SPIN.com's 5 Most Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Performances!

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play Sunday's show. Check out the best gigs from the past decade.
Bono of U2 at the 2002 Super Bowl

Joining the likes of Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones, and Paul McCartney before him, Jersey-bred rock'n'roller and SPIN cover boy Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band will headline Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show (game starts at 6:28 p.m. EST on NBC).

Free Download: Will.i.Am's Obama Tribute

Click here for "America's Song," a patriot ballad featuring Bono, Seal, and Mary J. Blige -- and available for a limited time only!
Will.I.Am

On Barack Obama's inauguration day, Will.i.Am is again paying tribute to the Chicago native and the Red, White, and Blue.

Exclusive Stream: Mark Ronson & Mary J. Blige Remix Maroon 5

The producer extraordinaire teams with the soulful diva to bring an urban edge to suburbia's favorite pop rock groovies.
Maroon 5

Between sessions producing new tunes for the likes Slash and Amy Winehouse, sought after knob-twister Mark Ronson worked his magic on this soulful remix of Maroon 5's "Wake Up Call," off the band's new album, Call and Response: The Remix Album, due Dec. 9.

Where Have All the Great Rock Singers Gone?

On the anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death, SPIN's Abigail Everdell considers the current woeful state of music's frontmen.
Freddie Mercury / Thom Yorke (Photo: Shawna Adams)

Today, 17 years after Freddie Mercury's passing, I've found myself wondering: Where have all the great rock singers gone?

Jay-Z, Beyonce, Diddy Party for Obama in Philly

Hip-hop stars headline an intimate gathering for 10,000 like-minded friends. See photos here!
Russell Simmons, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Beyonce in Philly / Photo by Brett Brownell

With the presidential campaign entering its final stretch, a cavalcade of hip-hop royalty turned out Monday in North Philadelphia -- the biggest city in one of this election's key swing states -- to get out the vote for Democratic nominee Barack Obama. Jay-Z, Beyonce, Diddy, and Mary J.

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