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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/arts/music/super-bowl-halftime-maroon-5-travis-scott-big-boi.html

Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi Will Play Super Bowl Halftime

The N.F.L. on Sunday ended months of uncertainty by officially announcing Maroon 5 and the rappers Travis Scott and Big Boi as the lineup for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

In an indication of how fraught the debate around the high-profile performance has become, Scott released a statement on Sunday announcing that he and the N.F.L. will partner on a $500,000 donation to the social justice group Dream Corps — a move that seemed to be aimed at stemming a backlash from groups that have criticized the football league’s policies.

Sources familiar with the N.F.L.’s Super Bowl plans had confirmed the rock band Maroon 5 as the headliner as long ago as September, and Scott emerged last month as a reported addition to the Feb. 3 halftime performance at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Big Boi, the newest name on the bill, is a member of the Atlanta rap group Outkast.

But the run-up to this year’s halftime announcement had turned into a

   skirmish over sports and politics, as artists and others criticized the N.F.

L. over its treatment of Colin Kaepernick and other players who have

taken a knee during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice.

[The New York Times]

Super Bowl LIII, the 53rd Super Bowl and the 49th modern-era National Football League (NFL)

championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2018 NFL season.

The game is scheduled to be played on February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium 

in Atlanta, Georgia.  This will be the third Super Bowl in Atlanta, having previously hosted 

Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 at the Georgia Dome.