4t AMERICA’S SOUL AWAKENS: Vince Gill & Amy Grant to Ignite the All-American Halftime with a Faith-Charged, Heart-Stopping Duet That Will Eclipse Super Bowl 60 and Unite a Nation in Tears
Nashville’s night sky crackled with something more than lightning.
At 7:42 p.m. CT, the Ryman Auditorium’s neon guitar flickered, and Vince Gill and Amy Grant stepped onto a rehearsal stage draped in red, white, and blue bunting. One spotlight. Two microphones. Zero rehearsal takes. The first note of “Go Rest High on That Mountain” hung in the air like a prayer, and every crew member in the room—gaffers, sound techs, even the janitor—dropped to their knees.
This Sunday, February 8, 2026, that same note will open the All-American Halftime Show—a 15-minute spiritual detonation running simultaneously with Super Bowl LX. While the NFL fills the Caesars Superdome with pyrotechnics and pop, Turning Point USA will flood 200 Christian radio stations, Rumble, and 40,000 seats in the New Orleans Fair Grounds with gospel thunder.
The setlist is sacred fire:
“Go Rest High” — Vince’s trembling tenor, Amy’s crystalline soprano, a 60-voice children’s choir from Uvalde, Texas, holding photos of the Robb Elementary angels.
“El Shaddai” — Amy alone under a single cross of light, every word a confession.
“How Great Thou Art” — joined by Carrie Underwood, denim jacket stitched with 343 firefighter names from 9/11.
Finale: “America the Beautiful” reimagined as a slow-burn hymn, ending with Vince’s guitar weeping the last note into silence—no applause cue, just 40,000 souls holding their breath.
Backstage, Vince wiped tears with a calloused thumb. “We want to remind people what really matters,” he told a producer, voice thick with Oklahoma dust. Amy, clutching a worn Bible, added: “This isn’t a concert. It’s church on grass.”
The moment everyone’s whispering about? The bridge. At the 11-minute mark, the lights dim to black. A single projector rolls never-before-seen footage: Charlie Kirk’s final rally—laughing with a disabled veteran, kissing Erika’s forehead, whispering to their daughters. Then the screen freezes on Charlie’s smile. Vince and Amy step forward, a cappella:
“I’ll fly away, oh glory…”
The choir answers: “…to a land where joy will never end.”
Forty thousand phone lights rise like a galaxy. Grown men sob. A Marine in dress blues salutes.
Production miracles
Sound: Dolby Atmos piped into 300 churches nationwide—free.
Stage: Built from reclaimed barn wood from Vince’s childhood farm.
Security: 200 off-duty first responders—volunteers, every one.
Budget: $4.2 million—100% donor-funded, zero corporate sponsors.
The NFL’s response? Panic. Advertisers who spent $7 million for 30 seconds of Super Bowl airtime now face a cultural exodus. Ford and Ram pulled seven figures from the official show to back TPUSA’s stream. Bud Light, still licking 2023 wounds, stayed silent.
Reaction split the internet like the Red Sea. #FaithHalftime trended above the Lombardi Trophy. Barstool called it “the most based hymn in history.” The View sputtered: “Christian nationalism with a high C!” Meanwhile, a 1991 clip of Vince and Amy’s first duet—newlyweds, nervous, perfect—racked up 22 million views.
As rehearsal ended, Vince hugged Amy like the first time they met in 1982. “We’re not replacing the Super Bowl,” he whispered. “We’re reminding it what America sounds like when it prays.”
Sunday night, two stages will glow under Louisiana stars.
One will dazzle.
The other will heal.
And when Vince and Amy sing the last “Amen,”
the nation won’t just hear harmony.
It will remember its soul.
