Bruno Mars’ SuperBowl Halftime show: one of the best halftime shows ever?

I don’t really understand why people are so critical of Bruno Mars. Granted, I’m not a Mars Superfan or anything, but from seeing his music videos, listening to his music on the radio and seeing him perform live on several awards shows and such, he seems like an incredibly talented dude and an excellent live act. Does he want to be the next Michael Jackson? Perhaps. But Bruno’s got oodles of talent, and I was pleasantly surprised when he was chosen to be this year’s SuperBowl Halftime act.

Bruno performed a medley of his biggest hits (“Treasure,” “Runaway Baby,” and “Locked Out of Heaven” were included), then brought Red Hot Chili Peppers in for “Give It Away”). Of course Anthony Kiedis was shirtless. I don’t think he owns any shirts. But Kiedis’ voice is holding up, I think, and it sounded good. Apparently, it was Bruno’s idea to include the RHCP too, which I think is kind of awesome. Here’s the show:

People are already saying that this is one of the best halftime shows in recent memory. This also happened to be the 10-year-anniversary of Nipplegate, the Halftime show where Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson’s bra thing and exposed her FLESH. After that incident, the halftime shows definitely seemed to skew “older” – and by that I mean that older (male) rock stars were the halftime acts for the most part. So, it was nice seeing someone young and “hip” do the halftime show. Now here’s the controversial question: was Bruno Mars better than Beyonce’s halftime show last year? HA!

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