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NHL Faces Backlash Following Quality and Choice of Musical Performances at 2025 Winter Classic
Photo credit: GALLERY: Blackhawks vs. Blues - Winter Classic
NHL's 2025 Winter Classic Between Blackhawks Blues Leaves Fans With Sleepy Halftime/Intermission Performances
The NHL's choice of performances for their Winter Classic, Stadium Series and even NHL All-Star Game events continues to trend downhill as fans were furious on New Years Eve, at Wrigley Field.
The Chicago Blackhawks hosted the St. Louis Blues in what was suppose to be an action-packed rivalry matchup, but for Blackhawks fans- the on and off-ice performances of their team and music artists both disappointed.
'Chance The Rapper' and 'The Smashing Pumpkins' both performed in front of a sold-out crowd containing 41,000 exited hockey fans, many fans excited when the reveal was made, but their opinions quickly turned sour after watching from home on their TV and to those in person.
Take a look at a few of the thousands of comments that poured in on social media during their live performances:
I could either wait in line for 20 minutes or watch chance the rapper perform. No brainer here
Said a Blackhawks fanChance the Rapper time to hang it up
Chance the rapper performance at the NHL Winter Classic is probably the cringiest thing I've ever seen, it was bad.
"Smashing Pumpkins is playing "Tonight, Tonight" opening for the NHL Winter Classic and they sound like ****. Billy Corgan sounds like his throat was scrubbed with sand paper"
The Smashing Pumpkins and Chance The Rapper seemed to have disappoint many, let's now take a look at their performances.
Chance The Rapper's Winter Classic Performance at Wrigley Field
The Smashing Pumpkins Performance Winter Classic at Wrigley Field
Perhaps the NHL should recruit more talent from today's generation, as both Chance The Rapper and The Smashing Pumpkins peeked quite a long time ago.
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JANVIER 2 | 374 ANSWERS NHL Faces Backlash Following Quality and Choice of Musical Performances at 2025 Winter Classic Which 2025 Winter Classic performance do you think was worse? | ||
| Chance The Rapper | 121 | 32.4 % |
| Smashing Pumpkins | 35 | 9.4 % |
| I enjoyed both | 31 | 8.3 % |
| Both were not my cup of tea | 187 | 50 % |
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