Jack White brought out Eminem during today’s (November 27) NFL Thanksgiving halftime show in Detroit – check out the moment below.
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White was headlining at the NFL Thanksgiving halftime show at the Detroit Lions v Green Bay Packers game at Ford Field.
During his hometown set, White opened with ‘That’s How I’m Feeling’, taken from his 2024 album ‘No Name’ before bringing out Eminem for a version of his 2002 classic, ‘Till I Collapse’, accompanied by White on guitar. White introduced the rapper by saying: “Ladies and Gentleman, Detroit’s own, Eminem.”
After this, White played The White Stripes classic, ‘Seven Nation Army’, while accompanied by the Detroit Lions’ Cheerleaders.
Check out footage from the set below:
Eminem executive-produced the halftime event alongside his manager Paul Rosenberg, which follows their signing of a multi-year partnership with the Lions to executive-produce the team’s Thanksgiving halftime shows from 2025 through 2027.
Elsewhere, Post Malone will play the halftime stage in Texas, with the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Kansas City Chiefs at AT&T Stadium. Announcing the news with a joint Instagram post with the team last week, he shared a video of himself driving a truck into Dallas while donning a Cowboys jacket.
“I’m from Texas. I grew up a Cowboys fan and have been watching this halftime show for years,” Malone said in a statement. “It’s a real honor to be part of the Red Kettle Kickoff with The Salvation Army and the Dallas Cowboys and help bring hope to so many people.”
Lil Jon meanwhile will perform the halftime show when the Baltimore Ravens host the Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium, with Hamilton star Renée Elise Goldsberry taking on the national anthem at the game, per an announcement from the Ravens earlier this month.
As for White’s support of other sports, this year has seen him complete a “longtime mission” of watching a baseball match at every Major League stadium. His love for the game has been well documented over the years, attending Cubs vs Dodgers baseball game alongside Bill Murray and wearing a jersey gifted to him by Eddie Vedder in Japan earlier this year.
Prior to that, in 2022, he performed the US national anthem before a Detroit Tigers’ baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, and had previously thrown the ceremonial first pitch at a Detroit Tigers baseball match at Tigers’ Comerica Park and he invested in a baseball bat company.
Elsewhere, White once donated $170,000 (£127,997) to help restore a Detroit baseball park he used to play in, he took part in a celebrity baseball match at the University of North Alabama and appeared on a set of Topps baseball cards.
In the past, he revealed that one of his pre-stage rituals before he performs was working himself “up into a frenzy” backstage “with a baseball bat breaking things”. He also once released a song at a Detroit Tigers baseball game.