The Who to play at Super Bowl half-time show
Published Monday November 30th, 2009
The Who will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl this season.
The NFL announced that the longtime rock band known for classic hits such as Pinball Wizard and Baba O'Riley will play Feb. 7 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.
Driven by singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, the band's two remaining original members, The Who gained fame in the mid-1960s and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
Recent halftime acts at the Super Bowl have included Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince and the Rolling Stones.
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An audience member at The Jay Leno Show drove away from the show with a new car.
Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno called his name. The show was taped at NBC studios in Burbank, California, just hours before airtime.
Ngo won a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. He told Leno he was glad to get an upgrade from the 12-year-old car he drives.
The Nebraska native is headed next week to a new assignment at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
His name was drawn from a bowl with names of Air Force audience members after that branch edged Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard rivals in several competitions during the show.
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Celebrity Birthdays:
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* Playwright David Mamet is 62.
* Actress Margaret Whitton is 59.
* Singer-actor Mandy Patinkin is 57.
* Singer Billy Idol is 54.
* Comedian Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) is 52.
* Former football-baseball star Bo Jackson is 47.
* Rapper Jalil of Whodini is 46.
* Actor-director Ben Stiller is 44.
* Actress Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy, Sideways) is 39.
* Country singer Mindy McCready is 34.
* Singer Clay Aiken is 31.
* Actress Elisha Cuthbert (24) is 27.
* Actress Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) is 24.
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