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Luke Bryan will sing national anthem at Super Bowl

Leesburg native Luke Bryan will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Photo: JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Leesburg native Luke Bryan will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Photo: JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL
By Melissa Ruggieri
Jan 23, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

The Atlanta Falcons will have an extra touch of home at Super Bowl LI with Luke Bryan handling the national anthem.

The country superstar from Leesburg will perform as part of the pregame festivities at NRG Stadium in Houston on Feb. 5. His performance will be broadcast live on Fox prior to kickoff of the game between the Falcons and New England Patriots.

Actor Kriston Lee Pumphrey will perform both the national anthem and "America the Beautiful" in American Sign Language.

Bryan joins a diverse list of anthem singers including Lady Gaga (who has graduated to halftime performer this year), Idina Menzel, Renee Fleming, Alicia Keys, Cher, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and Garth Brooks.

Check out the list of national anthem singers from past Super Bowls.

About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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