Jay-Z is officially your Super Bowl LXI halftime headliner. The NFL announced it during halftime of the Oct. 26 Monday Night Football game, and the news set social media on fire. He’ll take the stage at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 14, 2027, more than three decades into a career that’s produced 25 Grammys and more stadium anthems than we can count.
There’s a fun coincidence buried in the announcement: Jay will be 57 for the show, the exact same age Tom Petty was when he headlined the 2008 halftime show. That puts Jay in the veteran sweet spot the NFL has often favored for the biggest musical stage in the world. Roc Nation will executive produce once again, with Hamish Hamilton directing, and the performance airs on ESPN, ABC and Disney+.
It also caps a huge year for Jay, who’s been celebrating 30 years in music with a run of stadium shows. From Reasonable Doubt to the Super Bowl stage, as he put it himself, it’s been a journey. So what’s the first song on your dream setlist? Tell us in the comments.
