Funk rock veteran Prince will perform during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in February.

The slot during the most-watched television show in the United States has come under scrutiny since Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction" in 2004 led to sharply higher fines for broadcast indecency.

This year, the Rolling Stones were bleeped a few times during their three-song set, much to their annoyance.

Prince, the 48-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who rose to fame on the strength of such tunes as "Little Red Corvette" and "Let's Go Crazy," will perform at Dolphin Stadium near Miami on Sunday, February 4. The game will be televised on CBS, a unit of CBS Corp. This year's event, held in Detroit, drew 91 million viewers in the United States, according to Nielsen Media Research.

It's unlikely Prince will have problems with censors from the network and the National Football League. He has become a Jehovah's Witness and disavowed the kinkier tunes that make up a hefty chunk of his catalog.

His Super Bowl performance was announced on the CBS sports show "NFL Today," three days after he received five nominations for the Grammy Awards, the music industry's most prestigious event.


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~waits for photoshop of prince's head on janet boobie @ superbowl~

not that this is old news, but there are as-yet undiscovered aboriginal tribes who know all about prince playing the superbowl in february.

Anx said:

I pre-date that tribe, cuz it's news to me.

It was to me, too.....guess I've been living in a hole somewhere.



Maybe I already knew and I forgot....I'm old.....I forget stuff, ya know.....

cubic61052 said:

THIS will come as a huge shock to you guys then:

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/210951

Anx said:

CBS Sports is online?! Anyway, I didn't know cuz that place scares me. Now I know and I guess or sumpin.

TommyRoss said:

there is no escape from CBS sports. look under your bed.

Laaawwwww.....someone just shoot me now!



Thanks.....that was a much more interesting post than mine!

I was kind of wondering what this is doing in the "Non-Prince" forum?

Anx said:

Too funny!

[wrong forum...already a thread in the proper forum...see link that anxiety posted. -sos]