Beyonce sings live at the Super Bowl and brings Destiny's Child along!

Singer Beyonce strutted

and shimmied her way through

football's Super Bowl half-time

show and thrilled fans by reuniting

with her former Destiny's Child

bandmates on Sunday in New

Orleans.



Beyonce, wearing a revealing black

leather jacket and miniskirt

combination, was surrounded by

bursts of fire, smoke and silhouettes

as she performed at the Mercedes-

Benz Superdome. More than 100

million television viewers were

tuned in to the NFL championship

game between the San Francisco

49ers and Baltimore Ravens.



The singer called out to the crowd

several times during her first songs,

"Love on Top," "Crazy in Love," "End

of Time" and "Baby Boy," to

emphasize that she was singing

live.



On Thursday, Beyonce admitted she

sang along with a pre-recorded

track of the national anthem at

President Barack Obama's

inauguration last month.



The lip-synching controversy

threatened to derail the pop

singer's crafted comeback after

giving birth to her first child with

rapper and husband Jay-Z in January

2012. Beyonce will also premiere

her self-directed documentary, "Life

is But a Dream," on HBO on February

16.



During Sunday's half-time show, the

31-year-old singer stomped and

shook her hips and torso while

video of Beyonce dancing was

projected alongside her to give the

appearance of a choreographed

routine.



SANDY HOOK SINGS



Beyonce rolled through four songs

before Kelly Rowland and Michelle

Williams, from her former girl group

Destiny's Child, ascended through

trap doors in the stage to sing hits

"Bootylicious" and "Independent

Woman."



It was the trio's first public

performance since 2006. Clad in

black leather outfits designed by

Rubin Singer, they performed three

songs, including Beyonce's hit

"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)."



Last month, the group released

"Nuclear," its first song in about a

decade.



Beyonce finished with "Halo" from

her 2008 album "I Am ... Sasha

Fierce."



Last year's Super Bowl attracted

111.3 million U.S. viewers, the

largest audience for a single TV

broadcast in the United States.



Before Sunday's kickoff, singers

Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson

performed.



Hudson performed "America the

Beautiful" with the chorus from

Sandy Hook Elementary School, the

site of December's mass shooting in

Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty

children and six adults were killed

in the massacre.



Keys, wearing a sleeveless maroon

dress, played a stripped-down

rendition of the "Star Spangled

Banner" at a silver piano atop a

small stage at midfield.