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Band Offers To Pay To Play Super Bowl Halftime Show

08/22/2014
. It was reported this week that the NFL reached out to Coldplay, Rihanna, and Katy Perry and offered them the coveted Super Bowl halftime show if they were willing to pay the sports league for the gig. Now one band has issued a counter offer to the NFL.

British rockers You Me at Six, who topped the UK album chart and the Billboard Heatseaker chart with their latest effort "Cavalier Youth," issued a public offer to the NFL.

The band writes, "Dear NFL: We're sorry to hear that you're in such dire financial straits. While Coldplay and Rihanna mull your offer, we're here to help with a multi-tiered proposal:

"1. For $2 Million: We get to play the upcoming halftime show. 2. For $10 Million, one of us gets to quarterback a set of downs for the team of our choosing. 3. For $40 Million, the Super Bowl will be played with English football rules, where you must use your feet, and an actual ball.

"We look forward to hearing your thoughts once you've had a chance to review. We welcome any of the Super Bowl committee to attend one of our upcoming American concerts. Our tour kicks off September 15th at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA."

Whether the NFL accepts their offer or not, here are the aforementioned North American headline dates where you can definitely see the band perform:

9/15 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
9/17 Pomona, CA Glasshouse
9/18 Oakland, CA Metro Opera
9/19 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
9/20 Vancouver, BC Rio Theatre
9/21 Seattle, WA El Corazon
9/22 Spokane, WA The Hop
9/24 Denver, CO Summit
9/26 Dallas, TX Door
9/27 Austin, TX Red 7 (matinee)
9/28 Houston, TX Warehouse
9/30 Orlando, FL Firestone
10/1 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
10/2 Tampa, FL State Theatre
10/3 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
10/4 Nashville, TN Rockettown
10/5 St. Louis, MO Fubar
10/7 Minneapolis, MN Garage
10/8 Chicago, IL House of Blues
10/9 Detroit, MI Shelter
10/10 Grand Rapids, MI Stache
10/11 Cleveland, OH Agora
10/13 Toronto,ON Phoenix
10/15 Montreal La Tulipe
10/16 Boston, MA Paradise
10/17 Philadelphia, PA TLA
10/18 Washington, DC 9:30 (early show)
10/19 New York, NY Irving Plaza
10/23 Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon
10/24 Buffalo, NY Waiting Room
10/25 Albany, NY Upstate Music Hall
10/26 Sayreville, NJ Starland
10/28 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar
10/29 Columbus, OH Basement
10/30 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
11/1 Milwaukee, WI Rave
11/2 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre