When Reba McEntire performs the national anthem at Sunday’s Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas, it will be a journey 50 years in the making.
That’s because the legend’s career started when she was discovered while singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City.
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While that does ease some of the pressure, McEntire said she’s still doing her homework.
“I prepare by being prepared. I’ve been singing the national anthem in the shower, when we get in the car,” the country superstar said at the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show press conference on Thursday.
“Rex [Linn], my boyfriend, is a huge football fan, played all sports when he was going to school,” she continued. “And so he’ll say, ‘OK, sing it one more time.’ I said, ‘I think I know the words real good right now so I’m all right.”