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Here's the Full Lineup for the Super Bowl 2025 Pregame Performers
With Super Bowl LIX less than a week away ... What's really cool: The pregame performers are all Louisiana natives (not to mention Grammy-winners). Jon took to Instagram to celebrate the honor ...
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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance drew 125 FCC complaints
Kendrick Lamar performs at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar’s performance has also drawn complaints for “racism”. One person wrote ...
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Pregame Show, National Anthem Honor New Orleans Music Scene
(Cindy Ord/Getty Images) The Super Bowl’s pregame performers are all Louisiana natives, in a nod to the host city’s rich musical legacy. Jon Batiste, a Grammy-winning jazz musician and former ...
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Super Bowl halftime show review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making performance
Does a Super Bowl performance further complicate things? SZA appeared on stage for “Luther” and “All the Stars.” “That’s what America wants — nice and calm,” Jackson said.
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Usher Offers Some Advice to Fellow Super Bowl Halftime Performer Kendrick Lamar
Rounding out the episode was a high-energy performance by the Southern University and A&M College marching band from Baton Rouge, Louisiana — who will also play at the Super Bowl pregame show.
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Super Bowl Halftime Show Complaints Focused on Lack of DEI for White People
Some of the initial online backlash to Lamar’s February performance accused the entire show of being a form of DEI. But the FCC complaints suggest that some Super Bowl viewers feel white people ...
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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Drew 125 FCC Complaints
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime performance drew 125 FCC complaints, according to several FOIAs filed following the event, including one by The Hill. Some of the FCC complaints ...