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Coldplay in Argentina: Chris Martin bought a guitar at a downtown club and put on a little show

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Life gives you surprises, surprises life gives you. He could very well sing Emiliano Nievasan employee of a downtown musical instrument business when he saw Chris Martin, the leader of the band Coldplay, arrive to buy a guitar at the place where he works.

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Of course, what surprised not only was the unexpected encounter with Chris Martin, but everything that happened after that.

Since arriving in Buenos Aires to offer 10 shows at the River Plate stadium, the leader of Coldplay has shown good predisposition and empathy with the Argentine public.

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The social networks, through the posts of his fans, have become a sample of the encounters he had in all kinds of businesses and bars and the anecdotes that this generated. What stands out for the former of the actress Gwyneth Paltrow it is his friendliness and his good treatment, something that is also noticeable in his performances with the band, where he is responsible for (a lot of) communication with the public.

The truth is that on Thursday 27 October it was Emiliano Nievas who shared his experience with Chris Martin on his Twitter account.

The young salesman was uploading a series of photos with the musician and also videos of the impromptu show he held at the venue. To everyone’s surprise, Martin grabbed a guitar and started singing some of the hits from other bands and also a song that is very much in tune with Argentines.

Together with two employees of the company (Lucca Nievas on bass and Samuel Baez on drums), Martin played with an acoustic guitar before a version of live foreverthe 1994 Oasis theme. Subsequently, he played on the piano Is not she Lovely?shot of Wonder Stevie and, how could it be otherwise, his version of of light musicthe song of Stereo drink that Coldplay have been playing for a long time and repeat on this tour.

The thread with the three videos collected 50,000 likes in a matter of hours.

how did the meeting go

Later, in his stories on Instagram, Emiliano Baez told how the unexpected recital happened: “The ‘jermu’ (sic) came here, to the door of the club, speaking in English. We didn’t understand much, because he spoke very quickly. He goes to the next room and I see a thin tall man pass by … When I look at him I say to Lucca: ‘It’s him!’ ”, Began the drummer by telling.

“When he goes into the shop next door, he sees us reaching out to see him and gestures to us, raising his thumb. Two seconds later, he walked over, grabbed a guitar and said, ‘Let’s play something! What do you want to play?’ The first thing that came to my mind was Oasis and we started playing, ”continued Nievas.

In the same video, Nievas added: “And he signed us up for three appetizers. Spin! ”Also, as Emiliano revealed in his Twitter thread, Martin ended up buying the guitar he played with his colleagues on.

Coldplay have eight introductions ahead of River. This Friday, October 28th, the third of them will be broadcast live around the world and will feature a very special guest: Jin, a member of the South Korean band BTS, who specifically traveled to Argentina to join the British band in the topic. My universe and frees another, which he also composed with them, The Astronaut.

Source: Clarin

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