Tom Petty to perform at Super Bowl XLII halftime show
National Football League
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, one of America's greatest rock and roll bands, will perform in the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLII HALFTIME SHOW on FOX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, Feb. 3, the NFL announced today during the FOX NFL SUNDAY pregame show.
The halftime show is one of the most anticipated musical events of the year. Nearly 140 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's show.
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS released their debut album in 1976. Since that time, they have sold more than 50 million records and earned a reputation as being among the most successful and exciting touring acts in the business. Between the Heartbreakers' recordings and his solo work, Tom Petty has received 18 Grammy nominations. Honored with lifetime achievement awards, including Billboard's Century Award, MTV's Video Vanguard Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petty, with the Heartbreakers at his side, has achieved the status of legend among his fellow musicians and listeners worldwide.
Petty and the Heartbreakers are responsible for one of the richest deposits in the history of American song, with hits including "Free Fallin'," "Breakdown," "Refugee," "I Won't Back Down," "Mary Jane's Last Dance," "American Girl," "Don't Come Around Here No More," "The Waiting," "You Don't Know How It Feels," "Runnin' Down A Dream," and more. Petty is a founding member of The Traveling Wilburys, playing alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne, and is recognized as one of rock and roll's most distinctive voices. For young bands looking to capture the authentic spirit of American rock and roll at its best, the Heartbreakers are the gold standard. The band's story, captured as never before in the recent Peter Bogdanovich documentary Runnin' Down A Dream, is a centerpiece in American musical history.
Joining an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers bring prestige and undiluted rock and roll to the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show.
The game and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories.
This year marks the first time the Bridgestone brand has sponsored the Super Bowl halftime show. Bridgestone will also sponsor the Super Bowl XLIII halftime show in 2009.
The BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLII HALFTIME SHOW is an NFL NETWORK PRODUCTION and will be executive produced and directed by WHITE CHERRY ENTERTAINMENT and DON MISCHER PRODUCTIONS. This same team produced the NFL Opening Kickoff 2007 special from Indianapolis. In addition to the halftime show, they also will produce the Super Bowl XLII pregame show. Don Mischer Productions will serve as executive producer and director, while White Cherry Entertainment, led by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, will serve as executive producers.
The NFL has worked the past four years with both Don Mischer Productions and White Cherry Entertainment on Opening Kickoff and Super Bowl shows. Last year's Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show starring Prince earned the producers two Emmy nominations.
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warehouse wrote:
mecca2687 wrote:
stevenvill wrote:
:thumbsdown: Great another crappy half time show
i disagree
completely. petty is awesome
Ya he is good but i can't picture him being good for the Super Bowl half time show. With the fire works and moronic dancers all around him i just don't think it will be that good
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stevenvill wrote:
warehouse wrote:
mecca2687 wrote:
stevenvill wrote:
:thumbsdown: Great another crappy half time show
i disagree
completely. petty is awesome
Ya he is good but i can't picture him being good for the Super Bowl half time show. With the fire works and moronic dancers all around him i just don't think it will be that good
Hopefully, a decision like Petty means there'll be less of that nonsense. This is great news.
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Just like Jerry Maguire.
No but really... Petty is a great choice and like E9 said, hopefully signals a toning down of the glitz during the set.
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If Soundgarden is perfectly fine with playing together with Tad Doyle on vocals, why the fuck is he wasting his life promoting the single worst album of all time? Holy shit, he has to be the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
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i would have thought Petty to have higher standards than to agree to play the crapfest that is the superbowl halftime show. picturing him lip syncing while "fans" (aka rabid 16 yr old kids instructed to dance like they like the song) jump around makes me slightly dissapointed in Mr Petty.
i was a huge petty fan when i was 10-12 years old, my dad had kicking against the torpedoes, full moon fever, and into the great wide open. since then though my enthusiasm has dropped off and i don't understand the situation where he is asked to be the super bowl entertainment in this year of 2008.
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BlueNote wrote:
i was a huge petty fan when i was 10-12 years old, my dad had kicking against the torpedoes, full moon fever, and into the great wide open. since then though my enthusiasm has dropped off and i don't understand the situation where he is asked to be the super bowl entertainment in this year of 2008.
wildflowers, highway companion and now a dvd. petty is a classic american performer and i don't find any people that hate petty
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Great another crappy half time show
