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The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend provided a preview of Sunday’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance during today’s press conference at the Super Bowl Media Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The English rockers started out the media session with an acoustic performance of classics “Behind Blue Eyes” and “PInball Wizard,” finishing with “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” A very quick video clip from the press conference performance is available our Facebook page! Townshend also started to pantomime his signature windmill maneuver while answering a question from a media member in Mexico about the chances of the Who playing in his country after previously cancelling a concert. “At the moment, I’m struggling with some health issues, which may mean I have to limit the amount of touring that I do in the future, partly to do with my hearing and partly to do with me having shown off so much that my shoulder is in danger of coming out of its socket,” said Townshend. “So we don’t have any plans right now but I have to tell you––Mexico City, we’ve talked about this––we do feel that we goofed by not being able to come, but it was health issues that caused it as you may know. We are longing to come and play in Mexico and we will find a way. We will find a way.” In my last decade plus of attending Super Bowl halftime entertainment press conferences, Prince is the only other entertainer besides the Who that I can recall actually performing. However, Carrie Underwood and Queen Latifah did come close today as this year’s Super Bowl pregame performers did bust out a few lines of “Pants on the Ground.” As for who these musicians will be cheering for to win on Sunday… After beating around the bush, Daltrey finally remarked that he thought the Saints could use a “little bit of luck.” Townshend then quipped, “In that case, I’ll go for the Colts.” Carrie Underwood: “I think it’s going to be an awesome game. I really hate picking sides but I’ll probably be 51 percent rooting for the Saints. I love Sean Payton. He came to a concert. That’s where the extra 1 percent comes from.” Queen Latifah: “I shot a movie in New Orleans. I lived there for a month. This was pre-Katrina. I really got to enjoy the spirit of that city, the food, the culture. I try to root for the underdog. It would almost be a Cinderella story for the Saints to (beat) a player as dominant as Peyton Manning.” It was also announced that a special recording of the Who’s halftime performance will be made available to purchase, download and play in the groundbreaking music video game, Rock Band. “The Who Super Bowl S-mashup” will be available immediately following the game for a 1.99 at the Rock Band Music Store.