Ahead of the Big Game, Lady Gaga also performed a surprise tribute in honor of the victim of the New Orleans attack and the Los Angeles wildfires Cindy Ord/Getty Harry Connick Jr. showed his New ...

Super Bowl LIX opened with a bang. Before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles hit the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday (Feb. 9), Lady Gaga performed her Top Gun tune “Hold My Hand” surrounded by rapt revelers on the city’s infamous Bourbon Street.

The Super Bowl celebrates the best players in the NFL, but the event has also become a showcase for popular musical acts. This year, the championship game is a celebration of New Orleans, and who better to kick off the occasion than Crescent City native Harry Connick,