Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Super Bowl is one of the most celebrated sporting events annually. Here, teams from the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference compete against each other to determine as to among them can be called the best among the best. And since the Super Bowl only happens once a year, millions of football fans from all over the world look forward to this sporting event. However, aside from the game, there are other purposes as to why football fans gather all together on this event, and one of these purposes is because of the Super Bowl Halftime show.
The Super bowl halftime show is normally done on breaks of the Super Bowl event. During the earlier days, the Super Bowl halftime show used to be not that interesting to the spectators because only small time bands and the likes are shown during the breaks. However, in the 1990’s, organizers of this famous sporting event have realized that there is a need for popular artists to perform on Super bowl halftime shows so that the fans will not get bored during the breaks of the Super Bowl events. One of the very first popular stage performers for the Super bowl halftime show is no less than the pop king himself, Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson sang in front of the huge number of spectators during the 1993. He performed at the Rose Bowl, along with thousands of Los Angeles kids, singing one of his best selling songs Heal the World. Aside from that song, he also sang Jam as his introduction, and performed other top hits like Billie Jean and Black or White. From then on, the network officials of the National Football League have proposed to hire professional stage performers and artists to keep the fans enjoyed all throughout the course of the game.
Next to Michael Jackson, Phil Collins was the one that rendered his talents on the next Super Bowl league. With him are other top caliber performers like Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, and Enrique Iglesias. Walt Disney Productions also shared some of their talents and contributions there with there larger-than-life puppets, their full symphony orchestra, percussionists, drummers, aerial dancers and multi-generational choir. Finally, to cap the event, advanced pyrotechnics were displayed by the end of the event.
The presence of famous performers on a Superbowl half time show has gained popularity on its fans by the time it hit its third year of keeping the spectators entertained. In 2001, N’ Sync and Aerosmith were the once that performed during that Super Bowl Halftime show. It was during that year that those artists were at the peak of their career, thus making them a huge crowd grabber. Along with them, Hollywood actors and performers like Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, and stand-up comedienne Chris Rock, also graced during the event. The event was seen live worldwide, which in turn drew thousands and millions of football lovers and fans all the more. But during that year not only were N’Sync and Aerosmith and some of those mentioned Hollywood performers were present at the event. Teen star Britney Spears also performed on stage, along with Nelly and Mary J. Blige.
From then on, different performers and artists were present to entertain the millions of football fans on the Super bowl event. Artists like U2, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Puff Daddy, Kid Rock, Jessica Simpson, The Rolling Stones, and Prince, are but some of the famous names that have took part on this annual event.
It is actually a fulfilling experience for spectators to not only enjoy the football game on the Super Bowl, but also have the chance to see their favorite performers entertain them live on Super Bowl Halftime shows. After all, a super bowl ticket is very expensive. Isn’t it justifiable then to at least have professional artists perform during Super Bowl halftime breaks?