By Lydia Jane Allison
Celebrating Family, Food and Football, Three Holiday Games to Spotlight Respective Artists in Detroit, Dallas and Green Bay
NEW YORK — Nov. 10, 2024 — The National Football League will feature showstopping performances at this year’s Thanksgiving games, with three renowned artists performing live during the holiday halftime shows.
On Nov. 28, 2024, country music’s hottest rising start and 6x Grammy-nominated artist Shaboozey will take the stage as part of the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Halftime Show powered by Verizon, as the Lions take on the Chicago Bears at 12:30 p.m. ET on CBS; Lainey Wilson, Grammy Award winner and reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, will perform during the Dallas Cowboys game versus the New York Giants at 4:30 p.m ET on FOX; and violinist Lindsey Stirling will play live at the Green Bay Packers game against the Miami Dolphins at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
“As Thanksgiving brings loved ones together for a day of family, food, and football, we’re proud to work with our clubs and broadcast partners to showcase extraordinary artists across our three games,” said Seth Dudowsky, head of music at the NFL. “The NFL on Thanksgiving provides artists with a massive platform that continues to grow, and we know this year’s games will bring another unforgettable day of football, music, and unifying moments for fans watching across the country and around the world.”
The holiday games continue to be a force in TV viewership. Last season, the NFL set a Thanksgiving Day viewership record for the second consecutive year. The average viewership across all three games was 34.1 million, the highest Thanksgiving Day average on record, surpassing the previous record of 33.6 million the year prior. The halftime performances during this day have simultaneously resonated with fans. U.S. viewership for each Thanksgiving halftime show surpasses all major award shows, as well as other sporting and non-sporting events, and outside of the Super Bowl halftime show, no other musical performance exists with more live U.S. viewers.
More details on each Thanksgiving Day halftime show can be found below.
SHABOOZEY FOR DETROIT LIONS VERSUS CHICAGO BEARS (12:30 P.M. ET)
The Detroit Lions’ 85th annual Thanksgiving Day Classic on Nov. 28 against the Chicago Bears will feature country music’s hottest rising start and 6x Grammy-nominated artist Shaboozey as part of the Thanksgiving Halftime Show powered by Verizon. The Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Classic will be nationally televised at 12:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
As the acclaimed singer-songwriter building his own world while carving a lane in the alternative country and hip-hop space, Shaboozey began his rise to stardom with two standout features on Beyoncé’s COWBOY CARTER—the only artist with multiple appearances on the album. His latest body of work, the critically acclaimed masterpiece Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200. The album’s smash single, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” achieved 6X RIAA- platinum certification, holds the longest reign of 2024 at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has broken records dominating Billboard’s Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts. The single has accumulated over a billion streams across DSPs and made history, making Shaboozey the first-ever Black artist to simultaneously top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Hot 100.
For more information, visit DetroitLions.com.
LAINEY WILSON FOR DALLAS COWBOYS VERSUS NEW YORK GIANTS (4:30 P.M. ET)
Lainey Wilson, Grammy, ACM, and CMA Award winner and reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, will perform live at AT&T Stadium for The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Kickoff Halftime Show during the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game against the New York Giants, airing on Fox. The Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game has become the most-watched regular season game of the year, drawing 42 million viewers last year.
Wilson’s performance will celebrate the reason for the season, featuring songs from her new album, “Whirlwind,” and a special surprise guest. Fans should expect to see bell-bottoms, boots, and lots of bells this Thanksgiving.
For more information, visit DallasCowboys.com.
LINDSEY STIRLING FOR GREEN BAY PACKERS VERSUS MIAMI DOLPHINS (8:20 P.M. ET)
The Green Bay Packers will welcome violinist Lindsey Stirling to Lambeau Field for a special Thanksgiving night performance at halftime of the game against the Miami Dolphins. The game will air at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
Named for her 2022 chart-topping Snow Waltz album, the viral premier electronic violinist, dancer, and aerialist is in the midst of her North American Snow Waltz Tour 2024. Stirling is a multi-award-winning musician known for her genre-bending virtuosity on electronic violin, and she dazzles audiences with her arresting mixture of pop, classical, hip-hop and electronica as well as her extraordinary talents as a dancer and her meticulous attention to impactful, thematic album and video artwork.
For more information, visit Packers.com.
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