Considering the Halftime Show has only grown more popular in recent years - this year’s performance with Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers drew 115.3 million viewers, compared to the 112.2 million who watched the game - it makes sense they’d want a piece of the pie. Yellow earned Coldplay their first top-five hit and a Brit Award nomination for best song of the year following its release in 2000. He has since said, Rihanna was the only name on the list.
While the NFL doesn’t typically pay artists who perform during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, they do tend to cover travel and production expenses, which can be upwards of a million dollars. The first song Coldplay ever wrote and performed was about a toiletry. Sources told the Journal that the suggestion, perhaps unsurprisingly, “got a chilly reception from the candidates’ representatives.” Rihanna - Princess Of China (Instrumental Version) song by Ultimate Tribute Stars now on JioSaavn. The band’s singer/pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion, met at University College London and came together from 1996 to 1998. When reaching out to artists, league representatives asked some acts if they would exchange a headlining slot for a portion of their post- Super Bowl tour earnings, or make another type of financial contribution to the NFL. Coldplay is a British alternative rock band formed in London in 1996.
The NFL reportedly asked Katy Perry, Rihanna and Coldplay, their top choices to play the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show, if they would be willing to pay the league in order to secure one of the biggest gigs in the world, according to The Wall Street Journal.