Lauren Daigle Super Bowl Performance Feels Like 'Vindication' after Attack by New Orleans Mayor

Tré Goins-Phillips : Feb 7, 2025
Faithwire.com

"Corrupt politicians will do what they do, but God always has the final say. My friend Lauren Daigle and I are vindicated, after the New Orleans mayor tried to cancel us for leading worship together in downtown New Orleans just a few years ago. Guess what? She's now singing for the Super Bowl." -Sean Feucht, via Instagram

[Faithwire.com] Louisiana native Lauren Daigle is celebrating what she sees as "vindication" as she prepares to perform at the pregame show for the Super Bowl. (Screengrab image: via Arroyo Grande)

The 33-year-old Christian recording artist is slated to join jazz musician Trombone Shorty on Sunday for a rendition of "America the Beautiful" at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Daigle's participation in the major sporting event is an about-face from her experience five years ago, when the "You Say" singer-songwriter was scrubbed from Dick Clark Productions' annual New Year's Rockin' Eve celebration because New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, a Democrat, wanted the artist to face retribution for performing at an outdoor worship event in 2020, violating a public health guidance.

The event was organized and led by California worship leader and activist Sean Feucht.

At the time, Cantrell said, "[Daigle] harmed our people, she risked the lives of our residents, and she strained our first responders in a way that is unconscionable—in the midst of a public health crisis. This is not who we are, and she cannot be allowed to represent New Orleans or the people she willfully endangered."

But now, five years later, Daigle is feeling liberated as she prepares to perform on one of the world's biggest stages in her home state... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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