Coldplay are set to perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show on February 7, 2016, live from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA - but football fans aren’t too pleased about it.
NFL made the announcement during the Thursday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. It will be the first time seven-time Grammy Award winning rockers will play the halftime show.
The ‘Fix You’ frontman, Chris Martin, will design the show to echo the NFL’s On the Fifty campaign, which will honour the past and present, looking on to the next 50 years. Other special artists will also be involved.
Unfortunately for the ‘Clocks’ rockers - who released their seventh album, A Head Full Of Dreams, today - the internet didn’t take too kindly to the news.
Watching #Coldplay perform at the Super Bowl: pic.twitter.com/UjEculTZXi
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) December 3, 2015
Coldplay is playing @SuperBowl 50 Halftime Show? Looks like I'll be getting a nap in between 2nd and 3rd quarters. pic.twitter.com/TSqFs7aXHn
— Jake Hamilton (@JakesTakes) December 4, 2015
Coldplay is going to perform at halftime of Super Bowl 50. This is quite literally the worst news in the history of Western Civilization.
— Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) December 4, 2015
tfw when Coldplay takes the stage for halftime pic.twitter.com/i0kZRRGEtz
— Connor Finnegan (@ConnorFinnegan) December 3, 2015
This is England's revenge for sending them all those Jaguars games. https://t.co/fSC2qAUvM6
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 3, 2015
Me when I found out Coldplay was doing the Super Bowl halftime show pic.twitter.com/DrN6ghaidK
— Alex Steinman (@AlexSteinman) December 3, 2015
Breaking news: Cold play will be 2015 ~ 2016 super bowl F U C K Y O U N F L " No Fun League "
— MO (@mohamudmohamud) December 3, 2015
Looks like we'll be watching "Puppy Bowl" highlights at halftime. #Coldplay #SuperBowl
— Obnoxious Boston Fan (@realOBF) December 3, 2015
There were however, some Coldplay fans who received the news well.
when you're excited that coldplay is gonna be the super bowl halftime act and everyone else is hating pic.twitter.com/1QpO550zbw
— Gabe Bergado (@gabebergado) December 3, 2015
BOLD PREDICTION: Although you feel cool for bashing the Coldplay Super Bowl halftime show, it's actually gonna be pretty legit.
— Alex Byers (@byersalex) December 3, 2015
Coldplay have just released their latest album, A Head Full Of Dreams. Prior to the release, the British rockers gave their fans the opportunity to design the artwork for the album.
Coldplay are currently on tour. Tickets can be bought here.
