Billie Joe Armstrong and his band are not Trump fans – they are now also performing at the Super Bowl.Image: keystone
Rapper Bad Bunny’s planned appearance at the Super Bowl heated up emotions in the USA. Now the NFL is announcing who else will be at the sporting event – Donald Trump probably won’t like it at all.
01/20/2026, 06:2201/20/2026, 06:22
This year’s Super Bowl isn’t just about sports. Musically, the National Football League (NFL) also relies on big names – and sparks discussions with its selection of artists.
The US punk rock band Green Day will perform the opening ceremony on February 8th in Santa Clara (California). The NFL announced this on Instagram, among other places. Singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and his bandmates are celebrating another highlight of their careers. They achieved their international breakthrough in 1994 with the album “Dookie”. In 2004 they won the Grammy for best rock album with “American Idiot”. In 2024, the band released their 14th studio album “Saviors”, which includes, among other things, the single “The American Dream Is Killing Me”.
Green Day singer Armstrong repeatedly criticized Trump
At the same time, the NFL’s decision to select Green Day as a musical act can certainly be read politically. With the album “American Idiot,” the band once clearly positioned itself against the government of George W. Bush. Frontman Armstrong has repeatedly criticized Donald Trump in recent years.
The singer warned about the US President at the American Music Awards in 2016. According to Billboard, he attacked Trump again at the Download Festival in Donington Park, calling his government “fascist” and calling on the audience to resist. Armstrong also encouraged the crowd to call Trump a “fat bastard.”
Since last year, they have also been adapting the lyrics of their classic “American Idiot” during live performances – instead of “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda,” Armstrong sings “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda,” i.e. Donald Trump’s ultra-right political movement.
Bad Bunny sparks debate
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny will perform in the halftime show – the first artist to perform the entire program in Spanish. The decision, which was announced in the fall, sparked a heated discussion in the USA. Conservative politicians and groups close to Trump viewed the election as a “political statement” and called for an “all-American” alternative.
Bad Bunny will sing entirely in Spanish at the Super Bowl.Image: keystone
At the time, US President Donald Trump dismissed the NFL’s decision as “absolutely ridiculous”. Bad Bunny has spoken out against deportations and raids in the past. He initially did not want to play concerts in the USA out of fear of operations by the US immigration authorities ICE. The 31-year-old is currently one of the most successful artists in the world. (t-online/con)
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