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Super Bowl pregame stars set the tone with Green Day, Puth, Carlile and Jones
Summary
At Super Bowl 60, Green Day performed for a parade of former MVPs and Charlie Puth delivered a soulful rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
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Stars were front-and-center at Super Bowl 60 at Levi's Stadium, where a sequence of pregame musical moments set the tone before kickoff. Green Day paid tribute to the game's 60th anniversary and performed for a parade of former Super Bowl MVPs. Brandi Carlile delivered an acoustic 'America, the Beautiful' without prerecorded tracks, and Charlie Puth sang a sweeping rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Coco Jones opened the performances with 'Lift Every Voice and Sing.'
Notable performances:
- Green Day performed "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" for a parade of former MVPs and followed with songs including "American Idiot;" Billie Joe Armstrong did not censor a profanity in the latter on the field, and the word was muted on the NBC telecast while drawing cheers inside the stadium.
- Charlie Puth stood at a Rhodes electric piano, was backed by a choir and horns, and sang the national anthem in 1 minute, 56 seconds.
- Brandi Carlile sang an earnest acoustic version of "America, the Beautiful" backed by violin and cello and said she used no prerecorded tracks.
- Coco Jones performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in a white gown with a string octet and FaceTimed her mother afterward while her fiancé held the phone.
- Bad Bunny was scheduled to perform the halftime show later in the program.
Summary:
The pregame lineup mixed rock, folk, soul and traditional pieces and included moments that differed between the stadium and the broadcast feed. Next on the schedule was Bad Bunny's halftime show.
