Twitter’s Reaction To Coldplay Playing The Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show Is As Priceless As You’d Expect

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Coldplay, perhaps the musical embodiment of the term “milquetoast,” have been tabbed to be the official halftime entertainment of Super Bowl 50 (also known as The One Without Roman Numerals, if it were a Friends episode) in February. Coldplay are neither a classic band like The Who or the Rolling Stones, nor a hot younger artist like Katy Perry. Needless to say, their selection infuriated pretty much everybody.

https://twitter.com/drewmagary/status/672511567792095234

The one good thing you can say about the Coldplay choice is that they allow everyone to hurl their best insults with impunity. They’re wildly rich, white males whose relevance peaked a decade ago, perhaps more, and never extended beyond benign acceptance anyway. (Who’s next? Owl City?) Nobody but diehard Coldplay fans (anybody?) cries for Coldplay.


There were also a few Gwyneth-based jokes out there, but this pretty much covers the important part.

https://twitter.com/ohholybutt/status/672511753071251456


https://twitter.com/xmasape/status/672513879197523968

https://twitter.com/celebrityhottub/status/672513530810232832

Those are all good and clever burns on Coldplay, but they’re from good and clever people. There are tons of folks out there without the wherewithal to put together a sick zinger, but are still upset that Coldplay were picked above many, MANY more deserving candidates (even Diarrhea Planet — actually a really good band, but come on — would have garnered a more positive reaction). This is the (fake) story of one of them.

Anyway, good job Roger Goodell, you never fail to draw the witty ire of NFL fans on Twitter.

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