After Pharrell Williams and the Jonas Brothers performed at the first two games of the 2025 World Series — the first time in 32 years Canada hosted the annual baseball championship — the MLB has unveiled its next slate of performers for games three and four in the matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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On Oct. 28 at Dodger Stadium, Brad Paisley will sing the U.S. national anthem before the game starts. Earlier this year, Paisley ranked at No. 14 on Billboard‘s chart-based ranking of the Top Country Artists of the 21st Century. Although his last full-length studio album, Love And War, arrived in 2017, Paisley has new music on the way in the form of his second Christmas album. Titled Snow Globe Town, the 16-track set, which includes eight Paisley-penned originals, will arrive Nov. 7 via MCA Records.
Joining Paisley that day, Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter and Toronto native Jessie Reyez will sing the Canadian national anthem. Earlier this year, Reyez dropped her third studio album, Paid In Memories, which housed collaborations with Lil Wayne, Miguel and 6LACK. On Oct. 14, the “Figures” singer joined Billboard Book Club to chat about her new poetry collection, The People’s Purge: Words of a Goat Princess Volume I.
On Oct. 29, the Dodgers and the Blue Jays will return to Dodger Stadium for the World Series. R&B star Tinashe, who’s currently enjoying her first Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart-topper with her Disco Lines-assisted “No Broke Boys” (13 weeks), will perform the U.S. national anthem. Last year, the “2 On” singer’s Quantum Baby album spawned her first-ever solo Hot 100 entry in “Nasty” (No. 61).
Representing Toronto for game four is Grammy-nominated powerhouse vocalist Deborah Cox, who will perform the Canadian national anthem. At February’s Grammys, Cox earned her first career nod for best musical theater album thanks to her work on the 2024 Broadway cast recording of The Wiz.
First pitch for games three and four is slated for 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Wednesday.
