This Day in Pop: Britney performs at the Super Bowl XXXV Halftime show with Aerosmith in 2001 (January 28)

[PokemonSpears]

On January 28, 2001, the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show took place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The show, dubbed as "The Kings of Rock and Pop" was produced by MTV and it was headlined by Aerosmith and NSYNC, with guest appearances by Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly, Tremors and The Earthquake Horns. It was the first time in a Super Bowl halftime show that fans stood in the field around the stage.

The show started with a sketch with Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Aerosmith and NSYNC, followed by this setlist:

• Bye Bye Bye (NSYNC)
• I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
• It's Gonna Be Me (NSYNC and Tremors featuring The Earthquake Horns)
• Jaded (Aerosmith)
• Walk This Way ((Aerosmith, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly)

 

 

 

[Blackout2006]

Did she sing live since there was no dancing involved?

[FemmeFataleBrit]

I still maintain that this was one of her greatest looks ever.

[BRITannico]

A doll!! 

[Korb]

But Wow what a moment I will never forget

[Stannedforever]

I love this but to this day I can't get over the fact that she didn't get her own super bowl halftime show between 1999-2005. OR imagine if she would have been performing with Janet instead of Justin. She didn't even get to perform her own song in 2001 

[Korb]

21 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

Did she sing live since there was no dancing involved?

Yup. Sis sang live on this 100%. She sounded so good too and was at a comfortable place in her range. She didn't even skip a beat even though she almost trips at 8:25.

[Blackout2006]

15 minutes ago, Korb said:

Yup. Sis sang live on this 100%. She sounded so good too and was at a comfortable place in her range. She didn't even skip a beat even though she almost trips at 8:25.

Watch the Beyonce stans say it was pre-recorded vocals

[britneyluv]

1 hour ago, PokemonSpears said:

On January 28, 2001, the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show took place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The show, dubbed as "The Kings of Rock and Pop" was produced by MTV and it was headlined by Aerosmith and NSYNC, with guest appearances by Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly, Tremors and The Earthquake Horns. It was the first time in a Super Bowl halftime show that fans stood in the field around the stage.

The show started with a sketch with Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Aerosmith and NSYNC, followed by this setlist:

• Bye Bye Bye (NSYNC)
• I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
• It's Gonna Be Me (NSYNC and Tremors featuring The Earthquake Horns)
• Jaded (Aerosmith)
• Walk This Way ((Aerosmith, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly)

 

 

 

@PokemonSpears I love your "This Day in History" posts but never really know whether you actually got to witness them when they happened or whether your knowledge is just from research, but I hope you got to see this in real time because it was LEGENDARY 

[PokemonSpears]

30 minutes ago, britneyluv said:

@PokemonSpears I love your "This Day in History" posts but never really know whether you actually got to witness them when they happened or whether your knowledge is just from research, but I hope you got to see this in real time because it was LEGENDARY 

I did get to see this like most of the halftime shows, but of course I don't know the dates by heart or anything That's why I've created the Calendar entries here on Exhale to remind me of the anniversaries lol

There are many other performances and stuff, that I didn't get to see when they happened until years later when they appeared on Youtube, basically all the stuff that happened overseas. I usually use Wikipedia (though the dates aren't accurate all the time so I have to check several sources), Xray, Britney-Online, archived pages of worldofbritney, etc.

I first started creating the singles, albums and videos releases (along with other users when the Calendar feature was first created) then I moved to the Award performances, perfume releases, TV appearances (I still haven't done all of them) and then I started adding other performances and stuff.

I also have a plan to rescue the "This Day in Britney's life" to include candids, social media posts, etc, but that will take a greater effort and right now I don't have the time to do so, it would be great to have volunteers... but my idea is to create these entries on the Calendar, instead of a featured thread, so they can stay there for everyone to see, and also to not spam the main page that much.

[rennen]

1 hour ago, Korb said:

Yup. Sis sang live on this 100%. She sounded so good too and was at a comfortable place in her range. She didn't even skip a beat even though she almost trips at 8:25.

She sounds really good at the start when singing with Steven Tyler but she sounds badly out of breath when she's singing with JT and that other boyband member. 

I do love this performance tho. You can also hear her quite clearly near the end when they're all singing. 

[rennen]

2 hours ago, PokemonSpears said:

 

 

 

Queen Mary J making sure Britney's name was mentioned when asked about the performance. 

[MeAgainstTheMusic_]

It’s criminal that Britney hasn’t had her own Superbowl Halftime Show performance. I wish she had did it in her prime or at least 2016 when she was feeling it. 

Imagine the show she’d put on. A Circus themed Superbowl would have been a good concept 

[Alestaos]

What an epic look

[FraFromThe90's]

It's sad that she didn't have her own super bowl. Think at Britney in 2001 with a super bowl with fantastic props as the water shower of her DWAD tour.. It would have been the best superbowl 4 ever

[Jordan Miller]

Legit iconic and a career milestone

[Midnight]

Love this performance, hopefully someday she can have her own performance she's too iconic not to.

[Leolileinstein]

23 hours ago, PokemonSpears said:

On January 28, 2001, the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show took place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The show, dubbed as "The Kings of Rock and Pop" was produced by MTV and it was headlined by Aerosmith and NSYNC, with guest appearances by Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly, Tremors and The Earthquake Horns. It was the first time in a Super Bowl halftime show that fans stood in the field around the stage.

The show started with a sketch with Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Aerosmith and NSYNC, followed by this setlist:

• Bye Bye Bye (NSYNC)
• I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
• It's Gonna Be Me (NSYNC and Tremors featuring The Earthquake Horns)
• Jaded (Aerosmith)
• Walk This Way ((Aerosmith, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Nelly)

 

 

 

She SLAYED that performance 

[Frankie8]

I remember watching this and thinking where's Britney, where is Britney, because I felt like it was taking forever for her to come out.

She did sound good, and when I first saw it, it looked like she went the wrong way for a second and that is why she wasn't at her place to begin singing her second part to walk between JT and Chris. Like she had to start singing before she got to where she was supposed to be to walk down the ramp.

[Brit Brit]

One of her most iconic, yet forgettable moments in her career. I'm probably in the minority, but I sometimes forget she even did this performance, as she was only a guest spot with them.