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Arizona Super Bowl pregame show features Chris Stapleton, Babyface
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nation music star Chris Stapleton will hit subsequent month’s Tremendous Bowl stage to sing the nationwide anthem, whereas R&B legend Babyface will carry out “America the Stunning.”
The performances will happen Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, earlier than the championship matchup and halftime present that includes Rihanna. The performances will air on Fox.
Actor-singer Sheryl Lee Ralph, who gained an Emmy final yr, can even carry out “Raise Each Voice and Sing.” She stars within the hit comedy sequence “Abbott Elementary,” which stars Quinta Brunson.
Oscar winner Troy Kotsur, who’s from Mesa, Ariz., will carry out the nationwide anthem in American signal language. He turned the second deaf actor to win an Academy Award for his position within the movie “CODA.” Colin Denny will signal “America the Stunning” and “Raise Each Voice and Sing” will probably be signed by Justina Miles.
The U.S. Navy will conduct a flyover the State Farm Stadium to commemorate 50 years of girls flying within the service.
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation firm is govt producing the halftime present for a fourth yr. Jesse Collins returns as an govt producer.
Stapleton, an eight-time Grammy winner, is taken into account one of many nation’s most revered and beloved musicians. He took dwelling three Grammys final yr and was honored with a Nation Music Affiliation Awards for male vocalist of the yr in 2021.
Babyface, who gained 12 Grammys, has garnered a number of hits all through his lauded profession together with “Whip Enchantment,” “When Can I See You” and “Give U My Coronary heart” with Toni Braxton. He’s the co-founder of LaFace Information and collaborated with quite a lot of massive names together with Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Ella Mai and Patti LaBelle.
Ralph gained an Emmy as a first-time nominee on the age of 66 final yr. She has spent a long time within the enterprise with a number of iconic roles from “Dreamgirls” on Broadway within the Nineteen Eighties to the stepmother to the title character on the Nineties sitcom “Moesha.”