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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Performing at Super Bowl

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers landed the highly sought after Super Bowl halftime slot, which is set to take place on February 3 in Arizona, at the University of Phoenix in Glendale. The veteran rocker follows Prince, who performed at the annual pigskin event earlier this year.

Petty joins a long list of heavyweight performers who've graced the halftime stage, including U2, Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, and lest we forget, Janet Jackson and her nipple.

The event will be aired on Fox.

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Tara

My husband and i have been trying to look for tickets to Tom Petty and we have had no luck. i need to know if he will be performing anymore and which web site would have the best select tickets. Thank you Tara

February 05 2010 at 9:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
clint

TOM PETTY ROCK THE SUPER BOWL GOD BLESS YA.CLINT

February 03 2008 at 8:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mary pat knuerr

bad choice than ks for nothing

February 03 2008 at 8:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mary pat knuerr

bad choice we dont need to see how many fingers dont work but the devil enjoyed it

February 03 2008 at 8:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mary pat knuerr

the devil is sneaking in

February 03 2008 at 8:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mary pat knuerr

I am 54 and have always been swayed by yoyr music , after you gave the finger tonight , I see the devil is getting his way,

February 03 2008 at 8:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Labor Rights

This year's Superbowl Halftime show will be sponsored by Bridgestone, a company which owns a rubber plantation in Liberia that is characterized by child labor, abuse of workers' rights and environmental destruction. For more information check out http://www.StopFirestone.org and join the campaign to hold this company accountable!

January 08 2008 at 11:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Heather

Sean eric, I'm pretty sure that "The veteran rocker follows Prince, who performed at the annual pigskin event earlier this year." is simply reiterating the fact that Prince performed last year, not that he will perform again this year. Not that I would have a problem if he did...

December 04 2007 at 11:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Blow

Jesus Christ, we have to tolerate prince again just to finally see a good band like Tom Petty. The Heartbreakers were around way before prince, so why does that screaming idiot get to headline?

December 04 2007 at 3:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Burgo

Hah... yeah, it's definitely clear since the whole "Janet Jackson" nipple flash thing that the Superbowl have headed in the "Classic Rock" direction. Who would have thought that it would have been the rockers who would one day be the safe choice? :P

December 03 2007 at 5:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply