more impactful and powerful, but he had more time, more budget, and just looking the way he does, and singing in Spanish, was going to be a statement, no matter which songs he chose or how the act had been choreographed. So as you say, not matter what, Bad Bunny's performance was always going to be more impactful.

 

 

 

On the other hand I also feel we are grasping at straws here.  He could have worn a t-shirt with a huge Virgen de Guadalupe on it if he really wanted to make a statement, not a tiny medallion that needs to be pointed out for people to notice it. I also doubt  that they are so deluded as to think that them singing "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda" would have upstaged Bad Bunny (or at least I hope they are not that deluded 😅). Short of Billie dropping his pants and taking a a literal shit on a bucket of ice, I don't think there's anything Green Day could have done to upstage Bad Bunny. They just didn't have the time or space to do that. 

I think they chose to include two of their most political songs, and leave it at that, and just put their focus on putting the best show they could in just 5 minutes. We all know how much Billie struggled to put together a 30 minute set for iHeartRadio some years ago, imagine they pain they must have gone through trying to figure out how to make the most powerful 5 minute performance they could do.

We just have to accept they were not as bold or as political as we had expected them to be (I also think for non-American folks who are not familiar with the Super Bowl at all, such as myself, the expectation of how much stage time they'd get was way off. I certainly expected them to have a least 20 minutes  not realizing that not even the half time was that long. So my expectations of what they could do were also hyperinflated just because of how much more time I thought they had.)  

But their act was still political, and could have been even more watered down if they really hadn't wanted to make a statement at all (they could have just done a Time of Your Life, Basket Case, BOBD, WMUWSE, WICA medley, people would have still recognized the songs, and be done with that). 

Well said. I do think one small moment from Bad Bunny's performance I don't see talked about is the quick shot of two men grinding on each other. That also sends a message even if it was brief.