Video: Nickelback Respond to Detroit Lions Fans

Earlier this month, we reported that a group of Detroit Lions fans had started a petition to have Nickelback replaced as the halftime act for their Thanksgiving Day game against arch rivals the Green Bay Packers.

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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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