John Legend to Headline Pregame Show at Super Bowl XLIII on NBC with Special Guest T-Pain

John Legend to Headline Pregame Show at Super Bowl XLIII on NBC with Special Guest T-Pain

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Five-time Grammy Award winning recording artist and concert performer JOHN LEGEND will help kick off Super Bowl XLIII as part of the pregame festivities at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay on Sunday, February 1, the NFL and NBC announced today.

This marks Legend's second Super Bowl appearance. Legend performed as part of a Salute to Motown during the Super Bowl XL pregame show in Detroit. Grammy-nominated recording artist, T-Pain, will join him on stage for an electrifying version of "Green Light," Legend's current chart-topping single.

More than 148 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's Super Bowl, the most-watched television program in history. The pregame show and Super Bowl XLIII will be broadcast worldwide to more than 230 countries and territories.

The pregame and halftime shows are an NFL NETWORK PRODUCTION and will be executive produced by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of WHITE CHERRY ENTERTAINMENT and by DON MISCHER PRODUCTIONS.

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Source: Columbia Records

CONTACT: Yvette Noel-Schure, +1-212-833-4483,
yvette.noel-schure@sonybmg.com, for John Legend; or Brian McCarthy,
+1-212-450-2069, brian.mccarthy@nfl.com, for the NFL

Web Site: http://www.columbiarecords.com/

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Profile: International Entertainment