Carlos Santana Thinks Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show Should Have Featured ‘Local’ Bay Area Bands
When the lights go down in the city, and the sun shines on the bay, beautiful music happens. However, when theSuper Bowlcame to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the music of the Bay Area was not represented in the halftime show. Instead, the NFL featured Coldplay (U.K.), Bruno Mars (Hawaii) and Beyonce (Texas) as the entertainment.
Carlos Santana was featured in aSuper Bowl highlight reel playing guitar, but the musician took to Facebook to take the NFL to task for not inviting other Bay Area musicians to the party, arguing that "real live music" should have been featured in the halftime show (ouch).
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"I do feel compelled to point out to you that the Halftime Show should have included some of the local iconic bands that the World would have loved to see perform," he wrote in a lengthy post. "Bands likeMetallica,Steve Miller,Journeyand yours truly. We would have rocked the Half Time Show and done the SF Bay Area proud."
Read Santana's full letter below:
Dear NFL/CBS….I would like to take this opportunity to thank you both for including me as a part of your Super Bowl…
Posted by Carlos Santana on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Metallica did rock a sold-out show at San Francisco's AT&T Park , streamed for free, the night before the Big Game. The band had a little fun at the NFL's expense, creating the hashtag #TooHeavyForHalftime.
Journey thanked Santana and shared his letter on their own Facebook page as well, writing, "Thank You Carlos, and yes we would have all Rocked it!"
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