

After Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones and Prince, Petty was up next in 2008 during the incredible Super Bowl between the New York Giants and the then-undefeated New England Patriots. 10) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2008 Tom Petty headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2008 (Getty) No frills, just good old-fashioned rock and roll. Petty appeared following a trying time for the halftime show, as the event scaled back from the pop spectacles in the wake of the Janet Jackson controversy, trending more towards safe, classic rockers to come out and deliver 13 minutes of music. Tom Petty’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Thoroughly OK by Tom Breihan FebruNow watch the iTunes-chart spike Most years, the insane level of pageantry is as much the point of the.

Select from 325 premium Tom Petty Super Bowl of the highest quality. PHOENIX, AZ - FEBRUARY 03: Recording artist Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform during the half time show of the NFL's Super Bowl XLII football game between the New York Giants and the New. The NFL is notoriously tight with their video content, particularly when it comes to their Super Bowl halftime shows (you have to go to a deep corner of the internet to watch Prince’s epic “Purple Rain” in the rain in Miami) but they made an exeption following the passing of Tom Petty, who played the 2008 halftime show in Phoenix. Find Tom Petty Super Bowl stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images.
