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Beyonce Super Bowl Halftime Show: Singer Stuns With All-Out Display



For some, Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show was to be the Big Game's finest moment. But for all who tuned in to see the singer perform, it's clear she brought her A game.

Beyonce worked through a medley of her hits, including "Love on Top," "Crazy in Love," "End of Time," and "Baby Boy" before she was joined by Destiny's Child bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. The trio started with "Bootylicious" and worked through "Independent Woman" before collaborating on "Single Ladies," which is a Beyonce song.

Rowland and Williams then left the stage, leaving Beyonce to perform "Halo" solo.

The show featured plenty of fire, ice and smoke, with Beyonce appearing on a rising platform. She was clad in an all-black ensemble with heels and a leather-like get-up. Early in the set, she threw her jacket into the audience. At some point, she used a screen that recalled her 2011 Billboard Music Awards performance.

Before the game started, Jennifer Hudson and a chorus of children from Sandy Hook Elementary School sang "America the Beautiful." Alicia Keys then performed the national anthem while seated at a piano.

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judgmental 4th-Feb-2013 02:18 am (UTC)
SHE SABOTAGED KELLY AND MICHELLE LBR
filmfreakfranco 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
lmao their mics were so low </3
judgmental 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
#Insecureyoncé
bostongirl2003 4th-Feb-2013 03:22 am (UTC)
the audio sucked for the whole performance, imo. even bey was drowned out for a lot of it.
tiki876 4th-Feb-2013 03:02 pm (UTC)
mte
tiki876 4th-Feb-2013 03:01 pm (UTC)
lmao
filmfreakfranco 4th-Feb-2013 02:18 am (UTC)
KELENDRIA stole the show <3

lidahbidah 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
FIERCE!!
chris_chick 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
werq
rainbowren 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
She was a lovely backup dancer, yes :)
backincharge 4th-Feb-2013 02:23 am (UTC)
Only the best for Bey.
andres01234 4th-Feb-2013 02:24 am (UTC)
lol
filmfreakfranco 4th-Feb-2013 02:27 am (UTC)
a back up dancer joke...

zzzzzzzzzzz try again
tlcspice 4th-Feb-2013 04:10 am (UTC)
She slayed back-up and lead vocals/choreo! When will Bey??
hahahey 4th-Feb-2013 02:22 am (UTC)
ilhsomuch. hate her wig though
candycheeks 4th-Feb-2013 02:26 am (UTC)
i love her so much
koutaishi 4th-Feb-2013 02:28 am (UTC)
mte

nhf that cheap wig tho
horrorparties 4th-Feb-2013 02:28 am (UTC)
yassss
howlcosmiclove 4th-Feb-2013 02:34 am (UTC)
Love her <3
grammaire 4th-Feb-2013 02:43 am (UTC)
LOVE her with long hair. And I agree.
whitefox 4th-Feb-2013 02:45 am (UTC)
I love her
supernature_971 4th-Feb-2013 03:06 am (UTC)
She looked amazing.
bebe003 4th-Feb-2013 03:18 am (UTC)
this was flawless. she made michelle look SO BAD in comparison lmao.
bostongirl2003 4th-Feb-2013 03:23 am (UTC)
those bangs are just not working for me. her entranced was flawless tho.
drunkagron 4th-Feb-2013 03:33 am (UTC)
Kelly Rowlegendary was amazing
roxas39 4th-Feb-2013 03:45 am (UTC)
she's so fit
tlcspice 4th-Feb-2013 04:09 am (UTC)
YAS!!
harderthanalist 4th-Feb-2013 04:11 am (UTC)
I dont like nor care for her but she came out hard.
mattthew 4th-Feb-2013 04:44 am (UTC)
i CRIED when she entered
supervixen06 4th-Feb-2013 04:52 am (UTC)
I love the crowd reaction when she pops up.
tiki876 4th-Feb-2013 03:02 pm (UTC)
fierce queen
kwikimart 4th-Feb-2013 02:18 am (UTC)
It tickles me pink to see all the 'haters' that crowded around their TV sets/made sure to watch the half time show for Beyonce trying to save face by saying they weren't 'that impressed'.

How adorable!

cluelessraf 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
lmao, srsly.
kwikimart 4th-Feb-2013 02:21 am (UTC)
It used to bother me but I know closet stanning when I see it, I'm just glad to see Bey has so many fans!
rainbowren 4th-Feb-2013 02:18 am (UTC)
I honestly don't understand how anyone can find a flaw in her performance? Like, really? Do y'all need Jesus up there to perform or something?

undoard27 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
but let's not group Queen Kelly with Michelle


filmfreakfranco 4th-Feb-2013 02:21 am (UTC)
Kelly's entrance was one of the highlights of the show IMO
backincharge 4th-Feb-2013 02:25 am (UTC)
At least Michelle didn't' fall because I was totally expecting it. lol
harderthanalist 4th-Feb-2013 04:14 am (UTC)
Lmao me too.
hershelwalker 4th-Feb-2013 02:31 am (UTC)
LMAO
eccentricvibe 4th-Feb-2013 02:43 am (UTC)
Kelly looked so flawless.
bebe003 4th-Feb-2013 03:20 am (UTC)
mte such an insult imo. michelle is and always was a mess.
mattthew 4th-Feb-2013 04:46 am (UTC)
like kelly's entrance has confidence, whereas michelle's is all like "OMG YOU GOT DIS GURL DONT FALL DONT FALLOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMG" written all over it.
itskimbitches 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
I cried irl she and destiny child was perfect no fucks given to haters tbh she shared the spotlight with the girls so proud
_xxtom 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
The performance was great but I wish she had chosen different songs.
The Dutty Wine was EPIC. She should have ended the show with something like that. Something high energy.
thrillisgone_89 4th-Feb-2013 02:19 am (UTC)
michelle lmaooooo

lidahbidah 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
She just didn't care. LOL
filmfreakfranco 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
psy now my comment looks awful </3
no_urges 4th-Feb-2013 02:23 am (UTC)
gurl was not even trying, she looks like a little old lady with a walker lmao
judgmental 4th-Feb-2013 02:29 am (UTC)
LOL YES
howlcosmiclove 4th-Feb-2013 02:36 am (UTC)
omg lmao can't unsee
hahahey 4th-Feb-2013 02:23 am (UTC)
lol
licorrice 4th-Feb-2013 02:25 am (UTC)
so much second hand embarrassment rn.
candycheeks 4th-Feb-2013 02:27 am (UTC)
should've called LaTavia
ragechill 4th-Feb-2013 02:30 am (UTC)
LMAOOOO
tryxkittie 4th-Feb-2013 02:32 am (UTC)
OMG REVERSE WERK TO GET WREK
rissaroo 4th-Feb-2013 02:33 am (UTC)
lol disaster.
friarsfire 4th-Feb-2013 03:07 am (UTC)
LMAO no shade but this reminds of me of the gif of Britney in concert where she was dancing and clearly dgaf/ was tired
bebe003 4th-Feb-2013 03:22 am (UTC)
LMAO LIKE JUST WHY??
filmfreakfranco 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
the ending was so anticlimactic but omg Michelle throughout the entire show like

judgmental 4th-Feb-2013 02:21 am (UTC)
she pulled a Britney
xena_mademegay 4th-Feb-2013 02:24 am (UTC)
lol
andres01234 4th-Feb-2013 02:25 am (UTC)
lol you stole my comment
friarsfire 4th-Feb-2013 03:07 am (UTC)
LMAO mte I was waiting for the gif
harderthanalist 4th-Feb-2013 04:17 am (UTC)
Britney Would never
aphrodite5239 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
her performance was majestic
saintclaire87 4th-Feb-2013 02:20 am (UTC)
When Kelly and Michelle popped out, it was like I was back in the 8th grade for a second. lol It was a great performance and they all looked beautiful.
magicandmyth 4th-Feb-2013 02:21 am (UTC)
It was fine, but the setlist was odd and not debuting a new single was disappointing. Also, she totally missed her mark when she was lying down at the beginning, so all the stage effects were off.

Obviously, she's an amazing performer, but it was meh for me. I mostly just loved seeing Michelle trying SO HARD to hold it together when she popped up. Bless her heart.
backincharge 4th-Feb-2013 02:28 am (UTC)
These are pretty much my thoughts. I still thought it was amazing but she really had the potential to pull off something out of this world and the staging was incredible, but it left me wanting more.

Especially with the ending.
magicandmyth 4th-Feb-2013 02:34 am (UTC)
Yeah, ending with Halo made no sense. If she was gonna slow it down, why not Irreplaceable? It was a bigger hit and at least has a sort of crowd participation element.
m_h_p 4th-Feb-2013 02:53 am (UTC)
Agree totally - and the thing is, it's not enough for Beyonce to be just 'fine' because she's capable of so much better.
cageyb 4th-Feb-2013 02:21 am (UTC)
I see folks have come out to talk about how Bey was not great because she didn't sing while dancing while playing the saxophone while beating the 49ers while fellating them.

But you know they wet themselves over Madonna doing a second-rate rendition of Kylie's Aphrodite show while she flailed around half-assedly on stage and let the dancers and cool costumes do the real work, while she skated by on nostalgia.
howlcosmiclove 4th-Feb-2013 02:43 am (UTC)
love Madonna but lol damn you stay on point.
spydergamez 4th-Feb-2013 03:11 am (UTC)
madonna's iconic performance that you remember so vividly despite your mythologies being off <3
cageyb 4th-Feb-2013 03:18 am (UTC)
I remember she flopped like an Egyptian, LMFAO did the shuffle with her, some cheerleaders came in and humped the air while the actually iconic MIA flipped off America and then Cee Lo sang a gospel song while she asked for world peace like it was the Miss America pageant. That's what I remember.

Edited at 2013-02-04 03:18 am (UTC)
bee_xx3 4th-Feb-2013 03:23 am (UTC)
preach
stussytribe 4th-Feb-2013 03:37 am (UTC)
uhhhhh the thing is, first madonna was doing cleopatra, kylie wasnt
madonnas setlist was amazing, beyonces was alright
madonnas entrance
wtf?
lloydsgurl call me when she is at this level4th-Feb-2013 02:21 am (UTC)


Edited at 2013-02-04 02:22 am (UTC)
amalgamade Re: call me when she is at this level4th-Feb-2013 02:56 am (UTC)
This song NEVER fails to make me dance. I love Tina sfm.
ohwutevernvm Re: call me when she is at this level4th-Feb-2013 03:34 am (UTC)
IAWTC. A+++
misscrystal 4th-Feb-2013 03:55 am (UTC)
People are throwing the word "legend" around a lot in this thread, but here is the only place it actually applies that's not delusional stan wishful thinking.
lipstickbitches 4th-Feb-2013 06:05 am (UTC)
A+ comment, A+ icon
mari_lyn00 Re: call me when she is at this level4th-Feb-2013 12:54 pm (UTC)
Iconic.
rainbowtomatoe 4th-Feb-2013 02:22 am (UTC)
so amazing!!!!

i wish she had done 'countdown' or 'party'...and that DC had done 'lose my breath' but i was dying the entire time. 'end of time' was the best <3
licorrice 4th-Feb-2013 02:53 am (UTC)
m2 I really wish she did countdown it would have been perf.
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