Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong used a Super Bowl party performance on Friday night to call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resign, warning they would be abandoned by the Trump administration. Speaking at a Spotify-sponsored event in San Francisco, Armstrong said: 'To all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are, quit your shitty-ass job. 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 fucking habit. Come on this side of the line.'
Armstrong also altered lyrics during the set, changing a line in 'Holiday' from 'the representative from California has the floor' to 'the representative from Epstein Island has the floor'. He dedicated the song to Minneapolis and, as he has done for years, sang 'I’m not part of the MAGA agenda' instead of 'part of a redneck agenda' in 'American Idiot'. Video clips of the remarks were widely shared from the invitation-only concert at Pier 29, co-sponsored by FanDuel and Spotify.
Green Day is scheduled to perform during the pre-game ceremony at Super Bowl LX, where they will 'usher generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field'. The exact timing of their performance has not been confirmed, but the game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT), with pre-game music expected in the hour before. Full pre-game coverage begins at noon ET on NBC.
The Seattle Seahawks will face the New England Patriots. Other pre-game musical acts include Charlie Puth singing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile performing 'America the Beautiful', and Coco Jones delivering 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'. Bad Bunny will headline the halftime show, a choice that has drawn criticism from some conservative circles. An alternative halftime show, promoted by Turning Point USA, will feature Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett, and Lee Brice.
Green Day was selected for the Super Bowl due to their long association with the Bay Area, where the game is being held, and their enduring popularity as a stadium-level act after 35 years in music.
