Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle Perform ‘America the Beautiful’ at Super Bowl LIX — Watch and Grade It!

Nick Caruso

9 February 2025 at 6:00 pm·1-min read

Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle Perform ‘America the Beautiful’ at Super Bowl LIX — Watch and Grade It!

Louisiana musicians Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle joined the Super Bowl LIX pre-game festivities Sunday with a performance of the patriotic standard “America the Beautiful” on the field at New Orleans’ Caesar’s Superdome.

Along with their performance, Ledisi sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and Jon Batiste took on the National Anthem ahead of the big game, which will see the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles battle it out for the Vince Lombardi trophy. Later in the evening, Kendrick Lamar headlined the halftime show.

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Watch video of Trombone Shorty and Daigle’s performance below.

.@Tromboneshorty & @Lauren_Daigle perform America the Beautiful 🇺🇸 #SBLIX pic.twitter.com/qTxkjXbRVO
— NFL (@NFL) February 9, 2025

Trombone Shorty — né Troy Andrews — is a four-time Grammy nominee who won his first award in 2022 for his work on Jon Baptiste’s “We Are” album. His horn-heavy work blends genres like rock, jazz, funk, hip hop and more. Christian singer-songwriter Daigle picked up two Grammys herself in 2019 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album (for “Look Up Child”) and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (for “You Say”).

“America the Beautiful” has been a musical standard for more than a century and has inspired many memorable covers over the years. Elvis Presley used to perform the song at his 1970s concerts, and Ray Charles did a soulful cover timed to the 1976 American bicentennial that became a beloved classic. Last year’s Super Bowl performance of the song was delivered by Post Malone.

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