Green Day to Open Super Bowl LX; Ignites Right Wing Backlash

American punk rock band Green Day is set to perform at the opening ceremony of Super Bowl LX in San Francisco on February 8. The announcement, however, did not well with some of the National Football League (NFL)’s most vocal critics. Right-wing commentators on X were quick to frame Green Day’s involvement as a political provocation.

Former American boxer and content creator David Nino Rodriguez wrote, “Green Day opening up for Super Bowl 60 is enough for me to boycott the game.” Meanwhile, self-proclaimed “Devout Constitutional Conservative,” TheBubbaDude on X, added, “If it wasn’t disrespectful enough Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show, but the NFL have announced Green Day will be the main performance at the Superbowl LX Opening Ceremony. The @NFL hates America. I won’t be watching.” The post was accompanied by a photo of Green Day lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong flashing a mask resembling U.S. President Donald Trump, who has aggressively imposed laws on foreign policies and intensified immigration crackdowns ever since his re-election in 2024.

Green Day has been openly critical of MAGA politics for years, including recent lyric changes during live shows of their 2004 hit “American Idiot,” where the line “redneck agenda” has been replaced with “MAGA agenda,” most notably at its headlining performance at Coachella 2025.

The trio is also scheduled to perform at the pre-Super Bowl LX concert on February 6 alongside alternative rock band Counting Crows. Green Day’s roots trace back to Rodeo and the East Bay punk scene that helped shape American pop punk in the 1990s, representing a Bay Area legacy that has long fed into the mainstream for nearly three decades.

Elijah Pareño

Music Writer

Elijah Pareño is the Music Writer of Rolling Stone Philippines. He writes daily music news, features, reviews, and radar stories of the website.

In addition to music writing, Pareño has written about the behind-the-scenes writers and producers from the P-pop scene, interviewed hip-hop artists like Shanti Dope and Zae, and featured up-and-coming artists for the Music Forecast 2026. Aside from music, Pareño has written about the state of affairs that affects pop culture. He wrote a movie review for 'Mortal Kombat II' and reported and interviewed photojournalists at the September 21, 2025 protests in Luneta and Mendiola.

Prior to working in Rolling Stone Philippines, Pareño was a freelance writer for 3 years and independent live music promoter

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