Rock legends The Who have revealed their Super Bowl XLIV halftime performance setlist: Unsurprisingly, it's a medley of their most famous songs.
According to a Billboard interview with Who guitarist Pete Townshend, the band will play bits and pieces of "Baba O'Riley," "Pinball Wizard," "Tommy," "Who Are You," and "Won't Get Fooled Again," which has been the theme song of CSI:Miami since 2002.
The Who is the latest "classic rock" band to take the Super Bowl stage since organizers decided to take a "safer" route with its halftime performances after the 2002 Janet Jackson "nipplegate" incident. Recent performers include Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Prince, The Rolling Stone, and Paul McCartney.
When you wrote "safer" you should have added "better" too. I'd rather see any of those classic acts that today's pop stars.
Posted by: Chris | 01/26/2010 at 08:33 AM
they suck. a pedophile and a guy WHO swings a mic around on a cable. didn't they retire 20 yrs ago?
Posted by: super sh@t | 01/26/2010 at 01:59 PM
he isn't a pedophile - HE WAS CLEARED and he along with the guy who swings a mic around provide the theme tune to CSI Miami which I belive is hugely popular in the States so I think the Who are an excellent choice
Posted by: LCIW | 02/03/2010 at 08:06 AM
JAJA I bet super shot would like to see J-Lo. in the super bowl show. He is not a pedohile in the first place. The Who is one of the best Rock bands in History, first ones to do the Rock opera, at one time the loudest rock band playing live according to Guiness records. Classics like Baba ORiley and Who are you are played every night in every baseball, football ,basketball and Hockey stadiums and arenas in the US , so i can Imagine a better choice for the superbowl.Members of the Rock hall o0f fame by the way. Its a sporting event and the logic choice is a Rock band and the Who like it or not is one of the best ever.
Posted by: Francisco Castro | 02/07/2010 at 11:06 AM