Super Bowl Performance

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night.

Continuing a run of major talent that has lately included the Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Michael Jackson and, infamously, his sister Janet Jackson, the biggest television event in the nation will showcase one of its most beloved rock 'n' roll artists.

The game will be played Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla. The show last year was watched by more than 148 million U.S. viewers, the NFL said.

Chubby Checker in 1988 was the first popular musician to perform at halftime.