Pop diva Beyonce thrilled the Super Bowl crowd Sunday with a pyrotechnic half-time spectacular that doubled as a much-anticipated Destiny’s Child reunion.

Fireworks burst into the sky from the Superdome field just vacated by the game-leading Baltimore Ravens and lagging San Franciso 49s as the 31-year-old chart-topper took the stage with “Crazy in Love.”

Blowing a kiss to the live television camera after her opening number, she looked relieved to get the much-hyped, 15-minute show underway, but the real treat came when Destiny‘s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams joined her on stage.

They appeared in matching Rubin Singer black leather warrior-woman bodysuits and dizzying stilettos as did an ever-growing, all-female army of dancers, with musicians cast off on the sidelines.

“Bootylicious,” “Halo” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” rounded out the greatest-hits performance with a sci-fi edge that set it apart from Madonna’s hyperactive Super Bowl half-time effort last year.

“Thank you for this moment,” a beaming Beyonce told the cheering crowd at the conclusion. “God bless you all.”

Beyonce had promised to sing live at the Super Bowl, acknowledging that she had sung over a pre-recorded version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Barack Obama‘s second-term inauguration on January 21.

Singing the pre-game national anthem Sunday was Alicia Keys, performing solo at a grand piano, after Jennifer Hudson and the Sandy Hook Elementary School choir from Newtown, Connecticut sang “America the Beautiful.”

The school was the scene of one of the worst mass murders in US history in December when a lone young gunman cut down 20 pupils and six teachers before taking his own life. He had earlier killed his mother at their home. (AFP)






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[포토] 비욘세 ’슈퍼볼’서 과감한 시스루 의상



비욘세가 일루이지애나주(州) 미국 뉴올리언스 스타디움에서 3일(현지시각) 열린 미 프로풋볼(NFL) 수퍼볼(superbowl) 하프타임 중 공연을 선보였다.

비욘세는 첫 곡으로 "크레이지 인 러브 (Crazy in Love)"를 부르며 무대에 등장했다.

이 날 공연에서는 "데스티니스 차일드 (Destiny’s Child)의 멤버 켈리 롤랜드 (Kelly Rowland) 와 미셸 윌리암스 (Michelle Williams) 가 함께 무대를 빛냈다.
데스티니스 차일드는 지난 29일 8년 만에 신곡 ‘Nuclear’를 수록한 베스트 앨범 ‘Love Songs’를 전세계 동시 발매한 바 있다.

이날 경기에서는 볼티모어 레이븐스가 샌프란시스코 포티나이너스(49ers)를 누르고 12년 만에 정상에 올랐다.