The NFL has announced that 9x diamond-certified GRAMMY Award-nominated global superstar Post Malone will feature as the headline performer for the Super Bowl LIX YouTube Tailgate Concert. This is the league’s pregame party, exclusively live streamed on YouTube.  The concert will be held a few steps away from Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, 2025, before the championship game starts. This year signifies YouTube’s first time as the official sponsor of the Super Bowl Tailgate. YouTube wants to give people from across the globe  a front-seat row to an unforgettable concert powered by one of the biggest stars in music.  The Super Bowl LIX YouTube Tailgate Concert will bring New Orleans’ ultimate pre-game party straight into the home of fans, bringing all the excitement and action live from Caesars Superdome. Now for the first time, fans can tune into the NFL’s YouTube channel at 3.pm. CT to watch a high-energy performance from Post Malone.  Post Malone has become a global phenomenon with his sound that defies genre. Malone has numerous videos in YouTube’s “Billion-View Club’’ and almost 18 billion total views on his YouTube channel. He recently released his record-breaking album, F-1 Trillion which made #1 on the Billboard 200.  Malone’s album, and 2024 collaborations earned him 8 2025 GRAMMY nominations. This spring he will headline Coachella before hitting the road for his The Big Ass Stadium Tour. With a series of record-breaking achievements, Post Malone keeps pushing boundaries and dominating the music world. 

Grammy-winning singer SZA will be joining Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl LIX halftime stage.  The iconic music duo teased their collaboration with a trailer. Lamar and Apple Music released a trailer on Thursday of him walking on a football field before SZA walked up from behind and playfully splashed him. Lamar and SZA would lead the halftime festivities from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Feburary 9.  Sza was formerly in Kendrick’s Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate. She was in his recent album “GNX” and was featured a few songs including “Gloria” and “Luther,’’ which also featured sampled vocals from Luther Vandross and Cherly Lynn through “If This World Were Mine.’’ Previous hits from the duo include the Oscar-nominated “All the Stars’’ and “Doves in the Wind.’’ Lamar and Sza will co-headline too at a 19-city North American tour this spring and summer. The Grand National Tour will begin on April 19 in Minneapolis and end June 18 in Washington, D.C.  Sza enters the Feburary 2nd Grammys with two nominations for the single “Saturn’’ in the best R&B song and R&B performance categories. She won a total of four Grammys.  Meanwhile, Lamar enters the upcoming Grammys with seven nominations, including for “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin, and “Not Like Us,’’ which is up for song and record of the year. Kendrick won a total of 17 Grammys.  Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will act as co-executive producers of the halftime show. PgLang will provide the creative direction for Lamar’s performance, it is a creative company founded by Lamar and Dave Free, who has directed Lamar’s music videos in the past.