{"id":37108,"date":"2026-02-09T00:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=37108"},"modified":"2026-02-09T00:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:59:02","slug":"green-day-skips-lyrics-calling-out-donald-trump-during-super-bowl-performance-as-viewers-issue-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=37108","title":{"rendered":"Green Day skips lyrics calling out Donald Trump during Super Bowl performance as viewers issue complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green Day\u2019s Super Bowl LX opener sparked chatter because the band <strong>didn\u2019t sing a key \u201cAmerican Idiot\u201d line<\/strong> that they\u2019ve recently been altering in live shows. Viewers noticed that the moment where the lyric is often changed from \u201credneck agenda\u201d to a more pointed political reference was <strong>skipped entirely<\/strong>, which some took as a deliberate choice to avoid turning the broadcast into a headline. In the UK, some fans also complained they barely saw the performance at all, saying Channel 5\u2019s coverage didn\u2019t properly show it. Still, the band hasn\u2019t exactly gone quiet: reports from Super Bowl-related events described them making blunt political comments and even tweaking other lyrics at a pre-party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl halftime slot has also generated buzz for a different reason: <strong>headliners typically aren\u2019t paid a performance fee by the NFL<\/strong>\u2014the league covers production and related costs, while artists take the massive exposure. In other words, the \u201cpayment\u201d is the global spotlight and the streaming bump that often follows. That same ecosystem\u2014huge audience, tight broadcast standards, and endless online replay\u2014also explains why artists sometimes adjust, soften, or strategically omit lines when the whole world is watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Day\u2019s Super Bowl LX opener sparked chatter because the band didn\u2019t sing a key \u201cAmerican Idiot\u201d line that they\u2019ve recently been altering in live shows. Viewers&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":256,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37110,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37108\/revisions\/37110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}