A ‘Coldplay’ concert will be held in Mumbai next year
The name ‘Coldplay’ has been buzzing on social media for the last 2 days. The ticket price for ‘Coldplay’ concert to be held on 18 and 19 January 2025 in Mumbai ranges from Rs 2500 to Rs 35 thousand. But the tickets of this band are now being sold in black for 3-4 lakh rupees. About one million people are still on the Book My Show waiting list, waiting for those who bought these tickets to cancel their concert plans and get those tickets. Let’s talk in detail about why this crazed band is so famous, how many people come with this band, what kind of instruments they have.
27 years ago i.e. in the year 1997, 5 music lovers at London University decided to start their own rock band. Initially these five named their band ‘Big Fat Noise’. Then after some time, these 5 rock stars started calling their band ‘Starfish’ and finally they decided to call themselves ‘Coldplay’ and in the year 1998, they released their first song.
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Coldplay is famous worldwide
Coldplay is a British rock band that is famous all over the world. There are five main members of this rock band. The band members are Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland, Phil Harvey, Will Champion and Guy Berryman. The most famous singer in these 5 is Chris Martin. Chris is the lead singer of the band, and also has a good command of the guitar, keyboard and piano. Jonny Buckland is the band’s lead guitarist, he also does background vocals and Jonny can also play keyboards brilliantly. Will Champion plays the drums and, like Johnny, also handles background vocals when needed. Guy Berryman only plays bass guitar and keyboards. Phil Harvey, the last remaining member of the band, is the manager and creative director of the band.
The band travels with its roadies
Even though the band’s 4 rockstars perform their magic on stage, a large team travels with these rockstars for each concert. Along with the band, the team also includes their Production Manager, Camera Director, Tour Photographer, Activation and Volunteer Manager for Global Citizens, Back of House Apprentice, Tour Lighting Director, Guitar Tech, Environmental Caretaker, Barricade Manager. The band ‘Coldplay’ named this team Roadies. A ‘Coalplay’ has a team of around 20 to 25 people. But it increases or decreases according to circumstances. Band members also hire some local people.
Take 16 guitars with you
Whenever a rock band Coldplay Apart from his clothes, when he goes to perform in other countries, he also carries with him several instruments like guitar, piano, drums and keyboard and sound system. For example, there are approximately 16 guitars with this band during each concert, out of these 16 guitars, 14 are regular guitars and 2 are electric guitars. The special thing about this band is that even during their concerts they take full care that electricity is not wasted and people do not throw garbage. Separate caretakers have been included in his team to take care of him.
I have special love for India
A one-day ticket for Coldplay’s concert, which performs for 50 thousand people for 2 consecutive days, costs between Rs 2500 and Rs 35000. The band charges around Rs 20 to 50 crores for one of its concerts. This is not the first time Coldplay has performed in India. Even before this, 8 years ago in the year 2016, Coldplay did a concert in Mumbai. Chris Martin and the rest of Coldplay have expressed their love for India many times on their social media accounts. He shot his song ‘Him of the Weekend’ in Mumbai.
