Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has responded to accusations that the band mimed their way through last weekend's Super Bowl halftime show.

Bassist Flea comes clean in message to fans    

The show attracted the largest audience in the history of the sporting event    

The Californian band made the announcment at a New York gig on Saturday (February 1)    

The Super Bowl Halftime Show is a marvel of swift, mechanistic spectacle-creation. Think of the logistics involved: Both teams leave the field, and then a state-of-the-art stage, complete with crazy light displays, is immediately assembled as thousands of onlookers take the field. And all this happens without in any way damaging the valuable pla...