Green Day will launch Super Bowl 60 with an opening ceremony Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the NFL announced Sunday.
The East Bay-bred trio-Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool-will celebrate 60 years of Super Bowl history and escort generations of past MVPs onto the field before kickoff.
At a Glance
- Green Day’s opening ceremony airs live at 3 p.m. Pacific on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Universo.
- The band will perform a set of its best-known anthems.
- Bad Bunny headlines the halftime show later that evening.
- Why it matters: The hometown heroes add local flavor to the NFL’s diamond-anniversary spectacle.
Armstrong praised the opportunity in a statement released by the league. “We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard! We are honored to welcome the MVPs who’ve shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world. Let’s have fun! Let’s get loud!”
Tim Tubito, the NFL’s senior director of event and game presentation, said pairing Green Day with the milestone made sense. “Celebrating 60 years of Super Bowl history with Green Day as a hometown band, while honoring the NFL legends who’ve helped define this sport, is an incredibly powerful way to kick off Super Bowl LX,” he noted. “As we work alongside NBC Sports for this opening ceremony, we look forward to creating a collective celebration for fans in the stadium and around the world.”
The opening ceremony precedes the traditional pregame entertainment. Charlie Puth will sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will perform “America the Beautiful” and Coco Jones will deliver “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Super Bowl LX kicks off later that evening with the San Francisco Bay Area hosting the championship for the first time since 2016.
