"IF [SOVIET] PREMIERE KHRUSHCEV WERE ALIVE," SAYS ARTIST, "I KID YOU NOT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ME GYRATING IN TOM PETTY'S PLACE."FORT WORTH - Famed classical pianist Van Cliburn broke his silence today about being bypassed for the 42nd time to perform at the Super Bowl half-time show. Cliburn, who shot to international stardom in 1958 after winning the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, denounced the Super Bowl selection process as corrupt. "Premier Khrushchev, were he alive, would have insisted that I be the featured performer," Cliburn said. "At best, Mr. Tom Petty would have been my back-up, I am certain."
