Jay-Z to Headline 2027 Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium

The NFL announced Jay-Z will perform the halftime show on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

23 publishers · 39 articles · first seen 27 Oct 2026 · updated 9d ago

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The odds

How the odds moved · Will Jay Z perform at the 2027 Big Game halftime show?

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now	100%
3 Nov, 20:34 UTC	100%
30 Oct, 05:56 UTC	97%
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27 Oct, 01:53 UTC	92%
26 Oct, 01:53 UTC	77%

The story so far

23 publishers have covered this in 39 articles since 27 Oct 2026. The New York Times published first, on 27 October at 01:50 UTC; Variety followed 0 min later. The most recent article, from Inc., appeared on 29 October at 11:00 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: The New York Times (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The Guardian Sport (major outlet), www.espn.com (major outlet), The Hill (major outlet), Rolling Stone, feeds.bleacherreport.com, Deadline, CBS Sports Headlines, Billboard, The A.V. Club and 11 more, all listed under Sources below.

One prediction market prices this story:

Will Jay Z perform at the 2027 Big Game halftime show? — resolved “Yes” on 3 Nov 2026. Jay Z must perform live and in person during the Super Bowl LXI halftime show for the outcome to be Yes. The market resolves to No if he does not perform, if the event is cancelled, or if it is delayed beyond March 31, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET. Readers often mistake a casual appearance or an announcement for a qualifying performance.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Jay Z perform at the 2027 Big Game halftime show? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

27 Oct, 01:50The New York Times Jay-Z Announced as 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show Performer77%
27 Oct, 01:50Variety Jay-Z to Perform at Apple Music 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show77%
27 Oct, 01:51Rolling Stone Jay-Z to Headline Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show77%
27 Oct, 01:54The Hollywood Reporter Jay-Z to Headline 2027 Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show92%▲14 points since the previous source
27 Oct, 01:58feeds.bleacherreport.com Jay-Z Announced as NFL Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show Performer in Los Angeles92%
27 Oct, 01:59Deadline Jay Z & Apple Make It Official! Hova’s Headlining The Super Bowl Halftime Show92%
27 Oct, 01:59CBS Sports Headlines 2026 Super Bowl headliner announced: Jay-Z picks himself to perform for Super Bowl LXI92%
27 Oct, 02:07Billboard Jay-Z to Headline 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘GOAT’s Out of the Bag’92%
27 Oct, 02:10The Guardian US Jay-Z to headline 2027 Super Bowl half-time show92%
27 Oct, 02:12The A.V. Club Jay-Z officially selects self for Super Bowl Halftime show92%
Show 29 later sources
1. 27 Oct, 02:12SI Feed Jay-Z Officially Announced as 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show Headliner92%
2. 27 Oct, 02:21Pitchfork Jay-Z Confirmed for Super Bowl 2027 Halftime Show92%
3. 27 Oct, 02:25Consequence JAY-Z Officially Announced As 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show Headline Act96%▲4 points since the previous source
4. 27 Oct, 02:29www.espn.com Jay-Z to headline Super Bowl LXI halftime show96%
5. 27 Oct, 02:39CBS Sports Headlines Who will Jay-Z bring out for the 2027 Super Bowl halftime show? Four possible guests96%
6. 27 Oct, 02:41CBS Sports Headlines Every Super Bowl halftime performer ever: Full list as Jay Z announces himself as the 2027 artist96%
7. 27 Oct, 02:43CBS Sports Headlines 2027 Super Bowl headliner announced: Jay-Z picks himself to perform for Super Bowl LXI95%▼1 points since the previous source
8. 27 Oct, 02:43BBC Entertainment Jay-Z to perform at Super Bowl half-time show95%
9. 27 Oct, 06:26SkySports Jay-Z picks himself to headline Super Bowl half-time show in LA95%▲1 points since the previous source
10. 27 Oct, 11:31Times of India Super Bowl halftime show headliners from 2020 to 2027: Shakira to Jay-Z95%
11. 27 Oct, 12:37Billboard Jason Kelce Is Fired Up For Jay-Z’s Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show: ‘He is the GOAT’96%▲1 points since the previous source
12. 27 Oct, 13:18NME Jay-Z chooses himself to headline Super Bowl halftime show with U2 playing Thanksgiving Eve game96%
13. 27 Oct, 13:33Stereogum Jay-Z Confirmed For Super Bowl 2027 Halftime Show96%
14. 27 Oct, 14:42The Hill Jay Z selected as Super Bowl LXI Halftime performer96%
15. 27 Oct, 14:59Fortune ‘How do you pick yourself?’ Jay-Z once turned down the Super Bowl. Now he’s headlining the show he produces96%
16. 27 Oct, 17:15Billboard Jay-Z’s Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show: Our Dream Setlist96%
17. 27 Oct, 17:21Billboard Jay-Z Will Be the Same Age as This Rock Legend When He Headlines the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show96%
18. 27 Oct, 17:49Billboard NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says He Requested Jay-Z Take Super Bowl Stage ‘Whenever the Moment Felt Right’96%
19. 27 Oct, 18:10Rolling Stone Jay-Z Deserves the Super Bowl Halftime Gig96%
20. 27 Oct, 19:21SI Feed Jay-Z encabezará el show de medio tiempo del Super Bowl LXI96%
21. 27 Oct, 19:35Rolling Stone Beyoncé’s Super Bowl Halftime Revolutionized How to Deliver a Knockout Performance96%
22. 27 Oct, 20:14Billboard Which Song Do You Most Want Jay-Z to Perform at the 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show? Vote!96%
23. 27 Oct, 22:21Billboard The Dream Guest Lineup for Jay-Z’s Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show96%
24. 27 Oct, 22:30Rolling Stone Jay-Z’s Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show Performance: What We Think He’ll Do96%
25. 28 Oct, 09:15The Guardian Sport Jay-Z is the perfect Super Bowl shill for a league of billionaires96%
26. 28 Oct, 09:38All Content from Business Insider 13 musicians we'd love to see perform the Super Bowl halftime show96%
27. 28 Oct, 16:00Billboard NFL Boss Roger Goodell Says ‘It Was Clear’ Jay-Z Wanted Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘He’s Already Got His Vision’96%
28. 28 Oct, 16:20SI Feed Jay-Z Breaks Silence on Super Bowl Halftime Show With Defiant Response96%
29. 29 Oct, 11:00Inc.Rihanna Turned Her Super Bowl Performance Into a Fenty Ad. Here’s What Jay-Z Can Learn From Her Marketing Strategy96%
3 Nov, 20:34Market resolved: Yes

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

Jay-Z is the perfect Super Bowl shill for a league of billionaires The Guardian Sport · 10d ago
Jay Z selected as Super Bowl LXI Halftime performer The Hill · 11d ago
Jay-Z to headline Super Bowl LXI halftime show www.espn.com · 11d ago
Jay-Z to headline 2027 Super Bowl half-time show The Guardian US · 11d ago
Jay-Z to Headline 2027 Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show The Hollywood Reporter · 11d ago
Jay-Z to Perform at Apple Music 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show Variety · 11d ago

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