Taylor Swift denies turning down Super Bowl half-time show. It’s a performance millions of Taylor Swift fans hoped they could look forward to in 2026. But the US superstar has denied rejecting an offer to play the Super Bowl half-time show in California in February. There was speculation she had turned down the prestigious slot during American football’s showcase event in a dispute over ownership of the performance footage. Asked by The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on NBC whether it was true, she replied “no” before detailing what stage conversations had reached. Taylor said rapper Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation produces the half-time show, “has always been very good to me”. “Our teams are really close,” she said. “They sometimes will call and say ‘how does she feel about the Super Bowl?’ “That’s not an official offer or a conference room conversation. “It’s just ‘how does she feel about it in general?'” Fans had speculated that Taylor would perform at the event after the release of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl.
