Coldplay closed the penultimate date of Rock in Rio and anticipated what the South American tour will be like. Photo: MAURO PIMENTEL AFP
With a show full of lights, colors and special effects that not even the rain has managed to ruin, Coldplay took advantage of their presentation at Rock in Rio to kick off their South American tour.
The British band led by Chris Martin was the main attraction on the penultimate date of the new edition of Rock in Rio in Brazil and managed to capture all the attention on a rather eclectic day in which they also performed the American singer of Cuban origin Camila Cabello and the English quartet Bastille, among others.
It is well known that a presentation within a festival is always different. In this case the spectators were 100 thousand and there was also a special party for the band’s guitarist’s birthday.Jonny Buckland, who was acclaimed by the public after performing Magic.
But it is clear that last night’s show at Rock in Rio can be an example of this the British group will perform in ten recitals at the River Stadium and on the South American leg of the Music of the Spheres tour.
After the six August recitals at London’s Wembley Stadium, where they have already started showing some of the tour attractions, Coldplay officially begins their tour of the continent this Tuesday 13 at the National Stadium in Lima, Peru.
In addition to the ten performances at the Monumentale, a historical record The tour of these payments includes about twenty presentations in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Lima, Santiago, Bogotà and Buenos Aires.
The show in the City of Rock
Around midnight, IThe stalls of the Palco Mundo have become a gigantic stage for a show of lights and colors where the publicor he was the star and took the main stage of the festival despite the light rain that fell in the City of Rock.
The 100,000 LED bracelets distributed by the organizers and donated with a chip and a radio system that made them light up with colors according to the rhythm and intensity of the music.
The show also featured biodegradable confetti showers and fireworks and laser light shows on various songs.
The “Music of the Spheres Tour” is inspired by the Star Wars universe. For this reason, figures alluding to the universe created by George Lucas, as well as reproductions of planets and solar systems, were seen on the giant screen behind the stage.
In terms of music, Coldplay preferred the songs from the album that gives the tour its name, their ninth studio album released exactly a year ago. But as always, too reviewed recent and older hits of previous albums such as Paradise, The scientist, Yellow, My universe Y Fix you.
Chris Martin, who as always interacted with the audience during the show and he even risked speaking Portuguese, sang twice “Live the life” the feeling that the band’s fans were following his singing at the end of the first performance. The audience exploded when the group appeared wearing alien masks.
In preview, Camila Cabello and Bastille
The Coldplay concert at Rock in Rio was preceded by Camila Cabello, which offered most of the songs of Familytheir third album released in April this year, included Celia, also dedicated to the Cuban Celia Cruz and who performed live for the first time in Rio de Janeiro.
The singer, who clarified her Latin roots and performed some of her songs in Spanish, including to the teethin which she was accompanied by the Argentine María Becerra, she retraced her greatest successes: she made her debut with To miss and left last havana, Bam Bam Y Don’t go yet.
And to please the Brazilian audience even more, he wrapped himself in the green-yellow flag and performed the song in Portuguese. to the priests along with Biel, MC Bianca and Lennon from the local funk DJ.
Another attraction this Saturday was the British group Bastillewho offered his mix of alternative rock and indie with touches of electronics, and who presented his album in Brazil Give me the future (2022).
The new edition of Rock in Rio, the twenty-first in its history and the ninth in the Brazilian city where he was born in 1985, arrived this Saturday on the sixth of seven days.
After the dates of 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 September, the festival ends this Sunday 11 with the main shows by Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion and Rita Ora.
These days, bands like it Iron Maiden, Guns N ‘Roses, Green Day, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Gilberto Gil, Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Camila Cabello and Avril Lavigne.
Source: Clarin
