Gaga wants this gig. She’s aiming for a huge year — Super Bowl, a new album next month, American Horror Story and A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper. The NFL never wanted to get scooped on their own headline-making announcement and pushed back on several headlines announcing Lady Gaga as the halftime performer at the Super Bowl. Us Weekly wasn’t alone in reporting that Lady Gaga had agreed to perform. Sources confirmed the news with Entertainment Tonight. Last week, Billboard started the ball rolling about Lady Gaga at the Super Bowl. She sang the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl.
The senior Vice President of Communications for the NFL tweeted, (quote) “@UsWeekly ignored my ‘on record’ response: We’ve had conversations with several fantastic artists about Super Bowl Halftime Show but no final decision.”
As far as who else they might be in talks with, we know it won’t be Taylor Swift. Taylor is ineligible. She endorses Diet Coke, and Pepsi sponsors the Halftime show. Super Bowl 51 will be held in Houston, Texas on the first Sunday in February.
