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Updated September 11, 2026 \u2014 2:38pm,first published 11:44am<\/p>\n
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n It\u2019s fair to say the Jonas Brothers offered a little something for everyone with their half-time show at the MCG on Friday. For fans, it was a medley of the faves; for the non-fans, it was over so quickly that you barely had time to register your objection to the infuriating perkiness of their pop.<\/p>\n The trio \u2013 can we agree to just call them Jo-Bro? \u2013 played five songs, medley style, dressed in identical letter jackets, the two-tone sports attire favoured by college jocks in the US, flanked by drums, bass, guitar and against a wall of dancing cheerleaders and \u201cfans\u201d.<\/p>\n By my reckoning, the set began at 12.01pm and was done by 12.08pm. What a contrast to the game itself, in which a half of football that ostensibly runs 30 minutes actually plays out, with stoppages, to 90. Seriously, American football is a series of ads interrupted by brief outbreaks of sport.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a long way to come for such a short set, but with a likely audience in the US of more than 20 million viewers, this micro-show was a great platform for spruiking their current Burnin\u2019 Up tour, with tickets to be sold for a run of shows starting in Boston in a couple of weeks and going all the way to December 21, when they play their home state of New Jersey.<\/p>\n The NFL reportedly does not pay performers for the half-time show \u2013 not even for the massive Super Bowl spectaculars \u2013 maintaining that the artists gain plenty from the exposure (it does, however, cover staging expenses). That presumably applied here, too, though the details of the deal that brought American football\u2019s season-opener to Melbourne have not been made public.<\/p>\n Reports suggest the deal \u2013 for a minimum of two and likely three games over three years \u2013 cost the state as much as $45 million. Given the perfect day Melbourne turned on, and the glorious images of the city and beyond (hello, Puffing Billy, hey there Great Ocean Road), it will be astonishing if the return on investment from American visitors isn\u2019t far beyond that.<\/p>\n But back to the show. Oldest brother Kevin, 38, said on Thursday that choosing which songs to perform in just \u201cfive, six, seven minutes\u201d was tough.<\/p>\n \u201cYou really want to make an impact,\u201d he said. \u201cWe worked really hard together, just trying to figure that out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got something really special prepared,\u201d added Nick, 33, the youngest Jo-Bro. \u201cWe\u2019re including a moment where we\u2019re going to do a cover of one of our favourite songs by an Australian artist. I don\u2019t want to give it away, but we couldn\u2019t come to this great country and not spotlight another incredible musician.\u201d<\/p>\n Related Article Given Nick\u2019s teenage romance with Delta Goodrem \u2013 he was just 18, she 27, when the pair had a near year-long fling that she later characterised as being based on \u201cgenuine love\u201d \u2013 it might have been Born To Try (it might have needed to be tweaked to Born To Touchdown, though, to make it fully code aligned).<\/p>\n But no, it was John Farnham\u2019s You\u2019re the Voice, a choice that was both safe and warmly embraced by the stadium crowd, who sang along at full volume.<\/p>\n The other point of intrigue before the set was around exactly which of the Jo-Bros would be on stage.<\/p>\n They\u2019re a trio, right? But for a while there it looked like they might have to perform as a duo, as 37-year-old Joe \u2013 displaying admirable middle-child energy \u2013 had missed his connecting flight and was stuck in Dubai.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m gonna miss you guys,\u201d he said via video to a fan event on Thursday as his brothers sat on stage. \u201cSo good luck today.\u201d<\/p>\n (Spare a thought, here, for the fourth brother, 25-year-old Frankie, who is also a musician but not part of the band. In fact, the other three used to refer to him as the \u201cbonus Jonas\u201d, but promised to stop after he publicly stated he found that \u201cespecially hurtful\u201d.)<\/p>\n In the end, Joe did make it. He even traded lead vocals with Nick, and seemed to handle his jet lag a little better than the Rams did in the game.<\/p>\n The trio raced through their five-song Disney-pop set \u2013 Burnin\u2019 Up, Sucker, Listen When Sad, You\u2019re the Voice and Year 3000 \u2013 without any hint that Joe might need a quick lie-down to gather his strength.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789107138_607_5d2dd19d9d83b369b5b107684ddb9194460bd33c.jpeg\")
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Nick shreds while the cheerleaders cheerlead.AP <\/p>\n![\"Deboo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/08760f95b7eb648e63991529081c6970cd2e2407.jpeg\")
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The siblings performed John Farnham\u2019s You\u2019re the Voice as the MCG crowd sang along.Luke Hemer<\/p>\n
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