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Maroon 5 absolutely slated for Super Bowl LIII halftime show

Published 01:45 4 Feb 2019 GMT

Updated 01:57 4 Feb 2019 GMT

Simon Lloyd
Maroon 5 absolutely slated for Super Bowl LIII halftime show

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 How bad was the first half of Super Bowl LIII? Well, this bad...
https://twitter.com/TheDweck/status/1092227160423702528 With just three New England Patriots points on the board in Atlanta at the end of the second quarter, pretty much everyone was in need of distracting for a few minutes. Thankfully, Maroon 5 did exactly that, giving plenty amongst the hundreds of millions watching a reason to actually want to get back to the football... https://twitter.com/SiClancy/status/1092230487362453510 Plenty were in agreement that Adam Levine and his bandmates underwhelmed... https://twitter.com/AndrewGourdie/status/1092231562995724288 ... to the point where some were briefly excited at the prospect of them being obliterated by a flaming asteroid which appeared to be on a collision course with the stage upon which they were performing https://twitter.com/nick_pants/status/1092229603194793984 The sight of Outkast's Big Boi was a welcome one. https://twitter.com/DarrMurphy/status/1092231055178899457 ... with some viewers clearly having trouble forgiving Maroon 5 for that fucking advert during the World Cup last summer. https://twitter.com/edsongsofpraise/status/1092228232852717568 There were plenty of other slightly mean things said about them. https://twitter.com/DavidHartrick/status/1092231441826676741 https://twitter.com/joebereta/status/1092235872513060866 But hey, at least people did recognise that Adam Levine had a cool jacket.  https://twitter.com/ThatChris1209/status/1092229828324085766 Cruel. Earlier in the night, soul legend Gladys Knight, back in her home city, performed the national anthem - also managing to upset some of those at home...

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Maroon 5 absolutely slated for Super Bowl LIII halftime show