The Tremendous Bowl halftime present has all the time been a significant a part of the annual NFL occasion and is the USA’ most-watched musical efficiency of the yr.
Here’s a have a look at Sunday’s halftime present in the course of the match between Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Who’s performing on the Tremendous Bowl halftime present 2025?
Kendrick Lamar will carry out the halftime present. He has received 22 Grammy Awards all through his profession, together with 5 this yr for his tune, “Not Like Us”, which bagged the celebrated Music of the 12 months and Report of the 12 months awards on Sunday.
Lamar is the primary solo rapper to headline the halftime present.
The 37-year-old additionally carried out at Tremendous Bowl 2022, alongside Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J Blige. It was the primary halftime present to be totally centred on hip-hop music.
Lamar, who began out freestyling and battle rapping in school, launched his debut studio album, Part.80, in 2011. Over the subsequent three years, the album bought 130,000 copies within the US.
Lamar has launched 5 extra studio albums, together with different information, promoting greater than 17.9 million album-equivalent models worldwide. He has achieved 5 number-one singles within the US.
What can we anticipate from Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency?
In a information convention hosted by Apple Music, Lemer stated he’s staying true to his storytelling roots throughout his halftime efficiency.
“Storytelling. I believe I’ve all the time been very open about storytelling by way of all my catalog and my historical past of music. And I’ve all the time had a ardour about bringing that on no matter stage I’m on.”
Singer-songwriter SZA will be part of Lamar as a particular visitor. The occasion will likely be directed by Hamish Hamilton, who has directed the halftime present since 2010.
However few different particulars in regards to the efficiency have been revealed, bowing to a convention wherein headliners preserve their plans secret.
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Apple Music, the music, audio, and video streaming service of Apple Inc, sponsors this yr’s halftime efficiency.
The corporate took over sponsorship in 2023, when Rihanna carried out, changing Pepsi which had been sponsor since 2013.
The place can I watch the Tremendous Bowl halftime present?
The Tremendous Bowl is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 pm ET (23:30 GMT), on Sunday, February 9, with the halftime present anticipated to start between 8-8:30pm (01:00-01:30 GMT).
The occasion will likely be broadcast dwell on FOX, FOX Deportes and streamed on Tubi.
A historical past of the Tremendous Bowl halftime present
Initially, the present primarily featured faculty marching bands, earlier than progressing to drill groups and efficiency ensembles, but it surely all modified in 1991 when boy band New Children on the Block have been the headline act.
The remainder of the Nineties had artists reminiscent of Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Stevie Marvel and Gloria Estefan carry out.
On the flip of the century, a lot of totally different acts carried out collectively. In 2000, Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias and Toni Braxton appeared and the next yr introduced Aerosmith and NSYNC collectively.
U2 changed Janet Jackson in 2002, and the band carried out a tribute to the victims of the 9/11 assaults.
Jackson would get her probability in 2004, the place her efficiency created controversy on account of an notorious “wardrobe malfunction”. The incident led to a change for the subsequent few years, with only one artist or group performing, primarily mainstream rock acts reminiscent of Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince and Bruce Springsteen.
In 2011, up to date artists made a return, with the earlier format of a headline act and a lot of friends.
Since then, Madonna, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Woman Gaga, Dr Dre and Eminem have all carried out on the present, which ensures them enormous publicity and a big enhance in album gross sales and digital downloads.
