Super Bowl half-time shows: the highs and lows, from Prince to Patti LaBelle

The news that Madonna will appear in the Super Bowl XLVI will (eventually) a cheers of joy or shake his head in despair - from half-time it shows test

Here are the best ...

U2, Super Bowl XXXVI, 2002

Bono & Co remained dark in this post-9/11 Super Bowl, playing three songs, an MLK Day Belle and cropped where the streets have no name. The performance of the latter, in which the names of those killed were projected behind the group, bringing a steady performance in the first place, which guarantees an enthusiastic reception from the American press (With the notable exception of a critic cantankerous Chicago Sun-Times calling it "melodramatic and Lead"). Best of all, Bono managed to heroically resist the opportunity to comment on the attacks, we must all continue to be grateful.

Paul McCartney, the Super Bowl XXXIX, 2005

After the great catastrophe Nipplegate 2004, Super Bowl organizers wanted to play it safe, and who better to stabilize the ship Sir Paul? Your baby game includes cleverly chosen, you can drive my car and Get Back, a warm welcome Live and Let Die and a version of Hey Jude singalong. If you want a masterclass in constant professionalism look no further. I could not have been the breathtaking view of the Super Bowl of all time, but it was one of the best received.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Super Bowl XLIII, 2009

Not everyone enjoyed the show a solid pattern. The New York Times said that "below but not above," while Greg Kot Chicago Tribune called it "a great artist reduced to a consent" - Chicago critics are hard to please, course - but, frankly, it shows the Super Bowl will never be innovative. They are made at a very large with all the emotions and nuances scrawled large stripped. With this in mind Springsteen's performance was near perfect jokes, guacamole and cheese all: a tight, tense, high-energy retro set, including Born To Run and Glory Days

Michael Jackson, Super Bowl XXVII, 1993

was almost relegated to the worst scary messianic connotations and the proliferation of small children love, but it is impossible to ignore a group of Jackson) and b) the fact that before this aspect of the Super Bowl was mostly bands fun, ice skating Teflon (see Dorothy Hamill Super Bowl XXVI tribute) and the classic Motown horrible performances (due 1982 Up With People). Post-Jackson, the Super Bowl entertainment has become increasingly high-demagoguery that we have today. Thank you, Michael.

Diana Ross, the Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXX, 1996

In this case, performance is not so much that he felt a little rushed, as the songs. Ross performed a medley of Supremes hits, and in doing so reminded people how great they were. Extra points for how it was transported to half of Take Me Higher coldness and the song continues as if this is the kind of thing happens to a soul diva every day.

• And now for the worst ...

Indiana Jones, Patti La Belle, Miami Sound Machine, Super Bowl XXIX, 1995

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worst of all Super Bowl. Essentially an extended advertisement Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland Disney, which shows a man who is not Harrison Ford, with a woman who is trying to find Karen Allen Vince Lombardi Trophy. Meanwhile, Patti LaBelle sings with a group of dancers Mohawk, Tony Bennett sings in a bar scene-setters and Miami Sound Machine support. It is so crazy, which is almost absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately, you can not find the full video on the Internet (the curse of that, Disney!), But here's a version without dialogue between Indy and Marion chance are largely eliminated.

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