http://sportsbybrooks.com...eshow.html


LOS ANGELES - SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has learned that Prince will be the headline performer at the halftime show of Super Bowl XLI in South Florida. The game is Feb. 4 at Dolphins Stadium and will be televised by CBS. (direct link)
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Here's the Fark thread that led me there...

http://forums.fark.com/cg...nk=2187920
[Edited 7/23/06 23:55pm]

this could be very cool

Serena said:

WOW! I will have to set aside my hatred for football and watch! (Like I did in 2005 for Paul McCartney, and this year for Stevie Wonder)

Here's to hoping this is the first of more announcements soon!

Could this mean he plans to release another album just before that -- to help promote?

FrancerulzV99 said:

The same question crossed my mind when I read it.

Hmmm, following his pattern of promoting 3121, does this mean a performances of Love or The Word or The Dance or Black Sweat or Incense and Candles?!! The only ones left...

Nah, I see Kiss, Let's Go Crazy and Purple Rain again. There's no way he'd do a big thing like that and not give them some hits like they expect, and those seem to be the only hits the band performs at the moment.

If this is indeed true, then I'd definitely look forward to it.

Interesting.

I am a football fanatic (go Dolphins!)and I am surprised he didn't do the 1992 Superbowl (which was at the Metrodome in MPLS).

I guess the stars were not aligned at the time, but I am interested to see what he does.

february 5, bright and early - youtube, here i come!

oh shit...maybe graycap23 is right..perhaps there is a tour coming up, to be culminated with the superbowl appearance.

FEB 4th?

That's too far away to think about~

But cool non the less~Thanks~

purplerein said:

hear the revolution is already reheasing 4 it.

Let's Go Crazy!

what, are the vikings gonna be at the sooper bowl?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

The Dallas Cowboys...and they will lose.
[Edited 7/24/06 9:19am]

metalorange said:

Prince's Superbowl Half-Time Songs should be America, Let's Go Crazy, & Fury.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Sowhat said:

totally.

hope it's true...but seems FAR to FAR in advance for Prince to be planning it.

Shorty said:

yeah, true...don't they usually announce who's gonna be the halftime act closer to super bowl time anyway?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

The Stones were announced last October.

jseven said:

that's still 2 months later than this? right?

Shorty said:

yeah, october made more sense than the tail-end of july/going into august.

i'ma hold back on this a bit...

football ain't even started yet....right?

purplerein said:

*ahem* I believe I made a prediction about Prince appearing in some sort of sporting event on "The Setlist Thread." http://www.prince.org/msg/12/196093

jone70 said:

Granted I didn't know which sport, but my guess had about as much concrete info as any of Gray's posts.



[Edited 7/24/06 10:08am]

As for the timing, I don't think 6-7 mths lead time is too much for such a huge production. You'd have to start planning your half-time show WAY ahead of time. It hasn't been officially announced, SbB 'learned' it.

Anx: were you being serious or teasing?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

No, but they'll be on a little cruise ship not far from the stadium in Miami...


[Edited 7/24/06 10:14am]

hehe...found this comment in the Fark thread:

"Prince could play that one sexy note that spontaneously combusts all of the world. Do you really want that to happen? I think not. He should be stopped now!"

Whhhaaaaatttt! This is huge. Im a huge football fan (go Bucs) hopefully they are there!