Lainey Wilson is a performer at the NFL's Thanksgiving Day halftime show in Dallas

No, it's not a tornado, but country music's reigning Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson, the artist of the album “Whirlwind,” will be the halftime performer when the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants at AT&T on Thanksgiving Day stage received. November 28, 2024. On Fox, this competition begins at 4:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. CT.

Wilson was on hand in Dallas to make the announcement during Fox's coverage of the Cowboys' game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon. The “Country's Cool Again” singer and a special guest appearance will kick off the Salvation Army's nearly 125-year-old Red Kettle Campaign to raise money to provide children's toys, coats for the homeless, food for the hungry and more collect social service programs.

“It's going to be a party,” the Grammy winner exclaimed to Fox NFL correspondent Erin Andrews.

“No one is going to top Dolly Parton,” she continued when asked if she could keep up with the estimated 44 million households of the Country Music and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who will be making her appearance alongside the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders in 2023 Watched the 2023 Thanksgiving Day game.