- The AFL has officially announced Snoop Dogg as the headline act for the 2025 Grand Finalโs pre-game entertainment.
- CEO Andrew Dillon hints that a homegrown performer is also set to join the line-up for the โbiggest event on the Australian sporting calendar.โ
- 2025 AFL Grand Final date: September 27th.
Snoop Dogg is set to join the rarefied company of Slim Dusty, Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Ed Sheeran, Robbie Williams, The Killers, as well as his โCalifornia Gurlsโ collaborator Katy Perry when he takes the stage to perform at this yearโs AFL Grand Final.
In an audacious move to assert its claim as Australiaโs #1 sport, the league has managed to nab the noted botany enthusiast and hip-hop icon of โGin & Juice,โ โDrop It Like Itโs Hot,โ and โStill Dre,โ fame. And come September, Uncle Snoop will certainly make a compelling case for AFLโs cultural dominance over the NRL when he headlines the Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment.
โThe AFL Grand Final is the biggest event on the Australian sporting calendar โ and this year, it just got a whole lot bigger,โ said AFL CEO Andrew Dillon.
โSnoop Dogg is a pioneer, a performer, and a true entertainer. Heโs played to packed stadiums around the world โ but we think 100,000 fans at the MCG might just be his most iconic crowd yetโฆ and weโre ready to make history.โ
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Tha Doggfather himself added: โItโs an absolute honour to be hitting the stage at the AFL Grand Final โ itโs one of the biggest events on the Aussie calendar. Canโt wait to bring the energy and celebrate with the fans. Letโs make it unforgettable.โ
Super Bowl-calibre musical talent aside and $4.5 billion broadcast agreement aside, the AFLโs crowd and membership numbers suggest things are going well for the code.
With two rounds still left on the cards and an extra game, across this ongoing season so far, 7,002,277 fans have already attended matches. According to news.com.au, this past weekendโs average attendance tallied in excess of 33,000, whereas only a solitary NRL fixture exceeded 25,000 (Bulldogs vs Warriors).
Additionally, nine clubs have broken their all-time membership records this year: the cumulative total across 18 teams recently hit a new record of 1,324,504 members. That essentially equates to one in 21 Australians being a card-carrying AFL club member.
Small wonder how they convinced Snoop Dogg to trek Down Under for the gigโฆ
