IT'S OFFICIAL....MADONNA TO PERFORM FOR SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW
Superstar Madonna, native of Bay City, will perform during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, according to SBNation.com.
Madonna's team has not released any comments on the announcement yet, but SBNation explored the performer's history with Super Bowl shows -- such as in 2008 when it was heavily rumored that she would perform and then two years later when she reportedly "backed out at the last minute."
If she does in fact perform, she'll be following last year's star-studded lineup of The Black Eyed Peas, Usher and Slash during the halftime show.
Mlive reports the article said the biggest controversy now will be if there's controversy:
"For the moment, the biggest question is how much freedom she gets from the NFL," the post read.
"Madonna of the '80s and '90s would've been a pretty interesting experiment at the Super Bowl, as no female artist this side of Janet Jackson would've been more likely to push the envelope as far as costumes, themes, and stageplay is concerned."
SBNation reports Super Bowl XLVI and its halftime show will air live on NBC Feb. 5, 2012.
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* Hyphen's note - It's "super" important that the Super Bowl halftime show offer someone with actual talent after last years dismal performance by the Black Eyed Peas. That performance was so over-hyped it left fans feeling robbed after it ended: as it turns out......not even Slash could save Fergie and Company. I felt it my duty to point out that the "star-studded lineup" that is spoken of in the article above would have been more accurately described as the "star-studded flop." But, then again I don't claim to be impartial on this subject because I have always despised the Black Eyed Peas and I'm given to think that no Super Bowl Halftime Show will ever top Prince in 2007.
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McCartney was great. Other notables were the Rolling Stones and Tom Petty.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. All good, but still not Prince-good.....ha!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Elton John, Prince, Bruce Springsteen and E Street, and of course Michael Jackson brought the house down with Black Or White.
ReplyDeleteMJ is always phenomenal, it pretty much goes without saying. All of those are good too. I know that my favorite person to sing the National Anthem was Cher. WOW, that lady's got some pipes!
ReplyDeleteI know you didn't mean to leave U2 out. Blasphemy! And of course the most famous performance of them all......Janet Jackson.
ReplyDeleteOMG, of course U2......that's been so long ago. And it's funny you mention Janet b/c I was watching that performance that night and that whole thing happened so fast....I didn't even know what happened until the media made such a big deal about it.
ReplyDeleteGonna have to go with Prince, but he ALWAYS puts on a great performance. Of course I could never leave out MJ, King of Pop. Mostly anyone who actually put out great music did well at the Super Bowl Half time shows. The ones they have nowadays are just crap. Not sure how I feel about the decision to ask Madge.
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