Info Magzine: Tremendous Bowl halftime present 2021: Who’s acting at Tremendous Bowl 55 in Tampa?

The Tremendous Bowl halftime present in 2021 will present fairly the thrill as your weekend strikes towards its conclusion.

That is as a result of The Weeknd (no, there is not any typo there) will carry out at Tremendous Bowl 55 in Tampa, Florida, as the newest in an extended line of high-end musical artists to take the stage midway via the Tremendous Bowl’s soccer motion. The Weeknd brings a variety of musical genres in his repertoire that ought to permit for a halftime present that has some enchantment for everybody at your Tremendous Bowl get together.

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The Weeknd is a Canadian artist whose actual title is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. His stage title, based on Tesfaye, comes from being a highschool dropout who “left one weekend and by no means got here dwelling.” It is lacking that third ‘e’ solely as a result of there’s already a Canadian band often called The Weekend, so the spelling was modified to keep away from copyright points.

A yr in the past, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez took the stage for the halftime present in Miami. Whereas The Weeknd is not fairly an entertainer on the extent of Bruno Mars, his halftime efficiency might remind lots of Bruno’s diversified setlist on the 2014 Tremendous Bowl.

This is every thing to find out about this yr’s Tremendous Bowl 55 halftime present, together with anticipated begin time and a full checklist of performances all through the sport’s historical past.

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Who’s performing throughout halftime of Tremendous Bowl 55?

The Weeknd will carry out throughout halftime of Tremendous Bowl 55. A Canadian singer-songwriter whose full title is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, The Weeknd ought to deliver a wide-ranging setlist to the stage in Tampa, Florida.

There have not been bulletins about supplementary performers, though normally a second star finds their means onto the stage in some unspecified time in the future throughout the halftime present. The Weeknd might be following up a 2020 halftime present that featured Shakira and Jennifer Lopez in Miami.

What time does the Tremendous Bowl halftime present begin?

The Tremendous Bowl halftime present will possible begin shortly after 8 p.m. ET. The sport itself kicks off at about 6:30, so the primary half ought to finish about 90 minutes later.

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Who’s The Weeknd?

The Weeknd is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose full title is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. Whereas his music touches on numerous completely different genres, it has a heavy R&B affect.

The Weeknd’s stage title comes from Tesfaye leaving for a weekend and by no means coming dwelling throughout highschool, as an alternative selecting to drop out. He’ll flip 31 a bit greater than every week after performing on the Tremendous Bowl, together with his birthday on Feb. 16.

The Weeknd has gained three Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 9 Billboard Music Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards. He broke closely into the mainstream together with his music “Cannot Really feel My Face.”

Do performers receives a commission for the Tremendous Bowl halftime present?

No, Tremendous Bowl halftime performers don’t receives a commission. The NFL does cowl the price of the efficiency.

For artists requested to carry out on the Tremendous Bowl throughout halftime, the publicity is greater than sufficient “compensation.”

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Who’s singing the nationwide anthem at Tremendous Bowl 55?

The NFL introduced on Jan. 19 that the nationwide anthem singers at Tremendous Bowl 55 might be Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan. Church is a extremely acclaimed nation artist, whereas Sullivan has been a fixture of R&B charts as a top-notch vocalist.

As a part of the pregame festivities, there’ll even be a rendition of America the Stunning. That’ll be sung by H.E.R., one other R&B artist who’s acquired 13 Grammy nominations over the previous three years.

Historical past of Tremendous Bowl halftime present performers

Tremendous Bowl	Yr	Performer(s)
I	1967	Universities of Arizona and Michigan Grambling College Bands
II	1968	“Outdated Man Winter Takes a Trip in Miami” that includes seven native Miami-area highschool bands
III	1969	“America Thanks” with Florida A&M College
IV	1970	Carol Channing
V	1971	Florida A&M Band
VI	1972	“Salute to Louis Armstrong” with Ella Ftizgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Coprs Drill Group
VII	1973	“Happiness Is…” with College of Michigan Band and Woody Herman
VIII	1974	“A Musical America” with College of Texas Band
IX	1975	“Tribute to Duke Eillington” with Mercer Ellington and Grambling College Bands
X	1976	“200 Years and Only a Child” Tribute to America’s Bicentennial
XI	1977	“It is a Small World” together with crowd particiption for first time with spectators waving coloured placard on cue
XII	1978	“From Paris to the Paris of America” with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
XIII	1979	“Tremendous Bowl XIII Carnival” Salute to the Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and varied Caribbean bands
XIV	1980	“A Salute to the Large Band Period” with Up with Folks
XV	1981	“A Mardi Gras Competition”
XVI	1982	“A Salute to the 60’s and Motown”
XVII	1983	“KaleidoSUPERscope” (a kaleidoscope of colour and sound)
XVIII	1984	“Tremendous Bowl XVIII’s Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Display”
XIX	1985	“A World of Youngsters’s Desires”
XX	1986	“Beat of the Future”
XXI	1987	“Salute to Hollywood’s one hundredth Anniversary”
XXII	1988	“One thing Grand” that includes 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker
XXIII	1989	“Be Bop Bamboozled” that includes 3-D results
XXIV	1990	“Salute to New Orleans” and fortieth Anniversary of Peanuts’ characters, that includes trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas
XXV	1991	“A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Tremendous Bowl” that includes New Children on the Block
XXVI	1992	“Winter Magic” together with a salute to the winter season and the winter Olympics that includes Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill
XXVII	1993	“Heal the World” that includes Michael Jackson
XXVIII	1994	“Rockin Nation Sunday” that includes Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd
XXIX	1995	“Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye” that includes Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine
XXX	1996	Diana Ross
XXXI	1997	“Blues Brothers Bash” that includes Dan Akroyd, John Goodman, James Belushi, James Brown and ZZ High
XXXII	1998	“A Tribute to Motown’s fortieth Anniversary” together with Boyz II Males, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations
XXXIII	1999	“Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing” that includes Stevie Surprise, Gloria Estefan, Large Unhealthy Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover
XXXIV	2000	“A Tapestry of Nations” that includes Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, and Toni Braxton
XXXV	2001	“The Kings of Rock and Pop” that includes Aerosmith, *N’SYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
XXXVI	2002	U2
XXXVII	2003	Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
XXXVIII	2004	Janet Jackson, Child Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
XXXIX	2005	Paul McCartney
XL	2006	The Rolling Stones
XLI	2007	Prince
XLII	2008	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
XLIII	2009	Bruce Springsteen & The E Road Band
XLIV	2010	The Who
XLV	2011	The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
XLVI	2012	Madonna with company Cee Lo Inexperienced, LMFAO, M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
XLVII	2013	Beyoncé with company Future’s Little one
XLVIII	2014	Bruno Mars with company Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers
XLIX	2015	Katy Perry with company Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz
50	2016	Coldplay with guets Beyoncé and Bruno Mars
LI	2017	Girl Gaga
LII	2018	Justin Timberlake
LIII	2019	Maroon 5 with company Travis Scott and Large Boi
LIV	2020	Shakira and Jennifer Lopez