Canadian alt-rockers Nickelback will promote their upcoming album, "Here and Now," with a half-time performance at the Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 24.

The mega-platinum Canadian artists currently have two songs on the Billboard charts, "Bottoms Up" and "We All Stand Together." Led by frontman Chad Kroeger, the foursome is America's most popular foreign act since The Beatles. They've sold almost 50 million albums since forming in 1996. According to NME, they're also the #1 musical turnoff for discerning music fans around the globe.

Outraged Lions fans have already created a petition on change.org to urge Ford Field to choose another band to perform at the Thanksgiving Day halftime show, asking, "Is this some sort of ploy to get people to leave their seats during halftime to spend money on alcoholic beverages and concessions?"

Early responses to the news have been similarly underwhelming:

You can't blame Matt Millen for this one.