Lady Gaga delivered a heartfelt pre-Super Bowl performance in New Orleans on Sunday.
The superstar, 38, took the stage in a stylish white dress and oversized hat as she sang Hold My Hand while playing the piano.
The pre-recorded performance, which took place on Bourbon Street, was in honor of the victims of the New Year’s Day terror attack, which killed 14 people.
She was joined by a full band and choir, with the audience consisting of Louisiana State Police troopers, New Orleans police officers, first responders and law enforcement.
Tom Brady, the Former New England Patriots quarterback, and Michael Strahan also appeared in the tribute, which introduced the broadcast.
Hold My Hand featured in the ending of 2022’s blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, and was nominated for a Grammy and Golden Globe.
Lady Gaga delivered a heartfelt pre- Super Bowl performance in New Orleans on Sunday
The superstar, 38, took the stage in a stylish white suit and sang Hold My Hand while playing the piano
Fans loved the ‘magical’ performance, sharing crying memes on social media to show how emotional it made them.
‘Lady Gaga was magical! What a beautiful and touching tribute to the lives lost in #NOLA,’ one wrote.
‘Touching tribute by Lady Gaga,’ another added.
Gaga’s Super Bowl LIX appearance comes just days after dropping her latest single, Abracadabra, and a week after sharing the stage with Bruno Mars to perform California Dreamin’ at the Grammy Awards.
Before the Super Bowl, Gaga premiered All I Need Is Time at FireAid in Los Angeles.
Co-written with fiancé Michael Polansky, the upbeat song was created specifically for the telecast.
Gaga is next set to release her seventh studio album, Mayhem.
Fans have already heard two tracks from the 14-track album: Disease and Die With a Smile, a collaboration with Mars.
The pre-recorded performance, which took place on Bourbon Street, was in honor of the victims of the New Year’s Day terror attack, which killed 14 people
She was joined by a full band and choir, with the audience consisting of Louisiana State Police troopers, New Orleans police officers, first responders and law enforcement
Tom Brady , the Former New England Patriots quarterback, and Michael Strahan also appeared in the tribute, which introduced the broadcast
Hold My Hand featured in the ending of 2022’s blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick , and was nominated for a Grammy and Golden Globe
The New Year’s attack occurred when a man who had been radicalized by ISIS drove a truck down the popular French quarter of New Orleans
‘The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,’ the singer said in a press announcement last week.
Super Bowl organizers and law enforcement have bolstered security arrangements for the biggest night in the sporting calendar in New Orleans after the New Year’s Day terror attack.
‘We’ve increased our security posture significantly so that people can come here, they can see a strong law enforcement presence,’ Eric DeLaune, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, told ESPN last month.
‘My goal was that you couldn’t walk a city block in downtown New Orleans without at least encountering one law enforcement official. I’m not trying to make people afraid. I want people to see that we’re prepared.’
The report adds that SWAT team members, armored vehicles and special agents on rooftops will all be part of the security effort in NOLA.
The New Year’s attack occurred when a man who had been radicalized by ISIS drove a truck down the popular French quarter of New Orleans.
It led to the postponement of the Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and Georgia by almost 24 hours at the Superdome in the city, which will also stage the Super Bowl.
