2. 2014’s Super Bowl halftime show,
featuring Bruno Mars, along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was the most
watched show in television history, with 115.3 million viewers. That barley
surpassed Madonna’s half time show in 2012, which had 114 million viewers.
3. The first Super Bowl halftime
show was in 1967, when the University of Arizona and Grambling State marching
bands performed. Continuing that tradition, throughout the first half of that
decade, college and military marching bands performed.
4. The 1970’s saw many themed
performances, including tributes to big band, America’s Bicentennial, Caribbean
culture, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, the Silver Screen, the Olympics,
Mardi Gras, the world’s children, and the future.
5. No one has played more than the
performance act Up With People, who entertained audiences four times during the
1970s and 1980s.
6. 1977’s Super Bowl saw the first
instance of crowd participation, when fans were asked to wave colored placards
on cue along to the song, “It’s a Small World.”
7. Starting in 2001, the network
started focusing the half time show around one mega musical artists or several
popular acts, ending the tradition of tribute shows.
8. The NFL has never paid acts to
play the halftime show, though they do cover all expenses for them and their
family and friends.
9. The logic behind that is the NFL
sees the Super Bowl performance as the highest honor and an irreplaceable
chance to promote. Indeed, musical artists see sales jump like crazy in the
days and weeks after performing at the Super Bowl.
10. But starting with Super Bowl XLIX, the NFL considered
charging the acts to play. The Wall Street Journal reported that NFL officials
approached the representatives of several musical acts and asked if they’d pay
the NFL for the privilege of playing, either up front or as a percentage of
sales. It didn’t go over well at all, and the league backpedaled.
11. Michael Jackson lip synced his way through the 1993
halftime show, singing a mash-up of Jam, Billie Jean, and Black or White
without a live microphone.
12. In 2004, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake put on
perhaps the most memorable show of all. Just as their duet was ending,
Timberlake reached over and pulled on Jackson’s top in a move that was
reportedly choreographed. The infamous “wardrobe malfunction ensued,” bearing
Jackson’s breast to every household in America and filling up the tabloid
headlines for weeks after.
13. Since the incident, the NFL airs the half time show on a
five-second-tape delay in case censors want to mute or black out something
provocative (which they have!)
14. 2005’s choice of Paul McCartney and later act like
Aerosmith were considered “safe” in the wake of Jackson and Timberlake’s
wardrobe malfunction.
15. Prince’s performance at the 2007 Super Bowl is widely
considered the best musical show ever, even though there have been higher ratings
since.
16. In 2002, U2 paid tribute to 9/11 when a backdrop showed
images of the victims of the terror attacks while playing “Where the Streets
Have No Name.”
17. Beyoncé brought the house down in 2013 with an epic show
that include a flaming costume and a mid-performance reunion with Michelle
Williams and Kelly Rowland, the first time they’d played together since the
Destiny’s Child days.
18. Bruce Springsteen turned down several invites to play
the Super Bowl before finally accepting in 2009 and rocking the nation with his
classic hits.
19. It’s no surprise that Madonna was the most
high-maintenance, egotistical performer yet performer to date. She played the
2012 show and was carried out in an elaborate gold get-up carried by Roman
soldiers. Her “underlings,” Niki Minaj, Cee Lo Green, and M.I.A. hardly had a
chance to get a note in edgewise but sounded way better than her. Madonna even
tripped on her high-heeled boots during the performance.
The highlight of that show for many was M.I.A. flashing her
middle finger to the cameras. But she did it so quick, the censors didn’t pick
it up and it played.
20. For the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show, to be played
February 1 in Phoenix, Arizona, Katie Perry will perform. The 30-year old pop
singer beat out Coldplay and Rihanna, the other finalists.
Here is the list of all Super Bowl half time performers:
2013 — Beyonce.
2012 — Madonna.
2011 — The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash.
2010 — The Who.
2009 — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
2008 — Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
2007 — Prince and the Florida A&M marching band.
2006 — The Rolling Stones.
2005 — Paul McCartney.
2004 — Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin
Timberlake.
2003 — Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting.
2002 — U2.
2001 — "The Kings of Rock and Pop" featuring
Aerosmith, 'N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly.
2000 — "A Tapestry of Nations" featuring Phil
Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and an 80-person
choir.
1999 — "Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing"
featuring Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and tap dancer
Savion Glover.
1998 — "A Tribute to Motown's 40th Anniversary"
including Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The
Temptations.
1997 — "Blues Brothers Bash" featuring Dan Akroyd,
John Goodman and James Belushi. Also featuring "The Godfather of
Soul" James Brown and ZZ Top.
1996 — Diana Ross celebrating 30 years of the Super Bowl
with special effects, pyrotechnics and stadium card stunt. Finale featured
Diana Ross being taken from the stadium in a helicopter.
1995 — "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden
Eye" featuring Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami
Sound Machine and stunts including fire and skydivers. Finale included audience
participation with light sticks.
1994 — "Rockin' Country Sunday" featuring Clint
Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna & Naomi Judd. Finale included
flashlight stunt.
1993 — "Heal the World" featuring Michael Jackson
and 3,500 local children. Finale included audience card stunt.
1992 — "Winter Magic" including a salute to the
winter season and the winter Olympics featuring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano
and Dorothy Hamill.
1991 — "A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super
Bowl" featuring New Kids on the Block.
1990 — "Salute to New Orleans" and 40th
Anniversary of Peanuts' characters, featuring trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug
Kershaw & Irma Thomas.
1989 — "Be Bop Bamboozled" featuring 3-D effects.
1988 — "Something Grand" featuring 88 grand
pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker.
1987 — "Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary".
1986 — "Beat of the Future."
1985 — "A World of Children's Dreams."
1984 — "Super Bowl XVIII's Salute to the Superstars of
the Silver Screen."
1983 — "KaleidoSUPERscope" (a kaleidoscope of
color and sound).
1982 — "A Salute to the 60s and Motown."
1981 — "A Mardi Gras Festival."
1980 — "A Salute to the Big Band Era" with Up with
People.
1979 — "Super Bowl XIII Carnival" Salute to the
Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands.
1978 — "From Paris to the Paris of America" with
Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt.
1977 — "It's a Small World" including crowd
participation for first time with spectators waving colored placards on cue.
1976 — "200 Years and Just a Baby" Tribute to
America's Bicentennial.
1975 — "Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer
Ellington and Grambling State band.
1974 — "A Musical America" with University of
Texas band.
1973 — "Happiness Is." with University of Michigan
marching band and Woody Herman.
1972 — "Salute to Louis Armstrong" with Ella
Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team.
1971 — Florida A&M band.
1970 — Carol Channing.
1969 — "America Thanks" with Florida A&M
University band.
1968 — Grambling State band.
1967 — University of Arizona and Grambling State marching
bands.
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