With words of thanks to all the health personnel and requesting a minute of silence, United States President Joe Biden, marked the start of the Super Bowl in its 55th edition, which will have Kansas City Chief Y Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for staying with the NFL championship, corresponding to the official American football league.
The artists Jazmine Sullivan y Eric Church they were responsible for singing the national anthem of the United States before the game begins. For her part, Gabriela Sarmiento, better known as H.E.R., performed the song ‘America the beautiful’ during the start of the Super Bowl.
Agencia AFP | Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church
In this version of the championship, all the health professionals who have been facing the coronavirus pandemic were honored, which has left more than two million deaths around the world.
For this reason, ‘Super Bowl’ took measures to prevent contagion, reducing its capacity of attendees from 66,000 to 22,000 spectators, where the organization reserved 7,500 seats for medical personnel.
Halftime
As usual, this sporting event will feature The Weekend, who will be in charge of animating the halftime show. The artist is expected to present hits such as ‘Blinding Lights’, ‘In your eyes’, among others, according to Forbes Mexico magazine.
Although these songs, belonging to his latest album ‘After Hours’, have collaborations with artists such as ‘Ariana Grande’ and ‘Daft Punk’, they would not appear in the show, since, in the words of The Weekend itself, “that they are there, it would not be part of the message I want to convey.”
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In addition, in the preview of the event, the singer Miley Cyrus He performed with his emblematic songs, such as ‘Wrecking Ball’, also thanking all the health personnel who have been battling the coronavirus.