Country music star ready to play Super Bowl halftime show: ‘Would do it right now’

An exterior, general view of fireworks during the Bad Bunny halftime show at the NFL Super Bowl 60 game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, February 8, 2026. (Gregory Payan/AP Content Services for the NFL)AP

Dan Patrick made headlines on Monday when he said on his radio show that the Super Bowl is headed to Nashville.

“The 2030 Super Bowl, I was informed by a source on Saturday (April 18), that it is signed and ready to go, and in his opinion that Nashville is getting the Super Bowl,” Patrick said. “I haven’t seen any reports on this, and if there is a report on it, I’ll acknowledge that. A new stadium coming in, that always helps.”

The news that the big game could be coming to Music City comes on the heels of an outcry from country music fans for their favorite genre to get a shot at headlining the halftime show again.

That discussion began when Bad Bunny was picked to headline the show in February.

In fact, there was even a petition that called for George Strait to replace Bad Bunny, and it received more than 120,000 signatures.

The Super Bowl had an all-country halftime show back in 1994 with Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt and Wynonna Judd all taking the stage. Shania Twain headlined the halftime show along with No Doubt and Sting in 2003.

And that was the last time the show really had a country music presence.

There are still a couple of years to go before the 2030 Super Bowl, but Nashville would make for an ideal stage to highlight country music once more.

Plenty of figures can change before the game, and others may enter the discussion, but at least one major country star has already expressed interest in performing at the halftime show.

That star? Luke Combs.

During a recent sit-down on the “Zach Sang Show” podcast, he revealed how he felt about the potential of landing the gig.

It started when the singer was asked if he had ever been approached about doing the show.

“No, never have,” he said per Whiskey Riff. “Never have. Gosh, like, how does that even happen? I don’t even really know how that even happens, you know?”

He then opened up about his thoughts about why it has been so long since a country music star was a halftime headliner.

“I don’t really know why that is,” he said. “Listen, again, it’s not up to me. I think the people would love it. And that’s no pitch for me, I think it’s just a pitch for country music in general. Whether it’s Garth or Morgan Wallen or whoever it is. Somebody deserves to be up there doing the thing.

“I think country is the zeitgeist now, like it’s not a niche genre anymore,” Combs continued. “Even 10 years ago I would say it was. It’s not anymore. I think it’s undeniable. How many of the top 100 streaming songs in all of music are country? A very high percentage, I think, now. Way more so than in history. So, I think it’s undeniable, I think it’s time, whoever’s having those conversations. I don’t know. It’s above my pay grade.”

And that is when he got into his desire to play the big game.

“I don’t think that’s a thing you pitch for yourself,” he said. “Again, I don’t know, but I don’t think that’s something you’re like, ‘Let me make a call.’ I don’t think it’s that thing, maybe it is … but I think it’s time for something like that to happen. And whoever it is, I’m gonna be just pumped for country music either way.”

And Combs said he would “do it right now,” if the call is made to him.