Lady Gaga delivered a heartfelt pre-Super Bowl performance in New Orleans on Sunday.

The superstar, 38, took the stage ahead of the Chiefs-Eagles showdown, wearing a stylish white dress and oversized hat as she sang Hold My Hand while playing the piano during the surprise performance. 

The pre-recorded performance, which took place on Bourbon Street, was in honor of the victims of the New Year’s Day terror attack, which killed 14 people, as well as the Los Angeles wildfires, the airplane crashes in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and those affected by Hurricane Helene.

She was joined by a full band and choir, with the audience consisting of Louisiana State Police troopers, New Orleans police officers, first responders and law enforcement. 

Tom Brady, the Former New England Patriots quarterback, and Michael Strahan — who wore L.A. Fire Department and NOLA Strong t-shirts — also appeared in the tribute, which introduced the broadcast. 

‘This year began with a terror attack that tried to shatter it’s spirit. But the resilience of New Orleans is matched by the resolve of our country,’ Strahan, 53, said, as Brady, 47, added, ‘When tragedy strikes, we don’t break, we come together.’ 

Lady Gaga delivered a heartfelt pre- Super Bowl performance in New Orleans on Sunday

The superstar, 38, took the stage in a stylish white suit and sang Hold My Hand while playing the piano

Hold My Hand featured in the ending of 2022’s blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, and was nominated for a Grammy and Golden Globe. 

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Fans loved the ‘magical’ performance, sharing crying memes on social media to show how emotional it made them. 

‘Lady Gaga was magical! What a beautiful and touching tribute to the lives lost in #NOLA,’ one wrote on X. 

‘Lady Gaga turning pain into power, who else felt chills watching this?’ 

‘This performance was so moving, powerful and beautiful.’ 

‘Touching tribute by Lady Gaga,’ another added. 

Another fan wrote on X, ‘This was beautifully done.’

‘This was a class act. She is a great performer.’

The pre-recorded performance, which took place on Bourbon Street, was in honor of the victims of the New Year’s Day terror attack, which killed 14 people

She was joined by a full band and choir, with the audience consisting of Louisiana State Police troopers, New Orleans police officers, first responders and law enforcement

Tom Brady , the Former New England Patriots quarterback, and Michael Strahan also appeared in the tribute, which introduced the broadcast

She wore an all-white ensemble 

Hold My Hand featured in the ending of 2022’s blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick , and was nominated for a Grammy and Golden Globe 

The New Year’s attack occurred when a man who had been radicalized by ISIS drove a truck down the popular French quarter of New Orleans

Gaga’s Super Bowl LIX appearance comes just days after dropping her latest single, Abracadabra, and a week after sharing the stage with Bruno Mars to perform California Dreamin’ at the Grammy Awards. 

Before the Super Bowl, Gaga premiered All I Need Is Time at FireAid in Los Angeles.

Co-written with fiancé Michael Polansky, the upbeat song was created specifically for the telecast.

Gaga is next set to release her seventh studio album, Mayhem.

Fans have already heard two tracks from the 14-track album: Disease and Die With a Smile, a collaboration with Mars.

‘The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,’ the singer said in a press announcement last week.

Gaga also took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing a video of herself on her way to the Super Bowl.

She danced in a H๏τel hallway to her new song Abracadabra, wearing a long black dress with chunky high-heel boots and one black glove.

Fans loved the ‘magical’ performance, sharing crying memes on social media to show how emotional it made them

Her raven tresses were styled straight and she completed the look with a pair of sunglᴀsses.

‘Goin into the SUPERBOWL like ABRA-OO-NA-NA. The category is: SPORTS or SPELLS!!’ she wrote in the caption.

Super Bowl organizers and law enforcement have bolstered security arrangements for the biggest night in the sporting calendar in New Orleans after the New Year’s Day terror attack.

‘We’ve increased our security posture significantly so that people can come here, they can see a strong law enforcement presence,’ Eric DeLaune, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, told ESPN last month.

‘My goal was that you couldn’t walk a city block in downtown New Orleans without at least encountering one law enforcement official. I’m not trying to make people afraid. I want people to see that we’re prepared.’

The report adds that SWAT team members, armored vehicles and special agents on rooftops will all be part of the security effort in NOLA.

The New Year’s attack occurred when a man who had been radicalized by ISIS drove a truck down the popular French quarter of New Orleans.

It led to the postponement of the Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and Georgia by almost 24 hours at the Superdome in the city, which will also stage the Super Bowl.

Gaga also took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing a video of herself on her way to the Super Bowl

She danced in a H๏τel hallway to her new song Abracadabra, wearing a long black dress with chunky high-heel boots and one black glove

‘Goin into the SUPERBOWL like ABRA-OO-NA-NA. The category is: SPORTS or SPELLS!!’ she wrote in the caption

While fans loves Lady Gaga’s performance, some were left furious by Jon Batiste’s ‘jazzed up’ and ‘shocking’ rendition of the national anthem ahead of the Super Bowl.

The American singer-songwriter was given the honor of singing the Star-Spangled Banner ahead of the Chiefs-Eagles showdown in New Orleans, but fans felt he got the tone of the occasion completely wrong.

Taking to X, one viewer wrote: ‘Sing the national anthem like the national anthem. It’s not a jazz improv song! This is shameful.’

Meanwhile Taylor Swift strutted into Caesars Superdome with her A-list posse an hour before the Super Bowl, to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL’s festival of football.

Caesars Superdome rolled out the red carpet for the pop star as she arrived wearing all white at the stadium, flanked by some of her celebrity pals.

In footage captured by DailyMail.com, Swift was joined by Ice Spice and Este Haim as she strolled through the stadium to get to her suite, where she was in attendance to see the Chiefs try to win a third straight Super Bowl.

Kansas City, which enters today with a 19-3 overall record with the songstress in attendance, takes on Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a sH๏τ at history.