Music stars Usher, Keith Urban, and Natasha Bedingfield are set to kick off the new NFL season with a free concert expected to draw thousands of eager football fans to Manhattan’s Columbus Circle on Thursday afternoon.

The NFL will air portions of the NFL Kickoff Show live on ABC prior to tonight’s game between the defending Superbowl Champions the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.