We’ve been desperate for someone to take on Donald Trump. Who knew it would be Coldplay’s Chris Martin? | Simon Price
The World Cup left us with some surprising heroes. Kudos to pop’s leader of the bland and his very public rebuke to hatred and divisionLong before the United States turned the World Cup final into an orgy of pop music and advertising, the signs were already there that this year’s co-hosts should never have been allowed within a thousand miles of the tournament.
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The World Cup left us with some surprising heroes. Kudos to pop’s leader of the bland and his very public rebuke to hatred and divisionLong before the United States turned the World Cup final into an orgy of pop music and advertising, the signs were already there that this year’s co-hosts should never have been allowed within a thousand miles of the tournament. The garish half-time show curated by Chris Martin of Coldplay seemed to reinforce that – but then came a moment of improbable genius.I was surprised. The last time America hosted, the problem wasn’t commercial overkill so much as sheer shrugging apathy.
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- The World Cup left us with some surprising heroes. Kudos to pop’s leader of the bland and his very public rebuke to hatred and divisionLong before the United States turned the World Cup final into an orgy of pop music and advertising, the signs were already there that this year’s co-hosts should never have been allowed within a thousand miles of the tournament.
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We’ve been desperate for someone to take on Donald Trump. Who knew it would be Coldplay’s Chris Martin? | Simon Price
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