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Many conservatives are concerned about Bad Bunny’s presence at the Super Bowl, but they may have been focusing on the wrong musical guest.
Green Day, who will perform before the Super Bowl, played a pregame party Friday night at San Francisco’s Pier 29, where he made a strong statement against ICE agents.
“To all ICE agents, wherever you are, quit your shitty job. Quit that shitty job you have,” frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said during the show.
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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs on stage during The FanDuel Party Powered by Spotify 2026 on February 6, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Anna Webber/Getty Images for Spotify)
“Because when this is over, and it will be over at some point, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump, they’re going to break you like a damn habit. Come to this side of the line.”
Armstrong also said a performance is “going to Minneapolis” amid the protests and the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. He also changed the lyrics of “Holiday” from “the representative of California has the floor” to “the representative of Epstein Island has the floor.”
Armstrong has criticized the president in the past. He has compared Trump to Hitler and the band frequently changes the line “I’m not part of a southern agenda” from their 2004 hit “American Idiot” to “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda” in more recent live performances.
Billie Joe Armstrong performs with Green Day at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, August 30, 2024. (Denny Simmons/The Tennessean/RED USA TODAY)
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“I’m against them,” Trump said. New York Post of the interpreters. “I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.”
Bad Bunny, the halftime performer, has also been criticized by Trump.
“I don’t know who he is,” Trump told Newsmax of his election last fall. “I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter they hired to do entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Bad Bunny speaks on stage at Apple Music’s Super Bowl LX Pregame Press Conference and Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Moscone Center West on February 5, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Bad Bunny said last fall that he decided to do his residency program in his native Puerto Rico and did not reserve any dates in the United States for his tour for fear that ICE agents would detain his fans.
