Green Day will open the 2026 Super Bowl with an opening ceremony performance on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

The East Bay band’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool will kick off this year’s Super Bowl festivities with “their most iconic rock anthems,” the NFL announced Sunday (Jan. 17). Though viewers will have to tune in to the show to see what they’ll play, the punk-rock trio’s collection of hits to pull from span the mid-’90s through today, beginning with breakthrough single “Basket Case” from their classic 1994 album Dookie.

The opening ceremony — celebrating 60 years of Super Bowl history and honoring Super Bowl MVPs — airs live on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 8) at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Universo, ahead of the big game.

“We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!” Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong said in a statement released by the NFL. “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!”

“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, NFL senior director, event and game presentation. “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’s performance at the Super Bowl opening ceremony precedes the NFL’s previously announced pregame entertainment lineup. Before the game begins, Charlie Puth will perform the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful” and Coco Jones will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

Bad Bunny headlines this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. The Puerto Rican superstar and Apple Music released a teaser trailer on Friday, promising “the world will dance.” Bunny’s Debi Tirar Mas Fotos ruled the Billboard 200 chart for four weeks last year, and his world tour in support of the album is already breaking records — grossing $107 million across 697,000 tickets sold across just the first 12 shows of the eight-month trek.

Sabrina Carpenter made a surprise cameo during Saturday Night Live on Jan. 17, joining musical guest A$AP Rocky and host Finn Wolfhard in a hilarious sketch.

The 26-year-old pop star, who previously served as both host and musical guest in October 2025, returned to reprise her role in a sketch about teenage boys discussing their favorite snacks on a podcast.

The nearly six-minute sketch, titled “Snack Homiez,” features a group of 12-year-old boys — Stranger Things star Wolfhard alongside cast members Chloe Fineman, Jane Wickline and Veronika Slowikowska — roasting each other and ranking their “goated snacks of 2026.” The dialogue was peppered with surprisingly accurate Gen Alpha slang, including phrases like “low-key,” “bro chill,” “no Diddy” and “chopped.”

After sharing favorites like toasted Uncrustables, celery after soccer practice and deviled eggs, the boys turned their attention to special guest A$AP Rocky. Wolfhard, portraying a “looksmaxxing gigachad” Twitch streamer, complimented the rapper’s facial structure, and when asked about his go-to snack, Rocky revealed his very own flavor of Rap Snacks potato chips: Fashion Killa Dilla Pickle.

Elsewhere in the show, Rocky performed three tracks from his new album, Don’t Be Dumb, which dropped Friday (Jan. 16). He opened with “Punk Rocky,” channeling the same wild energy as the music video starring Winona Ryder, with Danny Elfman on drums and Thundercat on bass. Later, he returned for a medley of “Helicopter” and the set’s title track.

Saturday marked Rocky’s first performance as a musical guest on SNL, though he had previously appeared in a 2018 sketch called “Friendos” with Kenan Thompson and Donald Glover.

Carpenter last appeared on the show in a similar sketch in October 2025, when she served as both host and musical guest following the release of her seventh album, Man’s Best Friend, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. During that episode, she performed her Billboard Hot 100 hit “Manchild” and “Nobody’s Son.” Check out her best sketches from the episode here.

Watch SNL‘s “Snack Homiez” sketch below.

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After a wild start to the NFL divisional playoff round, which saw the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks moving on to the championship round, fans can expect even more intensity on Sunday when C.J Stroud and the Houston Texans taking on Drake Maye and the New England Patriots in Foxborough.

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The Texans have been on a hot streak as of late, but taking on Maye at home is no easy task. Both young quarterbacks will be a major spotlight of the game, but our prediction is that this matchup will more than likely turn into a defensive battle. Houston’s top rated defense aims to shutout Drake like they did Aaron Rodgers during their wild card game against the Steelers. The Pats have a pretty stellar defense as well and facing an inconsistent Texans offense, New England could squeeze out a win today.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shared his picks for triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2025, once again leaning into his long-running reputation as “DJ Albo.”

Taking to social media on Thursday (Jan. 15), Albanese posted his annual Hottest 100 ballot, opening with Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” and spotlighting a mix of U.K. breakouts and Australian favourites.

Lily Allen’s “West End Girl” appears on the list, alongside Wolf Alice’s “Bloom Baby Bloom,” maintaining a strong UK indie presence. From there, Albanese pivots to homegrown acts, backing Australian alternative and pop artists that have long featured prominently in the countdown.

Among the local selections are Hatchie’s “Sage,” Hilltop Hoods’ “Don’t Happy, Be Worry,” Kita Alexander’s “Press Pause” and Ocean Alley’s “Life In Love.” Spacey Jane’s “Through My Teeth” also earns a vote, continuing the Fremantle band’s consistent Hottest 100 run, while G Flip appears with “In Another Life.”

Albanese rounds out his ballot with Ruby Fields’ Like A Version cover of The Cure’s 1989 single “Lovesong,” one of the year’s most talked-about performances from the segment.

Some social media discussion has focused on the absence of Joy Division from Albanese’s list, following recent attention on the Prime Minister wearing the band’s Unknown Pleasures T-shirt. However, Joy Division were never eligible for the countdown, having released no new music within the voting period.

The Prime Minister’s 2025 picks continue a pattern of publicly aligning himself with contemporary alternative and pop music. In last year’s Hottest 100, Albanese backed artists including Amyl and The Sniffers, The Kid LAROI and Billie Eilish.

Voting for triple j’s Hottest 100 has since closed ahead of the countdown broadcast on Saturday, Jan. 24.

Kenny Morris, the original drummer for Siouxsie and the Banshees, has died. He was 68.

News of Morris’ passing was announced Thursday (Jan. 15) by music journalist and longtime friend John Robb in the publication Louder Than War. An exact date and cause of death were not disclosed at press time.

“Kenny was a friend of ours, and it was always a pleasure to see and hang out with him when visiting Cork in Ireland, where he had been living,” Robb wrote in a lengthy tribute. “He was sweet, articulate, artistic and fascinating company and his beautiful eccentricity was adorable.”

He continued, “He would turn up in a suit and a dress with open handcuffs on one hand and the next time in a totally different yet perfectly created bricolage of style, whilst still dressing in the artful confrontation of the 1976 punk era that he was such a key part of.”

Robb noted that Morris had his “ups and downs” before moving to Ireland in 1993 and closed the tribute with a personal message to the late drummer.

“It was great to know you, Kenny and we will miss your sweet eccentricity and long WhatsApp messages and your art and your gentle presence in a cruel world,” he wrote.

Born in Essex, England, in 1957 to Irish parents, Morris studied fine art and filmmaking at North East London Polytechnic and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. He briefly joined his friend Sid Vicious’s band the Flowers of Romance in 1976, according to Robb.

Morris became the original drummer for Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1977, a year after vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin formed the band in London. He had first seen them perform live in September 1976, with Sex Pistols’ Vicious on drums.

“When I turned up for the audition, there was some drum kit there, and I was fiddling around trying to figure out how to even set the thing up when Nils Stevenson, the Banshees manager, came up to me: ‘You’re supposed to be a f—king drummer, aren’t ya?’” Morris recalled in a 2023 interview with Tripe + Drisheen. “I took an instant dislike to him. But by the end of the audition, we had eight songs.”

Morris recorded two albums with Siouxsie and the Banshees — The Scream (1978) and Join Hands (1979) — and played on their debut single “Hong Kong Garden,” which reached No. 7 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart.

He abruptly left the group during their 1979 tour supporting Join Hands, following an argument during a record signing. Guitarist John McKay departed at the same time. Morris was succeeded by former Slits drummer Peter “Budgie” Clarke, while McKay’s role was taken over by the Cure’s Robert Smith.

After leaving the group, Morris continued drumming, directed several short films and pursued painting and drawing. Prior to his death, he was performing with the post-punk goth band Shrine of the Vampyre and had reportedly completed a memoir scheduled for publication later this year, according to the New York Post.