NFL Nixes Bono And Jennifer Lopez Super Bowl AIDS Tribute

The New York Daily News hears that U2 singer Bono proposed to the NFL that he and Jennifer Lopez perform his single ‘An American Prayer’, his song concerning the African AIDS crisis, during the February 1st Super Bowl extravaganza in Houston and thus raise awareness of the growing catastrophe. But last week, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue’s office summarily rejected Bono’s proposal, saying the show – which is being sponsored by AOL to the tune of $8 million – is for entertainment, not for flogging worthy causes. “We simply decided that we were going to have our halftime show, and we were going to deliver, as we do annually, an extremely entertaining halftime show,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy explained. “We don’t believe it’s appropriate to focus on a single issue.”