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In this Sept. 20, 2015 file photo, James Hetfield of Metallica per-
forms at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pharrell, Metallica
part of Super Bowl
concerts lineup ‘Love Story’ actors return
MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Su-
per Bowl takes place a
week before the Grammys,
but the big game is rival-
ing the awards shows with
a plethora of live concerts
and on-site musicians, from
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
and Metallica to Pharrell
and Skrillex.
Alicia Keys, OneRepub-
lic and the Band Perry will
perform at concerts on
Saturday, Friday and Thurs-
day, respectively. Dave
Matthews Band will take
the stage Thursday and as
part of the Sports Illustrat- perform at the AT&T Park
ed Experience, Iggy Aza-
lea will perform on Friday,
the same night Nick Jonas
will perform at the annual
“ESPN The Party.”
And Avicii, Elle King and
Travis Scott will perform at
a Rolling Stone magazine
party Saturday.
Though Super Bowl 50 will
be held at Levi’s Stadium
in Santa Clara, California,
most of the concerts and
parties will take place in
San Francisco.
Fall Out Boy announced
Monday that they will per-
form Friday during Verizon’s
go90 Live free concert se-
ries at The Regency Ball-
room. The rock band, which
has performed around the
Super Bowl in the past, said
performing ahead of the
big game gives musicians
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Associated Press
Actors Ryan O’Neal, left, and Ali MacGraw hold hands as they are introduced for a talk with stu-
dents on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday Feb. 1, 2016, more than
45 years after the release of their 1970 classic “Love Story.” The duo, now in their 70s, currently are
co-starring in a national tour of “Love Letters,” which is about a man and a woman who maintain
contact over 50 years through notes, cards and letters.
Associated Press
the opportunity to gain to Harvard 45 years later
new fans.
“People are there and PHILIP MARCELO O’Neal noted cancer, like nearly every hand in the
they’re hyped for the Su- Associated Press in the movie, played a big room shot up.
per Bowl, so it’s a chance CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — part in his life. He recently Alana Davitt, a freshman
to win people over, which Actors Ali MacGraw and battled leukemia, which from Virginia, said the film is
is awesome,” frontman Ryan O’Neal rolled onto he says is now in remission. iconic, even for students of
Pete Wentz said in an in- the Harvard campus Mon- He also alluded to the 2009 her generation.
terview last week. Skrillex day in an antique convert- death of his longtime com- She noted that the univer-
and country singer Hunter ible similar to the one used panion, actress Farrah Faw- sity’s Crimson Key Society,
Hayes are also part of the in “Love Story” and remi- cett, who died of cancer in a student group, hosts a
lineup for the go90 Live, nisced about the film that 2009. screening of the movie
which is offering free tickets made them household “Love Story” was about a each year as a sort of rite
on a first-come, first-served names nearly half a cen- wealthy Harvard student of passage for incoming
basis at http://www.go90. tury ago. who marries a less wealthy freshman.
com/sanfrancisco. Hunter Both actors said in a discus- student over his parents’ Some students even wore
and Skrillex will perform on sion with students that the objections. But the girl is black “Camp Tuckahoe”
Thursday and Saturday, movie, which was partly diagnosed with leukemia T-shirts, a reference to the
respectively. Metallica will shot on campus, has spe- and dies. summer camp where Mac-
cial meaning now that It was a huge box office Graw’s character in “Love
the night before the big they’re in their 70s and in success that received Story” worked as a coun-
game, where the Carolina twilight of their careers. seven Academy Award selor.
Panthers will take on the They are co-stars in a na- nominations and gave pop The two actors said “Love
Denver Broncos and half- tional tour of the play “Love culture an oft-quoted line: Letters” also has special
time show performers in- Letters,” which has a one- “Love means never having meaning for them. The play
clude Beyoncé and Cold- week run in Boston starting to say you’re sorry.” is about two people who
play. Wentz, who said he Tuesday. Both actors admitted they take very different paths in
joined a fantasy football MacGraw said being at haven’t seen the movie in life but still maintain con-
league this year but lost, Harvard brought back fond years. They also said they tact through notes, cards
said he’s rooting for both memories that few of her had a crush on each other and letters for more than
teams — sort of. “If I was a subsequent experiences in during filming, though both 50 years. The play, which
10-year-old right now, I feel film ever matched. were married at the time. includes performances in
like there’s no way you’re “It was a wonderful, won- “Ryan and I clicked imme- Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas
not a Cam Newton fan. He derful adventure that was diately,” said MacGraw. and Baltimore, will have its
optimizes cool and he looks followed by some pretty “We just had a chemistry.” Boston run at Citi Shubert
like he’s having fun every dramatic stuff in my private “Love Story” also has a spe- Theatre. “I’m at the age of
moment he’s playing,” life,” she said. cial place in Harvard tradi- the woman that this is writ-
he said. “But at the same MacGraw, who now lives in tion. ten about, and my life ex-
time, we watched the New Mexico, walked away When the arts journalist and perience includes some of
Broncos-Patriots game with from acting in the years af- moderator Alicia Anstead those experiences,” Mac-
my buddies from Denver ter her breakout role and asked the 70 or so people Graw said. “This is a life that
...and it was cool ‘cause it has written about her strug- in attendance how many makes sense to me. There-
was emotional for them, so gles with addiction. had seen the 1970 film, fore it’s fun.”q
maybe I’m for the Broncos
a little bit for my friends.”q