"who ""are willing to raise social consciousness and use their artistry to advance social justice."" In attempt to address her own controversy, Beyoncé explained, ""I have so much admiration and respect for officers and the families of officers who sacrifice themselves to keep us safe. But let's be clear: I am against police brutality and injustice."" The halftime show became the fourth highest ever watched show in the United States, with total viewership of 115.5 million. Setlist obtained from ""Billboard"". Super Bowl 50 halftime show The Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show took place on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium"
"for the game. This ceremony continued a ten-year tradition (starting with Super Bowl XX and then repeated in Super Bowl XXX and Super Bowl XL) in which past Super Bowl MVPs were honored before the game. Lady Gaga (accompanied by Alex Smith on piano) sang the national anthem, while Marlee Matlin simultaneously performed an American Sign Language (ASL) version of it. Matlin also signed an a cappella version of ""America the Beautiful"", which was sung by a U.S. Armed Forces chorus. In late November 2015, reports surfaced stating that ""multiple acts"" would perform during the halftime show. On December 3,"
"gave the Super Bowl its name. American singer and musician Prince performed in the halftime show. The setlist for Prince's performance was a short rendition of ""We Will Rock You"" by Queen; Prince's hit songs ""Let's Go Crazy"" and ""Baby I'm a Star""; covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival's ""Proud Mary"", Bob Dylan's ""All Along the Watchtower"", and Foo Fighters' ""Best of You""; and finally his signature song ""Purple Rain"" in the downpour. The 12-minute performance featured Prince accompanied by two dancers he called ""The Twinz"" (Maya and Nandy McClean) and the Florida A&M University marching band, the Marching 100. Prince"
"Super Bowl LI halftime show The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, ""Joanne"". The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unproductive. Gaga began rehearsing the show by January 2017 and had no guest performers. Her sister gave her the idea of performing from atop the NRG Stadium; Gaga worked on"
"Main performer Creative personnel Vendors Lighting crew Art design team Stage video and projection crew Intel Shooting Star drone team All Access Staging & Productions crew Super Bowl LI halftime show The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, ""Joanne"". The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unproductive. Gaga began rehearsing"
"Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing ""Filthy"" in a club setting below the field level"
"Super Bowl XLVI halftime show The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show took place on February 5, 2012 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of Super Bowl XLVI. It featured Madonna and guests LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and CeeLo Green. In 2011, the National Football League (NFL) announced that Madonna would perform at the Super Bowl XLVI show. The singer collaborated with Cirque du Soleil for the show, where her longtime choreographer Jamie King was music director; King, in turn, enlisted the multimedia-show producer Moment Factory. Madonna performed four songs, beginning with ""Vogue"" in a Roman-Egyptian setting"
"""We Are the World"", later joining Jackson as he sang his single ""Heal the World"". The halftime show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game.. This performance helped Jackson's latest album ""Dangerous"" rise 90 places in the album chart. The following songs were performed during the halftime show: Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was"
"Super Bowl LIII halftime show The Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show) will take place on Sunday February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. ""The New York Times"", ""Rolling Stone"", and ""Billboard"" reported that U.S. pop band Maroon 5 was set to headline the show (with Cardi B and Travis Scott as guests); the NFL has not yet officially announced the performer. In October 2018, it was reported that Rihanna had declined an offer to perform, due to her support of Colin Kaepernick. On November 27, a petition was"
"Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 115.3 million viewers. The show was later surpassed by the following year's Super Bowl XLIX halftime show in which"
"NFL spokeswoman, the request had, according to the ""Journal"", received a ""chilly"" response from those involved. Fans of ""Weird Al"" Yankovic launched an unsuccessful campaign to have Yankovic perform the halftime show to promote his album ""Mandatory Fun"". On October 9, 2014, ""Billboard"" announced that Katy Perry would perform at halftime, and the NFL confirmed the announcement on November 23, 2014. On January 10, 2015, Perry announced that Lenny Kravitz would also appear at the halftime show. On January 30, 2015, it was revealed that Missy Elliott, who previously worked with Perry on ""Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"" (Remix), would be"
"Halftime in America Halftime in America (alternately, It's Halftime in America) is an American television commercial aired in February 2012 during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI. Produced by Portland, Oregon-based advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy for Chrysler, It features Clint Eastwood speaking, and narrating, an account of the American automobile industry rebounding after the Great Recession, as pictures of American workers appear onscreen. The advertisement, described as ""grim"" in tone, is a two-minute montage of video scenes showing ""ordinary Americans"" at first despairing, then in solidarity with another, and finally hopeful. It closes with a close-up of Eastwood's face, and then the"
"Star-Spangled Banner"" at President Obama's second inauguration on January 21, 2013, she was accused for lip sync. During a news conference where she discussed her halftime performance, she admitted that she sang the song along with a pre-recorded track during the ceremony, but confirmed that she's going to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show, saying ""I will absolutely be singing live... This is what I was born to do, what I was born for. I've had a 16-year career. All the things I've done have prepared me for this."" Following her performance at the halftime show, Jon Caramanica"
"perform by the NFL, she had declined since she did not believe she was suitable for the halftime show. The NFL explained they had not signed any musician and were still in discussions with several artists. In the meantime singer Lady Gaga announced that she would be releasing her fifth studio album, ""Joanne"", in October 2016. ""Billboard"" reported that the NFL was is discussions with the singer, because of her performance of the national anthem at the previous Super Bowl. On September 29, 2016, Gaga confirmed on her Instagram account that she would be performing at the halftime show. Fox"
"American pop star Katy Perry was headliner. The performance generated 2.2 million tweets, due to clamoring for tickets to Mars' Moonshine Jungle Tour. The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show received two 2014 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program and Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special. Bruno Mars was confirmed as the lead half time performer for Super Bowl XLVIII in September 2013 during a Fox NFL Sunday broadcast held live in Times Square in New York City. The NFL's entertainment team started working with Mars and his management on the halftime set"
"content in daytime television, and indicated that he was reviewing whether soap operas were violating the agency's indecency prohibitions. Two other major sporting events that followed the Super Bowl that year also were forced to censor their respective halftime shows following the incident. The Pro Bowl, which would be played on February 8 at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, originally was to feature singer JC Chasez, who was a member of boy band 'N Sync as was Timberlake, sing the National Anthem before the game and perform his hit song ""Blowin' Me Up (with Her Love)"" at halftime. However, the NFL"
"surfaced stating that multiple acts would perform during the halftime show. Coldplay was confirmed as the lead half time performer for Super Bowl 50 on December 3, 2015, one day before the release of their seventh studio album ""A Head Full of Dreams"". It was confirmed that Beyoncé and Bruno Mars would join Coldplay as special guests. Chris Martin called Mars to ask him to perform with Coldplay; however, Mars declined the offer. Nevertheless, the singer of Coldplay invited Mars to his studio in Malibu where he was working. There, Martin revealed to Mars that he wanted for him to"
"the league confirmed that the show would be headlined by the British rock band Coldplay. On January 7, 2016, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that Beyoncé, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show and collaborated with Coldplay on the single ""Hymn for the Weekend"" (which was removed from the setlist before the game), would be making an appearance. Bruno Mars, who headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, and Mark Ronson (Mars's collaborator on ""Uptown Funk"") also performed. Denver took the opening kickoff of Super Bowl 50 and started out strong. Quarterback Peyton Manning completed an 18-yard pass"
"Peppers would be joining Mars as halftime show performers. The show opened with a children's choir singing a chorus from ""Billionaire."" Afterward, Mars appeared, playing a drum solo. Mars then performed the songs ""Locked Out of Heaven"", ""Treasure"", ""Runaway Baby"", ""Give It Away"" (with Red Hot Chili Peppers) and ""Just the Way You Are"" as a tribute to the United States Armed Forces. The halftime performance was the most watched in the history of the Super Bowl drawing in a record 115.3 million viewers, passing the record 114 million who watched Madonna perform two years earlier. It was later revealed"
"Super Bowl XLIX halftime show The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted 118.5 million viewers in the United States and 120.7 million worldwide, receiving the largest ratings in the history of the Super Bowl and becoming the most watched of all-time. The halftime show was watched by more viewers than the"
"was simulcasted on TSN Radio in Canada. In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio 5 Live returned to coverage after the previous year's NFL broadcaster, Absolute Radio 90s, dropped out of sports coverage. Rocky Boiman and Darren Fletcher return as commentators. Idina Menzel performed the national anthem and John Legend performed ""America the Beautiful"". On October 9, 2014, ""Billboard"" announced that Katy Perry would perform at halftime and the NFL confirmed the announcement on November 23, 2014. At the start of the halftime show, on-field participants held up light globes which created a bird's-eye view of the Pepsi logo. Perry entered"
"Marching Band and Syracuse University Marching Band. Queen Latifah, joined by the New Jersey Youth Chorus, sang ""America the Beautiful"". ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" was then sung by Renée Fleming, the first, (and, so far, only), opera singer ever to do so at a Super Bowl. A V-shaped formation of three United States Army Black Hawks, three Apache attack helicopters and three Chinook heavy-lifters did a military flyover timed with the last note of the song. On September 8, 2013, the league announced that Bruno Mars would perform at halftime. On January 10, 2014, it was announced that Red Hot Chili"
"contest. Word had leaked as early as October 2011 that Madonna would be the performer for the Super Bowl halftime show, with M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj performing as well; all three are featured on Madonna's new single ""Give Me All Your Luvin'"" which was performed as part of the show. The league confirmed Madonna as the performer on December 4. Other collaborators on the project included LMFAO, Cee Lo Green, long time Madonna collaborator Jamie King, Cirque du Soleil, and Moment Factory. M.I.A. came under controversy for giving the middle finger during the performance of ""Give Me All Your Luvin'"","
"Doubt, and Sting were featured during the halftime show, which was sponsored by AT&T Wireless. Twain sang her hits ""Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"" and ""Up!"". No Doubt then sang their hit ""Just a Girl"" with lead singer Gwen Stefani ad-libbing lines like ""I'm just a girl at the Super Bowl!"" The show concluded with Sting performing ""Message in a Bottle"", with Stefani joining in midway through. Bon Jovi appeared as part of the post-game ceremonies, performing ""It's My Life"" prior to the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation and ""Everyday"" afterwards (most of the latter performance was not shown on"
"with the audience in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Since the next Super Bowl game, both Super Bowl participants are introduced collectively as a team, a precedent which has continued. The halftime show featured a three-song set from Irish rock band U2, who had just completed their successful Elevation Tour. After a rendition of ""Beautiful Day"", the band played ""MLK"" and ""Where the Streets Have No Name"" as the names of the victims from the September 11 attacks were projected onto a sheet behind the stage. While singing ""Where the Streets Have No Name"", the group's lead singer Bono"
"One Direction tickets and Jason Aldean tickets, which were two of the highest prices for an American tours during the spring and summer of 2014. Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by American singer Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the"
"""training"" for the ""Puppy Bowl"" on the South Lawn of the White House. Police dogs appeared on the field when the national anthem was played. Returning as the official ""tweeter"" of the show was Meep the cockatiel. The dwarf cat Lil Bub was added as a ""commentator"" broadcasting from a Chicago studio. In reference to the Super Bowl's halftime show with Bruno Mars, Keyboard Cat ""played"" his song ""Locked Out of Heaven"" during the halftime show. The half-time show also featured 30 kittens toppling dominoes and a kitten ""parachuting"" onto the field. To increase interactivity with fans of the show,"
"Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was broadcast on NBC. This halftime performance increased the TV ratings by a significant amount and has been claimed to be one of the most watched events in American television history with 133.4 million viewers. Jackson's performance started the NFL's trend of signing top acts to appear during the Super Bowl to attract more viewers and interest. After Super Bowl XXVI, where"
"No players were observed kneeling during the national anthem, in contrast to the protests that happened earlier in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Fifteen Medal of Honor recipients participated in the coin toss ceremony. World War II hero Hershel W. Williams was the honorary captain and had the honors of flipping the coin. Justin Timberlake headlined the Super Bowl LII halftime show, along with his band ""The Tennessee Kids"" and featuring the University of Minnesota Marching Band. Timberlake performed in two previous Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 as a member of NSYNC, and Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004"
"in line with that of the game as a whole, which had lost 7% compared to the previous year. According to initial sales reports from Nielsen Music, sales of the songs Timberlake performed during the halftime show gained 534% in the United States on February 4, the day of the Super Bowl, compared to Feb. 3, while his streams on Spotify gained 214%. Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of"
"2018, neither Jackson nor Timberlake are banned from the halftime show. Timberlake later performed at Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018. In 2002, ""Entertainment Weekly"" reported that Jackson was the original choice to perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI, however the NFL ultimately decided to select U2 to headline it after a group of NFL owners and officials attended the band's concert in New York City shortly after the September 11 attacks. In September 2003, the NFL announced that Jackson would be the headline performer of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Because the event was"
"(2006). The song, ""The Song of the Heart"", appears on the film's , which also features a cover of Prince's earlier hit ""Kiss"", sung by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. In January 2007, ""The Song of the Heart"" won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. On February 2, 2007, Prince played at the Super Bowl XLI press conference, and the Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show in Miami, Florida on February 4, 2007, on a large stage shaped like his symbol. The event was carried to 140 million television viewers, his biggest ever audience. In 2015, Billboard.com ranked the performance"
"but Pepsi quickly denied it. During August and September 2017, several publications informed that Timberlake was the frontrunner to performer at the Super Bowl LII halftime, first along with his frequent-collaborator Jay-Z as co-headliner, and then as the solo performer. Jay-Z was also rumored to be a solo performer, but it was reported that he turned it down due to the NFL's treatment of Colin Kapernick, which he later confirmed in his song Apeshit. A spokesperson from the NFL stated at the time, ""along with Pepsi, we know that we will put on a spectacular show. When it is time"