Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth says the band wants to play the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Roth was compelled to write an open letter to fans addressing the "now-rampant" talk. "First of all let me say this -- be still my pigskin heart. That honor has not been bestowed upon us at this time though it is one we would accept in a NY minute," Roth wrote. "Van Halen's collective memories are -- and with all due respect to each and every one of these memories, teeming with been-theres and done-that's, but none include playing at the Super Bowl. Playing at the Super Bowl is a veritable holy grail of musical recognition, a highly prized rite of passage for (game-changing) artists. Not a spiritual rite with snake pits or Hebrew school or anything, but it's up there." "We are not on Commissioner Goodell's dance card at this time, but we would be most honored to dance the halftime away in New Orleans."