The heavens opened Thursday night in Sydney, and the Coldplay parade got soaked – a drenching that caused a delay in the production.
Heavy rain over Accor Stadium saw Chris Martin and Co. shut the show down for about five minutes midway through their set, following a performance of “ALL MY LOVE.”
The band returned, and so did the bad weather. Not for the first time, the British act played through the rain, footage of which can be seen below.
PARADiSE in the rain ☔️ • Coldplay Sydney Night 2 | #ColdplaySydney 🇦🇺
🎥 @neilenore pic.twitter.com/iDXdYW5IQ4
— Coldplay United Kingdom (@ColdplayUK_) November 7, 2024
STILL RAINING!!! RAIN SHOW CONFIRMED #ColdplaySydney pic.twitter.com/WW56MEeZHP
— christina 🕊️ COLDPLAY TODAY!!! (@harrysmatildax) November 7, 2024
Whether it rains or pours, I'm all yours 🎈
🇦🇺 #ColdplaySydney 🎥: @neilenore
— Coldplay FM (@coldplay_fm) November 7, 2024
The Australasian leg of Coldplay’s ‘Music of the Spheres World Tour’ has set records, and had its share of surprise moments.
The Englishmen set a new attendance mark at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, with 227,000 fans attending their four back-to-back shows – a new mark for a band at the venue.
Sydney’s Accor Stadium will also host the pop-rock foursome for four nights, kicking off Nov. 6, followed by tonight’s second show, and dates Saturday, November 9th and wrapping Sunday, November 10th.
Coldplay then heads east for three nights at Auckland’s Eden Park, where they’ll become the first band to play three shows at New Zealand’s biggest stadium.
The tour got off to an eventful start, as bass player Guy Berryman sat it out due to illness. “It’s a shame,” Martin told the audience ahead of the concert, “but we waited until the last minute to tell you that Guy is very, very sick.”
Berryman recovered, though Martin took a potentially nasty spill on the catwalk during another show. He too soldiered on.
“That’s not planned,” he remarked, as he checked himself for injury. It could’ve been a disaster. Instead, “it probably will be a YouTube moment. And what a great one,” he quipped, as he made his way to the main stage, apparently unscathed.
Produced by Live Nation, it’s the first Australian tour for Coldplay since 2016, though the band got tongues wagging with a brace of 2023 concerts last year at Perth’s Optus Stadium.
