Dallas Cowboys announce Dolly Parton as Thanksgiving game halftime show performer
The Dallas Cowboys announced a legendary name as this year’s halftime show performer for the Thanksgiving game on Nov. 23. Country star Dolly Parton will perform a few of her 25 career No. 1 songs as the opening act for The Salvation Army and its Red Kettle Kickoff fundraising campaign.
Parton, an 11-time Grammy Award winner, was a co-host for the Academy of Country Music Awards at the Cowboys’ Star facility in Frisco along with Garth Brooks in May.
The Cowboys have been hosting the Thanksgiving Day game since 1966 when then-team president Tex Schramm volunteered his team. It’s been one of the biggest factors for the team’s fan base growth across the country, on top of their dynastic success in the 1990s.
This year, Dallas is hosting the Washington Commanders for the first of their two regular-season matchups against the divisional rivals. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. ET on CBS on Nov. 23.
In the last decade, the Cowboys have had the Jonas Brothers, Luke Combs, Kane Brown, Elli Goulding, Meghan Trainor, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Pitbull and even Selena Gomez as Thanksgiving halftime show performers. The Jonas Brothers are the only group to do the halftime show twice (2022, 2008) dating back to 1997.
Usher to headline Super Bowl LVIII halftime show
Get ready Las Vegas, the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show performer has been revealed and it’s a blast from the past: Usher.
The hip-hop and rap artist will hit the stage this winter on the biggest stage in media: the Super Bowl. In an announcement video from Apple Music, Usher was revealed as this season’s artist. The video also features Kim Kardashian.
The 44-year-old has eight studio albums dating back to 1994, the self-titled Usher. He most recently released Hard II Love in 2016.
Usher also has a Las Vegas residency, which began in 2021. Those included Caesars Palace, Park MGM and Rendez-Vous A Paris – La Seine Musicale.
In his career, Usher solid 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the Untied States. Internationally, Usher sold 80 million records worldwide, which made him one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.
With 18 overall awards, Usher is the fifth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards.
Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas is on February 11, 2024 at Allegiant Stadium, home of the Raiders.
On3’s Nick Kosko contributed to this report.