The biggest NFL event is set to take place on Sunday, February 12, as Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will be hosted at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Every year, the Super Bowl halftime show attracts interest from fans and viewers from all around the world, as famous artists perform on the stage.
This year's edition will be headlined by Rihanna, who had previously turned down an offer to perform in 2019 in support for former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who protested against police brutality three years earlier by taking a knee during the national anthem.
"I just couldn't be a sellout, I couldn't be an enabler," she revealed in an interview with Vogue back in 2019.
"There's things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way."
Back in September, Rihanna took to social media to announce that she would headline the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show, one which is sponsored by Apple Music.
The Weeknd, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Shania Twain and Stevie Wonder are some of the artists who performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in the past.
Which other artists have refused to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show?
However, it's not only Rihanna who decided to turn down an offer to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in the past.
According to TMZ, Taylor Swift was offered the spot for this year's event but she declined in her bid to focus on re-recording her first six albums.
Jay-Z turned down the opportunity to headline the 2020 edition after the NFL allegedly informed him that they wanted control over who he could bring out for the performance.
Pink and Cardi B also rejected the NFL's offer to perform in 2019 for the same reason that Rihanna turned down the opportunity.
Adele stressed in 2016 that she would not perform in the Super Bowl because "that show is not about music".
Meanwhile, Outkast turned down the opportunity to perform at the 2004 Super Bowl because Andre 3000 "didn't want to cut the songs" for time purposes.
