Maroon 5 will reportedly perform at Super Bowl halftime show

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• Maroon 5 has reportedly agreed to perform at Super Bowl LIII.
• The band’s frontman, Adam Levine, has said in the past that
  the band has been on the shortlist for years to play it.

Maroon 5 has finally gotten the call to perform at the Super Bowl
halftime show. 

According to reports in Us Weekly and Variety, the band was offered
the gig and has accepted. Frontman Adam Levine has said in the
past that the band has been on the shortlist to play the Super
Bowl for years.

Maroon 5 is currently on tour promoting its 2017 album, “Red Pill
Blues.”

Playing halftime at the Super Bowl is a prized honor in music.
Everyone from Lady Gaga to Prince has performed at it. Last year,
Justin Timberlake had the honor at Super Bowl LII.

Maroon 5 is certainly a safe choice for the NFL, and it will
likely lead to some groans on social media. Even before the
reports of the band playing Super Bowl LIII (on February 3,
2019), 2014 performer Bruno Mars took to Twitter
pleading with the league to choose a hip-hop artist for the
halftime show.

At least we’ll probably get to see Cardi B, as she’s featured on
the Maroon 5 song, “Girls Like You.”

“It’s a Super Bowl tradition to speculate about the performers
for the Pepsi Halftime Show,” an NFL spokesman said to Business
Insider when asked to confirm the reports. “We are continuing to
work with Pepsi on our plans but do not have any announcements to
make on what will be another epic show.”