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Fri, 01/30/2009 - 8:54am

Rihanna, Fall Out Boy Kick Off Super Bowl Weekend With Pepsi Smash Show

Lifehouse also perform their new singles at Tampa's Ford Amphitheater.By Gil Kaufman Rihanna Photo: Kevin C. Cox/ Getty Images Just what exactly does Barbadian R&B pop queen Rihanna have to do with the Super Bowl? About as much as Fall Out Boy. Yet there both acts were, playing to a hyped-up crowd on Thursday night at Tampa's Ford Amphitheater for the VH1-broadcast Pepsi Super Bowl Smash show that served as the unofficial kickoff of Super Bowl XLIII weekend. The one-hour special, hosted for the second year by easily excited actor Jerry O'Connell and a series of NFL guests, kicked off with a mini-set from FOB.

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