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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the halftime show during Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
British rockers The Who are the latest megastars to be tapped for a Super Bowl performance. But the game's halftime show has a track record of controversy and lackluster performances. Today: a Soundcheck Smackdown debate on live music at the Super Bowl. Plus: pianist Garrick Ohlsson on Chopin, "the poet of the piano."
Behind the Halftime Show
Over 100 million viewers are expected to tune in for Super Bowl 44 on Sunday night. For an inside perspective on the event we're joined by Don Mischer, a veteran director and producer of live television events including several Super Bowl Halftime Shows. He's the winner of 13 Emmy Awards.
Smackdown: The Halftime Show
Lampooned and celebrated in equal measure, Super Bowl halftime shows are a lightning rod. Some of the biggest stars in music take the stage -- but not without controversy. Performances can be underwhelming, predictable and even censored. (Or not, in the case of Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction in 2004.) As ...
Garrick Ohlsson
Chopin might be Garrick Ohlsson's destiny. In 1970, Ohlsson was the first American to win the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition. He has recorded the complete Chopin piano works -- twice. Now, Ohlsson is celebrating Chopin's bicentennial as part of a Lincoln Center series. He talks about the celebrated "poet ...
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