Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be performing at the half-time slot of the Super Bowl Game, billed as annually the most-watched musical performance in the United States.

On Sunday night, the NFL and NBC issued a joint statement announcing that the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIII half-time show will feature performances by rock icon Bruce Springsteen as well as the E Street Band. The Super Bowl is scheduled to take place on 1February next year at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

The Super Bowl half-time show attracts the largest percentage of viewers annually in the country. According to an estimate, this year’s half-time show was watched by 148 million people in the US alone while being telecast in 230 nations and territories across the world. The half-time spectacle of the championship game of American football this year featured Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The half-time show of the Super Bowl will be aired on the NBC network and is an NFL network production. With this act, Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band will be entering the league of high-profile artists like Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, U2, Prince and Janet Jackson who all have performed at the Super Bowl half-time spectacle in recent times.