SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Stars were front-and-center at Super Bowl 60, with Chris Pratt and Jon Bon Jovi introducing the teams, a series of soaring pre-game performances and featuring a tour of Puerto Rican culture and a real-life marriage.
Before the game at Levi’s Stadium, Blue Ivy Carter and her sister Rumi leaped in an end zone and Green Day delivered a tribute to the Super Bowl’s 60th anniversary.
Brandi Carlile kept it sincere and simple for 鈥淎merica, the Beautiful,鈥� Charlie Puth made 鈥淭he Star-Spangled Banner鈥� big and soulful and Coco Jones brought a bit of the elements of both to 鈥淟ift Every Voice and Sing.鈥�
Bad Bunny recreates Puerto Rico in Northern California
brought Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and a whole lot of his native Puerto Rico to his halftime show.
鈥淕od bless America!鈥� he shouted toward the end, a rare English phrase in the . Then he gave a roll call of the nations of North, South and Central America, including Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, the United States and Canada.
A parade of flags from those nations marched through the sugar plantation fields that functioned as the show’s centerpiece.
After the list of nations, and at the end of the show, he declared, 鈥淢i Patria Puerto Rico, seguimos aqu铆,” or 鈥淢y homeland Puerto Rico, we are still here.鈥�
He also brought out a parade of celebrities, including Cardi B, Jessica Alba and Pedro Pascal.
The 31-year-old began the performance in the furrows of the faux sugar cane crops, walking past unmistakable Puerto Rican imagery including farmers in straw hats, old men playing dominos and a shaved ice stand as he performed his 2022 reggaeton hit 鈥淭it铆 Me Pregunt贸.鈥� He carried a football and wore an all-white football jersey with the number 64 and his real last name, Ocasio.
The opening and closing of the show were not really visible inside the stadium because it was obscured by the sugar cane plants, many of which were people in costumes who ran on to the field to form the maze.
He then stood atop a tiny pink house with dancers in the front yard and performed 鈥淵o Perreo Sola鈥� and stood atop a pickup truck as he did 鈥淓OO.鈥�
The scene shifted to a wedding, where the marrying couple parted to reveal Lady Gaga as the first surprise guest. She joined Bad Bunny in performing 鈥淏aile Inolvidable.鈥� Gaga did her own Super Bowl halftime show in 2017.
The couple was actually married during the show, according to a representative for Bad Bunny, who said he served as a witness and signed their marriage certificate.
Bad Bunny then broke into his 鈥淣uevaYol鈥� in a faux shopping center parking lot.
Ricky Martin, a Puerto Rican star from a previous generation, joined him for 鈥淟o Que Le Pas贸 a Hawaii.鈥�
The show came a week after the 31-year-old superstar won the for 鈥淒eb铆 Tirar M谩s Fotos,鈥� a love letter to his home.
The halftime show included a young boy watching the Grammy telecast on TV with his parents. Bad Bunny appeared and handed the boy a Grammy statuette.
As the show ended, he held up the football to the camera. It had a message that was also on the scoreboard: 鈥淭he only thing more powerful than hate is love.鈥�
On Truth Social, President Donald Trump called the show 鈥渁bsolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!鈥�
Green Day brings Bay rock 鈥� and an f-bomb 鈥� to an MVP parade
San Francisco Bay Area punk-pop vets took the pre-game stage and performed a snippet of their song 鈥淕ood Riddance (Time of Your Life)鈥� to a parade of former Super Bowl MVPs.
Local heroes Steve Young, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice were among those who walked out during the song meant to celebrate 60 years of Super Bowls.
Billie Joe Armstong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool then blasted into the harder and less sentimental stuff, including 鈥淗oliday,鈥� 鈥淏oulevard of Broken Dreams鈥� and 鈥淎merican Idiot.鈥�
Armstrong did not censor the f-word in the lyrics of 鈥淎merican Idiot.鈥� The word was muted on the NBC telecast but drew loud cheers inside the stadium.
Carlile and Puth deliver patriotic moments ahead of kickoff
Singer-songwriter delivered a sweeping and soulful rendition of 鈥淭he Star-Spangled Banner.鈥�
The 34-year-old from New Jersey stood at a Rhodes electric piano as he sang and was backed by a choir and horn section.
Before that, gave an earnest acoustic rendition of 鈥淎merica, the Beautiful.鈥�
The 44-year-old folk and country rocker wore a black suit and was backed by a violin and cello on the field at Levi Stadium.
told the AP this week that she鈥檇 use no prerecorded tracks, saying 鈥渢he people deserve to have you live.鈥�
After the song Carlile, who is from Ravensdale, Washington, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) outside Seattle said she was 鈥渞elieved, and so excited for the Seahawks baby let’s go!鈥�
Coco Jones opens Super Bowl 60 performances with 鈥楲ift Every Voice鈥�
, a 28-year-old singer-songwriter and actor from Columbia, South Carolina wore a white gown and was backed by a string octet as she performed a song that has become known as the unofficial Black national anthem.
鈥淚 feel really amazing, I hope that I did my ancestors proud, and I hope that I inspired the nation to come together,鈥� Jones told the AP just after the song.
She FaceTimed with her mom on the sideline ater the performance while her fiance, Cleveland Cavaliers player Donovan Mitchell, held the phone.
Written by James Weldon Johnson, the song has been performed at the Super Bowl each year since 2021, the first Super Bowl after the protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd, when Black Lives Matter sentiment, and the song, became especially prominent.
Celebrities spotted at Super Bowl 60
Chris Pratt rocked a Seahawks jersey while attending the Super Bowl and gave a rousing introduction to the team before they ran out onto the field.
On the opposite side of the field, Jon Bon Jovi delivered the Patriots’ intro.
Stars including Travis Scott and Jay-Z were on the sidelines ahead of the game. Jay-Z’s daughters, Blue Ivy and Rumi Carter, leaped in one of the end zones to take a photo.
Among those sitting in suites watching the game were Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber and Adam Sandler.
LaRussell and Brad Pitt during the breaks
During game breaks, Bay Area rapper LaRussell jammed alongside a choir, performing everything from rap classics such as his song 鈥淚鈥檓 From the Bay鈥� and a rendition of Too $hort鈥檚 鈥淏low the Whistle,鈥� along with gospel melodies.
LaRussell is the first artist chosen to curate the house band at the Super Bowl.
Among the commercials shown during the game was an unexpected first look at 鈥淭he Adventures of Cliff Booth,鈥� a Netflix sequel to Quentin Tarantino鈥檚 with Brad Pitt reprising his stuntman character and David Fincher directing.
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Dalton reported from Los Angeles.
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