On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 5:36 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> The Super Bowl halftime show this winter in Atlanta, reportedly headlined
> by Maroon 5, can't recruit other stars to join them, and Variety
> <https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/maroon-5-super-bowl-halftime-show-1203089706/>
> (link) blames the non-resolution of the player-protest issue... altho the
> article also notes that the job doesn't pay much...
>

This si not a new problem and it has nothing to do with player protests
which aren't even happening this season. It's a difficult gig to perform as
the crew can't start putting the stage up until the teams leave the field
for halftime. Then it's a short performance so that the crew can break down
the stage for the second half. And it's a gig that doesn't pay and they
want acts of the level that don't need the exposure.

Heinz Field used to bring in music acts, usually country music performers
for halftime at Steelers games. I used to feel sorry for the acts who
played to a two thirds empty stadium but then I figured if there were still
20,000 people in the seating bowl, that's probably 10 times bigger than any
crowd the bands played for.

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