Rihanna confirms she’s headlining the Tremendous Bowl LVII halftime present

Rihanna been drafted to headline the Tremendous Bowl LVII halftime present, the NFL has confirmed.

Following a report from TMZ that she’s been in discussions with the NFL and Roc Nation about acting at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Feb. 12, 2023, the pop star took to Instagram on Sunday to share a photograph her tattooed hand holding up an NFL-branded soccer. The put up additionally marks Rihanna’s first social media exercise since giving beginning to her first little one in Could.

Roc Nation, which oversees the halftime present, shared Rihanna’s put up, including the caption, “Let’s GO.” Jay-Z’s music leisure company — which options the “Umbrella” singer on its roster — additionally tagged Apple Music, which is changing Pepsi as sponsor of the present.

Rihanna’s affirmation follows hypothesis that Taylor Swift was being thought of for the halftime headliner gig. This previous February noticed the sport’s first hip-hop headlined halftime present, that includes performances from Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak.

The Fenty Magnificence mogul — who was photographed attending a Rolling Loud after-party along with her associate, A$AP Rocky, on Saturday night time — beforehand turned down the Tremendous Bowl gig in solidarity with activist and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

“I couldn’t dare do this,” she advised Vogue in 2019. “For what? Who features from that? Not my individuals. I simply couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s issues inside that group that I don’t agree with in any respect, and I used to be not about to go and be of service to them in any means.”

In an announcement from the NFL asserting Rihanna’s efficiency, Jay-Z hailed the music star as a “generational expertise, a girl of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at each flip.”