Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Halftime Show powered by Verizon to feature performance by Detroit rocker Jack White
DETROIT – The Detroit Lions announced today that their 86th annual Thanksgiving Day Classic on November 27 against the Green Bay Packers will feature electrifying musician Jack White as part of the Thanksgiving Halftime Show powered by Verizon. Renowned gospel musician CeCe Winans will perform the national anthem. Additionally, the club will be supporting a donation-based initiative with Feeding America® that will be featured throughout the game. The Lions previously announced that global rap icon Eminem, and his long-time manager and president of Shady Records, Paul Rosenberg will serve as Executive Producers of the show, along with Jesse Collins Entertainment. The Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Classic presented by Ford will be nationally televised on FOX at 1 PM EST.
Detroit-native and 12X GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Jack White rose to international fame in the early 2000s, with his innovative guitar work and raw vocal style earning him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base around the world. A solo artist as well as the creative heartbeat of the legendary groups The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, White’s illustrious career was recently ed with the induction of The White Stripes into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame on November 8.
The winner of 17 GRAMMY® Awards and 33 Dove Awards, music icon CeCe Winans will return to her hometown of Detroit the national anthem. An inductee of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Winans is also the recipient multiple Soul Train Awards, Essence Awards and NAACP Image
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
For the first time, the Detroit Lions will partner with Feeding America and invite people watching at home to make a monetary donation to help ensure everyone has access to the food they need to gather around full tables this holiday season. Viewers will be encouraged to visit www.feedingamerica.org/tackle to donate. Nearly 50 million people in the U.S., including almost 14 million children, experience food insecurity. The Detroit Lions and Feeding America aim to raise enough funds to help provide 5 million meals* to make sure every family can share the warmth, comfort and joy of a full table this holiday season.
A PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON CONNECTION
Verizon is tackling food insecurity by giving fans the chance to pack hunger-relief kits outside of Ford Field on gameday. Volunteers race against the clock to pack donation bags faster than Verizon’s ultra-fast network. The high-energy activation will be in the Detroit Lions pregame tailgate space Pride Plaza on Brush Street, and open from 10 AM-1 PM.
