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EVENT: Madonna at the Super Bowl Was a Well-Planned–and Shockingly Transparent–Ad for Her New Album, “Mdna.”

By All About Jazz News on February 6, 2012

To label the selection of Madonna as a halftime performer at the Super Bowl as curious is to neglect the surreal history of what has become one of the year's most discussed 10 minutes of music on American television. From the high-water mark Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake nip slip to the weird nonsequitur Rolling Stones gig to a children's choir singing "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," the Super Bowl has never been short on ridiculousness...

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