Christian artist and Louisiana native Lauren Daigle will take the stage on the Caesars Superdome this Sunday to carry out “America the Stunning” alongside jazz powerhouse Trombone Shorty on the Tremendous Bowl pre-show.
With the Tremendous Bowl LIX returning to New Orleans for the primary time in over 20 years, this 12 months’s pre-show lineup features a sturdy Louisiana presence, with New Orleans native Jon Batiste performing the nationwide anthem and R&B singer Ledisi delivering “Carry Each Voice and Sing.” The sport shall be broadcast on Fox.
“I’m excited. It’s going to be an attractive alternative for us to showcase what New Orleans represents, and the tradition, and the fantastic thing about unity in music,” Daigle instructed NOLA.com.
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“New Orleans has seen some attempting instances not too long ago. To have the ability to provide a sound of hope for individuals on this metropolis, to sing out over the town and from the town into the remainder of the world, goes to be considered one of my favourite issues, perhaps ever.”
Daigle isn’t any stranger to performing on the Superdome, having sung the nationwide anthem there when LSU confronted Clemson for the nationwide championship in 2020.
Evaluating “America the Stunning” to the nationwide anthem, the Grammy Award-winning singer instructed NOLA that the latter presents extra challenges. “You need to actually take note of the phrases as a result of there’s a repeated phrase that, melodically, can deliver you into a special part,” she stated.
The Tremendous Bowl pre-show has featured a variety of legendary performers through the years, together with Christian artist Kirk Franklin.
At 33, Daigle is considered one of CCM’s most adorned artists, with quite a few awards and nominations beneath her belt. Daigle has additionally discovered large crossover success. Her 2018 album Look Up Youngster grew to become a platinum-selling hit, with the album’s lead single, “You Say,” topping Billboard’s Scorching Christian Songs charts for a record-setting 66 weeks. Her follow-up single, “Rescue,” reached No. 2.
Each “You Say” and the Look Up Youngster album gained awards on the 2019 Grammys.
Reflecting on the type of pressures that come together with being a younger — and in her case, a extremely influential — Christian, Daigle cited Matthew 5:10, which reads partially, “Blessed are those that are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.”
“It is what all the time involves thoughts,” she beforehand instructed The Christian Submit. “I do know that it is tough.”
In terms of sharing her religion with others, the artist pressured that she strives to focus on the loving and compassionate character of God.
“I do know that not everyone desires to be instructed about God,” Daigle instructed CP. “However I’ve discovered that individuals do love to listen to that God is love, and He’s variety and He’s affected person with us. And anytime that individuals perceive God is mild — He is not all the time this indignant man — their guard is let down. So it is a technique to share the Gospel. It is a technique to inform others about Christ.”
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will face off in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes gave glory to God as his workforce heads to the Tremendous Bowl for the third 12 months in a row.
“I wish to give all glory to God,” he stated after defeating the Buffalo Payments, including, “with out Him, none of that is potential and I really imply that.”
Whereas chatting with reporters in Florida for Tremendous Bowl LIV in 2020, Mahomes described his religion as one thing that “has all the time been huge with me.” He pressured that though he wished to “win each recreation,” he discovered it simply as important to ensure that he was “glorifying Him each single time I am on the market.”
“So long as I am doing every little thing the appropriate method and the way in which that He would need me to do it, then I can stroll off the sector with my head held excessive and have the ability to be the person that I’m,” Mahomes stated on the time.
