But here's where it gets controversial... Super Bowl 2026: Bad Bunny will headline next year's half-time show in California. Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny, who has topped Spotify's most-streamed artist list in three of the past five years, will squeeze his hits into less than 15 minutes on US TV's most-watched night in February. In a football-themed statement, he said: 'What I'm feeling goes beyond myself. It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown. This is for my people, my culture, and our history.' It comes after the star recently said in an interview with i-D magazine (https://i-d.co/article/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-issue-375-cover/) he is avoiding the US on his current world tour out of concerns that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents might conduct raids on fans at his concerts. He will now make a trip to the US for Super Bowl night in Santa Clara on 8 February. He will follow in the footsteps of other recent half-time performers including Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Rihanna, and The Weeknd. Lamar was the musical attraction at this year's Super Bowl, which was watched by a record 127 million viewers in the US. Switching into his native Spanish, Bad Bunny - whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio - added in his statement: 'Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el halftime show del Super Bowl' (which roughly translates as: 'Go tell your grandma we're going to be the Super Bowl half-time show').
