Well at least it's not happening-but the thought of it...EWWW!

Bono a No-go For Super Bowl

By Sarah Hall

The NFL still hasn't found what it's looking for--it just doesn't want Bono.


The U2 frontman's offer to perform a duet with Jennifer Lopez during the Super Bowl halftime show was rejected by the organization.


Bono had hoped to perform his new song, "An American Prayer," which he had planned to use as pitch to attract attention to the AIDS (news - web sites) epidemic in Africa.


MTV, which is producing the program, signed off on the performance, but the NFL flinched at the subject matter.


A spokesman for the NFL indicated that the organization didn't find Bono's message in keeping with the atmosphere it sought for the Super Bowl.


"We simply decided that we were going to deliver, as we do annually, an extremely entertaining halftime show," the spokesman told the New York Daily News. "We don't believe it's appropriate to focus on a single issue."

No word on how the musician responded to the NFL's snub; however if his reaction was colorful and involved four-letter words, he better hope there weren't any cameras around.
[This message was edited Thu Jan 15 6:50:02 PST 2004 by purplegypsy]

purplegypsy said:

Oh thank GOD! You had me freaked out for a minute.

Didn't U2 perform at the Superbowl with the names of the victims of 9/11 as a background??
Did the NFL think that was entertaining??

thedoorkeeper said:

I was thinking the same thing...
Fuck the NFL, bunch of fucking hypocrits...

Neversin.