Prince - Live @ Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show 2007 - Remastered - 4K - 5.1 Surround

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The Super Bowl XLI halftime show took place on February 4, 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Florida as part of Super Bowl XLI. It was headlined by Prince.

The executive producer of the show was Don Mischer. Mischer's company, Mischer Productions, was the executive producer and director. White Cherry Entertainment, run by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, were also executive producers. The production designer was Bruce Rogers. Mischner Productions and White Cherry Entertainment had earlier signed an agreement to produce marquee events, like the entertainment surrounding the NFL Kickoff Game, throughout the 2006 NFL season.

For the first time, Pepsi was the sponsor of the halftime show. They would return to sponsoring halftime shows with Super Bowl XLVII.

After having, in the past, been uninterested in performing in a Super Bowl halftime show, in 2006, Prince expressed interest. Executives that were in charge of booking an act for the halftime show visited Prince in Los Angeles. During this meeting, Prince and three members of his backing band New Power Generation performed for the executives, which convinced the executives that he would be the proper act to perform at the upcoming Super Bowl's halftime show. He was announced as the performer on December 10.

In late 2006, representatives of Prince reached out to Julian White, the director of the Florida A&M University, and managed to get the band to agree to performing in the show. The involvement of the marching band was largely kept a secret, with New Power Generation keyboardist Morris Hayes having later shared that he did not know of their inclusion until the first rehearsal that included them. Members of the marching band were not told themselves until roughly a month before the show that they would be performing in the halftime show.

One of the ideas Mischer contributed was to have the marching band adorned with illuminated tape, so that would be more visible.

One of the centerpiece visual effects utilized involved projecting Prince's silhouette onto a large screen that he stood behind. Air was utilized to make the screen stand erect. This effect was one that Don Mischer had first utilized for the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Much of Prince's rehearsals were in the city of Las Vegas, where Prince had a residency show. They used tape to outline the shape of the stage, as they did not have the actual stage available to them for their Las Vegas rehearsals. In the days before the show, Prince and his band rehearsed in a tent adjacent to the stadium. Prince and his supporting performers only had a single rehearsal on the stadium's field.

During his pre-performance joint press conference with national anthem performer Billy Joel, which halftime and national anthem performers conventionally hold, rather than taking questions, Prince gave the press a mini-concert.

Hundreds of volunteers helped to assemble and disassemble the stage. During the stage setup, volunteers accidentally ran over a power cable with a rolling part of the stage. A member of the lighting crew responded to the issue by holding the severed ends of the cable in place with his hands for the entire duration of the show.

The performance was widely acclaimed. Kelefa Sanneh, of The New York Times, wrote that the performance would "surely go down as one of the most thrilling halftime shows ever; certainly the most unpredictable, and perhaps the best." Mark Caro, of the Chicago Tribune, wrote that Prince's performance, "for once, justified the existence of a mini-concert sandwiched between halves of football." Many have opined that the rainy weather actually added to the performance, especially during Prince's rendition of "Purple Rain".

Numerous outlets have retrospectively ranked the performance the best Super Bowl halftime show performance. Further outlets have ranked it among the best.

Prince's physical album sales increased to 31,000 in the week after his performance, as compared to 14,000 the week before. According to SoundScan, his digital sales increased to 102,000 in the week after his performance, as compared to the 59,000 the week prior. Additionally, his sales on Amazon increased 700%.

Setlist:

"We Will Rock You" (Intro)
"Let's Go Crazy"
"Baby I'm a Star"/"Proud Mary"/"1999"
"All Along the Watchtower"/"Best of You"
"Purple Rain"

There was some controversy that, during a portion of the show where Prince was silhouetted onto a screen, the placement of his guitar was phallic.The Smoking Gun reported that in excess of 150 people had complained to the FCC about the Super Bowl broadcast, with the majority of complaints being about either this or a Snickers commercial which featured two men kissing.

(Wikipedia)

[denniscarsner]

I wonder if Prince knew he was giving the greatest performance of all time right here .

[Janaya-fsiz]

The word underrated gets tossed around these days but Prince has to be the most underrated guitarist of all time. the way he played the guitar is unmatched.

[RCfromCanada]

Forget the football game. Just let Prince have four hours up there. What a performance.

[ConorAllen]

The best halftime ever. No one ever covers other people's songs like this to play an ACTUAL concert at the halftime.

[MikeBoaz]

Supposedly when on the morning of the game, the rain had started (which had not been forecast) and the production team was in a panic because they were not sure how they were going to put on an outdoor show in this completely open air stadium with it raining like cats and dogs. So the event producer Don Mischer called Prince, and reportedly this was the conversation.

Mischer: Now, I want you to know that it's raining.
Prince: Yes, it's raining.
Mischer: And are you okay?
Prince: Can you make it rain harder?

That bad ass legend was being presented with one of the most challenging environments that could performed in and he asked for more of it, and then pulled off the most epic performance that the Super Bowl had ever witnessed.

[DarrelllCampbelll]

Who else tears up when Purple rain is played like that?

[SceneFreaks]

This halftime show will never be topped. It just dawned on me, Prince was really one of the last people that sang like this in music. Y'all know exactly what I'm talking about. We don't get vocalists like this anymore

[smsv]

He changed guitars three times and played the heck outta each one!

[AkSamurai]

Prince blew the roof off of a place that had no roof.

[ImmrtlPhnx]

Thank you for remastering this in 4K. A truly special performance. Mother nature said "I'll just make it rain during the Superbowl" and Prince retorted with "Can you make it rain HARDER!?"

[-WhizzBang-]

Even to this day, PRINCE still holds the TITLE as the #1 GREATEST HALF TIME SHOW in History! He performed his entire show flawlessly in pouring rain!

[DuvLuv]

Im here after Usher's snooze fest. Prince still reigns supreme 💜

[masonkanny]

They just need to replay this for every superbowl. Will never be outdone.

[AlabamaTrumpeter]

So many tiny little details in this. Prince wearing Miami Dolphins colors, production not using purple until Purple Rain, Prince's "YEAH" as the last note hits (I've seen more Prince performances than I can count, and I have NEVER seen him do that), the pure elation on peoples' faces... there are too many to list. Nobody in pop music was the man in the moment like Prince. If he had an opportunity to put his stamp on something, the whole WORLD knew who was the greatest. Thank you, Prince. I have never mourned the loss of a celebrity more deeply than him.

[violetsterling]

We will never see anything like that again. Ever.

[wetworks]

Its only when they are gone you realise how much you miss them.

[Kloverkill]

I just don't know how anyone will be able to top this. What a legend.

[joeyimbasciani]

I don’t think there is a person alive today that could put on a performance like that.

[tazzieflats]

Hey all from a stranger living over here Holland..I have to confess, I don't know anything about the superbowl self..I listen to prince when I was little...I just watched this superbowl again....DAMN the full show tears rolling down my cheeks!!THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC!!!I LOVED EVERY MINUTE 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[zlw]

His rendition of best of you was amazing!!