Green Day headlining the Grey Cup Halftime Show in Hamilton

Green Day – one of the most recognizable and influential punk rock bands in the world – is set to headline the Twisted Tea Grey Cup Halftime Show for the 110th Grey Cup at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton on Sunday, November 19, 2023.

“You better be ready because we’re about to turn the Grey Cup green and into the loudest f****** night in CFL history,” the band stated.

Since the meteoric success of their 1994 album Dookie, Green Day have claimed their place as the indisputable trailblazers of punk rock.

With more than 75 million records sold, 5 GRAMMY Awards, and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Green Day have remained at the forefront of the punk rock scene and inspired countless new artists.

From the genre-defining American Idiot to selling out stadiums around the Globe, Green Day sole-handedly keeps punk rock alive while providing razor-sharp social commentary.

The 110th Grey Cup marks the third year in which Twisted Tea – the Official ‘Ready-to-drink’ beverage of the CFL and Grey Cup – has perfectly paired music and sport at the Grey Cup to the delight of Canadian football fans from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

“Like so many Canadians, we have the Grey Cup circled in our calendars every year,” said Mike Masters of Moosehead Breweries LTD, which markets and distributes Twisted Tea in Canada.

“Presenting the Twisted Tea Grey Cup Halftime Show and playing a part in entertaining and exciting so many people is a dream come true. We can’t wait to see what Green Day has in-store for Hamilton.”

The 110th Grey Cup will be played in Hamilton at Tim Hortons Field on Sunday, November 19 with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. ET.

The nation’s largest single-day sporting event and Green Day’s performance for the Twisted Tea Grey Cup Halftime Show will be broadcast live across the nation on TSN and RDS – Canada’s home of the CFL. The Grey Cup will also be available live for viewers outside of Canada through CFL+.

A limited number of tickets for the 110th Grey Cup game are available at Ticketmaster.

The 2023 Grey Cup Festival will celebrate the 110th Grey Cup in Hamilton and include over 40 events that promise to captivate football fans, music lovers, athletes and families alike.

It will feature events organized by various community organizations, such as Sonic Unyon (Supercrawl), Around the Bay and Hamilton Santa Claus Parade, among others that are contributing to building a contemporary Hamilton.

The Built in the Hammer Grey Cup Music Festival will run from November 16-19 and feature both free and ticketed events with different programming each night, including Thursday night at OLG Stage in Niagara Falls, Friday night headlined by Carrie Underwood at FirstOntario Centre, Saturday night at FirstOntario Centre and Sunday’s Neighbourhood Block Party before the Grey Cup game at Tim Hortons Field.

Fan Central on James St. will also feature plenty of live music Thursday-Saturday, curated by ‘SuperCrawl’, Hamilton’s famous arts and indie music festival.

Centralized in Downtown Hamilton, the Festival’s venues and events will be in a compact footprint that will ensure walkability and accessibility for everyone.

Quintessentially Hamilton, the Festival also includes two events in Niagara Falls, making the 110th Grey Cup the first in the event’s history to be regional. For more information, visit Greycupfestival.ca.

SWOMP covered Green Day’s recent perfromance at the Louder Than Life Music Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Read our story, and check out the photos by Steve Thrasher, here. https://swomp.ca/2023/10/12/you-discredited-everyone-who-ever-said-that-rock-is-dead-green-day-closes-out-louder-than-life-2023/

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool recently released “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” the first single and opening track from the group’s 14th studio album Saviors, releasing January 19th, 2024 via Reprise/Warner Records.

“The American Dream Is Killing Me” was one of the last tracks written and recorded by Green Day for Saviors.

“As soon we cut it, we said, `Okay, that’s going first,’” says Billie Joe Armstrong who describes the new song as “a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn’t work for a lot of people — in fact, it’s hurting a lot of people.”

Watch the music video, below:

Recorded in London and Los Angeles, Saviors is the latest powerful collaboration between Green Day and Grammy-winning producer Rob Cavallo, whose notable previous work with Green Day includes two of the band’s most iconic albums, 1994’s Dookie and 2004’s American Idiot.

Photo Credit: Alice Baxley

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