In this photo, taken Dec. 1, 2015, Pink attends the US Fund for UNICEF Snowflake Ball benefit at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Pink and her motocross-champ husband got a bundle of joy for the holidays. (Photo by ANDY KROPA/Invision/AP)
Singer Pink will perform the United States national anthem at next month’s Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis, the National Football League said Monday.
The 38-year-old American will make her first appearance at the NFL’s championship spectacle in the Feb. 4 matchup, protected from Minnesota’s winter cold by a domed stadium.
“I’m really looking forward to 2018,” Pink tweeted. “I’m really excited about the Grammys. Tour. Some other stuff that’s a secret still and I can’t wait til it’s not a secret.”
Pink follows stars like Lady Gaga, Idina Menzel, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan, Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood, Billy Joel and Beyonce in performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the annual championship game.
The singer is from a suburb north of Philadelphia and her home-region Philadelphia Eagles are among the eight clubs still in contention to play in the Super Bowl.
Justin Timberlake will be the half-time musical performer at Super Bowl 52, returning after a controversial 2004 Super Bowl appearance in which he is infamously remembered for a “wardrobe malfunction” that exposed one of Janet Jackson’s breasts for a moment.
Pink’s latest album, “Beautiful Trauma”, was released in October while Timberlake is set to unveil his newest collection, “Man of the Woods”, two days before the game. JB
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