7 of the most iconic Super Bowl Halftime Show moments ever
How long has Lady Gaga been planning her Super Bowl show?!
She's prepared!
With just over two weeks to go until ’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, Mother Monster has been sharing snaps of her rehearsals on Instagram – but don’t be fooled into thinking she’s just getting started. “I’ve been planning this since I was four, so I know exactly what I’m going to do,” says Gaga.
While we wait with bated breath to see what Lady G’s going to pull out of the bag on 5 February, we’re looking back at the most iconic Super Bowl performances of all time, to see what she has to live up to.
When BeyoncΓ© got everyone in Formation in 2016
Releasing her first single in two years, Formation, just one day before joining , and on stage for the 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show, was sure to steal the show.
And when she reunited Destiny’s Child in 2013
As if it wasn’t enough to have Queen Bey perform solo at the 2013 Halftime Show, the world collectively lost it when old bandmates and popped up from beneath the stage to sing their hits, Bootylicious and Independent Women.
When Katy Perry and Left Shark went viral in 2015
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Nine songs, appearances from and , and yet it was ’s backing dancer in a shark costume who everyone was talking about for days after the 2015 Halftime Show. It seems that being out of sync can really take you places.
When Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson went viral in 2004
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Did things go viral in 2004? We’re not sure, but ’s infamous wardrobe malfunction was all over the news, when ripped the top of her catsuit during their rendition of Rock Your Body. They really overshadowed ’s performance of Hot In Herre, great as that was.
When Madonna made a new girl group with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. in 2012
It will always be remembered as the year M.I.A. flashed her middle finger and faced a hefty fine from the NFL, but bird flipping aside, the ladies’ performance of ’s Give Me All Your Luvin’ was nothing short of iconic.
When Aerosmith recruited Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Mary J. Blige and Nelly in 2001
As if performing Armageddon soundtrack fave I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing wasn’t enough, then invited pop’s finest on stage for a version of Walk This Way, and we spent the whole time watching every interaction between golden couple and Justin Timberlake. Still not over that break-up.
When Prince performed in a rainstorm in 2007
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The aqua suit, the orange shirt, the purple guitar: everything about ’s 2007 Super Bowl Halftime Show was fabulous, except the weather. However, rather than letting a little rainstorm throw him off, he put on one of the best Halftime shows ever – and his lighting really did make for Purple Rain.
