Joss Stone, one of Britain’s leading female vocalists, performed the pre-game show at the NFL‘s third International Series game at Wembley Stadium, when the Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the Dallas Cowboys.
A double BRIT Award winner and Grammy Award winner, Joss delivered an entertaining show ahead of the 11th NFL regular-season game to be played in London since the International Series began in 2007.
Her pregame show concluded with “No Man’s Land”, the official Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal single, which she has recorded with guitarist Jeff Beck.
The performance highlighted the NFL‘s partnership with the Royal British Legion for Remembrance, which also saw the Legion’s iconic Poppy logo on the players’ uniforms and helmets and various fund-raising activities around the game on behalf of the Poppy Appeal.
Joss Stone, owner of one of most distinctive voices in British music, rose to fame in 2003 with the multi-platinum album “The Soul Sessions”. Following the 2004 release of “Mind, Body and Soul” she won the 2005 BRIT Awards for Best Female Vocal Artist and Best Urban Act.
Having previously been nominated three times, she won her first Grammy Award in 2007 for Best R&B Performance by Vocal Duo or Group for “Family Affair” with John Legend and Van Hunt.
She currently has six album releases to her name, including four consecutive top 10 entries on the Billboard 200 in the US, with a seventh due to be released next spring.
Previous pre-game artists in the International Series have been: The Feeling (2007), Stereophonics (2008), Calvin Harris (2009), Goo-Goo Dolls (2010), My Chemical Romance (2011), Train (2012), Tinie Tempah (2013), NE-YO (2013), Def Leppard (2014), Little Mix (2014).
The US national anthem, ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ was performed before the game by Grammy Award-winner Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child, one of the most successful female vocal groups in music history.
She previously performed the US national anthem before the 2010 International Series game at Wembley.
The UK national anthem was sung by best-selling soprano Laura Wright, who has performed ‘God Save The Queen’ at each of the International Series games this season.
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