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Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Should Nickelback Perform at the Packers-Lions Thanskgiving Game?

More than 45,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Canadian rock band to be replaced from the nationally televised halftime show.

Nickelback? Step back! Detroit Lions fans are rallying against the Canadian rockers after they were announced as the halftime band for the Thanksgiving game versus our own Green Bay Packers.  Dennis Guttman, a student at the University of Michigan, has started a petition to ask the Lions to drop Nickelback from the rock band’s scheduled appearance at the Nov. 24 game. The petition rails against the group, asking "Does anyone even like Nickelback?" One commenter, Eva Blankinship, said she would "rather drink bleach than listen to Nickelback and have them associated with Detroit." As of Tuesday, Nov. 8, more than 45,000 people have signed Guttman’s online petition, and the pushback against Nickelback has drawn attention from national media …

Herbert

9:46 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Detroit finally has some success on the field after what 16 years or so now they think they can dictate who plays at halftime? Nickelback is better than the trainwreck of a half time show the NFL made us sit through at the Super Bowl last season... anything is better than that fiasco.   more ›

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