Super Bowl 2015 Halftime Show - Katy Perry's Performance

Super Bowl 2015 Halftime Show - Katy Perry's Performance : While Taylor Swift was dancing at the American Music Awards, the NFL confirmed that Katy Perry will perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLIX. Perry and Pepsi, the Super Bowl XLIX halftime sponsor, celebrated the announcement by releasing a video to commemorate the occasion.

Super Bowl 2015 Halftime Show :

Super Bowl 2015 Halftime Show

The 30-year-old singer was first rumored for the Super Bowl halftime show back in August when The Wall Street Journal revealed Perry, Coldplay and Rihanna were among finalists for the high-profile job. At the time, it was rumored that the NFL had wanted artists to pay a portion of their post-halftime show income to the league as compensation for being picked. Perry, however, said she wouldn't participate in that pay-for-play scheme. "I'm not the kind of girl who would pay to play the Super Bowl,"Perry said on ESPN back in October.

Super Bowl XLIX will take place on Feb. 1, 2015 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix. Perry joins Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Madonna, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2 as recent Super Bowl halftime show performers.

Super Bowl 2015 Halftime Show Performance - Perry :

Katy Perry is on top of the football world. Just a few days after calling Ole Miss' upset win over Alabama on College GameDay, reports dropped that Perry will perform at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix.

Reports come from Page 6 as well as Billboard. Rumors had leaked that unlike in previous years, the NFL would ask performers to play at this year's Super Bowl, causing Perry to say that she was "not the kind of girl who would pay to play the Super Bowl."

It's not clear if Perry or the NFL caved, but we're pretty sure both parties will be okay with the arrangement: The NFL wins by having an pop sensation whose last two albums have hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts, and Perry wins by appearing on the most-watched event of the year.

Perry had long been a dark horse candidate to play the biggest performance slot in American pop culture, and now we know that the California girl will be the one crowds will roar for. We're unconditionally excited about the fireworks she has in store. Part of me had hoped that Perry would earn the coveted slot when her name was part of early rumors, but I was worried: The NFL's "this is how we do things" attitude about making performers pay clearly had Perry hot and cold, and we were somewhat concerned that mutual stubbornness would turn the hypothetical  halftime performance into the one that got away.