Maroon 5 For Super Bowl Halftime Show Reports Get Mixed Response

An unusual choice, given the reaction to Justin Timberlake's performance last year.
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Do you remember earlier this year, when after a string of pop divas stole the show at the Super Bowl, the NFL decided to shake things up and have Justin Timberlake perform at the Halftime Show?

Do you remember the lukewarm (at best) reception his performance got on social media?

Well, reports are claiming that the Super Bowl is planning to bounce back with… Maroon 5.

Adam Levine of Maroon 5
Adam Levine of Maroon 5
AFP Contributor via Getty Images

Yes, Adam Levine and co. are all-but-confirmed to be joining the ranks of Beyoncé, Madonna, Lady Gaga and Prince by entertaining the nation at the Halftime of America’s biggest sporting event.

Variety was the first outlet to report that the group were in line to land the gig, while Billboard named Cardi B and Travis Scott - both of whom have collaborated with Maroon 5 on recent tracks - as potential guests to join them during the slot.

However, some critics on social media have been bemused by the rumour, to say the least...

A brief list of musicians more fitting for Atlanta's Super Bowl than Maroon 5 pic.twitter.com/TF8oTEkADa

— Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN) September 19, 2018

NFL: “We need a halftime show for the Super Bowl this year in Atlanta”

The city of Atlanta:
Migos
Usher
OutKast
CeeLo Green
Future
2 Chainz
Big Boi
Ludacris
Jeezy
T.I.
Gucci

NFL: “How does Maroon 5 sound?”

— 𝙹𝚊𝚔𝚎 (@JMRogers14) September 19, 2018

“Maroon 5 is performing at the SuperBowl.”

Everyone: pic.twitter.com/7RXvvlONBt

— PrestonMitchum (@PrestonMitchum) September 20, 2018

Atlanta, home of Outkast, T.I., Future, Ludacris, Usher, etc., gets Maroon 5 to play the damn Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/KHpGNRsJGX

— Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) September 19, 2018

Wasn't having Justin Timberlake bad enough for the last years #SuperBowl?

— 🐾⚾️͏k͏o͏r͏b͏e͏l͏r͏e͏n͏o͏k͏i͏a⚾️🐾 (@KorbelRenoKia) September 20, 2018

As if we needed more reasons to boycott the NFL.

— Alex Horwitz (@Alex_Horwitz) September 20, 2018

Picking Maroon 5 to do the Superbowl halftime show in Atlanta is like going to Olive Garden in Italy.

— Tuxedo Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) September 19, 2018

"Maroon 5 will be performing at the super bowl"

the gays: pic.twitter.com/a3LY4KePsA

— Trophy ✨ (@Powrbttom) September 19, 2018

Maroon 5 Super Bowl Setlist:
1. She Will Be Loved
[introduces Kylie Minogue]
2. Slow
3. In My Arms
4. Better The Devil You Know
5. I Should Be So Lucky
6. All The Lovers
7. Confide In Me
8. Chocolate
9. Love At First Sight
10. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

— piercey 🍑 (@piercespears) September 19, 2018

Wait.... Maroon 5?

Are we still in 2002?

Massive fail @NFL. Get with the times.

— Dan Clark (@DanClarkSports) September 20, 2018

I Love Maroon 5, but NFL missed on this one. So So Def, Outkast, TI, Migos, Jeezy, Luda, 2 Chainz, etc coulda given us Welcome to Atlanta halftime concert.

— LeVelle Moton (@LeVelleMoton) September 20, 2018

The SuperBowl is held in Atlanta this season, and the NFL picks Maroon 5 to perform at the halftime show. pic.twitter.com/8GgOgBBBSs

— Dylan (@DylansRawTake) September 19, 2018

Maroon 5 will perform at the Super Bowl. During halftime, it'll feel like we're all driving with our aunt.

— Greg Beharrell (@gregbeharrell) September 20, 2018

Only good thing about Maroon 5 playing SB halftime show?
It’s not Fallout Boy.

— Doug Roberson (@DougRobersonAJC) September 19, 2018

The NFL picked Maroon 5 for the Superbowl halftime show to keep up the tradition of never, ever entertaining anyone during a Superbowl halftime show.

— Ian Fortey (@IanFortey) September 19, 2018

But, of course, there are some who are excited by the prospect of a Maroon 5 Halftime show...

I’m going to be the unpopular one here but I don’t fucking care...

I saw Maroon 5 in concert...

I love Maroon 5...

I’m glad they are playing the Super Bowl.

Don’t @ me.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) September 19, 2018

It's about damn time @maroon5 #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLIII

— 🎧lil_DJ💿 (@lil_DJWKUF) September 20, 2018

can’t believe y’all are acting like maroon 5 hasn’t given us multiple bops through the years

— charles 🌪 (@drakeslesbiangf) September 20, 2018

y’all are saying maroon 5 doing the superbowl will be boring but omg they got the HITS:

misery
moves like jagger
one more night
makes me wonder
sugar
payphone
girls like you
animals
this love
she will be loved
don’t wanna know
maps

i’m here for it.

— jacky sieras (@mywickedrep) September 19, 2018

low key, Maroon 5 has had a hit almost every single year for like the past 15+ years

— Denzel. (@fauxdenzel) September 19, 2018

All y’all who are pissed at the NFL for choosing Maroon 5 for the halftime show obvi don’t pay attention to:
1. They’re always in the top 40
2. They collaborate with a ton of talented ppl
3. Some women find Adam Levine hot (not me but my mom and All the ladies in my spin class) pic.twitter.com/Xnh3NVB752

— Elisha (@ElishaKrauss) September 19, 2018

all this hate on maroon 5 hurts my little heart

— a girl who likes the band (@verydarkred5) September 19, 2018

The Super Bowl is opening and closing for the Maroon 5 concert 🤩 can’t wait to see @adamlevine

— Allie Bruns (@AllieBruns10) September 19, 2018

Unpopular Opinion: i can’t wait to see maroon 5 play the super bowl

— TJ (@tj_roberson) September 20, 2018

A representative for the NFL told multiple outlets: “It’s a Super Bowl tradition to speculate about the performers for the Pepsi Halftime Show.

“We are continuing to work with [longtime sponsor] Pepsi on our plans but do not have any announcements to make on what will be another epic show.”

Variety pointed out that this year, the NFL has “faced an additional challenge” while looking for a Halftime performer, as their decision to their reaction to players “taking a knee” during the National Anthem.

On his Beyoncé collaboration ‘APESHIT’, Jay-Z disclosed that he’d turned down an offer to perform at the event (“I said no to the Super Bowl, you need me I don’t need you”), while the track’s accompanying music video featured a scene of people “taking a knee”.

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