Super Bowl 53 is nearly here, which means about a million different concerts, events, and other performances surrounding the big game. The biggest of those is the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which is headlined this year by Maroon 5, aka that band Adam Levine sings for when he’s not busy being Adam Levine.
Super Bowl halftime show 2019: TV schedule, live stream and performers
Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi will be performing the Super Bowl LIII halftime show.
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The Super Bowl is set to begin at 6 p.m. ET, with a kickoff time approximately a half hour later (if things are on schedule, which they rarely are) on CBS (live streaming via ). The halftime performance, which also features rappers Travis Scott and Big Boi, can be expected to begin close to 8:30 p.m. depending on the pace of the game.
This year’s show is interesting given the fact that multiple performers rejected the NFL’s offer to be the headliner or supporting act. That includes Rihanna and Cardi B, who declined in a show of solidarity with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his well-known protest against social injustice.
Kaepernick is currently involved in a collusion case with the league, as many believe the quarterback was blacklisted at the higher levels of the league due to jumpstarting the movement.
All of Maroon 5, Big Boi and Travis Scott are affiliated with the same management company, and all three have tried to deflect criticism for accepting the offer from the NFL, but they’ll get flack regardless. That aspect of all of this is not going anyway any time soon, but if you’re just here for a performance, well this is all the information you need to know.
Maroon 5 is a pop/alternative rock band that’s been around since the 90s, with hits over the years including “This Love”, “Moves Like Jagger”, and “Girls Like You”. Travis Scott is a rapper/hip-hop artist who just put out Astroworld, a pretty solid album. Big Boi, formerly of OutKast, is a rapper whose latest single, “All Night”, has garnered plenty of acclaim.
There are some good artists this year, provided you can handle modern Maroon 5, though this writer would have much rather had some Cardi B or Rihanna action!
Below is all you need to know to watch and follow on Sunday.
Time, TV, and streaming info
- Date: February 3, 2019
- Time: 6 p.m. ET (Approximate halftime show start: 8:30 p.m.)
- Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga.
- TV: CBS
- Streaming: FuboTV, CBS All-Access, CBS Sports
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