NFL fans split as Jonas Brothers perform bizarre halftime show in front of 100,000 fans at 49ers-Rams Australia game
The NFL marked its first regular-season game in Australia with a halftime performance by the Jonas Brothers, but American football fans were noticeably displeased to see the aging boy band during the Rams-49ers matchup.
‘This Jonas Brothers performance is why we don’t hit quarterbacks anymore,’ podcaster and former Tennessee Titans player Will Compton wrote on X, where he humorously blamed the band for the NFL’s new-age rules at protecting signal callers.
Others were more direct.
‘I’m sorry but we don’t need a Jonas brothers halftime concert in week 1,’ one fan wrote in an X post.
‘This is making a mockery of the game,’ another added. ‘It’s pointless. Treat this like a real regular season game.’
Action Network HQ’s Sean Koerner did not pull any punches: ‘Sending the Jonas Brothers to do the halftime in Australia is a war crime.’
Jonas Brothers perform at half time of the NFL football game between Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday morning in Australia
Fans in Australian Rules Football replica jerseys are seen cheering on the Jonas Brothers
In total the band did five songs, including hits Burnin’ Up, Sucker and Listen When Sad, according to a Jonas Brothers fan account on X.
That account also shared photos of Jonas Brothers NFL merchandise that included a $65 t-shirt and a $135 hoodie, although it’s unclear if those prices were in US dollars or Australian.
Not everyone hated the show. Some NFL fans were just perplexed to see the Jonas Brothers during halftime of a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
‘My wife asked [me] to turn up the halftime show because the Jonas Brothers are singing,’ a fan wrote on X. ‘I asked if they were performing because they are from Australia.’
He then added: ‘I was rudely informed they are from New Jersey.’
One critic described the decision to send the Jonas Brothers to Australia as a ‘war crime’
Some football fans were even excited to see Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas.
‘Jonas brothers half time show,’ Kingdom of Queens podcaster Lexi Osborne wrote on X. ‘I am in HEAVEN.’
But what truly baffled viewers was the presence of so-called ‘fake fans’ – the people who are on hand at NFL stadiums to congregate around the halftime stage like some sort of impromptu rock crowd somehow stumbled upon a live act.
‘FAKE FANS ARE BACK!’ Monday Morning Quarterback’s Albert Breer wrote on X.
‘It’s a Hollywood production,’ one fan responded, ‘the actors are amazing.’
