# Predict The Halftime Super Bowl Acts For The Next Decade **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-halftime-super-bowl-acts-for-the-next-decade/528197 "2010-02-08T22:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-halftime-super-bowl-acts-for-the-next-decade/528197/1 "2010-02-08T22:46:28Z")
The Sports Guy made [a joking list](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100205&sportCat=nfl) of the Super Bowl Halftime performers for the next 10 years in Friday’s column (including U2, Snoop Dogg and Britney Spears-Woods) and a similar discussion was tip toed around in the [current thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551204) discussing this year’s The Who performance. I figured a dedicated thread might be fun, who do you think will be the choices for the next decade? And to be clear, the list is who do you _think_ will be in there, not who do you _want_ to be in there, that’s for a different list. Here’s mine: 2011: Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood (game is in Dallas) 2012: John Cougar Melllencamp (Indy) 2013: Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. and Jazz greats (N’awlins) 2014: Dave Matthews Band 2015: Aerosmith (reunion!)) 2016: Metallica (maybe mainstream enough) 2017: Britney Spears (comeback show, um right?) 2018: AC/DC (geriatric rock is back) 2019: U2 (again) 2020: Jay-z and Beyonce (finally past the Janet Jackson fiasco) What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-halftime-super-bowl-acts-for-the-next-decade/528197/2 "2014-08-07T15:07:15Z")
Rather than start a new thread, I’ll resurrect this one that didn’t get any responses. There’s currently [a petition to get Weird Al Yankovic to play Super Bowl halftime](http://www.change.org/petitions/nfl-have-weird-al-yankovic-headline-the-super-bowl-xlix-halftime-show). Granted, the validity and/or effectiveness of online petitions notwithstanding, it’s actually not the worst idea ever. Personally, I am emphatically in favor. In fact, I’d even propose he play _every_ Super Bowl halftime. Think about it: he has old classic stuff that everyone knows _and_ he can keep up with whatever the current musical trend happens to be, he’s a proven entertainer with a massive, cross-cultural/cross generational fanbase, and he’s clean and family-friendly (the risk of “wardrobe malfunctions” is exactly zero). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-halftime-super-bowl-acts-for-the-next-decade/528197/3 "2014-08-07T15:55:36Z")
Well, let’s see… the next Super Bowl is in Arizona. The only rock star I can think of with Arizona ties is… ALICE COOPER!!! The next year, 2016, it’s in Santa Clara. We need an old-timer rocker with ties to San Francisco… JOHN FOGERTY!!! The next year, in 2017, it’s in Houston. I have it- a reunion of DESTINY’S CHILD!!! Then in 2018, it’s in Minneapolis. Prince has already done a halftime show, so… if he’s still alive and touring, gotta get BOB DYLAN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-halftime-super-bowl-acts-for-the-next-decade/528197/4 "2014-08-07T16:06:30Z")
I’ll update the original list to say 2016: Metallica and Lou Reed. No, not really. Metallica will never do a half-time show. How much you wanna bet that Iggy Azalea is on this year’s bill, though?