The Eagles announced Thursday night that The Roots will play at halftime during the NFC Championship game Sunday.
The team took to Twitter with a short video of the Philadelphia hometown band performing the Eagles’ victory song, “Fly, Eagles, Fly.”
“Three-time Grammy Award winners, @theroots, are warming up for their halftime performance during Sunday’s NFC Championship Game! #FlyEaglesFly,” the organization tweeted.
Three-time Grammy Award winners, @theroots, are warming up for their halftime performance during Sunday's NFC Championship Game!#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/jQ5FJcaATa
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) January 19, 2018
The fan reaction in the replies to the tweet was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.
“This just brought a huge smile to my face! Thank you to the Roots, one of my favorite bands for nearly 30 years,” wrote user @GDubU493.
This just brought a huge smile to my face! Thank you to the Roots, one of my favorite bands for nearly 30 years.
— GDubU493 (@GDubU493) January 19, 2018
YES! pic.twitter.com/YylMbCqmTP
— Digi (@RDIGI36) January 19, 2018
Comment policy:
Philly.com comments are intended to be civil, friendly conversations. Please treat other participants with respect and in a way that you would want to be treated. You are responsible for what you say. And please, stay on topic. If you see an objectionable post, please report it to us using the "Report Abuse" option.
Please note that comments are monitored by Philly.com staff. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable. Personal attacks, especially on other participants, are not permitted. We reserve the right to permanently block any user who violates these terms and conditions.
Additionally comments that are long, have multiple paragraph breaks, include code, or include hyperlinks may not be posted.