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January
Green Day plans to kick off 2026 Super Bowl with opening ceremony performance
Sports fans, get excited!
The NFL announced on January 18 that Green Day will open Super Bowl LX on February 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California with a “high-energy opening ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Super Bowl.”
The East Bay rock band made up of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool will reportedly open the championship game by “bringing generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field with dynamic performances of some of the most iconic rock anthems.”
“We’re so excited to have Super Bowl 60 in our backyard!” lead singer Armstrong said in a statement. “We’re honored to welcome some of the MVPs who have shaped the game and open the night for fans around the world. Let’s have fun! Let’s make a fuss!”
The opening ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Universo starting at 6pm ET/3pm PT before Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlyle and Coco Jones round out the pregame entertainment. Bad Bunny will then perform on the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.
Good Charlotte performs first LA show in 10 years at iHeartRadio ALTer EGO
Great, Charlotte is back “home”.
On January 17th, the rock band performed in Los Angeles for the first time in 10 years, taking the stage at iHeartRadio ALTer EGO 2026.
Benji Madden told Alt 98.7’s Booker and Stryker before the performance, “I’m just so excited. I feel so grateful. LA is my home base, so I’m really happy to be able to perform in my hometown,” he said backstage before the performance, and admitted that he was “always a little nervous” before the performance.
Their high-energy set included several fan-favorite hits from their catalog, including “Girls & Boys,” “Rejects,” “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,” and “The Anthem.”
Joel Madden told the crowd, “The only thing we care about in this band is our songs and the people who listen to our songs.” “Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We love you, Los Angeles.”
Another highlight of the night was Twenty One Pilots taking the stage and at one point Tyler Joseph announced that this was Josh Dun’s first show as a parent.
The drummer gave birth to his first child, a baby girl, Felix, with his wife Debby Ryan in December 2025.
“Today is a very special day because it’s Josh’s first show as a father,” Joseph said, as the audience cheered. “He was once our daddy and now we have to share him.”
Other performers on the night included Green Day, Cage the Elephant, Sublime, Gigi Perez, Mount Joy and Almost Monday.
Next, iHeartRadio will host the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26th. The show will be broadcast live on Fox from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Taylor Swift leads this year’s nominations with nine total nominations, closely followed by Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, and Alex Warren with eight nominations. The full list of performers and presenters will be announced at a later date, along with the show’s hosts and special award winners.
Charli XCX debuts new song from album ‘Wuthering Heights’
The summer of “Gaki” may be over, but the winter of “Wuthering Heights” is well and truly upon us.
Charli XCX released “Wall of Sound” on January 16th. The song is from the upcoming album Wuthering Heights, which will be the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s 2026 film adaptation of the same name.
“Incredible tension, a wall of sound/No real reason and no escape from it,” she begins the track, which accompanies already released songs “Chains of Love” and “House.”
Charli XCX previously revealed in a Substack post that Wuthering Heights director Fennell approached her via text message in December 2024 and sent her the script for the film, which she immediately “devoured”.
“I began to immerse myself in this reimagined world of Wuthering Heights and suddenly…I began to feel inspired. I was immersed in a story that was not my own, a story steeped in history, a story that had existed since 1847 (by Emily Bronte),” the singer wrote last November.
“I was a pure voyeur, and I enjoyed being a voyeur. The language of this world felt completely opposite to the world I had lived in for the past two and a half years. I began to feel a sense of freedom again.”
Charli XCX’s album Wuthering Heights will be released on February 13th, the same day the highly anticipated movie starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will be released in theaters. In the meantime, pre-save your album here.
Halsey surprises fans with secret guest on Back to Badlands tour in New York
Halsey’s Back to Badlands tour is already full of surprises.
During a concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City on January 14th, he shocked fans by bringing out Taking Back Sunday frontman Adam Lazzara. The two performed TBS’s emo classic “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team)” during the encore of the show.
“My life is about to change in a big way,” Halsey declared as Lazzara took the stage.
The “Without Me” singer is a longtime TBS fan, even saying on social media in 2015, “I learned everything I know from Adam Lazzara.”
Halsey’s Back to Badlands tour continues overseas with stops in Europe, the UK and Australia. Click here for tickets and more information.
Report by Jacqueline Kozak.
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