Still,EW’s Tim Stack argued in 2013that the 2004 show was the best in recent memory.
The performance also included footage ofan ecstatic JAY-Z accompanied by a supportive Kanye West.
The King of Pop suffered second- and third-degree burns on his scalp.
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With his popularity on the rise, Elvis Presley appeared onThe Milton Berle Showin 1956.
Eventually, she would be covered in blood and dangling above the stage.
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Hereturned to the shownot too long after to defend his performance and play another track.
Perhaps not in a torrential downpour with winds gusting up to 55 miles per hour.
With the rain deluging and winds swirling,Ross went on until it was impossible to continue.
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The stage then began to collapse rapidly, with the band stopping the performance and later continuing.
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There have since beenreports that the entire thing was staged.
With frontman Kurt Cobain in and out of rehab, many had questions about the future of the group.
Cobain entered in a hospital gown, being pushed in a wheelchair, and then pretended to collapse.
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It’s not easy to nab the bigger headline when sharing the stage with Madonna, but M.I.A.
might have managed to do so during her 2012 Super Bowl guest appearance.
TheNFL sued her for $16.6 million, and a settlement was eventually reached.
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Whether a fan or not, Cyrus succeeded in getting everyone talking about her performance.
For what it’s worth,apparently Donald Trump was a big fan.
The series of events was later shown in the 1970 documentaryGimme Shelter.
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Over a decade removed from the incident, Spears has long since proven the performance doesn’t define her.
He played “Radio Radio” instead and subsequently was banned bySNLuntil 1989.
However, ever since thetrial, there has been a debate aboutwhether the incident actually occurred.
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I swear, the guy never did it," Manzarek said.
“He never whipped it out.
It was one of those mass hallucinations.”
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Lead guitarist Pete Townshend later claimed that the incident resulted in hearing loss.
“This is not a mocking of the church,“Madonna said in a statement.
I believe in my heart that if Jesus were alive today he would be doing the same thing.”
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