The Eagles turned down the Superbowl halftime slot

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers apparently were not the first choice to perform at upcoming Super Bowl next year (08). Super Bowl organizers asked the Eagles to play the half-time show first but were turned down.
The Eagles riding the success of a great comeback album refused to play at the football grand finale in Arizona and gave no reason for declining the offer, according to music magazine Rolling Stone.
The Eagles apparently have their eyes on an entirely different venue. Eagles co-frontman Don Henley insists the group would not turn down the chance to play at country mecca the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee – if he and his bandmates were asked.
He says, “That would be an honour… Certainly, country is one of the last bastions of good songwriting – and of singing in tune.
“Country music is now akin to what my generation was listening to in the ’60s and ’70s.”
The group that once epitomized 1970s rock stardom have the biggest-selling country album of the year so far with “Long Road Out of Eden.”

The double-disc set, their first studio album in 28 years, has sold two million copies in the U.S. and topped Billboard’s country album chart for four weeks since its Oct. 30 release.

There will be plenty of other stars appearing during the Super Bowl telecast, many in commercials.  Pop superstar Justin Timberlake turned stuntman will be seen flying over the hood of a car in a Super Bowl commercial for Pepsi. He will also be dragged along the street on a car door.  Will Ferrell and Carmen Electra are also due to appear in commercials during the telecast.

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