Sting has been added to the lineup of musical company performing in the course of the weekend of the 2026 Tremendous Bowl.
The “Each Breath You Take” singer, 74, is ready to headline a Tremendous Bowl-branded live performance on the Palace of High quality Arts in San Francisco on February 6, 2026, the NFL's hospitality supplier, On Location, introduced on Tuesday, October 28. The live performance will happen two days earlier than the Tremendous Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the place Dangerous Bunny is ready to carry out the halftime present.
In accordance with On Location, Sting's set shall be a part of the Tremendous Bowl LX Studio 60 occasion, which is “a weekend of unforgettable music leisure at one in all San Francisco's most iconic venues.”
“The intimate setting serves as a possibility to see artists up shut and private,” On Location's web site reads. “Quite a lot of packages can be found with choices that embrace basic entry passes with all-inclusive meals and beverage, all-inclusive non-public lounge areas, meet and greet alternatives with NFL legends and present gamers and extra.”
Whereas further performers have but to be introduced, the web site notes {that a} second evening of festivities will happen on February 7.
Tickets for the “Sting Friday Expertise” can be found now, beginning at $750 per particular person.
The announcement comes amid controversy surrounding Dangerous Bunny, 31, being tapped because the halftime present performer. A number of conservative political figures, together with President Donald Trump, Home Speaker Mike Johnson and Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, have spoken out towards the choice to rent the Puerto Rican singer.
“I've by no means heard of him,” Trump, 79, claimed throughout an October 6 look on Newsmax's Greg Kelly Experiences. “I don't know who he's. I don't know why they're doing it. It's, like, loopy. I feel it's completely ridiculous.”
Dangerous Bunny Rosalind O'Connor/NBC through Getty Photos
Dangerous Bunny (actual identify Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) has additionally obtained help from fellow celebrities amid the backlash, together with Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Jay-Z and Rita Moreno.
“So what? I'm Puerto Rican too. So what? What a nuisance!” Moreno, 93, completely informed Us Weekly in response to critics who declare Dangerous Bunny isn't “American.”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the criticism surrounding the Tremendous Bowl halftime performer at a information convention on October 22.
“He's one of many main and hottest entertainers on the earth,” Goodell, 66, informed reporters. “That's what we attempt to obtain. It's an vital stage for us. It's an vital component to the leisure worth, and it's rigorously thought by.”
He continued, “I'm undecided we've ever chosen an artist the place we didn't have some blowback and criticism. It's fairly laborious to do when you have got actually tons of of thousands and thousands of individuals which might be watching.”
The hoopla continues over Dangerous Bunny's upcoming Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency. In accordance with Leisure Weekly, a petition has begun on Change.org to swap the Puerto Rican celebrity for nation singer George Strait. The petition has greater than 50,000 signatures and encourages the NFL to drag Dangerous Bunny, 31, from the 2026 broadcast — perpetually the […]
Dangerous Bunny additionally poked enjoyable on the backlash surrounding his upcoming efficiency throughout his October 4 internet hosting gig on Saturday Night time Reside.
“Chances are you'll not know this however I'm doing the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present. I'm very glad and I feel everybody could be very glad about it! Even Fox Information,” he stated as SNL confirmed a montage of vital information protection of his Tremendous Bowl spot, though it was edited to say, “Dangerous Bunny is my favourite musician and he must be the following president.”
Dangerous Bunny continued, “Actually, I'm very excited to be doing the Tremendous Bowl and I do know folks all all over the world who love my music are additionally glad.”
After briefly talking in Spanish, he quipped, “Should you didn't perceive now what I simply stated, you have got 4 months to be taught!”
