酷玩乐队将领衔2016超级碗中场秀表演

 Coldplay will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, sources confirmed to multiple outlets¹.

据多方消息来源确认，酷玩乐队将在超级碗中场秀上领衔表演。

The British band will make their halftime debut² at Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. News of the performance comes a day before the release of the band's seventh album, "A Head Full of Dreams."

这只英国乐队将会在2月7日来到加州圣克拉拉李维球场，首次登上超级碗中场秀的舞台。他们表演的消息发布一天后，他们就发布了自己的第七张唱片《A Head Full of Dreams》。

The band is a surprising choice for the halftime show, but they'll be joined by Bruno Mars, who was initially³ thought to have been offered the top spot. According to The Wall Street Journal, Beyoncé is currently in talks to make a guest appearance, as she's featured on Coldplay's new album.

中场秀邀请他们来演出让很多人都意想不到，原本大家以为最有可能担任领衔表演歌手的是“火星哥”布鲁诺·玛斯，但他也会和酷玩乐队同台演唱。据《华尔街日报》的消息，碧昂斯正在讨论担任演出嘉宾的事，因为在酷玩乐队的新专辑里有与她合唱的歌。

The band, which is fronted by Chris Martin, has some big shoes to fill following Katy Perry's sharktastic 2015 performance, which was the most-watched halftime show ever with 118.5 million people tuning⁴ in.

2015年“水果姐”凯蒂·派瑞的表演火爆震撼，凭借1亿1850万的收视人数创下了有史以来超级碗中场秀的最高收视率。而这一次，由克里斯·马汀担任主唱的酷玩乐队将会面临巨大的挑战。

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 tuning   

n.调谐，调整，调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》