And the 2023 Superbowl halftime show artist is...

[TenBenny]

Rihanna

https://deadline.com/2022/09/rihanna-su ... 235126904/

[DemonFilth2001]

Trash. Again. Still catering to the kids.

[Wild Obsession]

Could be (and has been) worse.

[MetalSludgeCEO]

Love it...

And I love it even more that the metal head community will cry that Ozzy or Roth didn't get it.

Her song "Diamonds" is absolutely GREAT!

Over 2 BILLION views, and deserved of it... >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA2pjMjpBs

Her song with EMINEM "I Love The Way You Lie" is even better and has even more views with 2.5B!

>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U

When will the old folks (us) learn that it's not our world anymore... youth is king, and while she isn't 20... she's 2 decades or more younger than the MTV crowd.

And she's very easy on the eyes too!

$tEvil

[GreatWhiteSnake]

I Love her...that is all...

[Bono Nettencourt]

Trash. Again. Still catering to the kids.

"Kids" from 2009?

[LAglamrocker]

kids demand Dolly Parton for 2024

[Mister Freeze]

Still catering to the kids.

Her first hit came out 18 years ago. It's like saying KISS was playing "for the kids" on the Revenge tour.

[aznsquirt]

Still catering to the kids.

Her first hit came out 18 years ago. It's like saying KISS was playing "for the kids" on the Revenge tour.

Haha, yeah this. The super bowl halftime show has always been about catering to people between about 30 and 45.

Anyway, at the risk of setting off another shitshow like the blade runner thread, this isn't very surprising considering that corporate America has been fully convinced for awhile now that light-skinned black women are the perfect balance between checking off the woke box and not scaring white people.

[DemonFilth2001]

Youngest daughter listens to that crap. She’s 19. This is catering to late teens to late 20’s. No matter. I’ll tune out like 80% of the people that are watching because of the game.

[Mister Freeze]

Anyway, at the risk of setting off another shitshow like the blade runner thread, this isn't very surprising considering that corporate America has been fully convinced for awhile now that light-skinned black women are the perfect balance between checking off the woke box and not scaring white people.

Now you've done it. Guaranteed six pages on this thread now.

[TenBenny]

I'm sure it'll be a fun show.

I keep a synthwave remix of her song "Shut Up and Drive" handy for the playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0v3O5OLRJs

[Mojo]

You “keep it handy?” Handy for what? For what occasion do you drop this absolute fucking banger, Lenny?

[Mister Freeze]

You “keep it handy?” Handy for what? For what occasion do you drop this absolute fucking banger, Lenny?

Football parties.

[MetalSludgeCEO]

And I love it even more that the metal head community will cry that Ozzy or Roth didn't get it.

Shut up you old twat.

The people who mock rock fans for being upset about Super Bowl Halftime shows are infinitely more pathetic than the people who complain about no rock and metal at Super Bowl Half Time shows. Halftime shows are gay anyway.

Isn't football dead because 3/4 of their audience are racists who got offended at "Don't Shoot Black People" slogans on the field and tuned out?


In any case, good for Rihanna. I hope she does the right thing and gets completely naked during the show, out nippling Janet Jackson, and pissing off conservatives who can't stand naked black private parts.

""""""Shut up you old twat."""""""

I am confused...

Where does this stem from?

I don't recall singling you out or anything of the sort.

$tEvil

[Mojo]

You “keep it handy?” Handy for what? For what occasion do you drop this absolute fucking banger, Lenny?

Football parties.

You know it’s a straight up fucking rager when Lenny drops the synthwave Rhianna. Live, laugh, Let Loose, Cats!

[TenBenny]

I love people losing their shit over this every year. I'm with $tEvil. People don't seem to understand who these shows are designed for.

The producers can't win, I guess. They get Springsteen or Petty and people are rolling their eyes, they get The Weeknd or Rihanna and people are rolling their eyes. Who do you want on there? Y'all think Poison is somehow gonna get the gig?

[pieceofme]

I actually like some Rhianna songs. More than any of the artists last year! Not that I will be watching though.

[HeavyMetalZombie666]

Bullshit entertainment!

[DemonFilth2001]

I love people losing their shit over this every year. I'm with $tEvil. People don't seem to understand who these shows are designed for.

The producers can't win, I guess. They get Springsteen or Petty and people are rolling their eyes, they get The Weeknd or Rihanna and people are rolling their eyes. Who do you want on there? Y'all think Poison is somehow gonna get the gig?

Metallica and GnR can fill stadiums. Appears they have decent followings. Hell, get Queen. AC/DC. All 4 have songs EVERYONE knows. Songs that are actually played at sporting events.

[kytepunches]

Did all the Canadian artists turn them down this year ?

[Mojo]

I love people losing their shit over this every year. I'm with $tEvil. People don't seem to understand who these shows are designed for.

The producers can't win, I guess. They get Springsteen or Petty and people are rolling their eyes, they get The Weeknd or Rihanna and people are rolling their eyes. Who do you want on there? Y'all think Poison is somehow gonna get the gig?

Metallica and GnR can fill stadiums. Appears they have decent followings. Hell, get Queen. AC/DC. All 4 have songs EVERYONE knows. Songs that are actually played at sporting events.

Metallica and GnR are both no-brainers, but then we get to watch them shoehorn in whatever pop starlet they get to play alongside them. Can't wait to see Harry Styles come out and sing "Enter Sandman."
I still have PTSD from watching Aerosmith prancing around with N*sync.

[Mister Freeze]

I still have PTSD from watching Aerosmith prancing around with N*sync.

Don't forget about Britney. It was the exact moment she peaked on the hotness scale.



I agree that Metallica is the ultimate act for this gig right now. They're the right combination of classic rock, stadium rock and being able to pull everything off live. The Super Bowl audience would eat it up.

Gn'R, on the other hand, would open themselves up for a lot of ridicule.

[Mojo]

Don't forget about Britney.

Yeah, I didn't. I can forgive them for having an absurdly hot woman up there.

[eddie lee roth]

I wouldn’t mind a Harry Styles Metallica Enter Sandman as part of the show. But only if they let Harry with a nod to the time that song first came out wear those type of clothes.

If they’d let him wear the prom dress that Kurt Cobain wore on Head Banger’s Ball than I’d be all in. Besides that look is so risqué.

[LAglamrocker]

The Bloodline should have a match at halftime
Then everyone would be happy

Axl could be the special time keeper
Britney special guest ref
Lars and James announce team

[HueyRamone]

After Janet Jackson’s nipple, we got 6 years of old fart classic rockers. After The Who underwhelmed, it went back to whoever’s hot in pop, and that isn’t gonna change.

[DangerZone]

Anyway, at the risk of setting off another shitshow like the blade runner thread, this isn't very surprising considering that corporate America has been fully convinced for awhile now that light-skinned black women are the perfect balance between checking off the woke box and not scaring white people.

Now you've done it. Guaranteed six pages on this thread now.

It’s like a never ending shit

[TenBenny]

Still, Metallica is one act. GN'R is one act. AC/DC is one act and it's gonna retire any day now. Having the kind of group that seems like it could appeal to everyone is not a renewable resource.

[SchenkerFan]

First people bitch about Ozzy lip-synching and being held up by a bracket, then they bitch when they put on a younger modern pop artist.

What do you people expect, Bon Jovi coming on looking and sounding like it's 1986?