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Katy Perry must have impressed NFL executives with her performance last Saturday on ESPN.
According to the New York Post's Page Six, Perry will be the halftime act for Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. on Feb. 1.
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Perry actually scoffed at the idea of the NFL's reported pay-to-play system for its Super Bowl halftime act while talking to ESPN's "Gameday" crew last Saturday before the Alabama-Ole Miss game. (Then she had a good ol' time in Oxford, Miss.)
But it appears whatever divide there might have been between Perry's camp and the league, per the Post, it has been bridged.*
Perry is supporting her "Prism" album with her Prismatic tour currently but doesn't start the 2015 European leg of it until after the Super Bowl — Feb. 16 in Barcelona. So it certainly could make sense for her to fit in a Super Bowl halftime gig.
Her "Roar" song has been the biggest hit single from the album, and it has made its way into some football stadiums as an anthem. And as wild as she might appear to be at times, her stage show is quite family-friendly, which would make the image-conscious NFL quite happy.
Combine that and Perry's newfound love for football, and bingo ... a likely match.
According to the New York Post's Page Six, Perry will be the halftime act for Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. on Feb. 1.
[Make Sunday even more fun. Play in FanDuel's Week 6 fantasy football league, win cash]
Perry actually scoffed at the idea of the NFL's reported pay-to-play system for its Super Bowl halftime act while talking to ESPN's "Gameday" crew last Saturday before the Alabama-Ole Miss game. (Then she had a good ol' time in Oxford, Miss.)
But it appears whatever divide there might have been between Perry's camp and the league, per the Post, it has been bridged.*
Perry is supporting her "Prism" album with her Prismatic tour currently but doesn't start the 2015 European leg of it until after the Super Bowl — Feb. 16 in Barcelona. So it certainly could make sense for her to fit in a Super Bowl halftime gig.
Her "Roar" song has been the biggest hit single from the album, and it has made its way into some football stadiums as an anthem. And as wild as she might appear to be at times, her stage show is quite family-friendly, which would make the image-conscious NFL quite happy.
Combine that and Perry's newfound love for football, and bingo ... a likely match.
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