While Usher will be performing during the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show, Post Malone, Reba McEntire, and Andra Day have just been announced as headliners for the pregame show.
During the February 11 Las Vegas event, country star Reba McEntire will sing the National Anthem, while Post Malone will tackle “America the Beautiful” and Andra Day will belt out “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
The National Anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be produced and arranged by Emmy-winning musical director/producer Adam Blackstone. Both the pregame and halftime shows will feature American Sign Language performances, with Coda actress Daniel Durant performing the National Anthem in ASL, actress/model/singer Anjel Piñero signing “America the Beautiful” and actor/choreographer Shaheem Sanchez signing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”; Sanchez will also perform the ASL rendition of the halftime show.
Meanwhile, Usher has been very busy prepping his Halftime Show. In an interview with Vogue, Usher said he has been in intense rehearsals, saying the 13-minute medley through his career “has to be perfect.” Usher explained, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I want people who have been a part of that journey to feel like it’s a celebration for everybody, for all of us, from the beginning up until this point.”
So far, Usher's promised he would show off his signature dance moves and roller skating skills and that there would be a costume change and special guests. “I’m literally speaking to every woman. I want to make it feel like that,” the singer said of his goal to provide an intimate, steamy show in the 65,000-capacity stadium. “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.”
See the NFL's pre-game performers announcement below.
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Article Image: Post Malone performing at the Governor's Ball, Reba McEntire at the 2009 American Music Awards, Andra Day singing at a 2016 performance in Canada. (Moffly and s_bukley via DepositPhotos, Levi Manchak [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.)
