Brett Kissel to sing ‘O Canada’ at the 2018 Grey Cup

Alberta’s Brett Kissel will sing the national anthem on the 106th Grey Cup taking place later this month at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium.

The Juno and CCMA award winner joins formerly announced artists, consisting of Grammy award-triumphing Alessia Cara, who will carry out inside the halftime show, and us of a duo The Reklaws, who will carry out within the kickoff show.

“It’s an honour to be chosen to sing our national anthem at this coveted country wide event,” Kissel said in a statement. “I’ve been a CFL fan my complete existence and I will without a doubt cherish the experience.”

In 2017, Kissel additionally completed O Canada throughout the house games of the 2017 Edmonton Oilers playoff run.

Kissel — from Flat Lake, Alta., approximately 2 hundred kilometres northeast of Edmonton — is a growing united states of america artist and is the first Canadian ever to tour with celeb Garth Brooks.

He is inside the midst of completing his We Were That Song excursion, appearing more than 100 dates in every province and territory in Canada.

On Thursday, he become additionally introduced as one of the essential degree artists at the 2019 Big Valley Jamboree festival, which takes location every 12 months in significant Alberta and attracts a number of the biggest names in united states track.

The 106th Grey Cup will take area on Sunday, Nov. 25. It’s the 5th CFL championship game held in Edmonton. As of mid-October, the sport changed into 75 in keeping with cent bought, however on Thursday tickets had been nonetheless available.

As of this writing, the present day CFL standings display the Ottawa Redblacks at the top of the East Division, and the Calgary Stampeders atop the West. The video games determining who will pass head-to-head in the Grey Cup will take area in the coming weeks.