[2016-02-07] Coldplay headlining Super Bowl 2016 - Confirmed

[gai]

Too funny. Just trying to match up the status they are being given for this. Oh that off mic could also be HFTW so no one finds own Chris was kidding! LOL!!

sadly, pretty much confirmed by this point that there is no hftw. from chris and from someone inside the stadium. and coldplay looks like will not be performing for a good 3 minutes. and beyonce is being so sketchy with her performance, there are a lot of rumors about premiering new songs. except for her bit, the rest has been full on, but when she comes on, the sound systems were off it was said.

[Jedi Leo]

A couple of questions...

 

Why is this Super Bowl during the day? It seems to be thats an exception to the rule, right?

 

And do performers lip-sync or sing live? Im watching Katy Perry and she sure sounds like she's singing live.

 

Edit: Loving her performance so far btw...

[Rickulus]

I was pleasantly surprised to see them in a local newspaper![ATTACH=full]3844[/ATTACH]

[gai]

A couple of questions...

 

Why is this Super Bowl during the day? It seems to be thats an exception to the rule, right?

 

And do performers lip-sync or sing live? Im watching Katy Perry and she sure sounds like she's singing live.

 

Edit: Loving her performance so far btw...

no idea about the time. about the performances, rhcp didn't even have their instruments plugged in, and only the vocals were live. hope coldplay's performance will be live though.

[gai]

thought this was a well written out piece, except for the extremity of the last paragraph.

 

 

How Coldplay became cool: Haters keep saying they’re too soft, too earnest, too dorky — and they still don’t care

The much-maligned band headlining Super Bowl's halftime show seems more comfortable than ever just being themselves

ANNIE ZALESKI

Coldplay (Credit: AP/Jack Plunkett)

 

At this juncture, it’s safe to say the Super Bowl halftime show is nearly as popular as the football game itself. Although a recent New York Times article rather astutely characterized the 12-minute performance as “a gleaming confluence of big-time corporate agendas — N.F.L., TV networks, sponsors and brand-name performers all promoting something — that masquerades as a brief but over-the-top party,” the paper also notes the show “has drawn more than 115 million viewers” in the recent past. The carrot for many viewers seems to be the element of surprise: Katy Perry’s 2015 performance produced a fire Missy Elliott cameo and the indelible Left Shark meme, while past years have spawned a Destiny’s Child reunion, M.I.A. flipping a middle finger to the camera and the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake wardrobe malfunction.

 

 

 

Yet it’s likely no accident that in the wake of the latter incident, the halftime show subsequently featured a string of boomer-friendly rock & roll artists—e.g., Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. (This string was only interrupted by a performance from Prince, whose 2007 appearance is widely regarded as one of the best of all time.) In recent years, however, the Super Bowl has eased back toward the spectacle of pop stars and flashy special guests. And so in 2016, viewers are being treated to an appearance from U.K. stadium-rock juggernauts Coldplay, who will perform with a youth orchestra and two returning Super Bowl veterans, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars.

 

While Beyoncé’s presence is mollifying critics somewhat, many people are not pleased with the decision to feature Coldplay. A common complaint is that the band’s music is boring or sleepy. That’s not necessarily wrong: At their least successful, Coldplay are indeed soporific and mellow (see: 2014’s “Magic”), and coast on frothy falsetto and saccharine sentiments (e.g., “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”) rather than structure. As Andy Gill wrote in 2008, “Their music sounds like Radiohead with all the spiky, difficult, interesting bits boiled out of it, resulting in something with the sonic consistency of wilted spinach; it retains the crowd-pleasing hooks and sing-along choruses while dispensing with the more challenging, dissonant aspects and sudden, 90-degree shifts in direction.”

 

However, the band’s certainly sensitive to such jabs. In 2005, the Associated Press noted that “when the New York Daily News panned its concert as dull because of a concentration of slow-moving songs, Coldplay changed its set.” More recently, the band’s moved to freshen up their sound: In a change from the muted approach of 2014’s “Ghost Stories,” their latest LP, “A Head Full of Dreams,” boasts both contemporary-sounding synthpop and brighter production from Norwegian producers Stargate. “We wanted to marry all the music that we love, from Drake to Oasis,” Chris Martin told Rolling Stone about the record. “There was a feeling that we don’t have anything to lose. We’re very comfortable now with the fact that we’re not for everybody.” Sure, the last statement is one only massive superstars have the luxury of saying—Coldplay’s not hurting for fans, so critical barbs don’t make a dent in their trajectory—but it does underscore that they’re self-aware about their place in music.

 

Indeed, the band’s never come off as defensive about being so blatantly earnest. At times, Martin has almost relished being disliked. “That’s the great thing about people who hate us,” he said in 2005. “We can suck out the energy and make it into something positive. It’s like in ‘Back to the Future,’ where you have this device that can turn garbage into a time traveler.” In fact, despite their reputation, the members of Coldplay don’t take themselves very seriously: Martin dropped an f-bomb in a live pre-Super Bowl press conference and hilariously inducted Peter Gabriel into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (He also does a decent Mick Jagger impression.) Besides being a good way to deflect criticism, this lighthearted attitude also goes a long way toward insulating them from pomposity—it takes the edge off, as it were.

 

Much of the condemnation of Coldplay tends not to judge them as they are (sensitive pop balladeers with emotive, sincere lyrics) but chide them for not being something else—more ambitious or boundary-pushing, perhaps. Thing is, the band isn’t afraid of evolving or stretching themselves; they’re just not very flashy about it. They sampled Kraftwerk on the chilly early career highlight “Talk” and have covered

while the song “Clocks” was remixed by respected artists Röyksopp and Fedde Le Grand. The 2008 album “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” meanwhile, was produced by Brian Eno, who pushed the band to merge grand atmospherics with intimate expressions of spirituality. And the band’s reputation for being a dreck-driven, midtempo ballad machine isn’t quite earned: Both 2002’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head” and 2005’s “X&Y” contain sleek, modern-sounding music that steered the pop conversation rather than followed existing threads.

 

Coldplay will be the first ones to admit they just do their own thing and follow their muse, even if they’re led in bizarre directions. The band’s certainly not subversive—and neither are their collaborators—but they’re also not suppressing their odd detours for the sake of commercial concessions or being palatable. (How else to explain the ridiculous, ape-driven “Adventure of a Lifetime” video?) And they’ll freely admit when things aren’t working: Martin has mocked his own lyrics in the past, and when talking about David Bowie nixing a Coldplay collaboration, the vocalist was cheerful about the rejection. “He was so wonderfully humorous and kind in his dismissal!” Martin told CBS Sunday Morning. “We were on the phone, and I said, ‘What do you think about this?’ He said, ‘Oh, it’s not one of your best, Chris.’ And that was it. I was like, ‘You know what? He’s right. This is s***!'”

 

It’s refreshing to hear a band continually redefining who they are, thanks to rigorous self-examination and adoption of modern trends. In an age when every pop star move and gesture is carefully choreographed, Martin’s carefree confidence—some might even say swagger—is wholly entertaining. He’s certainly taking his cues from Bono, who’s the king of self-deprecation. In fact, the longer they’re around, the more it’s clear Coldplay faces the same kind of cynical disapproval lobbed at U2. Favoring uplifting music and unabashedly gigantic, populist anthems is enough to become a magnet for hate, an object of derision.

 

Of course, being so secure and cheerfully self-effacing doesn’t give Coldplay the right to be above reproach. After all, the band’s wince-inducing tendency toward cultural appropriation and stereotypes, as seen in their video imagery, is problematic and shouldn’t just be ignored (or perpetuated). For a band so involved in issues of global health and human rights, it’s vital that they’re more sensitive about how they portray other cultures and incorporate genres. If they’re smart, Coldplay will simply let their music make grand statements during the Super Bowl performance. “I spoke to one of the other artists who did it a few years ago, and he said, ‘It’s gotta be muscle memory,'” Martin said during that same recent “CBS Sunday Morning” appearance. “Well, I’ll tell you, it was Bruce Springsteen, ’cause I realized I was starting to do his gruff accent: ‘You gotta know every note, man. Twelve minutes. It ain’t long, but it’s long enough!'”

 

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[Rickulus]

I still can't wrap my head around how they won't play HFTW when they have Beyonce right there. Like, What? Why? HOW?

[Spider-Man]

Well Europeans their football too hehe But incidentally I was wondering why the Super Bowl is the greatest sport show there and not the baseball final or something? I thought baseball was the quintessential american sport.

 

Baseball is the best. What you're referring to is the World Series. Baseball is America's pastime. As someone who played 15 years of it, I can tell you that much. It's much better than Football. ;)

[Sonny]

 

Apparently Beyonce has a "surprise" for everybody, not sure how to think about that. She'll probably debut a new song, dam it Chris and your generosity!

[Jedi Leo]

Interesting article...to see what non-Coldplay fans think of Coldplay hehe

 

I cant for the life of me understand how anyone can compare Coldplay music from X&Y onwards to Radiohead. I mean..what? Before, sure no doubt, but after X&Y its simply not true. And are Beyonce or Bruno Mars "subversive or dissonant"? Hmmm oooook :wtf:

 

Glad the writer can see that Coldplay are in fact changing up their music (if anyone is in doubt, take a look at their fan community LOL), but this pretty much sums it up for me why perhaps Coldplay are disliked by some and perhaps the media: "they’re just not very flashy about it" . And interesting comparison with U2

[Jedi Leo]

Baseball is the best. What you're referring to is the World Series. Baseball is America's pastime. As someone who played 15 years of it, I can tell you that much. It's much better than Football. ;)

 

Hey you preach to the choir , brother! I pretty much grew up in an american base, so I´ve loved baseball my whole life since I was a lad! hehe I had not too many opportunities to play it, but play it I did any time I could ;) I agree: its a fantastic sport! If the Super Bowl were about baseball I´d stay up watching it *LOL*

[atlas2000]

[Jedi Leo]

 

Apparently Beyonce has a "surprise" for everybody, not sure how to think about that. She'll probably debut a new song, dam it Chris and your generosity!

 

:facepalm::wtf: And I just laughed at that about her revealing she was pregnant or something at an award show? Ooook and that was relevant in that particular moment because....:freak::speechless:

[alisbe]

 

Apparently Beyonce has a "surprise" for everybody, not sure how to think about that. She'll probably debut a new song, dam it Chris and your generosity!

I stopped watching, I don't want more spoilers. Sometimes I think we already know a lot about the halftime show lol

[Jedi Leo]

I stopped watching, I don't want more spoilers. Sometimes I think we already know a lot about the halftime show lol

 

The only spoiler was about Beyonce...well 80% of the Super Bowl news seem to be about Beyonce anyway *LOL*

[alisbe]

The only spoiler was about Beyonce...well 80% of the Super Bowl news seem to be about Beyonce anyway *LOL*

Lol so Coldplay is just the organiser!

[Steve1531]

Do you reckon Xylobands will used? Coldplay's set is during daytime hours so I guess not. However there has been a few interesting tweets from Jason Regler today (the guy that makes the bands).

https://twitter.com/Jayreg1969

It's going to be dark at the time,it'll be around 5pm there

[Mehovoric]

A couple of questions...

 

Why is this Super Bowl during the day? It seems to be thats an exception to the rule, right?

 

And do performers lip-sync or sing live? Im watching Katy Perry and she sure sounds like she's singing live.

 

It's during the day with game starting at 3:30pm US Pacific Coast time due to being in California. That means in New York it will be 6:30pm so all the US east coasters don't have to stay up until 2 in the morning. Most Nationally televised events in the US are based off East Coast Time.

 

Performers generally always sing live with the music usually being played as a backing track. This is due to time constraints with set up and performance and not being able to tune the sound, balance frequencies, eliminate feedback, etc.

[alisbe]

I was pleasantly surprised to see them in a local newspaper![ATTACH=full]3844[/ATTACH]

I also have a newspaper with the news! [ATTACH=full]3845[/ATTACH]

I was pleasantly surprised to see them in a local newspaper![ATTACH=full]3844[/ATTACH]

[sa_spurs_tx]

 

 

New PEPSI video!

[LVI56]

Ohh, looks like we'll at least get the "Believe in Love" ending bit of Up and Up to close out the show!

[Jedi Leo]

I also have a newspaper with the news! [ATTACH=full]3845[/ATTACH]

 

Kinda curious about what the media outside the USA say? Here in Denmark I found a few short articles about the Coldplay playing the Super Bowl, 100% positive towards the band, no special mention or treatment for Beyonce hehe

I keep an eye on the media here when Coldplay releases a new album or play a show and I´ve honestly never seen any comment bout them being boring or hated...they are treated like any other big band would, like U2 were for example. I wonder if this thing about Coldplay being so "unpopular" is mostly in America?

[Juanma]

I just hope theres no monkeys during AOAL.

Its a shame the show is with daylight, the glowbands + lasers wouldve been EPIC.

 

Good Luck Coldplay, wish you deliver a Great Show!

[Jedi Leo]

I just hope theres no monkeys during AOAL.

Its a shame the show is with daylight, the glowbands + lasers wouldve been EPIC.

 

Good Luck Coldplay, wish you deliver a Great Show!

 

Haha yeah but I´d still rather have the silent monkeys hopping around than Beyonce and Bruno stealing minutes away. :beadyeyes:

[alisbe]

Kinda curious about what the media outside the USA say? Here in Denmark I found a few short articles about the Coldplay playing the Super Bowl, 100% positive towards the band, no special mention or treatment for Beyonce hehe

I keep an eye on the media here when Coldplay releases a new album or play a show and I´ve honestly never seen any comment bout them being boring or hated...they are treated like any other big band would, like U2 were for example. I wonder if this thing about Coldplay being so "unpopular" is mostly in America?

Coldplay is a very respected band in Mexico. I haven't read something disrespectful by the media. However, talking about who is more famous, Beyonce is much more famous than Coldplay. Sometimes I think the Mexican entertainment media prefers gossip instead of artistry. I've heard a lot about Justin Beiber (he has his own section) and other foreign artists but in the case of news about the band there is few things to say about them. But, as I said they are recognised as one of the biggest bands in the world, they managed to sell out 2 dates and 1 date still has few tickets to sell in Mexico city for their AHFOD tour.

[alisbe]

At least a Mexican broadcaster knows who is headlining the halftime show. Look at the picture Coldplay is in the center and the supporters are in the corner with a smaller picture.

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