Christian Artist Will Sing At Super Bowl LIX After New Orleans Mayor Tried To “Cancel” Her
on Feb 06, 2025
Lauren Daigle Triumphantly Returns To New Orleans
Lauren Daigle will perform “America the Beautiful” at the 2025 Super Bowl. She will perform alongside Trombone Shorty, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
The game is scheduled for February 9 and will feature a matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
This performance is not only a significant national event. For Daigle, it also represents a chance for redemption following an incident in 2020 that impacted her reputation.
Lauren Daigle “Canceled” In 2020 Amidst Covid Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lauren Daigle performed at an outdoor worship concert organized by Sean Feucht, who held events and protests during the lockdowns.
In November 2020, while in the New Orleans area near her hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, Daigle joined one of Feucht’s worship events.
The Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell, was displeased with Daigle’s participation and called for a public cancellation of her.
Cantrell said, “I ask that you immediately remove Ms. Daigle from the line-up for New Year’s Eve. Our city is grateful to have your iconic production once again broadcasting live from our streets, but we cannot abide the participation of an entertainer who put our people in harm’s way.”
Mayor LaToya Cantrell sent a letter to executives at Dick Clark Productions after word Louisiana singer Lauren Daigle @Lauren_Daigle was selected to be part of the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast. She wants Daigle removed immediately.
— 🄽🄾🄻🄰🎭🄽🄴🅄🅆🅂 (@NGN504) December 11, 2020
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The organizers removed the singer from her scheduled performance at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration after news of her involvement in the worship event became public.
Daigle recently joined Raymond Arroyo on his podcast Arroyo Grande to discuss her cancelation and her upcoming Super Bowl performance.
During her interview, Daigle shared her immediate reaction to public ridicule.
“I went home to Lafayette and I got in my parents’ bed and I pulled the covers over my head. As an adult, I was like, oh, gosh, here we are again. Because there’s no amount of public ridicule that is fun. What I learned is that when people need an element of hope, coming together is one of the most beautiful things.”
After public cancellation, Daigle said that performing at the Super Bowl in New Orleans felt like a form of “vindication.”
She continued on to say,
“I would say for anybody watching that has had their reputation smeared in any sort of way and they’re just waiting for the moment of vindication, sometimes it only takes five years.”
In five years, the Super Bowl will be a full-circle moment for the singer. Watch the interview clip below.
