The Goo Goo Dolls take center stage for United Way on Thanksgiving
United Way/NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show • Ford Field, Detroit • November 22 at 12:30 p.m. (ET) on FOX
NFL football on Thanksgiving Day is one of the most treasured traditions of the holiday season and United Way's halftime show with the NFL has become a welcomed addition.
This year, the NFL and United Way are teaming with the Goo Goo Dolls who will perform Top 10 hits “Better Days” and “Stay With You” from their recently released new album The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles, from Warner Bros. Records.
The performance will be the highlight of the halftime show, which focuses on the United Way and NFL’s commitment to youth health and fitness. In this show, United Way hopes to inspire millions of NFL fans to get involved in helping to reverse the growing epidemic of childhood obesity and encourage young fans to “Play 60” by getting 60 minutes of activity each day. Approximately 300 kids will join the Goos on field to help deliver a message about the importance of physical activity.
In recent months, The Goo Goo Dolls, who have had 14 successive Top 10 Hits, set the all-time record for the artist with the most Top 10 hits in Hot AC Radio ever with fourteen. The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles will include the band’s three Number One smashes — “Name,” “Iris,” and “Slide,” — as well as the Top 10’s “Black Balloon,” “Dizzy,” “Broadway,” “Here is Gone,” “Big Machine,” “Sympathy,” “Better Days,” “Stay With You,” and “Let Love In,” the title track from The Goo Goo Dolls most recent album, which has been certified gold.
The group hails from Buffalo, where they are opening a non-profit recording studio, a place for local up-and-coming artists to hone their skills. The group also works closely with USA Harvest to distribute meals to needy residents in each city where they perform. To date, the Goo Goo Dolls and their fans have collected and distributed over two million meals.
The NFL most recently worked with The Goo Goo Dolls in September 2006 when the band helped the New Orleans Saints reopen the Louisiana Superdome. The band performed just prior to the gates opening.
Previous performers at the Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show have included Mariah Carey, Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, John Mellencamp, Enrique Iglesias and John Fogerty. It takes hundreds of people from throughout southeastern Michigan volunteering their time and talents to deliver the 10-minute show, which is produced annually by sports/entertainment company e2k.
NFL football on Thanksgiving Day is one of the most treasured traditions of the holiday season and United Way's halftime show with the NFL has become a welcomed addition.
This year, the NFL and United Way are teaming with the Goo Goo Dolls who will perform Top 10 hits “Better Days” and “Stay With You” from their recently released new album The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles, from Warner Bros. Records.
The performance will be the highlight of the halftime show, which focuses on the United Way and NFL’s commitment to youth health and fitness. In this show, United Way hopes to inspire millions of NFL fans to get involved in helping to reverse the growing epidemic of childhood obesity and encourage young fans to “Play 60” by getting 60 minutes of activity each day. Approximately 300 kids will join the Goos on field to help deliver a message about the importance of physical activity.
In recent months, The Goo Goo Dolls, who have had 14 successive Top 10 Hits, set the all-time record for the artist with the most Top 10 hits in Hot AC Radio ever with fourteen. The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles will include the band’s three Number One smashes — “Name,” “Iris,” and “Slide,” — as well as the Top 10’s “Black Balloon,” “Dizzy,” “Broadway,” “Here is Gone,” “Big Machine,” “Sympathy,” “Better Days,” “Stay With You,” and “Let Love In,” the title track from The Goo Goo Dolls most recent album, which has been certified gold.
The group hails from Buffalo, where they are opening a non-profit recording studio, a place for local up-and-coming artists to hone their skills. The group also works closely with USA Harvest to distribute meals to needy residents in each city where they perform. To date, the Goo Goo Dolls and their fans have collected and distributed over two million meals.
The NFL most recently worked with The Goo Goo Dolls in September 2006 when the band helped the New Orleans Saints reopen the Louisiana Superdome. The band performed just prior to the gates opening.
Previous performers at the Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show have included Mariah Carey, Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, John Mellencamp, Enrique Iglesias and John Fogerty. It takes hundreds of people from throughout southeastern Michigan volunteering their time and talents to deliver the 10-minute show, which is produced annually by sports/entertainment company e2k.
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