A look back at the best Super Bowl halftime shows and fashions
6 years, 2 months ago

A look back at the best Super Bowl halftime shows and fashions

CNN  

CNN — For football fans, the Super Bowl is the most important day of the season, the culmination of five months of National Football League competition. Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images Given its significance today, you’d think the Super Bowl halftime show has always been a prestige event. 2004 - Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction Janet Jackson performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII at Houston's Reliant Stadium in 2004. “The audience is so vast, it’s so much more outside our nuanced world of high-fashion lovers.” That “vast” audience ended up encompassing 118.5 million TV viewers – the standing record for a Super Bowl halftime show. Rudy Giuliani, the outspoken former mayor of New York mayor and Donald Trump’s attorney, called it “outrageous.” “This is football, not Hollywood,” he told Fox News, “and I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive.” 2017 - Lady Gaga takes to the skies Lady Gaga performs during Super Bowl LI Halftime Show at Houston's NRG Stadium in 2017.

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Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl halftime show
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Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl halftime show

Associated Press  

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Unforgettable Super Bowl halftime show: The most outrageous moments in history

Hindustan Times  

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The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At various moments throughout the show, Beyoncé also showcased …

Super Bowl halftime show: The 10 greatest performances, from Rihanna to Prince
1 year, 1 month ago

Super Bowl halftime show: The 10 greatest performances, from Rihanna to Prince

The Independent  

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Super Bowl: From Janet Jackson's infamous nip-slip to Beyonce's public stance against police brutality... five times scandal and controversy took center stage in the halftime show
1 year, 1 month ago

Super Bowl: From Janet Jackson's infamous nip-slip to Beyonce's public stance against police brutality... five times scandal and controversy took center stage in the halftime show

Daily Mail  

The Super Bowl halftime show has continuously been one of the most-watched events on television in recent memory. Janet Jackson's infamous 'wardrobe malfunction' inspired the creation of YouTube in 2005 Jackson's incident led congress to pass a bill increasing fines for 'indecency' on television Perhaps the most controversial halftime show to date took place in 2004 with the infamous 'Nipplegate'. …

From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle
1 year, 2 months ago

From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Underneath his umbrella, NFL legend Dan Marino stood nearly drenched on the sideline watching Prince’s epic “Purple Rain” Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007 during a torrential Miami downpour. “But now, as we head into Super Bowl 58, people love to watch the halftime show.” In nearly six decades, the halftime festivities have transformed from a family-oriented …

Super Bowl 2024: The biggest fashion moments in halftime show history that deserve an instant replay
1 year, 2 months ago

Super Bowl 2024: The biggest fashion moments in halftime show history that deserve an instant replay

The Independent  

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From Snoop Dogg to Kendrick Lamar, Top Fashion Moments from Super Bowl 2022
3 years, 1 month ago

From Snoop Dogg to Kendrick Lamar, Top Fashion Moments from Super Bowl 2022

News 18  

The Super Bowl may be America’s biggest sporting event but it also happens to be an event headlined by the artists performing at the Halftime show, and celebrities showing up in the latest fashion trends. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ8et6HtKDq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Lamar showed up to the venue a black wool double-breasted suit and silk shirt from Louis Vuitton fall/winter 2022, which also happens to be …

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‘Thank you 4 a beautiful night’: Super Bowl halftime show celebrates hip hop and defies the NFL

The Independent  

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‘The music I grew up on’: For many Angelenos, halftime hip-hop show was Super Bowl MVP
3 years, 1 month ago

‘The music I grew up on’: For many Angelenos, halftime hip-hop show was Super Bowl MVP

LA Times  

Outside SoFi Stadium on Sunday just before Super Bowl LVI, Ricardo Roberts and Shelley Overton were wearing matching homemade T-shirts that made their loyalties clear. “I think it’s going to be one of the best shows in Super Bowl history.” He was right. “That was the greatest halftime show the Super Bowl has ever seen,” Zoagosa said. artists, L.A. music …

How the NFL tried and failed to censor its hip-hop halftime performance
3 years, 1 month ago

How the NFL tried and failed to censor its hip-hop halftime performance

Salon  

From nostalgic throwbacks to a high-energy set list, this year's goosebump-inducing Super Bowl halftime show lived up to its hype and delivered more than anticipated. A few hours before Sunday's game, Puck News reported that the NFL had denied Dr. Dre's request to take a knee – the gesture of protest against racial injustice and police brutality that was popularized …

From marching bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at halftime
5 years, 2 months ago

From marching bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at halftime

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Regardless of your musical tastes, it seems the Super Bowl halftime show has gone there. “You kind of tune in to the Super Bowl to be surprised,” said Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s senior vice president of events, “in terms of what can happen, whether it’s the renditions of the national anthem and `America The Beautiful,’ the pregame, halftime.. …

Super Bowl 2018 halftime show: Justin Timberlake confirmed by NFL, Janet Jackson controversy ensues
7 years, 5 months ago

Super Bowl 2018 halftime show: Justin Timberlake confirmed by NFL, Janet Jackson controversy ensues

The Independent  

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Justin Timberlake to headline Super Bowl, 14 years after 'wardrobe malfunction' performance
7 years, 5 months ago

Justin Timberlake to headline Super Bowl, 14 years after 'wardrobe malfunction' performance

Firstpost  

On 22 October the NFL announced that Justin Timberlake will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on 4 February in Minnesota Justin Timberlake has finally been invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show, 14 years after the “wardrobe malfunction” with Janet Jackson caused a national controversy. On 22 October the NFL announced that Timberlake will headline the Super Bowl …

Ten memorable Super Bowl halftime shows[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 1 month ago

Ten memorable Super Bowl halftime shows[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Lady Gaga, Super Bowl 2017 If you consider the Super Bowl simply as the annual championship game of the National Football League, you need to reconsider. The Super Bowl halftime show is a tradition during the competition, aimed at delighting the television audience and creating national and worldwide interest. This year, the 51st Super Bowl invited American pop singer Lady …

Ten memorable Super Bowl halftime shows[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 1 month ago

Ten memorable Super Bowl halftime shows[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Lady Gaga, Super Bowl 2017 If you consider the Super Bowl simply as the annual championship game of the National Football League, you need to reconsider. The Super Bowl halftime show is a tradition during the competition, aimed at delighting the television audience and creating national and worldwide interest. This year, the 51st Super Bowl invited American pop singer Lady …

Beyonce’s Super Bowl show bringing both praise and criticism
9 years, 1 month ago

Beyonce’s Super Bowl show bringing both praise and criticism

Associated Press  

A day after the Super Bowl, people are still parsing over each frame from Beyonce’s halftime performance, trying to glean the messages, both subtle and overt, that made for a stunning display of unapologetic blackness and political activism during one of the most-watched events of the year. I can’t recall another time you saw that unambiguousness with a performance on …

Review: Coldplay lets Beyonce, Bruno Mars overshadow band
9 years, 1 month ago

Review: Coldplay lets Beyonce, Bruno Mars overshadow band

Associated Press  

Give Chris Martin and Coldplay credit: It takes a certain lack of ego for musicians to essentially let themselves be upstaged at their own Super Bowl show. The British band invited Beyonce and Bruno Mars to share the spotlight Sunday for the halftime extravaganza, which evolved into a 50th anniversary tribute to Super Bowl shows of yore. Beyonce took the …

Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show: A primer for those who went for beer
9 years, 1 month ago

Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show: A primer for those who went for beer

LA Times  

Those who were only half-watching Beyoncé's "Formation" performance during the Super Bowl halftime show — perhaps distracted by the beer, wings and guacamole — may be wondering what was the big deal. The costumes spoke volumes Beyonce's ensemble was an homage to Michael Jackson, ripping its style from the outfit the late pop star wore during his Super Bowl show …

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