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By: Holly Gleason
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Church Choir Anthem: Eric Church performs during the Super Bowl LV pregame at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 7. “The science was the biggest hurdle,” says Q Prime South’s John Peets of his client Eric Church’s desire to rock arenas in 2021. “What do we do if the rules are against us? The feeling – really early, once his record was done – was, let’s start dripping songs out, keep going towards April.
“We just kept marching forward, but we had a lot of conversations, a lot of big brains from the NFL and college football, high level people with a lot of money at risk, the CDC, the buildings, the municipalities and states. It was such a moving target, everybody was guessing, informed but guessing.
Fans called for a solo Sullivan performance
Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church perform the national anthem before Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Raymond James Stadium on February 07, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) I just watched Jazmine Sullivan and whoever that white man was national anthem performance and one thing Black folks gonna do is turn that retched song into a bop. She ATE!, wrote one user. Another added, Okay cause Jazmine should’ve done that by herself she ate dude right up
I just watched Jazmine Sullivan and whoever that white man was national anthem performance and one thing Black folks gonna do is turn that retched song into a bop. She ATE!
R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month s Super Bowl, where singer H.E.R. will perform America The Beautiful.
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company is executive producing the half-time show for a second year.
Sullivan rose to the top of the American RnB charts in 2008 with her debut single and album. She has earned 12 Grammy nominations and written songs for Mary J Blige, Jennifer Hudson and Monica. Her new album, Heaux Tales, debuted at number 4 on this week’s all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart.
I’ll be in Tampa Bay for the @NFL#SBLV to sing America the Beautiful as part of the Super Bowl on @CBS Kick-Off Show at 6 PM ET. Make sure to tune in! pic.twitter.com/BVWdRhgFeY