Last minute Super-Bowl switch
Destiny’s Child changed their Super Bowl set list at the last minute.
The Survivor hitmakers – consisting of Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams – were originally set to sing their 1999 hit Bills, Bills, Bills when they reunited during Beyonce’s half-time performance in New Orleans on Sunday (3 February), but the song was axed at the eleventh hour in favour of 2001 track Bootylicious because it didn’t match the high energy of the rest of the singer’s seven-minute set.
A source told UsMagazine.com: "They kept rehearsing with Bills, Bills, Bills. And the band started saying, ‘How come they’re not doing Bootylicious?
"Bills turned out to be too slow and wasn’t flowing with the rest of the set. Bootylicious was a better way to introduce the girls with their names. It worked so much better."
The trio – who last performed on stage together in 2007 – also sang their smash hit, Independent Woman during the Destiny’s Child medley, reportedly nixing their recently released song Nuclear, which appears on new compilation album, Love Songs, a collection of the band’s biggest ballads.
Following the energetic reunion, which closed with Rowland (31) and Williams (32) joining Beyonce on her solo hit Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), the 31-year-old star thanked her bandmates – as well as fellow singers Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson, who sang the American national anthem – in a handwritten message posted on her Instagram account.
She wrote: "What a proud day for African-American women! Kelly, Michelle, Alicia, J-Hud … You are all beautiful, talented and showed so much class! It was an honor to perform at the Super Bowl with you phenomenal ladies. Love, Beyonce. (sic)"
Williams added on her Twitter account: "Had a great time w/my sisters tonight!! Tried to keep it a surprise!! Love you all…God bless!! (sic)"
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