American pop-rockers Maroon 5 are set to take on one of the toughest challenges in their career; performing for more than 100 million people. According to Variety, the Adam Levine-fronted band is set to headline the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show. It is important to note that the news came from inside sources and wasn’t confirmed by the National Football League or representatives from the band.
This will be the first time Maroon 5 performs on one of the most watched television events in the whole world. They will have a hard task of topping last year’s headliner Justin Timberlake, whose halftime performance drew more than 106 million television viewers in the United States alone. This is why the band might opt to bring in some guest to the show, which isn’t an unusual thing for headliners to do. Maroon 5 will have plenty of fellow music stars to choose from, considering they have done a number of collaborations in the recent time including “I Like It,” with Cardi B and “Don’t Wanna Know,” with Kendrick Lamar.
The decision of NFL to pick Maroon 5 as headliners for 2019 Super Bowl halftime show isn’t a surprising one. The band enjoyed significant mainstream success in the recent years and is probably viewed as a low-risk solution by the organization, mainly because most other popular music stars already performed at the show.
Maroon 5 will perform at the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show coming fresh off their new studio album, Red Pill Blues. The record debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and had strong commercial performance which pushed the band’s total album sales over 75 million, making them one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
