Super Bowl Sheds Gray Hair for Youthful Halftime Performers

Jan 31, 2014 2:42pm

Bruno Mars is set to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Sundays Super Bowl halftime show, but center stage wasnt always so youthful. Since Janet Jacksons infamous wardrobe malfunction, the show took a geriatric turn for a few years over the last decade before it slowly moved back to the younger set.

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A decade has passed since Janet Jackson sparked controversy when her nipple surfaced on national television during Superbowl XXXVIII. Jackson, then 37, performed with then-23-year-old Justin Timberlake, singing Timberlakes 2002 song, Rock Your Body.

The next year, rock superstar Paul McCartney brought viewers into a Beatles time warp of sorts at the 2005 Super Bowl halftime show, when he rocked out on songs first released in the 1960s. His performance marked a geriatric turn for the artists taking over the Super Bowl field between the games first and second halves.

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The Rolling Stones continued the Super Bowls classic rock fix in 2006, opening the show with a rendition of Start Me Up, which was first released in 1981. Lead singer Mick Jagger, then 62, ran around on stage with vigor unmatched by many his age.

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Super Bowl Sheds Gray Hair for Youthful Halftime Performers