The National Hockey league has announced a two-year partnership with pop-punk band, and noted hockey fans, Green Day. The partnership will see Green Day's song "Fire, Ready, Aim" used as the new theme song for NBCSN's Wednesday Night Hockey, debuting with the New Jersey Devils vs. Philadelphia Flyers on October 9th. The song is from the band's forthcoming album "Father of All..."
In addition, Green Day will also deliver the headline performance at the 2020 NHL All-star Game in St. Louis, and the NHL and NBC will incorporate the Rock n' Roll Hall-of-Famers' tunes into suggested arena playlists and highlight packages.
Green Day was supposed to do a live performance at the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, but pulled out at the last minute when lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong came down with an illness.
"Even though we were upset, it was out of our control, and we all professed our love for each other," Steve Mayer, the league's chief content officer, told Sportsnet. "We've got to figure out what we can do together."
Mayer is hopeful "Fire, Ready, Aim" will become synonymous with hockey the way "Are you Ready for Some Football?" became an anthem for the NFL.
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