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2008 Super Bowl half time show slot has been filled with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers beating out acts like The Eagles in a “who can find the oldest band still touring” competition.

I kid. I like Tom Petty. Particularly as Lefty on “King of the Hill”, and I’m glad to see him score this high profile gig. The Super Bowl half time show still seems like it will never live down the 2004 incident with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake – which has apparently ruined the chances of current pop music EVER being on the Super Bowl stage again.

In an interesting side note, Tom Petty is a very vocal opponent of corporate sponsorship of music events. I’m sure he’ll be thinking about that when he steps on The Bridgestone Corporation stage and plays to 40 million people in January.