Photo of Lady Gaga by Matt Cowan
Following recent speculation, the NFL is insisting it has not yet confirmed a headliner for next year's Super Bowl LI halftime show.
Us Weekly reported Sunday the singer—who just announced a new album last week—had formally accepted the NFL's offer to perform the highly coveted gig. As we previously mentioned, her new record Joanne is out on Oct. 21.
“Nothing has changed from what we said earlier in the week,” a representative for the NFL said in response to Us Weekly's report, describing it as "not true."
The NFL's SVP Communications Natalie Ravitz subsequently took to Twitter this afternoon to deny the report: "[Us Weekly] ignored my on record response: we’ve had conversations [with] several fantastic artists about SB Halftime Show but no final decision.”
The latest report follows Billboard's own claim last week that Gaga had been in talks to perform the halftime show, although the NFL said it did "not have a final decision" as of Sept. 13.
Gaga performed the national anthem at this year's Super Bowl 50. Should she indeed take the stage during halftime next year, she'll join the likes of previous performers such as Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Coldplay, all of whom have headlined the show in recent years.
Super Bowl LI is set for Feb. 5, 2017 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
(Updated with NFL response)