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Fact #113903

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Short story:

Paul McCartney plays at Half-time during the SuperBowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Also on the bill are Alicia Keys and The Black Eyed Peas.

Full article:

James 'Winky' Fairorth (CEO, TAIT Towers set construction) : A big moment for TAIT with Paul McCartney happened on the 2005 Superbowl Halftime show, when we were able to deploy the LED floor and the 30' tall lighting towers in the required nine minute time frame. It was a very powerful design envisioned by Roy Bennett, and came at a crucial time period in the Halftime show evolution, as it was the year following the "wardrobe malfunction".  The success of that show evolved to The "US" Tour which began in September of 2005.  Yet again, Paul and Roy pushed the technology by designing a full stage LED floor with a curved upstage ramp and a seamless center stage elevator for the piano.  The show was very innovative for the time and very successful.  This brought our two organizations very close to each other.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, for Audience magazine, Sep 2014)