When it came time to plan his 57-stop world tour this year, Bad Bunny chose to skip the U.S. entirely — except the Bay Area. The Puerto Rican star just announced that he’ll be performing at halftime during the Super Bowl on Feb. 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

The announcement comes on the heels of successful summerlong residency on his island of Puerto Rico, which attracted over 600,000 visitors to San Juan and generated an estimated $200 million in tourism revenue. The intention to stay in Puerto Rico was a political one: Bad Bunny is a vocal supporter of the U.S. territory’s independence movement, and his massive 2025 album Debí Tirar Más Fotos blended traditional genres like bomba, plena and salsa with reggaeton beats and lyrics that called out modern-day colonialism.

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