There was quite a kerfuffle when Green Day was announced to perform at the Super Bowl pregame ceremony, considering, you know – the state of the world. People were anticipating that Green Day were going to be outspoken, but vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong has already exceeded expectations, and the band hasn’t even performed on television yet.
Due to open up the Super Bowl Opening Ceremony at 6pm EST tomorrow (7th February) alongside Brandi Carlile and others, Green Day will inevitably be kicking off the drama that is due to unfold over the night leading up to Latin artist Bad Bunny‘s Halftime show – because if people’s reaction to Bad Bunny‘s performance is anything to go by, shit is bound to kick off.
And in the lead up to the Opening Ceremony performance, Green Day played at the “Spotify-sponsored Super Bowl party” last night (Friday, 6th February), and Armstrong had some choice words for ICE agents while on stage. Not only did he change the lyrics of “American Idiot” around, as he’s done pretty regularly over the last few years – from “I’m not part of a redneck agenda” to “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda,” but Armstrong also took a jab at the hottest topic in the world at the moment, the Epstein files, switching the lyrics from “the representative from California has the floor” to “the representative from Epstein Island has the floor” (via Variety).
“To all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are, quit your shitty-ass job. Quit that shitty job you have. 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.”
It’ll be interesting to see what tomorrow’s opening ceremony will bring. Check out the video of Billie Joe Armstrong below.
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