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Was Green Day Censored During Super Bowl Opening Ceremony Performance?
- On Sunday, Green Day kicked off Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, performing a medley from their 2005 album American Idiot starting with Holiday, then Boulevard of Broken Dreams and American Idiot.
- Known for outspoken views, Green Day's political history set expectations after Billie Joe Armstrong criticized ICE at a Friday pre-Super Bowl party, urging agents to `quit your shitty-ass job`.
- Broadcast audio of `American Idiot` appeared to muffle the lyric `the subliminal mind-fuck America`, while the televised cut omitted the verse `I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda`.
- The Hollywood Reporter sought comment from NBC Sports about the broadcast edit, as a decision to avoid controversy reflected the NFL's cautious stance on political headlines.
- Broadly, the moment spotlights tension between performer politics and broadcaster caution, as the episode highlights friction between Green Day's commentary and the NFL's avoidance of political statements; it remains to be seen if Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime headliner Bad Bunny will address politics.
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Green Day Opens the 2026 Super Bowl: Lyric Changes With Political Overtones
Green Day's Super Bowl 2026 performance has set social media on fire. Billie Joe Armstrong's political remark, made to target the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US President Donald Trump amid his band's high-energy performance, became one of the highlights of the show. Fans were quick to share clips of Billie Joe Armstrong's statement across multiple platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok, using the viral…
NBC Accused of Censoring Green Day During Super Bowl Performance
NBC has been accused of censoring the famed punk band Green Day during the Super Bowl introduction show. The post NBC Accused of Censoring Green Day During Super Bowl Performance appeared first on Breitbart.
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Breaking OneGreen Day Condemns ICE as Part of Super Bowl Festivities
The pop-punk band Green Day performed a relatively uncontroversial medley of its hits at the opening ceremony before Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday. But two days before that performance, during another Super Bowl weekend event, Green Day’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, took to the microphone to call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to quit their jobs. “This goes out to all the ICE agents out, wherever you are,…
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