Who’s singing the nationwide anthem on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl? All about Jon Batiste

Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste will sing the nationwide anthem earlier than the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off within the 2025 Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9 in New Orleans. 

The multi-Grammy winner is ready to open the sport at kickoff at 6:30 p.m. EST. He informed Leisure Tonight final month that he hopes his efficiency “lasts the take a look at of time.”

Here is every little thing you want to know in regards to the Louisiana native. 

Who’s Jon Batiste?

Batiste, who’s 38, is a Grammy and Oscar winner who’s the previous bandleader for “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” from 2015 to 2022. He additionally was the co-composer for the Pixar animated film “Soul.”

Batiste comes from a household with deep roots within the New Orleans jazz neighborhood, and he started enjoying drums with the Batiste Brothers Band at age 8. He attended the Juilliard Faculty in New York. Batiste additionally performs the piano, keyboard, melodica and guitar.

His documentary “American Symphony” gained a Grammy for greatest music movie this month, alongside along with his music “It By no means Went Away” from the documentary for greatest music written for visible media. Batiste has gained seven Grammy awards whole in his skilled profession.

Who sang the nationwide anthem for the earlier Tremendous Bowl sport?

Final 12 months, nation music icon Reba McEntire sang the nationwide anthem on the Tremendous Bowl. 

Who else is singing on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl?

Trombone Shorty will carry out “America the Stunning” with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lauren Daigle. Ledisi is performing “Elevate Each Voice and Sing,” colloquially referred to as the Black nationwide anthem. Together with Batiste, all 4 performers are Louisiana natives.

The halftime present will function rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer SZA.

The nationwide anthem and “America the Stunning” can be carried out by actor Stephanie Nogueras in American signal language. Otis Jones IV will sing “Elevate Each Voice and Sing,” and the halftime present can be signed by Matt Maxey.

Tremendous Bowl LIX will air on Fox, and Fox Information can be live-streaming the main sports activities occasion for the primary time on Tubi.