Rihanna Confirmed as 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show Performer

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Rihanna is headed to the Super Bowl.

Without saying a word, the 34-year-old has confirmed that she will perform astatine the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show. On Sept. 25, Rihanna posted connected her Instagram a photograph of her manus holding a football.

The NFL tweeted the aforesaid photo, with the caption, "Let's GO - @rihanna @rocnation #SBLVII @AppleMusic @NFLonFOX." Rihanna's record label, Roc Nation, shared the aforesaid pic and a similar caption.

"Rihanna is simply a generational talent, a pistillate of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations astatine each turn," group laminitis Jay-Z said successful a connection provided by Roc Nation, the NFL and caller Super Bowl sponsor Apple Music. "A idiosyncratic calved connected the tiny land of Barbados who became 1 of the astir salient artists ever. Self-made successful concern and entertainment."

NFL sources besides confirmed Rihanna's information to TMZ, which had antecedently quoted sources with cognition of the concern arsenic saying that determination person been aggregate discussions betwixt the NFL and Roc Nation to person the vocalist header the show. The 2023 Super Bowl is scheduled to beryllium played astatine the State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Ariz. connected Feb. 12.

Rihanna's post comes 3 years after she told Vogue that she "absolutely" turned down a Super Bowl halftime amusement gig connection successful solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. "I couldn't situation bash that," the R&B vocalist said. "For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I conscionable couldn't beryllium a sellout. I couldn't beryllium an enabler. There's things wrong that enactment that I bash not hold with astatine all, and I was not astir to spell and beryllium of work to them successful immoderate way."

Her alteration of bosom besides comes pursuing a large beingness change. This summer, the Rihanna became a mom, welcoming her and boyfriend A$AP Rocky's archetypal child, a babe boy.

The star has not performed onstage since the 2018 Grammy Awards, and has not released a caller medium since 2016 oregon caller euphony successful wide successful much than 2 years.

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The Fenty laminitis has successful caller years concentrated connected her quality and manner plan career, portion besides teasing a ninth workplace album. Also since 2015, Rihanna has been moving connected a documentary astir her beingness with manager Peter Berg.

Days earlier Rihanna's Instagram post, there was speculation that Taylor Swift could header the Super Bowl Halftime Show, arsenic the NFL precocious ended its long-standing concern with Pepsi, and the singer had past endorsement deals with rival Coca-Cola. People aboriginal reported that the vocalist would not execute the gig.

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