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It was no surprise that Jack White performed The White Stripesâ âSeven Nation Army,â a sporting anthem, during his halftime set on Thursday (Nov. 27) at the Detroit Lionsâ annual Thanksgiving Day Classic at Ford Field.
The real surprise came with a guest appearance by fellow Detroit icon Eminem, who co-executive produced the event alongside his manager, Paul Rosenberg.
The superstar rapper, decked out in a hoodie and custom-made Lions jacket, electrified the sold-out crowd by joining White and his band halfway through their seven-minute set for a mashup of Emâs âTill I Collapseâ with the White Stripesâ âHello Operator,â a pairing that was sandwiched between Whiteâs âThatâs How Iâm Feelingâ and âSeven Nation Army.â
It was a first-ever onstage meeting between the two Detroit music standard bearers. It came in the wake of the White Stripesâ induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 8, and also coincided with the 10th anniversary of the opening of Whiteâs Third Man Records location in his hometown. Eminem was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2022.
White played a blue guitar for the occasion, while his rhythm section sported Lions attire. âI love you Detroit,â the rocker shouted as the performance came to a feedback-drenched conclusion. More than 400 Lions season ticket holders who volunteered to be part of the show rocked along in front of the stage.
Eminem and White â who each created special limited edition merchandise related to the game and halftime show â were well represented before the performance as well. The Ford Field PA blasted âSeven Nation Armyâ shortly before the Lions took the field, and Whiteâs âTaking Me Backâ during the time-out music in the first quarter. âTill I Collapseâ was featured as hype music prior to kickoff.
The show marked the first event in a new three-year partnership between the Detroit Lions, Burbank-based Jesse Collins Entertainment â known for producing previous Super Bowl halftime shows â and Eminem and Paul Rosenberg. Eminem and Rosenberg also collaborated with the Collins organization on the June 2024 concert celebrating the opening of Michigan Central, which also featured a performance by White.
JCE executive VP Seth Dudowsky told Billboard that conversations about Eminem and Rosenberg joining the production team began near the start of the NFL season, and once on board White quickly became a focal point of the Thanksgiving halftime discussion.
âWe talked about how do we put on a show that really represents the attributes and values of the city and are true to the Lions and true to what Eminem and Paul had established there,â Dudowsky said. âWhen you talk about those elements and those values, Jack White was a perfect artist to⌠represent rock ânâ roll and be on that stage and somebody who not only spans Detroit, but anybody whoâs been in stadiums and at sports events has heard [âSeven Nation Armyâ] at some point.â
The Lions also launched a new initiative with Feeding America with Thursdayâs game.
Adding to the dayâs hometown flavor was Grammy-winning gospel singer CeCe Winans, a Detroit native who flew in that morning from Nashville to perform the National Anthem.
âItâs an honor,â Winans told Billboard at Ford Field. âI grew up with seven brothers and a dad, so the Lions game was on every year. There were 10 of us so we couldnât get all those tickets, so we watched on TV. To be able to be here to do the anthem is a lot of fun, and honor and amazing.â
The Lions game against NFC North division rival Green Bay Packers was the first of three NFL Thanksgiving Day games.
If BeyoncĂŠ is performing for halftime, you know youâre in for a very special treat. From her landmark two previous Super Bowl halftime show appearances (2013 and 2016) to her landmark Coachella headlining performance (2018) and record-breaking Renaissance World Tour (2023), BeyoncĂŠ has consistently delivered jaw-dropping performances that showcase her vocal virtuosity, dance skills and […]
BeyoncĂŠ may have wrapped her Christmas Day Halftime Show performance, but famous fans such as Serena Williams and ReneĂŠ Rapp still arenât over it.
Following the 32-time Grammy winnerâs high-production showcase midway through the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game Wednesday (Dec. 25), the tennis legend took to X to gush about Beyâs star power. âHonestly canât get enough of you,â Williams wrote moments after Bey exited the field.
A certain Mean Girls star had paragraphsâ worth of praise to share about Beyâs performance on Instagram Stories. âIâm not fâing kidding yaâll donât GET IT!!!!!,â Rapp wrote over a black background. âWHY AM I CRYING DURING A DRUMLINE?? SHEâS BEEN IT SHEâS STILL IT SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IT!! BEYONCĂ TILL I DIE.â
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âlike this is the worlds most beautiful person alive,â the âSnow Angelâ singer continued in a second post. âyou wanna talk about being a FAN?! SHE MADE A FAN OUT OF ME YOUNG AND KEPT IT THAT WAY HOW ARE YOU STILL THAT FINE AND PERFORMING LIKE THAT!!! full body chills.â
The âBreak My Soulâ vocalistâs halftime offering was certainly one for the history books, with the show marking the first time Bey performed any songs from her Billboard 200-topping album Cowboy Carter. Shaboozey, Post Malone, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts all joined her to help sing their respective collaborations from the Grammy-nominated LP â including âSweet Honey Buckiin,ââ âLeviiâs Jeansâ and âBlackbiirdâ â while Beyâs eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, accompanied her mom on the field for a few dance numbers.
During and after the show, Bey also received support from both of her Destinyâs Child bandmates. Michelle Williams was on hand at NRG Stadium to cheer the Ivy Park founder on, sharing an on-site photo on Instagram Stories during the performance, while Kelly Rowland reposted a clip on her Story of the âIrreplaceableâ musician and Blue Ivy dancing together during âTexas Hold âEmâ and wrote, âSHUT IT DOWN!!!!â
Luckily for Williams, Rapp, the Destinyâs Child women and every other person in the Beyhive who loved the musicianâs showcase, Netflix will soon drop a BeyoncĂŠ Bowl special featuring footage from the 12-plus-minute set. The streamer aired the performance â plus the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers and Texans-Ravens games â live on Christmas Day.
Shortly after the show, Bey also teased that she has a new project coming in 2025, dropping a cryptic video of her riding a horse and swinging an American flag. â1.14.25,â reads a message at the end of the clip, which Live Nation reposted on socials â a move that has many fans convinced the star is planning to embark on a tour next year.
âItâs only right that we do âTexas Hold âEmâ for the first time in Texas, on Christmas.â So proclaimed BeyoncĂŠ near the end of a thrilling performance at the halftime show of the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens matchup on Christmas Day â a special, one-of-a-kind showcase for her album Cowboy Carter that fans have waited months to see and savor.
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In the middle of a special Christmas Day NFL game on Netflix, BeyoncĂŠ was introduced as a âhometown hero,â ahead of âBeyoncĂŠ Bowl.â Fittingly, the extended performance, and live debut of several Cowboy Carter tracks, felt fully independent of its halftime-show context, a must-see live event that was streamed globally, dominated all of social media, and just happened to exist during a football game.
Introducing an all-white western aesthetic that carried over through the full performance, BeyoncĂŠ arrived on a white horse backstage, singing â16 Carriagesâ and making her way to the field at NRG Stadium, with blonde curls adorning the sides of her face. She then segued into her soulful version of âBlackbiirdâ after dismounting and walking forward, flanked by band members and backup singers, then by her four co-singers on the track: Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts.
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Finally arriving onstage, Bey launched into an exhilarating version of album highlight âYa Ya,â a marching band bringing effusive energy as she sashayed down the field and into the end zone. The quieter intro of the set had fully given way to dozens of dancers and musicians by the time BeyoncĂŠ played her 2023 single âMy Houseâ live for the first time, followed by a pair of Cowboy Carter back-half gems: âRiiverdanceâ and âSweet â Honey â Buckiinâ.â The latter featured Shaboozey, delivering his triumphant guest spot a few weeks after tying the all-time Hot 100 record with his own single âA Bar Song (Tipsy).â
Then the tempo slowed down, Bey struck a pose in front of a pickup truck, and she launched into âLeviiâs Jeansâ â with Post Malone waiting for her in the bed of the truck. Rocking a diamond-encrusted white jacket and (of course) jeans, Posty gave us a few seconds of heartfelt duet with Bey, both superstars beaming while performing the song for the first time together.
After performing her cover of âJoleneâ while making her way downfield on a convertible, she launched into the No. 1 hit from Cowboy Carter, âTexas Holdâ Em,â with her daughter, Blue Ivy, dancing by her side. âNow I need all my cowboys to the dance floor!â Bey exclaimed, shortly before ascending towards the roof of the stadium, ending the performance in mid-air on a small white platform and bathed in rapturous applause from the hometown crowd.
The performance marked the first live presentation of Beyâs Cowboy Carter album, which was released last March, topped the Billboard 200 chart in April and scored the superstar another Grammy nom for album of the year. Although BeyoncĂŠ spent 2023 on the road in supper of her 2022 full-length Renaissance, she has yet to tour behind Cowboy Carter⌠although immediately after the performance, she did tease an announcement for Jan. 14, 2025.
Netflixâs two Christmas Day games are a first of their kind, with the streaming service expected to continue the holiday tradition through at least 2026. BeyoncĂŠ is a veteran of the major NFL halftime show: she headlined Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 in New Orleans, reuniting with her Destinyâs Child group mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and returned for Super Bowl 50 in 2016, performing at halftime with Coldplay and Bruno Mars.
Usherâs Super Bowl Halftime Show at Las Vegasâ Allegiant Stadium on Sunday night (Feb. 11) was every millennialâs dream â Chrissy Teigen included. The Cravings cookbook author took to Instagram to share a series of videos in which she is seen dancing to Usherâs medley of hits, including one adorable clip in which she grooves […]
H.E.R. had the ultimate full circle moment. The âBest Partâ singer took to Instagram on Sunday (Feb. 11) to share a throwback photo of herself as a child singing on a jumbotron. âIn honor of niners at #superbowllviii hereâs me at 11 singing national anthem at 49ers game ? letâs get itttttt,â she captioned the […]
Lady Gaga rolled up to Super Bowl LVIII perfectly in theme. As seen in the photo above, the âRain on Meâ superstar was spotted in the crowd at Las Vegasâ Allegiant Stadium on Sunday night (Feb. 11), rocking a San Fransisco 49ers jersey and a glittery eye look matching the one she wore back in […]
Though heâs currently running through the paces of rehearsals for his first go at it, Usher knows the rigors of preparing a Super Bowl halftime show. With just 13 minutes to perform a career-spanning set and eight minutes to set up the stage, the singer told Vogue magazine in a new digital cover story that there he knows there is no room for error.
âIt has to be perfect,â said the âYeah!â singer known for his mind-bendingly smooth dance moves and elaborate staging. âIâve been doing this for 30 years. I want people who have been a part of that journey to feel like itâs a celebration for everybody, for all of us, from the beginning up until this point.â
Because the pre-game specifics of the halftime show are notoriously tightly-held, there were no details to share about what songs fan can expect to hear, even though Usher did give the magazine a sneak peek about his Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII set. Among the items definitely on the checklist: roller skating, killer choreography, one major costume change and, unlike last yearâs performer, Rihanna, some special guests.
âThis night was specifically curated in my mind to have R&B take the main stage,â he said, teasing that heâs pulled together a team who represent the architects of the genre to help him compile the set list. âNot just R&B music, but R&B performance, R&B connection, R&B spirit.â The singer who tearfully closed out his 100-show Las Vegas residency in December, said heâs also been thinking about such other legendary Vegas icons as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley while putting together the show.
âIâm literally speaking to every woman. I want to make it feel like that,â the legendarily lusty singer said of aiming for a sensual intimacy in the 65,000-capacity stadium, while also keeping in mind other legendary Super Bowl halftime shows as he celebrates his own history.
âIâm thinking about the fact that Iâve been able to walk through the front door as a result of their sacrifice and ability,â he said of the legacy of such previous Black icons as Michael Jackson and Prince, as well as what R&B means in a country where some of its most famous practitioners had to enter the stage through the kitchen door in the 1950s and 60s due to segregation.
âItâs made me feel joyous. It made me feel like I want to go out there, and I want the world to smile when they look at me. I want them to feel something, and feel my passion, my love, feel like I was the right person to sit in this position, and I was the right person to bring this kind of energy and love and connection to the entire world,â Usher said.
âPeople will tune in for a football game, but I hope when they look at that halftime performance, Iâm hoping they walk away with something thatâs healing them,â he added. âSomething that makes them feel hopeful, and not just look at the past, but have hope for the future, and have hope for a different type of future than weâre looking at right now in the present.â
The 45-year old singer is gearing up to release his ninth studio album, Coming Home, on Feb. 9, just two days before he takes the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the big game. Itâs a gig that his fans will tell you is a long time coming, but which didnât materialize until Jay-Z called up to ask Ush to do the honors this year.
âEvery day Iâm kind of sitting here and I take a moment to just look at where weâre going to be, which is right there,â Usher told the magazine while pointing to the shiny black glass spaceship of a stadium in the Nevada desert.
And, not for nothing, the writer reveals that they have already heard an âafrobeat-inflected earwormâ from Coming Home, assuring fans that it is â20 tracks of absolute bangers.â
Dolly Parton may have a career in professional cheerleading if this music thing doesnât work out. The 77-year-old country superstar stunned during the NFL halftime show at the Dallas Cowboys-Washing Commanders game on Thanksgiving (Nov. 23) after stepping onto the stage in a sparkling Cowboys-inspired cheerleader uniform for her show-stealing set. âHello, Texas! Dolly does […]
