Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show

Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show
Part of	Super Bowl XLVIII
Date	February 2, 2014
Location	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Venue	MetLife Stadium
Headliner	Bruno Mars
Special guests	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sponsor	Pepsi
Director	Hamish Hamilton
Producer	Ricky Kirshner
Super Bowl halftime show chronology

The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show occurred on February 2, 2014, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as part of Super Bowl XLVIII and was headlined by Bruno Mars alongside his band The Hooligans, with special guests The Red Hot Chili Peppers. At the time of airing the halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 115.3 million viewers, later surpassed by the Super Bowl XLIX, Super Bowl 50, and Super Bowl LI halftime shows.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton, receiving two 2014 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program and Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special.^[5] The performance generated 2.2 million tweets, due to interest for tickets to Mars' Moonshine Jungle Tour.^[6]

^ "Bruno Mars' Super Bowl Halftime Show Attracts Record Audience of 115.3 Million". Billboard. February 3, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
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^ Schwindt, Oriana (February 6, 2017). "Super Bowl LI Pulls in 111.3 Million Viewers on Fox, Shy of 2015 Ratings Record". Variety. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
^ "Katy Perry's Halftime Show the Most-Watched in Super Bowl History". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
^ "Emmys think Bruno Mars' halftime show was Super: two nominations". Sporting News. Retrieved February 19, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
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