Justin Timberlake has finally been invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show, 14 years after the 91Ƶwardrobe malfunction91Ƶ with Janet Jackson caused a national controversy.
The NFL announced Sunday night that Timberlake will headline the Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 4 in Minnesota.
This will be Timberlake91Ƶs third Super Bowl halftime performance, the most for any entertainer. Timberlake performed at the 2001 Super Bowl with N91ƵSync, and he sang 91ƵRock Your Body91Ƶ with Jackson in 2004 in Houston. That performance concluded with Timberlake ripping her costume to reveal her right breast bare except for a nipple shield.
During an interview broadcast at halftime of NBC91Ƶs 91ƵSunday Night Football,91Ƶ Timberlake laughed off questions about a repeat of the infamous moment, which drew CBS a $550,000 fine from the Federal Communications Commission that was later overturned.
91ƵThat won91Ƶt happen this time,91Ƶ he said.
Timberlake has won 10 Grammys, and the Tennessee native also has won four Emmys. He said the best Super Bowl performances have spoken to the mood of the nation.
91ƵWhat I really want to do is take the opportunity to put together a performance that feels like it unifies,91Ƶ Timberlake said. 91ƵI feel like that would be the ultimate accomplishment, and then the icing on the cake is at some point within that 12 minutes that everybody is shaking their booty.91Ƶ
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