While the NFL Championship game is the pinnacle of the American football season, there will be plenty of people with no interest in the match-up looking forward to the halftime show, which has become an integral part of the night.
R&B star Usher will follow in the steps of some of the biggest names in the music world in February in one of the most high-profile performances of the calendar.
Here is everything you need to know about the NFL Championship Half-Time Show..
The NFL Championship Halftime Show is the entertainment provided to keep crowds and TV audiences entertained when play stops in the NFL Championship game.
Originally, the show consisted of college marching bands and were then themed performances before top acts were given the stage in an attempt to stop audiences switching channels.
New Kids on the Block were the first such act in 1991, followed by Michael Jackson two years later and some of the biggest music acts in the world have taken to the stage since.
The NFL Championship Halftime Show will take place at the interval in the big game on Sunday February 11th, 2024.
American R&B artist Usher is the headline act for this year’s NFL Championship Halftime Show. He will be joined by surprise guests during the act, the contents of which will be a closely kept secret until the big night.
The Halftime Show will be held at the interval in the NFL Championship match, so the show is expected to start at around 19:45-20:00 ET.
The NFL Championship Halftime Show will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.
It is the home field of the Las Vegas Raiders and was opened in 2020. This is the first time it has host the NFL’s end-of-season showpiece.
The NFL Championship game will be televised on CBS and available to stream via Paramount+, with the Halftime Show forming an integral part of the coverage of this big game.
The first halftime show took place in the first NFL Championship game on January 15th 1967, when the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California.
It was performed by the University of Arizona and Grambling State marching bands
A fresh act tends to headline the show these days, but the Florida A&M marching band has performed on three separate occasions.
The Grambling State band appeared at the first two matches in the 1960s while, more recently, May J Blige has supported the main act twice.
Coldplay headlined in 2016 and were joined by Beyonce and Bruno Mars, both of whom had previously been at the top of the bill.
Justin Timberlake is another artist who has both headlined and supported.
The typical NFL Championship halftime show tends to last between 12-15 minutes, so there is not much time for acts to play their greatest hits and many are amalgamated into medleys.
Here is a list of every act to appear in the NFL Championship Half-Time Scow and the year in which they appeared
2023 Rihanna
2022 Eminem, Dr. Dre. Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J Blige
2021 The Weeknd
2020 Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Emme Muniz
2019 Maroon 5, Travis Scott, Big Boi
2018 Justin Timberlake, The Tennessee Kids
2017 Lady Gaga
2016 Coldplay, Beyonce, Bruno Mars
2015 Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott
2014 Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2013 Beyonce
2012 Madonna
2011 The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
2010 The Who
2009 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2008 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2007 Prince and the Florida A&M marching band
2006 The Rolling Stones
2005 Paul McCartney
2004 Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
2003 Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
2002 U2
2001 Aerosmith, 'N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
2000 Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias and Toni Braxto
1999 Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Glover
1998 Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations
1997 The Blues Brothers featuring Dan Akroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi with James Brown and ZZ Top
1996 Diana Ross
1995 Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval and the Miami Sound Machine
1994 Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna & Naomi Judd
1993 Michael Jackson
1992 Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill
1991 New Kids on the Block
1990 Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw & Irma Thomas
1989 Be Bop Bamboozled
1988 Something Grand featuring 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker
1987 Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary
1986 Beat of the Future
1985 A World of Children’s Dreams
1984 Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen
1983 KaleidoSUPERscope
1982 A Salute to the 60s and Motown
1981 A Mardi Gras Festival
1980 A Salute to the Big Band Era with Up with People
1979 Salute to the Caribbean with Ken Hamilton
1978 Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
1977 It's a Small World
1976 200 Years and Just a Baby
1975 Mercer Ellington and Grambling State band
1974 University of Texas band
1973 University of Michigan marching band and Woody Herman
1972 Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team
1971 Florida A&M band
1970 Carol Channing
1969 Florida A&M University band
1968 Grambling State band