Getty ImagesDespite rumors and speculation that Van Halen would perform at halftime of Super Bowl XLVII, the NFL has decided to go with an act that has been relevant more recently.
For a change.
Beyoncé will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The league announced the move today.
And, no, it’s not the first time Beyoncé has been mentioned on these pages. In 2010, we shared the observation from Deion Sanders that replacing Donovan McNabb with Rex Grossman is like replacing Beyoncé with Macy Gray. And in 2009, on the first day of our partnership with NBC, we pointed out that cornerback Antonio Cromartie said in an online chat that he wouldn’t want to date Beyoncé or other pop stars because “they are too uppity.”
Beyoncé has another reason to be uppity. She’ll be getting to the Super Bowl before Cromartie.
Channel Finder
At least she’s hot.
Someone with some talent would have been nice.
I really hope she has a wardrobe malfunction.
Meh.
Really wanted to hear EVH ripping through “Eruption”. And a killer rendition of “Stay Frosty”.
New Orleans deserves a ROCKING good time.
This will be another year of not watching the halftime show.
Like last year, I’ll mute the TV.
Unlike last year, I’ll root for some wardrobe malfunction.
half time = beer run
Thank God, no more of those ancient uppity white guys like old Eddie Van Gogh. Or Van Halen, or whatever.
I love the uppity claims about women. That basically equates to it takes too much to get them in the sack.
how is cromarties quote/opinion relevant 3 years later?
btw this is terrible because this means jayz will perform…i got enough of him on nba2k13
No. Just no. Seriously? No.
cornerback Antonio Cromartie said in an online chat that he wouldn’t want to date Beyoncé or other pop stars because “they are too uppity.”
____________________________
I’m sure she would have loved to have joined his family clan of 9 babies by 8 different women in 6 states.
better than watching old mummified madonna on stage
Beyonce? Really? The NFL couldn’t do any better than that? Meh.
I was hoping for the Tupac Hologram.
well that’ll suck for sure! thanks for giving us time to find something else to watch!
“The NFL has decided to go with an act that has been relevant more recently. For a change.”
Van Halen > virtually any current Top 40
Van Halen is still around? I thought he committed suicide years ago in the south of France. Where he went for health reasons and painted some of his great masterpieces. Or is that someone else I’m thinking about?
Just watched the last Austin Powers movie the other day, her music is not the best, but she is hot!
I was hoping for a Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers Duet…
I don’t know why Cromartie says he wouldn’t date pop stars- with baby names like “Blue Ivy” he wouldn’t have trouble trying to remember his kids’ names
Oh ya, nothing says football like “Beyonce”
SMH
Yipee
Who is she?
there’s always the puppy bowl @ halftime!
Seriously? We had The Black Eyed Peas two years ago and Madonna one year ago. Beyonce’s music is literally a combination of both. C’mon NFL. Lets change it up.
And there probably won’t even be a halftime show in the next Super Bowl because no one wants to play music in the freezing cold. Remember it’s at the Meadowlands. Or MetLife. Whatever they prefer to call it.
Call me crazy, but I watch the Super Bowl for the game, not the halftime show or the commercials. But it’s nice to be entertained during the break. With Beyonce, they managed to pick someone current that most guys think is hot and whose music really appeals to women. Sounds like a win to me.
its not like anyone good is currently touring to promote a good album that has any talent, right? aka EVH, Pink, Rush, Def Leppard……………
NFL must be hurting for business to constantly sign this twenty something crowd, longer bathroom break time
Lately, I think the Thanksgiving halftime shows have been better. Not a fan of Enrique Iglesias, but it was still better than Madonna.
NFL screws up again!!! Had a chance to hit one out of the park with Van Halen and screw it up with “Who really cares who she is”.
I just threw up in my mouth
I would love to see them actually book a good band, or a country singer (George Strait anyone?) But sadly they keep going with this top 40 stuff that they try to pass off as music. The Black Eyed Peas are a perfect example.
should have spent whatever it took to get the greatest band of all time to do it. if LED ZEPPELIN had played they would have set the all time viewership record. looks like I get 15 min. to do something useful before the game starts up again. it is like they are trying to get us old folks who actually by the stuff their sponsors sell and know what good music is not to watch halftime anymore.
Wow and another horrible choice. What a shock.
So lame
Would rather have Van Halen
Van Halen not relevant…..wow wake up. #1 album released in February and a sold out tour that continues next year. Might want to do a discount-double check before you rag on the mighty VH!
Man, dare I say it?? Van Hagar would’ve been better than beyonce.
Why is it so hard for the NFL to get a decent band that isn’t completely washed up. Foo Fighters, Black Keys, RHCP…
I would rather watch
A marching band
Pawn Stars “NFL edition”
A magician
The opening ceremonies to the Beijing Olympics
Some interpretation of what is going on in the locker rooms
Punt Pass Kick competition
The Hershey challenge for one million dollars
A hot dog eating contest
An air show
That English dubbed Japanese obstacle course show
Something, aside from pop music.
Who in the heck is beyonce?
jay z must have paid goodell off. you know how money hungry goodell is. goodell needs to be fired and in jail for this bogus bountygate garbage he made up and for these worthless games in london, and the list goes on and on
Should have picked Slayer.
Why not Switchfoot?
Why? Why? Why? How about someone with real talent?
Nice. Illuminati performance. F u nfl!!!
I turned that down.
People watch the halftime show.
Wow
Perfect choice for the NFL demographic, Beyonce over Van Halen SMH!!!!
At this point you’d think the NFL would be looking to please fans, not further alienate them.
why not bring Taylor Swift on and her and Kanye can blind side her again so her geriatric boyfriend can be happy.
Lets be serious here…. the only act that should have been considered was the Foo Fighters…. Just came off of having arguably one of the best albums of this decade let alone the year. Not to mention they have done everything in their music career including selling out Wembly stadium, (one of the biggest if not the biggest venue in the world) two nights in the row. The only thing these guys have left to do is close out with a Superbowl show and or an Olympic closer. SMH NFL forshame on you.