Winter Olympics, opening ceremony
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This year’s opening ceremony will kick off at 2pm ET, which is 8pm local time in Italy, on February 6, 2026. The ceremony will likely run for a total of three hours, and will be broadcast again during primetime at 8pm ET.
But, there another highly-anticipated performance: the rock band Green Day. Green Day has drawn headlines ahead of the Super Bowl as their outspoken criticism of President Donald Trump sparked the President to weigh in on the choice to have them perform.
But when Vice President J.D. Vance appeared on the stadium’s big screen during the kickoff of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games on Friday, the unmistakable sound of boos and jeers broke out among the crowd of 65,