{"id":2056585,"date":"2025-09-29T02:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2056585"},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:19:08","slug":"super-bowl-2026-halftime-show-performer-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/super-bowl-2026-halftime-show-performer-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show Performer Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bad Bunny<\/strong><\/a> is officially headlining the Super Bowl LX<\/a> Halftime Show in 2026.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram<\/a> announcement video shared by the musician, 31, on Sunday, September 28, the \u201cMoscow Mule\u201d hitmaker was seen dressed in a tailored suit as he gazed into the camera lens. As the video panned out, Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, was revealed to be perched on an NFL goalpost.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper Bowl LX. Bay Area. February 2026. #AppleMusicHalftime,\u201d he captioned the teaser clip.<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated news was also confirmed during the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Sunday Night Football game, which aired on NBC.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tJustin Herbert is fresh off a stellar performance against Travis Kelce\u2019s Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1 of the NFL season, and the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback has delivered one more blow to the star tight end. Herbert, 27, revealed his pick for who he believes will perform at the Super Bowl LX halftime show [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Leading up to the announcement, fans speculated Taylor Swift<\/strong> would be named the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer after they spotted what they believed to be multiple Easter eggs<\/a> during her debut on Travis Kelce<\/strong> and Jason Kelce\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast in August.<\/p>\n

Swift, 35, told listeners that she thinks about sourdough \u201c60 percent of the time\u201d since taking up bread baking as a hobby. Fans connected her statement to the 2026 Super Bowl, the NFL\u2019s 60th, which is taking place at Levi\u2019s Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers, whose mascot is Sourdough Sam.<\/p>\n

Swift also mentioned the number 47 twice, thanking Jason for \u201cscreaming for, like, 47 seconds\u201d during her introduction and joking that she visited \u201c47,000\u201d countries during The Eras Tour<\/em>. She just so happened to play her 47th concert of the tour at Levi\u2019s Stadium in July 2023.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tSuper Bowl Sunday brought an A-list crowd together to watch the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers play in the NFL championship at Las Vegas\u2019 Allegiant Stadium. The game serves as a rematch of the 2020 big game that the Missouri team won. The athletes \u2014 including respective quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Brock [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In keeping with the numerology theme, Swift\u2019s favorite number is 13 \u2014 Super Bowl 2026 will occur during Travis\u2019 13th season in the NFL.<\/p>\n

The fact that Swift reclaimed the masters of her first six albums in May added to the speculation, since her entire catalog would be legally available for a Super Bowl setlist.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in her podcast appearance, Swift specifically addressed her interest in past halftime shows.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOver the years, stars including Mark Wahlberg,\u00a0Chrissy Teigen and more have taken their football fandom to the sport\u2019s biggest annual event: the Super Bowl. Teigen made a memorable appearance at the Super Bowl in 2017 when she suffered a nip slip. While watching the showdown between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons with [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI would go to sporting events so that I could sing the national anthem, like, everything was a means to an end to get to do music,\u201d she said. \u201cI know every halftime show from the Super Bowls, but I didn\u2019t watch the sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell<\/strong> fueled the speculation<\/a> about Swift\u2019s potential Super Bowl performance even further during a September appearance on the Today<\/em> show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would love to have Taylor play,\u201d he teased. \u201cShe is a special, special talent. And obviously she would be welcome at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Savannah Guthrie<\/strong> pressed Goodell about whether a Swift-led halftime show was in the works, he replied, \u201cI can\u2019t tell you anything about that,\u201d before adding, \u201cit\u2019s a maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThough many musicians would jump at the chance to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show, Gloria Estefan just couldn\u2019t be bothered to deal with all of the preparation involved. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to go on a diet in December,\u201d the \u201cGet on Your Feet\u201d singer joked during a June 2022 appearance on Watch What [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Goodell also pointed out that Jay-Z<\/strong> \u2014 whose Roc Nation has produced the halftime show since 2020 \u2014 had a say in the decision.<\/p>\n

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