FOX made a special Super Bowl announcement live on the Thanksgiving pregame show. The performers for this year's NFL showpiece game alongside halftime act Kendrick Lamar were all confirmed. Fox will broadcast Super Bowl LIX live from New Orleans , Louisiana on February 9, 2025.
Kendrick Lamar was already confirmed for the halftime show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. But the national anthem performer and two other singers were announced by Fox. Jon Batiste leads the pregame lineup having been given the honor of performing the national anthem.
READ MORE ON THE NFL Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle will sing America the Beautiful just before Batiste takes to the stage. And Ledisi will perform Lift Every Voice and Sing in New Orleans in February. "Looking forward to this," one fan said.
"Love Jon Batiste and Ledisi," another commented. Most read in American Football While a third said, "This pregame lineup is going to be fire." Batiste is from Metairie, Louisiana and is a singer/songwriter as well as a television personality.
He was bandleader on Stay Human, who performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022. Batiste featured in a short video on Fox's Thanksgiving pregame show. The network was broadcasting the Dallas Cowboys' clash with the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
But before the game, the Super Bowl announcement was made by host Curt Menefee. "Jon Batiste here sitting on the block reminiscing about one of the biggest decisions of m.