Usher and H.E.R. perform during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Usher headlined the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, but he didn’t…

Producer and musician Narada Michael Walden has updated his San Francisco Super Bowl anthem, “We’re the 49ers.” You’d be hard-pressed to get Narada Michael Walden to pick a favorite between writing and producing hits for Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, or sneaking members of the San Francisco 49ers into…

Insert Foot is cool with Taylor Swift but less so with the NFL and the Super Bowl. Let’s talk Tay-Tay, Trav-Trav and how, yes, of course the biggest story in professional football continues right through the Super Bowl, because how could it not? The points: In this corner, the…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It was halftime at Levi’s Stadium, the score 24–7 in favor of the Detroit Lions, and the mood about as dismal as one could imagine. The stadium rocked to its foundation for the player intros and that was basically the last thing 49ers were able…

Rihanna performs during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Feb. 12, 2023. Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images. 6:45 p.m. Rihanna’s representatives have now confirmed that she is, indeed, pregnant. — Rihanna made a grand public return to the world stage…

Insert Foot ain’t feeling the Super Bowl this year. Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Chris Martin just called me an idiot. I’ve been called worse by much better singers. The Coldplay frontman recently gushed a steaming pile of smelly fanboy nonsense to Apple Music 1, eventually blithering “You have to be…

Insert Foot is ready for Jeff Tweedy, his first concert in nearly two years. Original photo: Karen Goldman/STAFF. I’m going to my first concert in two years on Monday, which is exciting, if not a little scary. But first I need to check and see if the coast is…

Eminem performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 13, 2022. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images. It was an Aftermath reunion, as legends from the ’90s and 2000s took to the stage at the Super Bowl LVI half-time show at…

Insert Foot is ready for the Super Bowl halftime show. Hi there! You all excited about today’s Super Bowl halftime show? Awesome. Good for you! Up with people! I’m not excited, and down with people. Halftime show people. Disclaimer: I not going to hammer home my original angle, which…

Jake from State Farm, you deserved so much better than Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers, man. It’s amazing how fast and efficiently that dude burned down his image and legacy. If you missed the beginning of the story: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, that guy who hangs out with…