Articles tagged with: Super Bowl
Bruce Springsteen has championed many causes, from how sad AIDS is to the plight of those born in the USA. And now Springsteen has turned his sights on Ticketmaster. Since he performed at the most-watched Super Bowl ever, Bruce Springsteen has seen a surge of demand for his concert tickets. Trouble is, Ticketmaster has apparently been redirecting Springsteen fans to a ticket auction site rather than its regular face-value site. And now Bruce Springsteen is mad. See that Bruce Springsteen picture there? He's twice as mad as that. We didn't even know that such a level of madness was possible.
Maybe you’re not American, in which case you care less about 'gridiron' than you do about what kind of tea the sister of Coldplay’s bassist’s girlfriend drinks. Or perhaps you are American, but one of those weird 600lb ones, in which case you’re unable to produce a molecule of thought which doesn’t just consist of the words “Cookies fries cheese fries cheese fries cheese cookies fries cheese fries cheese fries cheese” in an unending, hypnotic mindchant. Well you all need to GET interested in gridiron, because each game is now being broadcast with a free porno. Sign us up for ESPN immediately!
The Super Bowl halftime show is always a big draw, not least because there's a fleeting chance you'll see partial boob. And next year's Super Bowl will be even more special than most, because if you see anyone's accidentally-exposed barely-covered breast at all, it'll be Bruce Springsteen's. Bruce Springsteen is playing the Super Bowl! Finally! Some good old-fashioned, all-American heartfelt stadium rock is coming to the Super Bowl at last! At least that's what the Super Bowl organisers must be hoping. There's still every chance that Bruce Springsteen will want to play some of his newer songs at the Super Bowl, in which case 148 million Americans are in for six minutes of an old man mumbling about putting his penis up an old prostitute's bum. Either way - woo.
Paula Abdul hasn't released an album since 1995, and the world has changed a lot in the meantime.
For example, duetting with cartoon cats is no longer in fashion, drum sounds no longer have to echo for 30 seconds and also the popularity of the internet means that people can discover how bad your new songs are before they've even paid for them. But that hasn't stopped Paula Abdul from recording a brand new album.
Paula Abdul hasn't had a UK top 20 since 1992. We get the feeling it'll stay that way.
The Super Bowl Halftime show is a chance for the biggest names in music to either perform a bulletproof collection of world-conquering hits or whap a big wobbly booby out and make everyone choke on their tea.
Which one happened at yesterday's Super Bowl? Well, none. Tom Petty performed you see.
Tom Petty. You know. From Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Oh, come on, you know who Tom Petty is - he did that song that was on for about 20 seconds during that one episode of Scrubs once. At least we think that was Tom Petty.
Yes, you read that correctly - at the Super Bowl, the New York Giants will be replaced with Michael Jackson, who'll face off against the New England Patriots with just a monkey in a helmet for help.
No, we're just kidding. In fact Michael Jackson will be doing what he does third-best for Sunday's Super Bowl - music. But Michael Jackson won't be performing during the Super Bowl halftime show, probably because a gaunt middle-aged man muttering three lines of Stranger In Moscow before wandering off doesn't cut it as entertainment any more.
Instead, Michael Jackson will be on an advert broadcast during the Super Bowl halftime show. Actually, that's not true either - some of Thriller will be played on an advert broadcast during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Not much of a story, this, is it?
