Carrie Underwood’s powerful soprano means something different to everyone. For gridiron enthusiasts, it means Sunday Night Football is back. For the past 11 years, NFL fans have waited months to hear, The NFL’s best have come to play / Coast to coast, just one thing left to say. The American Idol champ’s much-revered performance was missing from the 2024 playoff season—and its absence did not go unnoticed. Recently, Underwood performed “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night” for the first time live. This seems like good news for fans who missed the memorable anthem during playoffs, as it indicates she will return for a 12th straight season of Sunday Night Football.

Carrie Underwood Headlines Concert Honoring NFL Greats
The 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival ended with a bang Sunday (Aug. 4.) Carrie Underwood headlined the Concert for Legends at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

As the “Undo It” singer’s set grew closer, one fan had a bold prediction. “I think it would be hilarious if she opens with the Sunday night theme song,” wrote Philip Fisher, who goes by the X/Twitter handle @Iron_Raichu.

Another post came less than two hours later: “I F—ING CALLED IT!!!!!”

Indeed, the eight-time GRAMMY winner took the stage in sparkly silver shorts and cowboy boots. The crowd roared as she belted the familiar opening notes to “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night.”

“Waiting all day for Sunday night…was well worth it!” one fan gushed on X/Twitter. “@carrieunderwood killed it in Canton, Ohio tonight!”

Carrie Makes Fans’ Wishes Come True
Judging from social media, the country music megastar fulfilled several fans’ wishes with her last-minute setlist change. “Carrie, please tell me you’re going to sing ‘Waiting All Day For Sunday Night,’” wrote one fan on X/Twitter. “It’s at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and it’s a Sunday night.”

Another fan wrote, “I feel like@carrieunderwood should kick off her show tonight at @ProFootballHOF with Waiting All Day for Sunday Night. It just seems right. #SNF“