Playlist Shuffle

Lots of musicians have been either making appearances or announcing future appearances at sporting events—except for the metal band GWAR, which is receiving an online push to be the halftime act for Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium. The attention-getting pairings are fun for all, but in a few cases the matches of performer and event could have been better.

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Event	Performer	Should be	Reason
Super Bowl XLVIII	Bruno Mars	Bruno Mars	Mass appeal
Texans-Titans	Vanilla Ice	Kings of Leon	From Nashville
NHL opener	Kings of Leon	Vanilla Ice	"Ice, Ice, Baby"
Mayweather fight	Justin Bieber	Eminem	Takes hits, makes hits
Notre Dame--Michigan	Eminem	Justin Bieber	Teenage girls
Mariano Rivera send-off	Metallica	GWAR	Metallica's gone soft

+ The Sept. 14 title bout was a place to preen and be seen, complete with Heidi Klum, George Lopez and Jack Nicholson.

+ Singer James Hetfield was caught toting an Armani shopping bag and wearing flip-flops, so the band's license to rock has been suspended.

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

A fan at Fenway Park had his face bloodied when outfielder Jonny Gomes punted a beer can during a celebration of Boston's division title.

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JEFF KRAVITZ/FILMMAGIC/GETTY IMAGES (MARS)

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BOB LEVEY/GETTY IMAGES (VANILLA ICE)

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KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES (BIEBER)

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JOSEPH OKPAKO/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES (EMINEM)

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ELSA/GETTY IMAGES (METALLICA)

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