Super Bowl Half Time Show Reveals Sports True New Direction (bright uniforms and colors are in)

For many people the football is just a prelude to the half-time show, so this year’s rough defense-dominated action would have been tough for the non-fans to sit through, but the statements made during the half-time show were certainly worth waiting for.

Coldplay kicked things off, completely covered in rainbow coloring. Coldplay fans will have assumed this was in reference to their recent video of “A Hymn for the Weekend” and their “A Head Full Of Dreams” album cover, but it became apparent that it was more meaningful than that.

The band did not play the song and Chris Martin could be seen acknowledging a member of the crowd who was waving the pride flag, so the meaning soon became pretty clear.

Then it was the turn of of Beyonce to get meaningful as she pressed the Black Lives Matter movement by singing “Formation” — a song with overt black-positivity, including lyrics like “Jackson Five nostrils” and “negro nose”.

Beyonce’s dancers also paid homage to the Black Panthers by wearing the black berets that became synonymous with the group in the 60s. Finding team uniforms that are stylish is hard enough these days, so it was good to see Beyonce doing her best to raise the standards.

The performances were capped off by the audience at Levi’s Stadium holding up placards spelling out the message (in rainbow colors) “Believe In Love”.

Against the backdrop of ex-Pantera singer Phil Anselmo’s heavily publicised racist comments, the Superbowl half-time show was a particularly refreshing show of inclusiveness.

Perhaps, then, it was unsurprising that Donald Trump Tweeted his disappointment at the half-time show, saying it was “boring”.