Green Day will open Super Bowl LX with a live performance during the opening ceremony, the NFL announced Sunday, as the league marks the championship game’s 60th anniversary.
The East Bay–based band — Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool — is scheduled to perform at Levi’s Stadium on February 8. The group formed in the San Francisco Bay Area and hails from Berkeley, located across the bay from the stadium.
“We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!” Armstrong said in a press release. “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!”
The opening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. CT, ahead of the 6:30 p.m. CT kickoff. The broadcast will air on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, and Universo.
“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,” said Tim Tubito, the NFL’s senior director of event and game presentation, in a statement. “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.”
Green Day rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, with breakthrough songs such as “Basket Case” from its 1994 album Dookie, and has continued releasing music in the decades since.
Additional pregame performances will take place at the home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers. Charlie Puth is scheduled to perform the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful,” and Coco Jones will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Grammy-winning artist Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show. His album Debí Tirar Más Fotos topped the Billboard 200 for four weeks last year, and his ongoing world tour has grossed $107 million from 697,000 tickets sold across its first 12 shows.
Bad Bunny’s selection as the Super Bowl halftime headliner follows prior reporting by The Dallas Express examining ties between his record label, Rimas Entertainment, and figures linked to the former Venezuelan government under Hugo Chávez.