![[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Feb 8, 2026; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs in Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Carlos Barria/Reuters via Imagn Images.](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/101861416/2de2a36d8777cdd7ae33402c62c31b752603071a3a856cb053055d2138f8dd38)
Overview
- Green Day opened Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium, starting with “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” before a brief medley of “Holiday,” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” and “American Idiot.”
- Politically pointed lines were dropped, including “Sieg Heil to the President Gasman” in “Holiday,” and the performance of “American Idiot” ended after the first chorus.
- NBC and Peacock muted the lyric “subliminal mind-f**k America” during “American Idiot,” reflecting the network’s broadcast standards for profanity.
- Armstrong’s pregame appearance at a Spotify/FanDuel event featured explicit calls for ICE agents to resign and public naming of political figures.
- Some longtime fans voiced disappointment that the televised performance felt comparatively tame despite the band’s history of overt political commentary.