Adele ‘in talks’ to play 2026 Super Bowl halftime show

Adele has been approached about playing the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, insiders tell Page Six — but she has not been booked to play the gig.

Rumors have been swirling that Adele could take the field for the big game in Santa Clara, Calif., next February, and we hear she’s been in talks.

But there’s also been buzz halftime candidates also include No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs fan Taylor Swift, as well as “Party in the U.S.A.” singer Miley Cyrus, who has never played the high-profile gig.

Adele’s fiancé Rich Paul is one of sports’ biggest agents, and the British crooner has attended the Super Bowl before as a fan. But she quipped at a Las Vegas gig to her fans in 2024 of her being in the stands, “Last year I went, obviously I didn’t go for the football at all. I went to watch Rihanna.”

She’d also said before the game at a live show, “I’m going just for Rihanna. I don’t give a flying f–k.”

Either way, NFL insiders have been buzzing that Adele is this year’s pick to play the gig, but another source close to the show says Adele has not been officially booked.

The “Hello” singer has said she previously turned down the gig in 2017 game. She told a Los Angeles crowd in 2016: “First of all, I’m not doing the Super Bowl… I mean, that show is not about music. I can’t dance or anything like that. They were very kind, they did ask me, but I did say no.”

But the NFL and sponsor Pepsi denied the claim at the time by commenting, “We have had conversations with several artists about the Pepsi Super Bowl half-time show… However, we have not at this point extended a formal offer to Adele or anyone else.”

The performer is chosen by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in partnership with the NFL, and is usually announced in September.

Earlier this month, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hinted at the prospect of Swift taking the stage.

He told Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today” of Swift: “She is a special, special talent, and obviously she would be welcome at any time.”

When Guthrie pressed him for deets, the NFL boss punted, saying, “I can’t tell you anything about that… It’s a maybe.”

He also added on the morning show, “I’m waiting on my friend Jay-Z to be able to help me… It’s in his hands.”

Reps for the singer did not comment.

Adele, 37, also has defending Swift against backlash from NFL fans for attending games to see Travis Kelce play. “[For] all of you complaining about Taylor being at the game, get a f—king life, that’s her f—king boyfriend,” Adele once quipped during her “Weekends With Adele” concert in Las Vegas.