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[Mushroomer25]

Wall Street Journal

British rock band Coldplay will headline the halftime show at the National Football League’s Super Bowl 50 in February, according to people familiar with the matter.

Coldplay’s halftime-show debut at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., follows the release its seventh album, “A Head Full of Dreams,” due Friday, Dec. 4.

The Super Bowl is to take place Feb. 7.

Coldplay is likely to put tickets on sale for its North American tour soon after the show, given the big ticket-sales bump that the halftime appearance has given touring artists in the past.

They're also apparently withholding their next album from Spotify, making this story a perfect pairing of bad ideas coming out of the music industry.

 

[Haloid1177]

Is that Hugh Jackman?

 

[MrV4ltor]

This is going to be incredibly boring if they don't get some quality guests.

 

[bebop242]

Does anyone still give a shit about Coldplay? Honest question.

 

[DrFunk]

perfect time to poop

 

[Maxim726X]

Good choice, safe choice, aren't over the hill.

No complaints here.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

They just put out one of the worst music videos of all time too.

 

[psylah]

What's with the picture of Mackelmore?

 

[PAULINK]

At least it's better than katy perry or beyonce, so that's something.

 

[JimJamJones]

They just put out one of the worst music videos of all time too.

The hell did I just watch?

 

[infiniteloop]

They're also apparently withholding their next album from Spotify, making this story a perfect pairing of bad ideas coming out of the music industry.

wat. Better be on Apple Music.

 

[Unison]

Worst choice ever.

 

[Maxim726X]

Oh, gaf doesn't like them either?

Okay.

 

[Floridian]

Well at least they got an act that kind of resembles a band. The pop girl act needed a break.

 

[imBask]

So, how long before the first "they should've picked an AMERICAN band" articles show up in the media?

 

[Matt_]

better hope for an exciting game because they are going to send people to sleep

 

[TheAbsolution]

Ugh, I like Coldplay but I wish they would've brought back Bruno Mars back. He was great.

 

[Diablos]

Sounds like a great time to get more food.

 

[perfectchaos007]

At least it's better than katy perry or beyonce, so that's something.

Katy Perry's performance was entertaining. I don't care what anyone else says.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I like some of Coldplay's stuff

but nothing that I would consider good halftime music.

Bring back Bruno Mars, dude was fucking ace

 

[strafer]

So what act during Superbowl has been the best?

 

[Mushroomer25]

At least it's better than katy perry or beyonce, so that's something.

Never been big on either one's music, but at least both of them can put on a show. Perry's halftime preformance was delightfully bonkers, and gave us the best shark of 2014.

Coldplay just seems like a ticket to boredom.

 

[Hari Seldon]

They just put out one of the worst music videos of all time too.

wat the fuck did I just watch.

 

[XenoRaven]

Katy Perry's performance was entertaining. I don't care what anyone else says.

The dancing sharks were entertaining at least.

 

[Mudcrab]

Good. This means I can fuck off during halftime and not miss anything.

 

[perfectchaos007]

The dancing sharks were entertaining at least.

And that big animal she rode on

 

[bebop242]

So what act during Superbowl has been the best?

I think the consensus is Prince.

I also really liked Bruno Mars.

 

[Fevaweva]

Nothing gets me pumped like Fix You!

 

[Dazzler]

looking forward to the fake enthusiastic half time crowd trying to look happy over their morose tunes

 

[sangreal]

This is going to be incredibly boring if they don't get some quality guests.

thats the goal, isnt it?

 

[Switch Back 9]

Coldplay is the most boring popular band on the planet. At the biggest sports event of the year? What a silly decision.

 

[old manatee]

Nothing gets people hyped like....Coldplay.

 

[backflip10019]

Snoozefest. What a bad decision.

PARA-PARA-PARADISE. PARA-PARA-PARADISE. WHOOOAAAAOOOOAAAAOOAAAAAOOOOOOOO.

 

[DMczaf]

Coldplay.


In 2016.

 

[the_firewithin]

Cool. Will spend time drinking and eating since I won't miss anything with this bore fest

 

[PsychBat!]

I didn't know we went back to 2005.

 

[Cipher Peon]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What an AWESOME pick I CAN'T WAIT ESPECIALLY SINCE I LOVE THE SUPERBOWL ARGHHH

 

[bebop242]

This is like walking up to the bar and ordering skim milk.

 

[Kuroyume]

Weak ass garbage

I know the Super Bowl half time show is supposed to appeal to more than football fans but Coldplay appeals to no one.

 

[JustenP88]

Cool. Absolutely no reason to care about this one.

 

[creationtheory]

Should have been Poison.

 

[DMczaf]

Just bring back Prince.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Sweet. Hope they play their song.

 

[Brinbe]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[The Lone Courier]

Great another snoozefest.

 

[Cipher Peon]

This is like walking up to the bar and ordering skim milk.

Amazingly enough, I'd probably do that since
a. I don't drink alcohol (I'm straight edge)
b. I can't tell the difference between different types of milk (had a blind taste test and they all still tasted the same to me)

 

[HylianTom]

And that big animal she rode on

The big animal reminded me of a Zelda boss - right down to the glowing red eyes that screamed "here's your weak point; use your arrows!!!"

 

[Walter White Walker]

And so once again I will spend halftime doing something other than watching halftime.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Maybe they can get Blues Traveler. Or is he dead? Maybe just his corpse then.

 

[GhaleonEB]

This is going to be incredibly boring if they don't get some quality guests.

Left Shark would bring the house down.