Trump confirms he will not attend Super Bowl because of music acts: ‘I’m anti-them’
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Both Bad Bunny and Green Day have been outspoken critics of Trump

The NFL’s decision to feature Latin artist Bad Bunny at halftime has already sparked controversy in some conservative circles, with critics arguing that his predominantly Spanish-language music and stances on issues such as immigration make him an unconventional pick for the game’s massive audience.

His 2025 song “Nuevayol” features an imitated Trump voice saying, “I want to apologize to the immigrants in America. . . . This country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans.”

Green Day, which formed in the East Bay Area in the 1980s, is set to perform during the game’s opening ceremony. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has long denounced the administration and has altered the lyrics of the band’s 2004 Grammy-nominated song “American Idiot” during live performances, changing the line “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” to “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda.”

In July, Armstrong led a Download Festival crowd in a chant calling Trump a “fat bastard.”

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        20 hours ago

        Yup. He’s likely not to get lots of adulation from conservatives that clap like seals whenever he mumbles out stupid shit like happens at his stupid road shows.

        • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
          6·
          15 hours ago

          There’s a reason he doesn’t do them anymore. Either he’s too sick, or there’s just not enough interest, even from his most bigly followers.

          • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            37 minutes ago

            I think you are right. It’s probably a bit of both.

            I know he just ate that up like it was manna, since he’s a narcissist.

            I think everything would have been so much better for everybody if he could have just kept his circus roadshow as a regular thing, stayed away from any office, and he could have had all the adulation he wanted without any of the stress of even pretending to work a real job.

            He could even expand the thing with some warm-up acts to really give the fans a thrill - get some snake handlers in there to go on about the miracles of Jesus. I’m sure some bible bangers would love to get in on that grift, if they weren’t already - I don’t really know since I wouldn’t get anywhere near one of his stupid rallies. I’m picturing some real Righteous Gemstones type of stuff, LOL…

            Oh, I guess people selling nostrums like ivermectin and the wonders of HCQ…as long as Taco is the closing act and gets a cut of the opening acts, I’m sure there’d be enough to keep everyone fat, dumb and happy.