{"id":2239710,"date":"2026-01-18T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239710"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:33:18","slug":"green-day-to-open-super-bowl-with-ceremony-celebrating-generations-of-mvps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/green-day-to-open-super-bowl-with-ceremony-celebrating-generations-of-mvps\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Day to open Super Bowl with ceremony celebrating generations of MVPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; <\/span>The NFL is marking the 60th anniversary of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/super-bowl\">Super Bowl<\/a> with a hometown opening act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/green-day-saviors-review-88c2e6298bc1cdcd20af51e685509c47\">Green Day<\/a> will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony Feb. 8 at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the league announced Sunday. The performance will celebrate six decades of the championship&#8217;s history, with the band helping usher generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The trio, who formed in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area and are made up of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tr\u00e9 Cool, are expected to perform a selection of their best-known anthems as part of the tribute. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cWe are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!\u201d lead singer Armstrong said. \u201cWe are honored to welcome the MVPs who\u2019ve shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world. Let\u2019s have fun! Let\u2019s get loud!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The ceremony airs live at 3 p.m. Pacific on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Universo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cCelebrating 60 years of Super Bowl history with Green Day as a hometown band, while honoring the NFL legends who\u2019ve helped define this sport, is an incredibly powerful way to kick off Super Bowl LX,\u201d said Tim Tubito, the league&#8217;s senior director of event and game presentation. \u201cAs 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The opening ceremony will take place ahead of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/super-bowl-pregame-puth-carlile-jones-2fe31c829f1e7dbc14949c74c4076e96\">pregame entertainment<\/a>, in which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/charlie-puth\">Charlie Puth<\/a> is to perform the national anthem, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/brandi-carlile\">Brandi Carlile<\/a> will sing \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/coco-jones\">Coco Jones<\/a> will deliver \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source abcnews.go.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; The NFL is marking the 60th anniversary of the Super Bowl with a hometown opening act. Green Day will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony Feb. 8 at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the league announced Sunday. The performance will celebrate six decades of the championship&#8217;s history, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2239711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[433384,25138,21741,24362,21791,356378,356374,21848,30188],"class_list":["post-2239710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-433384","tag-article","tag-entertainment","tag-football","tag-general-news","tag-nfl-football","tag-nfl-super-bowl","tag-sports","tag-u-s-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Green-Day-to-open-Super-Bowl-with-ceremony-celebrating-generations.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239712,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239710\/revisions\/2239712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}