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Super Bowl Halftime Show History: Bands to Bad Bunny

The Super Bowl halftime show began on 15 January 1967 with college marching bands. After Fox lured viewers away in 1992, the NFL booked Michael Jackson for 31…

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2026

Bad Bunny headlines Super Bowl LX

Bad Bunny headlined with Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga as guests. Nielsen counted 128.2 million US viewers.

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2025

Kendrick Lamar sets the TV record

A reported 133.5 million US viewers, 0.1 million above Michael Jackson's 1993 show.

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2022

Hip-hop leads the show

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar, with 50 Cent as a surprise guest.

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2004

The Janet Jackson incident

The FCC fined CBS $550,000. A court threw it out in 2011; the Supreme Court declined to revive it in 2012.

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2002

U2 honours 9/11 victims

Victims' names were projected across the Superdome as U2 played three songs.

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1993

Michael Jackson changes the format

After a 1992 loss to a Fox sketch show, the NFL booked Jackson. 133.4 million watched.

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1967

The first halftime show

Two college bands, trumpeter Al Hirt and a high school drill team at Super Bowl I.

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