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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong delivered a pointed political message during the band’s pre‑Super Bowl concert in San Francisco.
During the punk-rock trio’s Friday (Feb. 6) performance at The FanDuel Party Powered by Spotify 2026 at Pier 29, Armstrong urged ICE agents to consider a different career path ahead of Sunday’s (Feb. 8) big game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
“Quit your s—ty ass job. Quit that shitty job you have,” the frontman told the crowd. “Because when this is over, and it will be over at some point of time, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump — they’re gonna drop you like a bad f—king habit. Come on to this side of the line.”
Armstrong’s remarks appeared aimed at ICE agents who might be in the Bay Area for Super Bowl LX, where Bad Bunny will perform during halftime at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
In addition to his comments, Armstrong altered the lyrics of opener “American Idiot” to sing, “I’m not part of a MAGA agenda,” and referenced Jeffrey Epstein by changing the words of “Holiday” from “the representative from California has the floor” to “the representative from Epstein Island has the floor.” The lyric comes amid the release of new Department of Justice documents related to Epstein.
Green Day is also set to launch Super Bowl LX with a pre-game opening ceremony performance of “their most iconic rock anthems,” the NFL said in mid-January. The ceremony will celebrate MVPs and 60 years of Super Bowl history.
This isn’t the first time the East Bay band has spoken out against President Donald Trump and his administration. Green Day has put the Trump administration on blast for nearly a decade, dating back to the American Music Awards in 2016, when they led a chant of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist U.S.A.”
Most recently, Armstrong expressed his disdain at the band’s Jan. 17 concert in Los Angeles, altering lyrics in American Idiot to denounce “the MAGA agenda.” During Holiday, he voiced support “to our brothers and sisters in Minnesota” amid Trump’s aggressive immigration policies and ICE raids in Minneapolis. He told the crowd at the Kia Forum, “This song is anti-fascist. This song is anti-war.”
Green Day and Bad Bunny’s booking for this year’s Super Bowl drew criticism from Trump. “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,” he said, according to the New York Post.
