BRUNO MARS CONFIRMED TO PERFORM AT SUPERBOWL XLVIII HALFTIME SHOW – SERIOUSLY?

For years, the Super Bowl has established itself as the most-watched television event of the year. Shows aspire to earn the post-game slot due to the inevitable influx of ratings, and advertisers fight over who gets a piece of the precious airtime that comprises the annual crop of Super Bowl commercials. However, one of the most heavily discussed aspects of the big game is the halftime show.
In the last decade, legendary performers like Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen have all headlined the halftime show, and over 114 million tuned in for Madonna’s record-breaking 2012 performance. While the comparative quality of these performances is debatable, the bottom line is that Super Bowl halftime shows are often the most memorable thing about the event (who was playing the year of that infamous Janet Jackson performance, by the way?). Now that football season is in full swing, we have news on who will be the next performer to become a part of TV history.
As much as it pains me to say it - Pop singer Bruno Mars will perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show on February 2nd, 2014.

 It’s clear that Fox is striving for the all-important demographic of viewers between 18 and 49 years of age.

Still, some football fans out there probably would have preferred that a more established artist was given the chance to perform during next year’s game. Surely, if the Grateful Dead were still around at least the way they were before Garcia died, they would have made the best show ever.

Do you think Mars is a wise choice for Super Bowl XLVIII? If not, who would you have liked to see perform at the halftime show? Sound off in the comments