History of SUPER BOWL Halftime Entertainment
SUPER BOWL Halftime Entertainment
I Universities of Arizona and Michigan Bands.
II Grambling University.
III “America Thanks” with Florida A&M University.
IV Carol Channing.
V Florida A&M Band.
VI “Salute to Louis Armstrong” with Ella Fitzgerald, Carol
Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team.
VII “Happiness Is…” with University of Michigan Band and Woody Herman.
VIII “A Musical America” with University of Texas Band.
IX “Tribute to Duke Ellington” with Mercer Ellington and Grambling University Bands.
X “200 Years and Just a Baby” Tribute to America’s Bicentennial.
XI “It’s a Small World” including crowd participation for first time with spectators waving colored placards on cue.
XII “From Paris to the Paris of America” with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt.
XIII “Super Bowl XIII Carnival” Salute to the Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands.
XIV “A Salute to the Big Band Era” with Up with People.
XV “A Mardi Gras Festival.”
XVI “A Salute to the 60′s and Motown.”
XVII “KaleidoSUPERscope” (a kaleidoscope of color and sound).
XVIII “Super Bowl XVIII’s Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen.”
XIX “A World of Children’s Dreams.”
XX “Beat of the Future.”
XXI “Salute to Hollywood’s 100th Anniversary.”
XXII “Something Grand” featuring 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker.
XXIII “Be Bop Bamboozled” featuring 3-D effects.
XXIV “Salute to New Orleans” and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts’ characters, featuring trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw & Irma Thomas.
XXV “A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl” featuring New Kids on the Block.
XXVI “Winter Magic” including a salute to the winter season and the winter Olympics featuring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill.
XXVII “Heal the World” featuring Michael Jackson and 3,500 local children. Finale included audience card stunt.
XXVIII “Rockin Country Sunday” featuring Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna & Naomi Judd. Finale included flashlight stunt.
XXIX “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.
XXX 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.
XXXI “Blues Brothers Bash” featuring Dan Akroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi. Also featuring “The Godfather of Soul” James Brown and ZZ Top.
XXXII “A Tribute to Motown’s 40th Anniversary” including Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations.
XXXIII “Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing” featuring Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and tap dancer Savion Glover.
XXXIV “A Tapestry of Nations” featuring Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and an 80-person choir.
XXXV “The Kings of Rock and Pop” featuring Aerosmith, *N’SYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
XXXVI U2
XXXVII Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
XXXVIII Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
XXXIX Paul McCartney
XL The Rolling Stones
XLI Prince
XLII Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
XLIII Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
XLIV The Who
The Who set to rock Super Bowl XLIV halftime show
NEW GREATEST HITS COMPILATION FROM THE WHO SPANS THE RECORDING CAREER TO DATE OF THE WORLD’S PREMIER ROCK AND ROLL BAND ‘More than any other band, The Who are our role models.’ — U2′s Bono
For many, the World’s Greatest Rock Band, The Who, will be seen by one of the largest television audiences in history when the group headlines the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show on CBS Sports at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7.
The Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime show is one of the most anticipated musical events of the year. More than 151 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year’s show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories.
Many of the classic songs the band will perform are just a few of those included on Greatest Hits (Geffen/UMe), released December 22, 2009. The largest single-disc “best of” collection from The Who in more than ten years, it is the first to span the group’s entire recording career to date, from 1964 to 2006. The 19-selection Greatest Hits brings together some of rock’s most important, influential and incandescent touchstones, along with an essay by renowned music critic Dave Marsh.
The Who stands alone in rock music. The most explosive live act ever to appear on stage, propelled by the most staggeringly brilliant rhythm section in all popular music, layered with deafening power chords and thunderous vocal fury, The Who transcended its original billing as “Maximum R&B” to become the most musically inventive and structurally innovative band of all time. Together, the four divergent personalities of The Who produced a hurricane. Each of them was a pioneer. Wildman drummer Keith Moon beat his kit with a chaotic elegance; stoic bassist John Entwistle held down the center with the melodic virtuosity of a solo guitarist; raging intellectual Pete Townshend punctuated the epic universality of his songs with the windmill slamming of his fingers across his guitar strings; and Roger Daltrey roared above it all with an impossibly virile macho swagger. They exploded conventional rhythm and blues structures, challenged pop music conventions, and redefined what was possible on stage, in the recording studio, and on vinyl. Never before or since has spiritual and intellectual brilliance sounded so gloriously furious.
Alone among the great bands, The Who has found itself at the center of every major rock event– Monterey, Woodstock, the Isle of Wight, the Concert for Kampuchea, Live Aid, the Concert for NYC. In any era, The Who is a touchstone for rock and roll greatness. They have sold over 100 million albums and won every award including Grammys/Brit Awards/Lifetime Achievement. They have been inducted into both the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and UK Music Hall of Fame. Their charitable work is legendary with millions of dollars raised over the years for a variety of causes. This work was recognized by the award of a CBE to Roger Daltrey in 2005.
In spite of the loss of Moon and Entwistle, The Who remains the standard-bearer for great live rock and roll and are still one of the most in demand live acts in the business Their music still forms the backdrop to 21st century life and is all over television in such shows as CSI as well as in many movies. The 21st century has sparked a resurgence in the creative collaboration between Townshend and Daltrey: In September 2006, the band released their first studio album Endless Wire since 1982′s It’s Hard, which preceded a 100 show world tour and the release of a Grammy-nominated career-spanning documentary DVD Amazing Journey.
2008 saw them return to the US for MTV’s Rock Honors, and a further string of US dates; that year, they also completed their first ever arena tour of Japan. This was followed by the receipt of the prestigious Kennedy Center Award at The White House and the year was topped off by some incendiary shows at London’s O2. In 2009, they completed a Tour of Australia and New Zealand. Townshend and Daltrey continue to look forward with energy and optimism and time will tell what the future has in store for this most remarkable of rock acts.
Arranged chronologically, Greatest Hits includes:
I Can’t Explain My Generation The Kids Are Alright Substitute Happy Jack Pictures Of Lily I Can See For Miles Magic Bus Pinball Wizard Behind Blue Eyes Baba O’Riley Won’t Get Fooled Again Love, Reign O’er Me Squeeze Box Who Are You You Better, You Bet Eminence Front Real Good Looking Boy It’s Not Enough
Source: Universal Music Enterprises
Pro Football officially returns to Los Angeles
Pro football makes its return to Los Angeles when one of POP culture and Sports’ biggest stories of 2009, the Lingerie Football League (or ‘LFL’), kicks-off in Los Angeles.
The Lingerie Football League features some of America’s most beautiful and athletic women playing 7-on-7 full-contact tackle football on Friday nights at major arenas and stadiums, as part of LFL, Friday Night Football. The inaugural season of the LFL features (10) teams which include the Western Conference (San Diego Seduction, Seattle Mist, Los Angeles Temptation, Denver Dream, Dallas Desire) and the Eastern Conference (Chicago Bliss, New York Majesty, Philadelphia Passion, Tampa Breeze, Miami Caliente).
The LFL will debut in Los Angeles Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena when the No. 6 ranked Los Angeles Temptation (1-1) hosts the No. 5 ranked Seattle Mist (2-0). This is a must-win game for Los Angeles in the hopes of making it to the Western Conference Playoffs hosted in Miami Super Bowl weekend. Only two teams from each LFL conference will advance into the post-season.
Fans arriving early to the Los Angeles Sports Arena will take part in the LFL Tailgate Village that will start at 5PM complete with BBQ Food, Video Gaming Lounge, Football Challenges, LIVE Music/DJs and Player Meet / Greets.
In anticipation of the big game, the ladies of the Los Angeles Temptation will be hosting a Media Day on Tuesday, November 24th at the Los Angeles Sports Arena with members of the team in uniform. This should serve as an incredible photo and video opportunity for media.
Official League Website – www.LFLUS.com
LFL, FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
SEATTLE MIST AT LOS ANGELES TEMPTATION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA
3939 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037
8PM EST MEDIA CHECK-IN
9PM PST KICKOFF
Source: Lingerie Football League
Philips Norelco teams up with pro-football legend Mike Ditka to challenge consumers to test their Football Trivia Knowledge
Eight Finalists Will Compete For an Ultimate Football Weekend in Miami, FL
Philips Norelco and pro-football legend Mike Ditka have teamed up this season to test consumers’ football trivia knowledge — everyone from rookies to die-hard fans are invited to participate in the Norelco “Ultimate Football Weekend” Contest. All fans can try-out, but only eight finalists will make the team and test their skills for the Grand Prize — an Ultimate Football Weekend in Miami, FL in February 2010.
“I’m excited to join the Philips Norelco team and help host the Trivia Bowl finals,” says Hall of Fame player/coach Mike Ditka. “Football is about more than just following a favorite team season after season. It’s about knowing the record-breaking stats, the little-known facts about the legends and the history-making plays that truly make football one of America’s favorite traditions.”
Starting November 16, 2009, football fans will have the opportunity to flex their trivia muscles in the hopes of becoming one of eight finalists who will win an all-expense-paid trip to New York City to compete in the Norelco Trivia Bowl finals. Each week, a new set of seven trivia questions will be available on www.NorelcoMVP.com and consumers answering all questions correctly will automatically be eligible to be selected as one of eight finalists. The Philips Norelco Trivia Bowl finals will take place at ESPN Zone in NYC’s Times Square on January 13, 2010. The Philips Norelco Trivia Bowl will be hosted by Coach Ditka and emceed by acclaimed sports radio host Mike Greenberg of ESPN’s “Mike & Mike in the Morning.”
The grand prize winner of the Philips Norelco Trivia Bowl and one guest will be flown to Miami, FL for the Ultimate Football Weekend on February 4-8, 2010. This grand prize also includes an invitation to the ESPN Next Party, a complete football entertainment package and cash prize of $1,000.
Those fans who don’t to make it to the finals still have a chance to win and will be entered into a sweepstakes drawing for one of 50 secondary prizes, including a variety of the latest Philips’ electronics products, ESPN.com Insider subscriptions, pro football merchandise and more.
“Philips Norelco knows that our most valuable players are our consumers and we want to engage with them in an environment they enjoy — football,” said Jacopo D’Alessandris, Vice-President of Marketing North America, Philips Consumer Lifestyle. “The Philips Norelco Trivia Bowl is a fun and challenging way for our consumers to get in the game and ultimately offer one lucky football fan the football experience of a lifetime.”
Consumers are also invited to check out www.NorelcoMVP.com for more information on the #1 electric shaver brand’s wide range of products. It’s been Philips Norelco’s winning tradition to keep guys looking sharp and on their game, season after season.
Source: Royal Philips Electronics