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Carrie Underwood set to sing national anthem and The Who doing halftime show

 

The Indianapolis Colts will take on the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV (44) on Sunday (February 7th) at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida. The official kick-off is 6:25 ET on CBS.

Chris Daughtry, Steve Winwood and Queen Latifah will perform during the Super Bowl pre-game tailgate party, which kicks off at 2 p.m. Carrie Underwood will sing the national anthem, and Queen Latifah will perform "America the Beautiful." Underwood joins other big names who have sung the national anthem at the game, including Beyonce and Whitney Houston. The Who will play this year's halftime show, performing a 12 minute- medley of songs.

Barenaked Ladies will play the Super Bowl Saturday Night event with O.A.R. and Robert Randolph & The Family Band.
SUPER BOWL FACTS

This the fourth Super Bowl appearance for the Colts and the first for the Saints.
This marks the 10th Super Bowl played in Miami and the fifth at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Seating capacity is 74,000.
At last check, tickets to the Super Bowl this year were going online for between $1,300 to $226,000 each.
Indianapolis will be the home team and use the South sideline. The Colts have their choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys.
The winning team receives permanent possession of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver trophy created by Tiffany & Company and valued at more than $25,000. The trophy was named after the late coach of the two-time Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers prior to the 1971 Super Bowl.
The Super Bowl winners get $83,000 per man. The losers get $42,000 per man.
To date, 3,347,608 have attended Super Bowl games -- that's nearly the entire population of the state of Connecticut. The largest crowd was 103,985 at the 14th Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Industry analysts say that more than $200 million will be spent on Super Bowl ads, including the pre- and post-game shows.
According to Price Waterhouse, Super Bowl XLIV is expected to add $153 million to South Florida's economy this year.
When President Barack Obama was asked who he wanted to win the Super Bowl, he said liked both teams but that he was rooting for the New Orleans Saints "a little bit."
The Lingerie Bowl will air online during half time at LFLUS.com.
Twilight's Taylor Lautner is among the stars playing in the Super Bowl celebrity football game on Saturday (February 6th). It's the fourth annual DirecTV Celebrity Beach Bowl and will air on DirecTV (on the 101 Network).