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Bruce Springsteen booked for NFL Super Bowl half-time

By April MacIntyre Sep 30, 2008, 19:26 GMT

NBC and the NFL have announced that Bruce Springsteen will headline the Super Bowl half-time show. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street band perform at the 'Koelnarena' in Cologne, Germany, 13 December 2007. Springsteen started the European leg of his world tour to promote his album 'Magic' in Madrid, Spain, 25 November. The Tour will end in London, Britain, 19 December. EPA/ROLF VENNENBERND COLOR

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street band perform at the 'Koelnarena' in Cologne, Germany, 13 December 2007. Springsteen started the European leg of his world tour to promote his album 'Magic' in Madrid, Spain, 25 November. The Tour will end in London, Britain, 19 December. EPA/ROLF VENNENBERND COLORSpringsteen and the E Street Band will perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLIII, which NBC will broadcast on Feb. 1. NBC reported nearly 149 million people tuned in to last year's halftime, which featured classic rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.Springsteen's addition guarantees a potential record breaking viewership, as he joins a list of recent halftime performers that includes Petty, Janet Jackson, Prince and the Rolling Stones.The NFL has kept to classic rock bands after the famous nipplegate Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake breast-baring incident that caused a huge headache for the league.

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