At Halftime, It's The Boss Bowl

The rumors turned out to be true. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will fill the time between commercials during halftime at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on February 1. Organizers have apparently determined that football fans like to rock, too. Since 2005, halftime shows have been anchored by Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Prince, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Boss & Billy Boost Barack
Springsteen and Billy Joel have never performed together, but on October 16, the two will take the stage together at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom. The occasion is a fundraiser for Obama, so it shouldn't be too much of a shock to learn that tickets will start at $500, with premium packages going for a cool $10,000.

^{Bruce Springsteen photo by Jim Dyson / Getty Images; Billy Joel photo by Rob Loud / Getty Images}