09 January,2018 04:50 PM IST | | AFP
New York: Singer Pink will perform the US national anthem at next month's Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis, the National Football League (NFL) said yesterday. The 38-year-old American will make her first appearance at the NFL's championship spectacle in the February 4 matchup, protected from Minnesota's winter cold by a domed stadium. "I'm really looking forward to 2018," Pink tweeted.
"I'm really excited about the Grammys. Tour. Some other stuff that's a secret still and I can't wait til it's not a secret," she added.
Pink follows stars like Lady Gaga, Idina Menzel, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan, Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood, Billy Joel and Beyonce in performing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the annual championship game.
The singer is from a suburb north of Philadelphia and her home-region Philadelphia Eagles are among the eight clubs still in contention to play in the Super Bowl.
Justin Timberlake will be the half-time musical performer at Super Bowl 52, returning after a controversial 2004 Super Bowl appearance in which he is infamously remembered for a wardrobe malfunction that exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts for a moment.
Pink's latest album, 'Beautiful Trauma', was released in October while Timberlake is set to unveil his newest collection, 'Man of the Woods', two days before the game.
