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Adam Levine wanted to stage a Super Bowl half-time show for years and it seems like he'll finally be able to fulfill his wish.
According to Variety, Maroon 5 has been titled at the half-time Super Bowl LIII, which means that Levine, the lead singer, will be at the center of CBS when the halftime show airs on February 3 in Atlanta.
Despite Variety reporting, the NFL would not confirm or deny that Maroon 5 would be the halftime performers.
"It's a Super Bowl tradition to speculate on artists for the Pepsi half-time show," the league said in a statement. "We continue to work with Pepsi on our projects, but we have no ads to make on what will be another epic show."
Although Maroon 5 has been producing hits for almost two decades, the band could not play at the Super Bowl, which is why three years ago Levine decided to let the NFL know that his group would be very interested in land the coveted part-time concert.
"We really want to play the Super Bowl," said Levine in an interview in 2015, via the Hollywood Reporter.
With the Super Bowl LIII, Maroon 5 hopes to surpass the enormous numbers of viewers proposed by several previous artists. In February 2015, Katy Perry set the audience record at halftime when 120.7 million people listened to the Super Bowl XLIX. At the Super Bowl LI, Lady Gaga almost surpassed this figure when she drew 117.5 viewers for her show, the second-most-watched half-time show of all time.
Maroon 5 joins recent halftime artists like Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Madonna, The Who, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2.
In addition, the mere fact that Maroon 5 is the main act does not mean that they will necessarily be the only group involved in the show at halftime. In three of the last five years, the main act has shared the stage with several other singers, including the Super Bowl 50, when Coldplay was joined by Beyonce and Bruno Mars on stage at Levi's Stadium.
Here is the complete list of Half-Bow Super Bowl artists and themes:
2018 Justin Timberlake
2017: Lady Gaga
2016: Coldplay, Beyonce, Bruno Mars
2015: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott
2014: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2013: Beyonce
2012: Madonna
2011: The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
2010: Who
2009 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
2008: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2007: Prince and the Florida A & M Band
2006: The stones that roll
2005: Paul Mccartney
2004: Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
2003: Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
2002 U2
2001 "The Kings of Rock and Pop" with Aerosmith, "N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
2000 "A tapestry of the nations" starring Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and a choir of 80 people
1999: "Celebrating Soul, Salsa and Swing" with Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover Tap Dancer
1998 "A tribute to Motown's 40th birthday", including Boyz II men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations
1997: "Blues Brothers Bash" starring Dan Akroyd, John Goodman and James Belushi (also with "The Godfather of Soul" James Brown and ZZ Top)
1995 "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye" starring Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval, the Miami Sound Machine and waterfalls, including fire and paratroopers. Final included public participation with glow sticks
1994 "Rockin 'Country Sunday" with Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd. Final included flashlight stunt
1993 "Heal the World" starring Michael Jackson and 3,500 local kids. Final included the stunts of audience cards.
1992 "Winter Magic" including a tribute to the winter season and the Winter Olympics with Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill
1991 "A Small World Welcomes 25 Years of the Super Bowl" Featuring New Kids on the Block
1990: "Hello New Orleans" and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts Characters, with Trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas
1989 "Be Bop Bamboozled" with 3D effects
1988 "Something Big" with 88 grand pianos, Rockettes and Chubby Checker
1987: "Hello Centennial Hollywood"
1986 "Beat of the Future"
1985 "A world of children's dreams"
1984 "Hi Super Bowl XVIII Silver Screen Superstars"
1983 "KaleidoSUPERscope" (a kaleidoscope of colors and sounds)
1982: "A homage to the 60s and Motown"
nineteen eighty one: "A festival of mardi gras"
1980: "A tribute to the era of the big band" with Up with People
1979 "Super Bowl XIII Carnival" Hi Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean groups
1978 "From Paris to Paris in America" with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt
1977: "It's a small world," including crowd participation for the first time with spectators waving colorful placards on the tail
1976: "200 years old and just a baby" tribute to the bicentennial of America
1975: "Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer Ellington Group and Grambling State
1974: "A musical America" with the University of Texas group
1973: "Happiness is." with the fanfare of the University of Michigan and Woody Herman
1972: "Hi to Louis Armstrong" with Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and the US Marine Corps Drill Team
1971: Florida A & M band
1970: Carol Channing
1969: "America Thanks" with the group Florida A & M University
1968: Grambling State Band
1967 Fanfares of the University of Arizona and Grambling State
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