Super Bowl 50: Grading The Weekend Festivities

Halftime Show

The initial reaction when Coldplay was announced to perform at this year’s halftime show had mixed responses. On Sunday, those mixed reactions turned to further disappointment as Coldplay found themselves outshined as former halftime peformers Beyonce and Bruno Mars stole the show.

Not to take away from Coldplay and their wonderful music. But their entertaining skills were not nearly on the level as Queen Bee and Mars.

The stage which the performance was set upon was very well constructed. The mind-trip as if you were in time warp and in a field of flowers.

Coldplay also performed mellow tunes and did nothing that got the people pumped up. With a new album recently out, the decision to showcase Coldplay might have been in play to promote that album. But there were others in San Francisco that weekend performing who might have been better choices. Or at the very least, perhaps Lady Gaga who opened up with the national anthem, could have taken over the show. All she had to do was walk across the field.

Alicia Keys and Metallica who rocked their performances on Saturday, they could have been alternate solutions — especially Metallica, who rocked the show for the last night of festivities and celebrating in Super Bowl City.

Here is an example of the performance that rocked AT&T Park:

Old or not, Metallica could still rock and that performance looked like a halftime worthy show. Chris Martin, lead singer for Coldplay, appeared to get pushed aside by Beyonce and Mars during the performance and it looked like they were trying to restore faith in a halftime show that was lagging.

Usually full of more choreography and creative artistry, the Super Bowl couldn’t have failed more than they did with this year’s performance. Heck, even bringing back the Rolling Stones — who struggled because of their age — could have sparked more excitement.

The halftime has almost grown as big as the game itself, and the NFL may want to start taking applications for Super Bowl LI (51) early.

Grade: F

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