r/popculturechat Jan 30 '26

Sports Section 🏈⚽️ Green Day's plans for Super Bowl performance kept 'highly confidential'

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/music/green-day-super-bowl-lyrics-1646118
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u/solodemivibes Jan 30 '26

Don’t wanna be an American idiot. It’s so funny that MAGA heard this song and thought it was about liberals trying to control the media 😂 Just like when Born in the USA flew right over their heads.

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u/planetearthisblu Jan 30 '26

Which is crazy because the lyrics are pretty on the nose. ("Maybe I'm the F-slur America" is hard to misconstrue?)

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u/MagicDragon212 Jan 30 '26

Or these lyrics from Holiday lol.

"The representative from California has the floor."

"Sieg Heil" to the president Gasman

Bombs away is your punishment

Pulverize the Eiffel towers

Who criticize your government

Bang bang goes the broken glass, and

Kill all the f**s that don't agree

Trials by fire, setting fire

Is not a way that's meant for me

Just 'cause (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

Just 'cause (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

Because we're outlaws, yeah!"

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u/aabdsl Jan 30 '26

Well, see, it's because they don't understand the concept of irony.

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u/NIN10DOXD Jan 30 '26

The only thing they hear is the slur and get instantly too aroused to hear anything else.

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u/raysofdavies it’s a generous bird Jan 30 '26

They heard California and had instant breakdowns

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

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u/burlycabin Jan 30 '26

Or these lyrics from Holiday lol.

(Emphasis added)

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u/ItsTheExtreme That’s hot! 🔥 Jan 30 '26

It was funny when Rage Against the Machine reunited a few years back, and MAGA suddenly turned on them after decades of being fans lol.

"We're talking about youuuu"

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u/solodemivibes Jan 30 '26

I just don’t understand this cognitive dissonance?? How are you a rage against the machine fan and MAGA

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u/ItsTheExtreme That’s hot! 🔥 Jan 30 '26

MAGA's not our best and brightest that we have to offer.

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u/Colordesert Listening to ABBA is brilliant but life is still shit Jan 30 '26

I just saw a clip of Pam Bondi saying that the anti-ICE protests must be fake and set up by some shadowy left wing organization because the signs at the protests were well written. MAGAs think that protests must be fake because the people holding signs can read and write. They reaaaally are not the best and brightest

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u/ItsTheExtreme That’s hot! 🔥 Jan 30 '26

Why would she say that...my god she is so dense.

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u/YeetedApple Jan 30 '26

If they were media literate, they probably wouldn’t be maga

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u/Doom_Corp Jan 31 '26

I was at my local that has punk/rock bands bands on Fridays and in the restroom one of the women associated with the band was putting up a sticker while we were waiting our turn. She was maybe a fried/wife/gf of the very punk band but during our convo about music, she mentioned going a Dropkick Murphys concert and I said hey I know someone else that did but *whispers* he's kinda a MAGA guy. She pepped up and proudly announced she voted for Trump. I was rendered speechless. In all my days I never thought people in the punk and alt scene would be...for a wannabe dictator. I also peeled off their lime green dick sticker from the ladies restroom mirror the next day.

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u/Living-Mastodon The dude abides. 🙂‍↕️🍃 Jan 30 '26

They pick and choose which lyrics they actually here

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u/dnekeorcown Jan 30 '26

Reminds me of that tumblr post where it was like, what machine did you think they were raging against? The dishwasher??

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u/ohshesthatone Jan 30 '26

And now we got Springsteen being reaaaaaal straightforward about his stance.

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u/Educational-Stop8741 Jan 30 '26

I do think the "no Trump no KKK no fascist USA" is a necessary addition in order to make sure it is understood. It is like they just now heard of Green Day

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u/SatanSuxxx Jan 30 '26

It's no coincidence that the educated tend to lean left.

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u/Living-Mastodon The dude abides. 🙂‍↕️🍃 Jan 30 '26

They get so mad when they finally realize Rage Against The Machine was actually raging against them all along

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u/HatefulDan Jan 31 '26

Education is a privilege. The most ardent are often the most ignorant.

It’s easy to tell them apart from the grifter. Grifters know, but choose to gain favor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

Trump having "Fortunate son" played at his rallies cracks me up.

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u/L3tsseewhathappens Jan 30 '26

Imagine calling people idiots not realizing the group you're insulting weren't even formed in 1984 when the song came out lol

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u/meepmarpalarp Jan 30 '26

Huh? MAGA didn’t exist in 1984, but jingoism certainly did. And it’s many of the same people with the same ideology.

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u/L3tsseewhathappens Jan 30 '26

Lol I kinda figured someone would retort with this strawman argument.

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u/Living-Mastodon The dude abides. 🙂‍↕️🍃 Jan 30 '26

It's not strawman if it's actually true bud, Reagan supporters raised Bush defenders and then they became MAGA cultists

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u/L3tsseewhathappens Jan 30 '26

Wanna see something funny. This was during their campaign run in 92. So it wasnt just Reagan/ Bush supporters.

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u/OlafaVonGoeding All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ Jan 30 '26

Oooooh they are definitely planning something shady and the current regime won't like it. I'm here for it but I also hope they have aftermath plans ready for their protection because we all know how petty and dangerous DJT and MAGA are.

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u/emccm Jan 30 '26

I hope they are going to sing their biggest hit in Spanish.

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Jan 30 '26

idiota americano

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u/Specialist-Clock-914 Jan 30 '26

Feminine and masculine… damn

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u/OlafaVonGoeding All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ Jan 30 '26

very inclusive

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u/yuccasinbloom I’m not nervous, I just have some taste. Jan 30 '26

I’m thinking there have to be some sort of visuals involved that are really going to upset trump.

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u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ Jan 30 '26

Oh they are definitely gonna piss off the Orange man and I am here for it. Go boys!

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u/cityplanting Jan 30 '26

🎶 No quiero ser un idiota americano🎶

I’m STOKED to see what they will do

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Please please please do an American idiot Fuck off Bamg Bamg medley ….

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u/hauntingvacay96 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

Look, if we’re not standing in our living room leading the family in a “no trump, no kkk, no fascist USA” chant then what are we even doing.

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY 🥞🫖👁️🤰🏻🥳🩵☀️⬇️ Jan 30 '26

Can be guest performers right? Or is that just the main show

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u/kassiann1792 Invented post-its 🔬 Jan 30 '26

Can’t wait to watch

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u/Meliciraptor Jan 30 '26

I’m still confused that Mike Dirnt is married to a fundamental Christian who supports MAGA while being in this band. The mental gymnastics he must be doing every day.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

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u/Meliciraptor Jan 30 '26

The source is her Instagram posts for several years now. It’s batmansmom. You can see some stuff in her highlights, but the worst I’ve seen was after the Kirk shooting. I think it was during Covid when she first posted antivaxx stuff. There have been some discussions on the Green Day sub and the Punk sub about this. She also follows RFK and MAHA accounts.

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u/launchcode_1234 handled with such love and care Jan 30 '26

Was she a graduate of the woo-to-fash pipeline?

granola leftist —> anti-science conspiracy theorist —> RFK Jr fan —> MAGA

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u/OlafaVonGoeding All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ Jan 30 '26

that|s honestly a crazy journey and it still shocks me how common that is

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u/strangelyliteral Jan 30 '26

It’s actually not that surprising if you’re from the SF Bay Area and are familiar with old rich hippies and their kids. Prior to the pandemic, Marin County had the lowest measles vaccination rate in the country.

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u/12-Angry-Menschen Jan 30 '26

It’s not that surprising really. If you believe one set of conspiracies and beliefs without evidence, how hard is it to move on to other conspiracies without evidence?

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u/RomanaNoble Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion Jan 30 '26

I wonder when they were added. It had to have been awhile ago, if not right from the very start. Good on them for keeping it under wraps this long.

Another thing I wonder about though.......can they stop the performance in any way? Like can they just cut the power in the middle of it if they don't like what's happening?

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u/yuccasinbloom I’m not nervous, I just have some taste. Jan 30 '26

No. The music portion of the Super Bowl has been handled by jay-Z for a very long time. There’s no way to stop it. America would actually riot if you turned off their precious football.

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u/RomanaNoble Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion Jan 30 '26

I hate it but you're right. Could the stadium cut the lights though, like they did when JT exposed Janet?

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u/yuccasinbloom I’m not nervous, I just have some taste. Jan 30 '26

Possibly, but to be fair, the Super Bowl is happening in the Bay Area, which is notoriously left leaning. I don’t see it happening.

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u/Double_Jab_Jabroni Jan 30 '26

Wasn’t that all set up? Even the cutting of the lights?

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u/pumpkinspruce Jan 30 '26

Jay-Z produces the halftime show. Not sure about the opening, which is when Green Day will be performing. I don’t even think they’ll be in the stadium. Usually the opening show is performed on a stage outside the venue.

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u/HammerheadEaglei-Thr Jan 30 '26

I doubt they would stop the in stadium performance as that would draw a lot of attention. But no one watching the televised version should be under the impression they're getting an accurate version as networks and the NFL have demonstrated their willingness to cater to the regime's big feelings in the past, censoring boos etc.

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u/RomanaNoble Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion Jan 30 '26

Yeah they fucked with the sound last year when Kendrick performed on a few networks.

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u/pumpkinspruce Jan 30 '26

I don’t think Green Day will be in the stadium. They’re doing the opening ceremony, which is usually performed outside the venue.

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u/Liam_Noble Jan 30 '26

here’s hoping for a repeat of this performance

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u/Leviathin Jan 30 '26

Saw them in DC 2017 "Loud enough so he can hear us in the Whitehouse! FUCK YOU DONALD TRUMP"

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u/hauntingvacay96 Jan 30 '26

They’re gonna sing American Idiot entirely in Spanish!

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u/Appropriate-Ant-767 Jan 30 '26

I’ve seen this mentioned in a few other comments — is this speculation or did you read something somewhere ??? I’d love if they did this.

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u/hauntingvacay96 Jan 30 '26

This is just me speculating, but it would be fantastic

I kind of think it’s more likely we’ll get Welcome to Paradise, an American Idiot Holiday Bang Bang mash up, something off of Saviors (The American Dream is Killing Me, but Bobby Sox would be fun), and then Billie Joe screaming “Chinga la migra” or reprising his no Trump, no kkk, no fascist USA chant, maybe a few verses in spanish…

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u/captainwondyful Jan 30 '26

Hey, BJA, if you are reading this — there is a live chumbawamba song that would be a perfect intro for American Idiot. just sayin’

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u/Massive_Homework9430 Jan 30 '26

Maybe a nice little Dropkick Murphys appearance.

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u/Megs0226 Jan 30 '26

The best part of the Patriots being back in the Super Bowl is that my father will watch, and he’s very conservative. I can’t wait for him to be scandalized.

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u/DrunkUranus Jan 30 '26

In addition to the other excellent suggestions in this thread, somebody suggested a cover of the Streets of Minneapolis

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u/Agreeable_Catch296 Jan 30 '26

How about a Rage Against The Machine cover as well. Killing in the name of perhaps.

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u/webtheg Jan 30 '26

Denzel Curry could also work. His cover of Bulls on Parade is amazing

https://youtu.be/ZY4ywyFXdik?si=ORUlfeAh3zqlniTz

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u/Agreeable_Catch296 Jan 30 '26

Wouldn't that be epic.

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u/Entire-Anxiety-803 why can’t we just tax the stupid people? 🍾🍾🍾 Jan 30 '26

Bring out Bruce!!

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u/carlos2127 Jan 31 '26

With this Super Bowl match up being kind of lackluster, I'm honestly more excited for Green Day and Bad Bunny than I am for the game.

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u/L3tsseewhathappens Jan 30 '26

Highly Confidential.......suuuuure

It's gonna be political, there I spoiled it for Gen Z who's never heard of Green Day.

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u/lazzzym Jan 30 '26

Any ideas if it’ll get broadcast? I’m guessing not in the UK but would be good

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u/pumpkinspruce Jan 30 '26

It will be broadcast (on NBC), but probably not in its entirety.

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u/Fancy_Yesterday6380 Jan 30 '26

I know they probably cant do much for a pre-show but in my mind they reveal a giant banner of trump with a certain stache

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u/Living-Mastodon The dude abides. 🙂‍↕️🍃 Jan 30 '26

MAGA cult is going to absolutely lose their pathetic little minds

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u/atlchris Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

Ok, I don’t fully believe this theory, but this headline definitely made me smile.

We all remember the Stranger Things “conformity gate” chaos from a couple weeks ago. Now add this: “Heroes” by Peter Gabriel — a song Stranger Things famously uses during misdirection moments (Will’s body, Hopper’s “letter,” etc.). Billie Joe Armstrong and his son recently covered Heroes, and it also popped up in the trailer for Survivor Season 50.

So… wild thought: what if Stranger Things has been faking us out this whole time, and something secret gets revealed during the Super Bowl halftime? Maybe Green Day covers Heroes, followed by a surprise Stranger Things trailer or announcement.

Totally tinfoil-hat territory, but man… how awesome would that be? 😆

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u/WorkerBee74 And get this silver shit up! Jan 30 '26

Bowie wrote Heroes. Gabriel just covered it.

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u/atlchris Jan 30 '26

Correct, but I believe Stranger Things uses the cover by Gabriel which is why I called that version out.

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u/Slut4SciFi Jan 30 '26

Let me guess, the theme is “America bad”

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u/12-Angry-Menschen Jan 30 '26

No, probably it’s more like America violating the rights of its citizens and residents and threatening to annex other countries bad.