Once upon a Super Bowl, halftime meant marching bands and snack runs-until the NFL realized people were leaving.
The Super Bowl halftime show did not start as the cultural monster it is now. For years, they were treated like background noise.
The evolution of the Super Bowl halftime show traces not just changing music tastes, but shifting ideas about what America ...
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Michael Jackson, Prince and more superstars have graced the Super Bowl stage.