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[collige]

I'm still dumbfounded that Kanye has never been asked. He's only one of the best performers alive and has a catalog so overflowing with stadium rattlers that he could go an hour without dipping into B level stuff. #FreeYeezy

NFL isn't dumb enough to risk another wardrobe malfunction-level clusterfuck. He'd do something outrageous.

 

[Jag]

I hate Coldplay, but this is what I remember from Superbowl shows as a kid. (yes, that is Michael Row Your Boat Ashore at 5:50)

They did four Superbowls. The most of any act.

Never forget Up With People.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Aren't they a bit too mellow for this spectacle??

 

[tj hazuki]

If anyone seens them live you know this is going to be fantastic. I hope they do a few songs on there new album. Everglow, Up and Up

 

[Revolver]

I just know they're going to have those backup dancers in cheap monkey suits like the AMA's again. That was horrific.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

If anyone seens them live you know this is going to be fantastic. I hope they do a few songs on there new album. Everglow, Up and Up

Here's a peak at Coldplay's live show:

 

[Josh5890]

I figured it was going to be a bunch of people celebrating the past 50 years of music/football. Could still be that I guess.

 

[W1SSY]

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

I don't even know what to say.

 

[pokeystaples]

Might as well be Dave Matthews Band. Ugh, terrible.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Better than Katy Perry and Bruno Mars, I approve.

I mean what other huge act could they really get at this point who hasn't already done it? Van Halen?

 

[amnesiac]

Coldplay's first four albums are fantastic. Don't care what anyone says. Viva La Vida is one of the best albums of the 00s.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Coldplay is great so I'll tune in when they play.

 

[RoKKeR]

Right after they put out their worst album...great...

Regardless, they still have some great songs and I became interested in them after listening to a live album, so I have to give them credit for being a great live act.

 

[Mushroomer25]

I'll probably stand alone in this camp, but I was hoping Fall Out Boy would get the gig. They're modern, popular, and actually have the energy & hits to fill a big stage show like this. Plus it'd be easy enough to load the spectacle up with guest stars.

 

[Cipher Peon]

I'll probably stand alone in this camp, but I was hoping Fall Out Boy would get the gig. They're modern, popular, and actually have the energy & hits to fill a big stage show like this. Plus it'd be easy enough to load the spectacle up with guest stars.

DUDE FALL OUT BOY WOULD BE AMAZIIIIIING

I like you, friend!

 

[cwmartin]

Also agree to Fall Out Boy, wheres the petition I can sign?

 

[Quonny]

I'll probably stand alone in this camp, but I was hoping Fall Out Boy would get the gig. They're modern, popular, and actually have the energy & hits to fill a big stage show like this. Plus it'd be easy enough to load the spectacle up with guest stars.

I'm right there with you. Save Rock and Roll had a TON of guest singers, hell, it'd be awesome to get Elton John up there with them.

 

[Diprosalic]

fuck coldplay.

 

[JABEE]

Bowie would be a great choice. It would probably sell records.

 

[User 479360]

I guess I'll leave the room and mute the TV if I have it on then.

 

[slightconfuse]

Coldplay huh.

Might as well not have a halftime show

 

[Etzer]

Oh snap. I gotta get to ATRL to read the reactions. Last I checked, they were convinced it was gonna be Britney Spears because they spotted her forehead in a commercial.

 

[fertygo]

Shoulda invite PSY, will be good PR too

 

[VeryGooster]

I'll probably stand alone in this camp, but I was hoping Fall Out Boy would get the gig. They're modern, popular, and actually have the energy & hits to fill a big stage show like this. Plus it'd be easy enough to load the spectacle up with guest stars.

True. Some of their stuff from Save Rock & Roll gets played at games anyway.

Not really down on the Coldplay choice, but there are better ones I guess.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

The world is ready for a Wu-Tang Clan halftime show. Coldplay is fine through, why does GAF hate them so much?

 

[Nudull]

They're blah, but hey, could've been worse.

 

[Quikies83]

I remember working at The Gap during the holidays of 2000, the shift manager and I had become buds because of our common interest in music.. That was until he brought me a burned CD with I guess their debut.. Heard yellow..
Fuck coldplay 15 years later

 

[_woLf]

Bruno Mars is the only halftime show in the past 10 years that I've actually enjoyed.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Play the entire A Rush of Blood to the Head album and I'll be good. Sprinkle in some Viva La Vida as well.

 

[NomarTyme]

NOoooooooooooooooo..

 

[Goldenroad]

As American as spotted dick.

Too bad that Grateful Dead petition didn't pan out. That would have been amazing to have the quintessential American Rock band playing the Superbowl for their 50th Anniversary.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

As American as spotted dick.

Too bad that Grateful Dead petition didn't pan out. That would have been amazing to have the quintessential American Rock band playing the Superbowl for their 50th Anniversary.

Grateful Dead much more boring than Coldplay and Garcia is a skeleton.

CORRECTION: Jerry Garcia is not a skeleton as he was cremated.

 

[JaseMath]

As long as there's dancing sharks, I don't care who performs.

 

[jstripes]

Coldplay's newer stuff may be weak, but they put on a really, really good live show.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

I'll probably stand alone in this camp, but I was hoping Fall Out Boy would get the gig. They're modern, popular, and actually have the energy & hits to fill a big stage show like this. Plus it'd be easy enough to load the spectacle up with guest stars.

Fall Out Boy played the Grey Cup this year. They're not nearly big enough of a deal.

Still waiting on Kanye

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Worst possible choice. I hate Maroon 5 but at least they make energetic pump-up music. I would have even taken T-Swizzle. This is just awful.

 

[Halcyon]

Viva La Vida is one of my favorite albums of all time.


Plus they got that old Apple Marketing fanbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19tXpRRGeUg

 

[Zen_Arcade]

This is the perfect way to end this shit show of a season.

Coldplay isn't horrible, but I don't know how anyone thought it was a good idea to put a band with their style at the half time show of the Super Bowl.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Foo Fighters would be a good choice for that kind of event.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

People like Colplay, and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people, Jez.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Nice

 

[Mushroomer25]

Fall Out Boy played the Grey Cup this year. They're not nearly big enough of a deal.

Still waiting on Kanye

They also played the Pro Bowl halftime last year. I get the sense that they really want to do the Super Bowl, but their managers just cannot sell the network on it.

Which both does and doesn't make sense. They're a youth-focused act for sure (and draw a lot of ire from people for that) - but I've probably heard more of their recent stuff on the radio than Coldplay. I think they've got the popularity, but just don't have the credibility for the NFL to push the button. Shame

Kanye will never happen. You're giving the man 20+ minutes of live airtime during the biggest televised event of the year - it's a recipe for disaster. A legendary disaster for sure, but not one the NFL wants to deal with.

 

[Via Purifico]

Wow the hate is Strong. Hope they do clocks or fix you.

 

[MMarston]

Wow the hate is Strong. Hope they do clocks or fix you.

I don't Coldplay. In fact, at times, I really like them.


But the last thing this good Earth needs is more fucking Fix You.

 

[bPod]

Really? Boring

 

[D6AMIA6N]

Who?

 

[Floridian]

Beyonce is joining Coldplay in headlining. Probably to promote Coldplay's song Hymn For The Weekend.

Sources confirm to Entertainment Tonight that Queen Bey herself, Beyonce, will join the band on-stage during their halftime performance at Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7. Presumably, the group will deliver a live rendition of "Hymn for the Weekend," which is featured on their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, and features vocals from Bey.

 

[squallheart]

Live Coldplay, hat football. I'll await a North American tour announcement.

 

[SolidChamp]

Coldplay is fine...if they're first and second album Coldplay.

Otherwise...just another promising group turned shitty pop act.

 

[infiniteloop]

Live Coldplay, hat football. I'll await a North American tour announcement.