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Red Hot Chili Peppers to join Bruno Mars on Superbowl Halftime Show! Red Hot Chili Peppers to spice up Super Bowl halftime showJay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles TimesThe Red Hot Chili Peppers
January 10, 2014, 7:42 p.m.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are expected to join headline act Bruno Mars during the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show on Feb. 2 in New Jersey. Mars is scheduled to make the announcement that he has invited the group to appear at the big game during Fox's coverage of the New Orleans Saints-Seattle Seahawks playoff contest on Saturday, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Currently on tour, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were already lined up to play a pre-Super Bowl bash in Brooklyn on Feb. 1, hosted by sports radio station WFAN-AM in New York. An NFL spokesman referred a request for comment to Mars' spokeswoman, who declined to say whether the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be appearing with the singer. The addition of the group will likely broaden the appeal of the halftime show beyond Mars' fan base and appeal to older viewers. (Not that anyone who listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers thinks of themselves as old.) Because this year's game is in a cold-weather area, hopefully the band will wear more than socks when they perform.
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....Shouldn't it be the other way around? | |
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It should be the other way around.
I'm no RHCP fan and they're obviously past their prime, but having them as the guests and Bruno as the "big name" feels awkward. | |
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didn't Madonna have LMFAO and others join her last time?
it's new skool vs. old skool just trying to reach as many people as they can
good move
at least we might get to hear a little funk | |
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I'm very surpised by this, who'd ve thought that?
I expected Janelle Monae or Lenny Kravitz.. anyway it's going to be a nice show for sure, all punk, rock, funk and pop! | |
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But it wasn't LMFAO feat. Madonna. That's the problem with this | |
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I kinda agree that they deserve their own headlining gig, but it sounds okay for me even if Bruno never mentioned RHCP anywhere in his interviews or opinions.. | |
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That is cool... but i agree. I know of y'all love and worship Bruno here, so i'm not dissing him. But, The Chili Peppers have been big for a few decades now. They would have actually been a good choice for the super bowl this or past years. Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Interesting choice! A smart choice too imo. I'm excited to see what Bruno and the RHCP have in store. Bruno knows whats at stake here, and no doubt he's going to go all out and make sure this will be one of the defining moments of his career. Bruno has alot of talent, creativity and skills to make this a memorable halftime show--he's got what it takes, y'all just wait and see!
I wonder who else he'll have join him on stage? I really hope he has Lenny Kravitz jam with him, they have such a great chemistry together and they admire each other's art and musicmanship, so it seems like a no-brainer that he would be asked to join Bruno. Janelle Monae would be a great choice too--wonder if he's asked her or is planning on it. Boys II Men are big fans of Bruno and vice versa, it would be cool to see them sing a song with him too.
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I love old RHCP not the joke they became ..but I don't see the connection with Bruno I don't think they are a great pair at all..I'm not a big fan of Bruno tbh but I definitely see him work better with Janelle ( their jointed performance at the grammys some years ago was great) and Lenny Kravitz on stage..but I'm sure I will enjoy Bruno Mars more than Beyonce's last year... [Edited 1/11/14 8:19am] | |
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when are they going to call george clinton and the p funk all stars to do the super bowl? | |
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Bruno Mars. lol. | |
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I see we're fully back to the everything but the kitchen sink approach to the halftime show. It was a nice decade we had when they pulled out a single superstar to do their thing. I guess they ran out of people who are capable of carrying 15 full minutes on their own. | |
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don't think the RHCP are mature enough or even talented enough to headline the halftime show
let's hope they do "Higher Ground" with Bruno on vocals | |
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I love RHCP but I dont get this.Its so unnecessay. Bruno would be fine on his own.We'll see. | |
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[Edited 1/14/14 10:12am] She Don't Speak..But She Remembers | |
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Is that a joke? Change it one more time.. | |
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Bruno Mars and RHCP Are as Edgy as Super Bowl Shows Will Ever Be, and That's OK
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Why? | |
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^He doesnt but some of the headline halftime acts have had others join them onstage, Madonna had LMFAO and Nikki Minaj and MIA join her, Beyonce had Kelly and Michelle join her, Justin Timberlake, Janet and others shared a stage and wasnt there a a performance with Aerosmith, Britney Spears and NSync one year? [Edited 1/14/14 14:15pm] [Edited 1/14/14 17:12pm] MJ L.O.V.E: https://www.facebook.com/...689&type=2 / YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/us...nderSilent | |
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if he really did ask... i would have some respect for Bruno. And i'll even give the show a chance. Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Da' Dip (Original) - Freak Nasty Shake A Lil Somethin - 2 Live Crew Young Girls - Bruno Mars Devil's Pie - D'Angelo Am I High - N.E.R.D Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band God Only Knows - The Beach Boys Waters of Nazareth - Justice Butter - A Tribe Called Quest Somebody To Love Me - Mark Ronson & the Business Intl Me Name Jr. Gong - Damien Marley Animal - Mike Snow Little Red Rooster - Luther Allison Get On The Floor - Michael Jackson Sweat (A La La La La La Long) - Inner Circle Mirror In The Bathroom - The English Beat MJ L.O.V.E: https://www.facebook.com/...689&type=2 / YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/us...nderSilent | |
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Led Zeppelin's Dazed and Confused gonna be covered by Bruno & RCHP for the Superbowl gig! | |
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Bruno tweeting his love for the RHCP back in 2010
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By Eric Grubbs
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Justin Timberlake exposing a little too much of Janet Jackson's body during a halftime Super Bowl performance. It seems like it has taken that long for the producers of the Super Bowl to feel safe about booking modern performers again. Aside from MIA flipping the bird for the camera and the non-controversy-played-as-controversy of Bruce Springsteen performing to a backing track, the halftime performances since Nipplegate have been either a victory lap for reliable veteran performers like The Who and Paul McCartney or a dazzling light and dance spectacle with the Black Eyed Peas and Beyoncé.
For Super Bowl XLVIII, the engaging and entertaining Bruno Mars will take stage with the funky Red Hot Chili Peppers on February 2 at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Don't expect another Nipplegate, but don't be surprised if a certain sector of the audience (the sector that will tune into talk radio and network TV morning shows the following morning) finds something objectionable about either Mars and/or the Chili Peppers.
Sure, both acts can rock a stadium, as Mars's recent tour proved, but there's something about both acts that says this halftime show is probably not going to be "safe for the whole family." This isn't the Grammys, where recorded performances of all genres are revered with barely any controversy year after year. The Super Bowl halftime show (Presented by Pepsi!) is pure sideshow for the world to see between two halves of one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
And while Bruno Mars, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and The Guy Hired to Look Like John Frusciante have some edge to offer, something tells us they'll play it safe for the big cameras and the corporate sponsors.
Mars already has an array of hit singles he could perform, including ones from last year's excellent nod to '80s pop, Unorthodox Jukebox, and his best-known tune, "Just the Way You Are." The deal is, many of his tunes feature lyrics that leave nothing to the imagination. Whether he's talking about how sex with a certain lady takes him to paradise or having a cocaine-kicker in a body full of liquor, middle America won't stand for that kind of expression even if Mars is free to say it. Even if he doesn't sing "Locked Out of Heaven" or "Gorilla," the guy oozes sex.
With the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they might not have set the music industry ablaze with their last few records, but they can still get people on their feet with "Give It Away" and "By the Way." And they do have a history of playing shows with just socks on their dongs and Kiedis's lyrics range from obtuse to explicit. In early February, don't expect to see much more than Flea's torso.
Criticize the Super Bowl producers' choices, but this year is about as progressive as you can expect. You have a rock band that hasn't hit the classic rock circuit yet and you have a pop star headed rapidly toward a legendary stratosphere. There's no way Kanye West would be asked to perform (too prone to say controversial things on live TV) and Justin Timberlake may never get to perform the show again due to his involvement in Nipplegate. Do you really think a mass audience will stay glued if the hip Chvrches or Savages played? Hip doesn't usually mean mass appeal, and the key is to keep the audience through the performance. Remember, your parents, your grandparents, and your co-workers are watching this, too.
Hopefully, everything will go off without a hitch on the second day of February. But it sure would be an eye-roller if the Super Bowl producers fear taking even these very small chances again down the road. Even worse, they might want to tap more into the good 'ol boys and girls pop country market for 2015. Do we really want that?
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