For the first time, East Bay alt-punk-rock band Green Day performed at the long-running BottleRock music festival in Napa. Lead by singer-guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong, the group opened with their 2004 single “American Idiot” — its lyrics now tweaked to oppose the “MAGA agenda.”

Green Day headlined Day 1 of the 2025 BottleRock Napa Valley festival, with Justin Timberlake, Noah Kahan and more to follow.

Hometown heroes Green Day closed out the first day of BottleRock Napa Valley on Friday by proudly proving their bone-deep San Francisco Bay Area roots. Throughout the 90-minute set, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong made dozens of references,