{"id":476492,"date":"2026-10-25T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476492\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T19:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:34:07","slug":"cowboys-announce-miranda-lambert-as-thanksgiving-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476492\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys announce Miranda Lambert as Thanksgiving halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys<\/a>‘ 2026 Thanksgiving halftime show at AT&T Stadium is set.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something special about how music brings people together, especially when it\u2019s to spread joy and hope to families who need it most,\u201d Lambert said in a statement. \u201cThe Salvation Army and the Dallas Cowboys have built an incredible tradition with the Red Kettle Kickoff, and I can\u2019t wait to be back home in Texas this Thanksgiving to help carry it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lambert will star in the 30th edition of the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show in support of the Salvation Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Red Kettle Kickoff has become one of the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 proudest traditions and one my family and our entire organization look forward to every Thanksgiving,\u201d Cowboys chief brand officer and co-owner Charlotte Jones said in the statement. \u201cFor 30 years, incredible artists have appeared on our halftime stage to help The Salvation Army bring hope to millions of people in need. We\u2019re grateful to Miranda Lambert for joining that legacy and helping us continue this meaningful tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iconic artists who have taken the stage for the halftime show include Carrie Underwood, the Jonas Brothers,\u00a0Selena Gomez, Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone, who performed in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lambert was born in Longview and raised in Lindale in East Texas. On top of her three Grammy Awards, Lambert also has won 14 Country Music Association Awards and was named the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year in 2022. The ACM also awarded Lambert for Female Vocalist of the Year nine consecutive times from 2010-18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys‘ 2026 Thanksgiving halftime show at AT&T Stadium is set. \u201cThere\u2019s something special about how music brings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,1638,93042,88346],"class_list":["post-476492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-brief","tag-tp-dallas-cowboys","tag-tp-att-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}