{"id":287545,"date":"2020-02-02T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1112612"},"modified":"2020-02-02T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:36:00","slug":"demi-lovatos-comeback-continues-with-2020-super-bowl-national-anthem-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/demi-lovatos-comeback-continues-with-2020-super-bowl-national-anthem-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Lovato&#8217;s Comeback Continues With 2020 Super Bowl National Anthem Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202012\/rs_600x600-200202153707-600-demi-lovato-singing-me-superbowl-2220.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.940391459075\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"33.300711743772\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/demi_lovato\">Demi Lovato<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s triumph continues.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old pop star&nbsp;crushed her performance of &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/2020_super_bowl\">2020 Super Bowl<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in Miami on Sunday, continuing her big music comeback after taking a year and a half-long hiatus following a drug overdose.<\/p>\n<p>Many praised Lovato&#8217;s&nbsp;rendition of the U.S. National Anthem, which earned massive applause at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Demi Lovato just slayed the national anthem,&#8221; tweeted user @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lauratereshko\/status\/1224112519549259778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lauratereshko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the best version of the National anthem I&#8217;ve heard at the super bowl since <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/whitney_houston\">Whitney Houston<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; tweeted user @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael44004861\/status\/1224115215790432256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael44004861<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ACED that. Best National Anthem performance since Whitney,&#8221; user @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethanxmarvel\/status\/1224114500070191106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ethanxmarvel<\/a>&nbsp;agreed. &#8220;I had chills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course&#8230;haters gonna hate, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Demi Lovato was terrible,&#8221; tweeted user @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigJimF\/status\/1224113012791005185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bigJimF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With her performance&nbsp;of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, Lovato follows in the footsteps of the likes of<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lady_gaga\">Lady Gaga<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/pink\">Pink<\/a><\/strong> and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/christina_aguilera\">Christina Aguilera<\/a><\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1118605\/demi-lovato-predicted-her-super-bowl-national-anthem-performance-10-years-ago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lovato had predicted<\/a> 10 years ago that she would perform the song at the annual NFL championship game. In 2020, she tweeted, &#8220;One day, I&#8217;m gonna sing the national anthem at a super bowl. Onnnee dayyy&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>Watch Lovato&#8217;s performance below:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"socialcontent-twitter-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-type=\"async\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"28.949152542373\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"2.5847457627119\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddlovato?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ddlovato<\/a> sings the National Anthem before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SBLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SBLIV<\/a>! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MJL2vkiTnw\">pic.twitter.com\/MJL2vkiTnw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1224113798266703872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"49.785843920145\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.328493647913\">\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jennifer_lopez\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a><\/strong> and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/shakira\">Shakira<\/a><\/strong> are set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1104809\/jennifer-lopez-says-2020-super-bowl-performance-is-like-winning-the-oscar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">co-headline the Super Bowl LIV Halftime show<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1114807\/demi-lovato-lets-the-tears-flow-during-powerful-2020-grammys-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lovato last performed onstage<\/a> at the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/2020_grammys\">2020 Grammys<\/a><\/strong> last weekend, marking first her public performance since she suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/998948\/demi-lovato-i-am-sober-and-grateful-to-be-alive-and-taking-care-of-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drug overdose<\/a> in July 2018 at her Hollywood Hills home. The singer, who had&nbsp;battled substance abuse for years and had&nbsp;previously celebrated six years of sobriety, later&nbsp;spent three months in rehab.<\/p>\n<p>Super Bowl LIV, which sees the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against San Francisco 49ers, is airing&nbsp;live on FOX.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch <i>E! News<\/i> weekday mornings at 7 a.m. and don&#8217;t miss our <i>2020 Oscars: E&#8217;s Inside Guide<\/i> special Friday, Feb. 7 at 11 p.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1112612\/demi-lovato-s-comeback-continues-with-2020-super-bowl-national-anthem-performance?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demi Lovato&#8216;s triumph continues. The 27-year-old pop star&nbsp;crushed her performance of &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; at the 2020 Super Bowl&nbsp;in Miami on Sunday, continuing her big music comeback after taking a year and a half-long hiatus following a drug overdose. Many praised Lovato&#8217;s&nbsp;rendition of the U.S. National Anthem, which earned massive applause at Hard Rock Stadium. 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