Watch: Beyoncé wows live at Superbowl half-time show
04 February 2013, 10:01
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
The Superbowl half-time shows are known more for their controversy than quality: the infamous Janet Jackson boob slip, MIA flipping off America live on camera and Black Eyed Peas being so bad that it was newsworthy.
But if it was one person who could make the thing actually good, it would be Beyoncé. Lucky then that it was her turn to perform this year, bringing a fire-lit live show that ended up causing a power shortage afterwards. That’s just how good it was. Maybe it was caused by people tweeting about the Destiny’s Child live reunion that went down…
Watch it in full above, or over at the NFL website (if the other stream dies).
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