Smattering of boos for Nickelback at halftime show

Detroit football fans with a distaste for Nickelback spoke louder in cyberspace than they did in person.

There were just a smattering of boos when the Alberta rockers played the halftime show at the NFL game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on Thursday at Ford Field.

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Earlier this month, a University of Michigan student launched an online petition hoping to pressure the Lions into punting Nickelback from the halftime show. A total of 55,616 people signed on at change.org.

Nickelback is also slated to play the halftime show at the 99th Grey Cup on Sunday in their adopted hometown of Vancouver. A similar online petition at change.org has far less support, with only 102 petitioners.

The oft-lambasted band took the latest criticism in stride, with the members even mocking themselves in a spoof video on the funnyordie.com.

On Monday, the band released its seventh album, Here and Now, to lukewarm reviews.