The CFL announced Thursday night that MGK will headline the 112th Gray Cup halftime show. In addition to the halftime performance, JUNO award-winning Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace were announced as the Gray Cup kickoff show performers, and Nieverill native and Manitoba Country Music Award winner Cathy St. Germain was announced as the national anthem performer.
MGK headlined last year's NFL halftime show in Germany. don't wait, run fast is currently the featured song in ESPN's 2025-26 college football coverage.
It was previously announced that Grammy and country music award-winner Brad Paisley, who was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Oct. 6, will headline the Gray Cup Festival, which will take place Nov. 10-16 in the lead-up to the game. Paisley will perform at the Canada Life Center on November 14th.
The 112th Gray Cup will be played at Princess Auto Stadium on Sunday, November 16th beginning at 5:00 pm CT. The game will be broadcast live across Canada on TSN, CTV and RDS. It will be available in the US on CBS Sports Network, as well as the league's international free live streaming platform CFL+. A limited number of tickets are available from Ticketmaster.