Green Day rocked Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, Super Bowl LX NFL honors past Super Bowl MVPs.

The punk rock band played “Holiday” and “American Idiot” – two of their most politically charged songs – to fans who flocked to the venue before kickoff. However, the band stopped short of attacking the president. Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the show.

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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong performs during Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026 (Carlos Barria/Reuters via Imagn Images)

NFL and Green Day fans who attended the show, watched by millions around the world, hoped the group would be more critical of Trump and his administration.

One X user wrote that it was a “fucking move” to avoid any politics.

“Green Day had the opportunity to sing the entire middle section of ‘American Idiot’ in front of millions of people during the current political state of our country and skipped the song with ‘anti-magic’ lyrics, which was a really bad move,” x user wrote.

Another X user had a similar sentiment.

“Green Day could have screwed this up instead of just singing two political songs and taking the sauce out of it,” they said. Write on X.

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Green Day performs before Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026. (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)

One user wrote that Green Day wasn’t doing anything “meaningful.”

“It’s very disappointing that Green Day ended up being a show failure,” Written by people. “They talk a lot, but when given the opportunity to play at the biggest event in America, they say nothing. It’s such a joke as a band”

Some BlueSky users were also annoyed with the band.

“‘American Idiot’ still sucks, but Green Day skipped the ‘Hooray for the President’ part of ‘Holiday’; Roger Goodell must have told Billie Joel there was a sniper training him in the rafters,” one person tweeted. platform.

Former NFL punter Chris Crew added: “green day reignalthough I wish they would have played the second verse of American Idiot. “

Green day performance The efforts leading up to the Super Bowl seemed not enough.

The band played at the pre-game party at Pier 29 on Friday night. san franciscolead singer Billie Joe Armstrong issued a strong statement against ICE agents.

“To all ICE agents, wherever you are, please quit your job. Quit your current job,” Armstrong said on the show.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong watches the game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots before Super Bowl X at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

“Because when this is over — and it will be over at some point — Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, J.D. Vance, Donald Trump, they’re going to drop you like bad habits. Come on.”

Armstrong also said the show was “heading to Minneapolis” amid protests and the shooting deaths of Renee Goode and Alex Pretty. He also changed the lyrics of “Holiday” from “California speaks on behalf of” to “Epstein Island speaks on behalf of.”

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Armstrong has been critical of the president in the past. He compared Trump to Hitler, and the band has often changed “I’m not part of the redneck agenda” from their 2004 hit “American Idiot” to “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda” during recent live performances.

Fox News’ Ryan Mollick contributed to this report.