Chris Stapleton will be performing the National Anthem before Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
The eight-time Grammy winner will sing live from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ. Last week, Stapleton who had earlier expressed his interest of singing the Anthem at the Super Bowl, spoke to Apple Music about his upcoming performance.
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“I think I said it because I thought I wouldn’t get asked. The national anthem is not an easy song for singers and it’s one that you can, you know, it can go horribly wrong as we’ve seen many times in the past. Hopefully, it won’t happen for me, knock on wood, but yeah, if you’re going to do it, this is the place to do it,” he said.
The Anthem performance will take place prior to kickoff, which is set for 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox. On average, the official duration for the anthem has been recorded at 119 seconds.
While the frontman for The SteelDrivers and also The Jompson Brothers will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Babyface will be performing America the Beautiful ahead of kickoff. Lift Every Voice and Sing will be sung by Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Arizona native Troy Kotsur will perform the national anthem in American Sign Language (ASL) on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD). Colin Denny, a member of the Navajo Nation in Arizona, will sign America the Beautiful, while deaf performer Justina Miles will sign Lift Every Voice and Sing.
