Prince Super Bowl

Prince Super bowl Half Time Show

Following a reportedly unimpressive opening rendition of the "National Anthem" by Billy Joel, pop legend Prince gave an energizing performance at the February 4, 2006 Super Bowl XLI Halftime show. The show was performed at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida to a worldwide audience of roughly 1 billion people. The entertainer, famous for his spectacular live shows, arrived on a stage shaped like his abstract symbol sporting a tight blue suit and a black do-rag. He blew audiences away with performances of his hit songs, including "Let's Go Crazy," "Proud Mary," and "Purple Rain." During "Proud Mary," in an elaborateness truly Prince-worthy, a fully equipped marching band strutted up and down the field in sync to the song's tune. Magnificent lighting effects dominated the performance while Prince worked his finger magic on the guitar. The show was sponsored by Pepsi and produced by Don Mischer Productions and White Cherry Entertainment.

Prince Super Bowl Video

Fans of the pop icon Prince can now view his entire Super Bowl XLI Halftime performance in Miami, Florida online at veoh.com, an internet video and television sharing website. The video shows Prince singing and playing his hit songs with back-up dancers clad in black and white choreographed to swarm and twirl around him in heightened grandeur. Also featured, are a few close-ups and pans of the enthralled audience running up to the stage and screaming at the bottom. The video captures this electrifying performance from the series of white fireworks which light up the stage to the final laser infused light show which ends it.

Prince Super Bowl Pictures

Most pictures of Prince during his Super Bowl XLI half time show performance show the surprisingly youthful-looking 48-year old pop star ripping away on his flamboyantly purple guitar, which is also shaped like his iconic abstract symbol. However, in somewhat controversial pictures aired by NBC on February 7, 2006, Prince is shown in silhouette behind a cream colored curtain performing a solo of his hit, "Purple Rain" during the Super Bowl XLI half time show. The shadow cast by the shape of his body and his guitar suggested phallic imagery to some viewers, which is up to debate but not out of character for the hyper sexual artist. Most fans, however, were unsurprised by the photos, attesting that the guitar has always held phallic connotations and that sexuality is part of the pop icon allure.