Super Bowl Halftime Show 2013: Best Halftime Shows Of the 1990s (VIDEO)

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As singer Beyonce — who is scheduled to perform at the XLVII Super Bowl Halftime Show from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on February 3 — faces a backlash over having lip-synced the national anthem at President Obama's second inauguration on Monday, here's a list of the best Super Bowl halftime shows of the 1990s (click here for a list of the best halftime shows of the 2000s).  

1) 1990:

Location: Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Theme: Salute to New Orleans & 40th Anniversary of Peanuts

Performer(s): Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw, Irma Thomas, Nicholls State University Marching Band, Southern University Marching Band, USLMarching Band

2) 1991:

Location: Tampa Stadium (Tampa, Florida)

Theme: Small World Tribute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl

Performer(s): New Kids on the Block, Disney characters, Warren Moon, 2,000 local children, audience card stunt

3) 1992:

Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Theme: Winter Magic and salute to 1992 Winter Olympics

Performer(s): Gloria Estefan with Olympic Figure skaters Brian Boitano & Dorothy Hamill

4) 1993:

Location: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)

Theme: Heal the World

Performer(s): Michael Jackson

5) 1995: 

Location: Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)

Theme: Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye

Performer(s): Patti Labelle, Indiana Jones & Marion Ravenwood, Teddy Pendergrass, Tony Bennett, Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine

6) 1996:

Location: Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, Arizona)

Theme: Take Me Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of the Super Bowl

Performer(s): Diana Ross

7) 1999:

Location: Pro Player Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)

Theme: Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing

Performer(s): Chaka Khan, Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Savion Glover, Kiss