Super Bowl halftime headliners
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Super Bowl halftime headliners
Order by the calendar year each Super Bowl halftime show was played. You place all 40 cards on one timeline, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.
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How the Super Bowl halftime show timeline works
Every card is a Super Bowl halftime headliner, with the host city printed under the act's name. You place them by the calendar year the show took place. One show is already down with its year showing, and you work out where each new card fits among the rest. Right gaps reveal the year and the card stays. Wrong gaps still send the card to its proper place, and each one eats into your three lives.
Halftime went from marching bands and wholesome variety troupes to one of the biggest stages in pop, and the switch to superstar headliners is a useful landmark. After that, the order is about knowing when each act was at its peak, though plenty of veterans played the show long after their biggest hits. The host city is a weak clue on its own, since the same warm-weather cities and domed stadiums come up again and again.
Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.
What's in the deck
Here are 28 of the 40 cards you might be dealt, with 12 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.
- Up with People (Miami) Miami, Florida
- Up with People (Pasadena) Pasadena, California
- Up with People (Pontiac) Pontiac, Michigan
- New Kids on the Block Tampa, Florida
- Gloria Estefan Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt and the Judds Atlanta, Georgia
- Patti LaBelle, Tony Bennett and Miami Sound Machine Miami Gardens, Florida
- The Blues Brothers New Orleans, Louisiana
- Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson and the Temptations San Diego, California
- Gloria Estefan and Stevie Wonder Miami Gardens, Florida
- Aerosmith and NSYNC Tampa, Florida
- U2 New Orleans, Louisiana
- Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake Houston, Texas
- Paul McCartney Jacksonville, Florida
- Prince Miami Gardens, Florida
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Glendale, Arizona
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Tampa, Florida
- The Black Eyed Peas Arlington, Texas
- Madonna Indianapolis, Indiana
- Bruno Mars East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Katy Perry Glendale, Arizona
- Lady Gaga Houston, Texas
- Justin Timberlake Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Maroon 5 Atlanta, Georgia
- The Weeknd Tampa, Florida
- Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar Inglewood, California
- Usher Paradise, Nevada
- Kendrick Lamar New Orleans, Louisiana
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