Heartland Harmony: Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood Headline The All-American Halftime Show in Patriotic Glory

In the electric heart of a Dallas stadium, where 100,000 flags wave like a living heartbeat, two of country music’s most soul-stirring voices—Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood—will step onto a star-shaped stage, turning a halftime break into the most heartfelt celebration of America since Carrie’s 2019 CMA “Cry Pretty” triumph.

Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood will co-headline “The All-American Halftime Show” on February 8, 2026, during Super Bowl LX, delivering a 15-minute patriotic powerhouse produced by Erika Kirk in memory of her late husband Charlie Kirk, blending country-rock grit, gospel power, and red-white-and-blue reverence into an alternative spectacle that celebrates faith, family, and freedom. Announced on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025, the event—counterprogramming Bad Bunny’s official Apple Music Halftime Show—unites Urban’s highway soul and Underwood’s vocal fire in a lineup that has already sparked a cultural earthquake. “This isn’t just music,” Urban said in a joint statement. “It’s a message—about hope, strength, and what makes this country truly beautiful.”

The show is a defiant declaration: Urban opens with a guitar-led “God Bless the USA,” Underwood joins for a blistering “Sunday Kind of Love” medley with “Cry Pretty,” and they close with a thunderous “America the Beautiful” mash-up under a 1,000-drone formation of the Liberty Bell. A 60-piece orchestra, including strings from the Nashville Symphony, provides the swell, while 200 wounded warriors form a living flag on the field. “Charlie believed halftime was holy time,” Erika Kirk told Variety. “Keith and Carrie are making it heroic.”

Produced by Turning Point USA to honor Charlie—a Marine veteran and youth pastor assassinated in 2023—the $5.2 million event is funded by faith-based sponsors and zero corporate ads, emphasizing “faith, family, and freedom” as a counter to perceived “woke” spectacles. Every element is deliberate: stage lights in red, white, and blue; a mid-show moment of silence for fallen soldiers; holographic cameos of Toby Keith and Johnny Cash. The event will stream live on ESPN+, YouTube, and Rumble, reaching an estimated 140 million viewers. A simultaneous VR experience lets homebound veterans “stand” on the field.

Rehearsals in Nashville are sacred: Urban, 58, and Underwood, 42, work 12-hour days with a choir of service members who’ll join them onstage for the finale. “Carrie’s fire and Keith’s heart are the perfect harmony for this moment,” Kirk said. The show will air opposite Bad Bunny’s set, igniting debates as a “traditional values” alternative amid backlash over the NFL’s booking.

As February 8 looms with #AllAmericanHalftime trending in 90 countries and rehearsal clips surpassing 130 million views, Urban and Underwood’s spectacle reaffirms their legacies: from Whangarei pubs to Oklahoma stages, two voices that moved mountains now move a nation—with grit, with grace, with purpose. The troubadours who once sang for the road now sing for the flag. And when the final riff of “Cry Pretty” fades under Texas stars, 100,000 voices will rise as one, proving some performances aren’t just heard. They’re felt—in the soul of a country that still believes in harmony.