EXCLUSIVE: At Spotify’s pre-Super Bowl party, Green Day changed the lyrics to two of their most famous songs as part of a charged political statement against the Trump administration
04:34 ET, 07 Feb 2026Updated 04:57 ET, 07 Feb 2026
Green Day’s target Trump in pre-Superbowl appearance
Green Day have changed the lyrics to two of their most famous songs ahead of the band’s upcoming Super Bowl performance.
Green Day, comprising Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, will perform at the Super Bowl’s opening ceremony show on Sunday, February 8.
The Grammy Award-winning band, which has outwardly condemned Donald Trump in the past, will be singing a number of their biggest hits as the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots prepare to take the field at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Following the American Idiot’s hitmakers’ performance, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny will perform, in what seems to be the Super Bowl’s most divisive Half-Time Show to date.
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Prior to football’s biggest event of the year, Green Day attended Spotify’s The Fanduel Party at Pier 29 in San Francisco on Friday, February 6, where they performed several of their most well-known songs.
However, the band used their show to share political messages by changing the lyrics to two of their biggest hits.
Taking aim at Donald Trump, during a performance of American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong sang, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda,” instead of the song’s usual, “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.”
Billie Joe Armstrong was filmed singing different lyrics during the performance(Image: Tatiana Krisztina)
Armstrong then changed the lyrics to a second of Green Day’s most iconic songs, Holiday, changing the interlude section from “The representative from California has the floor,” to “The representative from Epstein Island has the floor.” Furthermore, before singing the hit, Armstrong dedicated it to Minnesotans as he said, “This goes out to Minneapolis.”
Green Day’s performance comes as the United States has seen uproar across the nation after ICE agents flooded numerous cities, including Minneapolis, as part of the agency’s biggest mission to date.
However, following their arrival in Minnesota, two American citizens were shot dead in the Twin Cities area, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both 37.
Green Day are known for making political statements in their songs(Image: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHe)
Good was killed in early January after attempting to drive away from ICE officers during a small protest on a residential street. The mother of three had been dropping her son off at school before the incident occured which saw her shot fatally in the face three times by Jonathan Ross, an immigration officer.
Alex Pretti was then killed approximately two weeks later by at least two Border Patrol agents. He had been recording their movements on his phone camera when he witnessed a woman being pushed over. However, upon going to the woman’s aid, he was restrained, pushed to the ground, and then shot at least five times, leading to his death.
Investigations into both of the shootings are currently ongoing.
