Musician Chris Martin of Coldplay performs onstage at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival at MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 18, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chris Martin stated the 'Music of the Spheres' world tour almost didn't take place owing to a "major financial issue."
The "Paradise" hitmakers are presently in the midst of a major tour in promotion of their ninth studio album, but the band is glad that the tour was "saved" and they were able to "sustain" the "losses."
The Sun newspaper quotes lead singer Chris Martin as saying, ostensibly referring to losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic when touring was not possible:
"This was the first time where there was a point where we couldn't do the tour due to all the money stuff. But luckily we had some help and they saved the day and we did a few changes here and there," he generously revealed.
This tour was about attempting new ideas, some of which worked and others that did not. Coldplay was extremely fortunate to be able to survive and endure losses, he explained.
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Chris and company perform with alien masks and the fictitious puppet band The Weirdos in the great show they ended up producing. However, the 'Yellow' hitmaker has acknowledged that his drummer bandmate, Will Champion, needs to rein in some of his more eccentric ideas. He said that within his band, there are members who are full of ideas and members who try to filter the band. Both are necessary.
Without both, the band could not function. For every proposal fans see on stage, Will has rejected approximately fifty-one. However, this is how it works. He must experience it. Once he feels it, we do it. Because of this, Will is the band's heart and anchor, he added. If it fails to resonate with him, the band would not proceed. If it's close, they go at it until it becomes so for Will.
He went on to explain that they utilized aliens as a substitute for naming and shaming individuals with whom they disagree. Chris, who is outspoken about politics and ecology, stated that the aliens and all that other things are allegories. They are actually discussing life on Earth without naming people because they are not big on criticizing or pointing fingers.
"But having alien heads is us saying we really believe in the equality of all people and all beings. So when people say they don't really understand, I feel like that's OK, it is maybe not for everybody." It only lasts for six minutes, but enough to make them freeer and encourage others to be free.
It's obvious that their latest concert is paying off. Enough to say that their financial woes are now officially over and those who trusted them to help them certainly made the right call. Coldplay have sold about 1,400,000 tickets for their newly planned UK and European tour in 2023. This week, the band concluded the United Kingdom part of their massive 'Music Of The Spheres' world tour, which featured six nights at Wembley Stadium in London. In Europe, a series of concerts took held between July and the beginning of August.
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