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In this video, from the 7:14 mark, Chris mentions that off late songs have been "arriving" which are more guitar-based. Just thought it's appropriate to mention it here because it might hint a little at what we can expect from the EP but more than that it confirms it will have new material and not just left-over stuff from AHFOD

Of course they did. This is basically all that the Congress (opposition party and former ruling party) does nowadays, oppose everything that is even remotely related the BJP (current ruling party) and since BJP went out of their way to make this concert happen one shouldn't be surprised by this. It still pisses me off though, the way they corrupt things like these with politics. :| It deserves a thread of its own if you ask me, really well-conducted interview!

Woww haha that is quite the compliment thank you so much! :D

Ohh thank you, but damn does it sound great! But does he sing it or is it a recording? I couldn't make out due to the flashing lights.

In this interview, Chris explains so wonderfully why Coldplay have not come to India for so long. The currency inequality thing he mentioned makes complete sense! And here I was thinking (a year back) that Coldplay hates India and that's why they'll never come. And what he said responding to the uncalled for HFTW controversy, "I think I'm used now to the idea that anything anybody does, someone won't like". There's our answer to entire flag bs! Also, which place do y'all think he was referring to when he said he tried to get the band there but it didn't work out?

I just read your review lol I love the similarities between our accounts on the event! :DAlso yes it was Paradise! Not AOAL as I'd said earlier. Only the second time I'm hearing the Tiesto mix, last was last week at the London Paladium which I'd streamed live at 2 am lol. I don't particularly like the beats (cos I'll be honest, I'm intolerant to most mainstream EDM) but I love what sounds like him singing something rather incoherent repeatedly. Do you guys have any clue what he sings during it? Thanks in advance!

Thank you!! :D

Yeah. I read about that today and it's just horrible. I'm kind of from Patna. Even the explosion of a fuel-carrying truck in Mozambique two days back, killing 70. They were trying to steal fuel from an overturned truck because it's so expensive over there. Reading things like these just make me want to listen to Imagine and live in the idealistic world Lennon created instead.

Oh and yeah when I saw Roadie 42's post with Suhit's picture, I felt so happy for him because I'd seen how dedicatedly he was participating in the forum discussion. When I've waited for Coldplay as long as you have, I wish to meet them too! :D Also, sorry about the earlier post being so lengthy. I kind of just lost myself and the words came pouring out haha. I have a psychology paper tomorrow though so I'm going to go study now. xD

I was there. tl;dr: Jump to para(dise) 5 And I'm going give my best shot at describing to you wonderful people what I witnessed yesterday while I'm still fresh with a head full of dreams but before that, let me introduce myself as this is the first interaction I've ever had on these forums even though I've been a member and silently followed the happenings on Coldplaying for over a year now - best way to do that is by saying I'm the biggest fan of Coldplay in the world![emoji14]I waited so, so long for this gig I cannot possibly express the rush of blood to the head I experienced when I completely digested the fact that I was about to experience my favourite band, no, my favourite thing in the world, live. Let's jump right into it. I'm a 17-year old Indian boy living in Mumbai and I've never felt prouder to admit that. When a band whose concerts you've stayed up nights to livestream suddenly decides to come to your country, and not just do that but ensure that they leave as the most loved and endeared group of foreigners to have ever braced your nation, that's when you know you're in for a taste of heaven on earth. And that is exactly what yesterday was. Coldplay's set was over in a jiffy but that moment encapsulated infinity within it. Before I continue, I'd just like to take a moment to laud my PM Narendra Modi for being such a boss in his video-address to the crowd shortly before the long-awaited Coldplay set by starting his speech with "I know I'm standing between you and Coldplay so I'll keep this short..." and concluding by quoting Chris Martin's lyrics! "You can see the change you wanted, be what you want to be." [AHFOD] and "Under this pressure, under this weight. We are diamonds, taking shape. We are diamonds, taking shape." [AOAL] Also, I'm not sure but I think he also quoted Bob Dylan as he did mention him as one of his influences (along with CM) during his address and he used the phrase "The times they are a-changin'". I love my PM. Back to the gig. Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar along with Freida Pinto introduced Coldplay on stage after such a long wait the crowd had almost become restless. I was fortunate enough to win Yellow (co-incidece much? :p) zone tickets which is the closest you can get with a free ticket but it was still an entire Gold zone away from stage. On top of that, I got separated from my friends due to the massive crowd [and trust me, they have never been more alive. The "put your phones down" comment has been grossly taken out-of-context by the cancer that I consider twitter (sorry, users :p), Chris only said that during a segment (AOAL, I think) where he wanted everyone to jump with their hands up] so after Jay-Z (who was EPIC, even though I'm not a big fan of rap) I had almost given up on having a good view of stage. But believe in miracles because a person I'd befriended in the crowd saw how passionate I was about the band and allowed me to stand on an elevated platform that she was perched upon. If that wasn't enough, in what was pretty much an immovable crowd, mystically an opening appeared and I was just a row behind the barrier with a rather unobstructed view of stage among a couple people who seemed like proper Coldplay fans (in the sense, they'd heard the albums). Now, to the music. I don't think I could've wished for a better setlist (apart from rarities but let's be real xD). They played songs they haven't played frequently in the AHFOD tour and it was just brilliant. My best-friend badly wanted ETIAW and his wish was granted. GPASUYF was such a rocker, with Chris reiterating that he's still a rockstar by tossing his electric guitar high up in the air after the performance. Always In My Head was a happy surprise which made the girl in front of me go almost as crazy as I did (I was screaming out lyrics at the top of my lungs and jumping continually and just generally over-exerting myself even though I was parched and dehydrated from standing in the scorching sun for so long without water but I didn't care because I knew Coldplay would give me the adrenaline to get through :) ) which was followed by an equally magical Magic. They performed the new Everglow with the Muhammad Ali tribute video at the end and the world stood still throughout. Clocks, to my surprise, had my favourite red lasers which I didn't expect because I doubted they'd go that high budget for Global Citizen but this show had the same amount of production as their normal AHFOD tour shows, remiss xylobands, and it was a sight for sore eyes. Charlie Brown was performed but Chris restarted because his guitar stopped working, his little errors just add to the enjoyment. :D During Heroes, I looked up at the sky and shouted "I love you David Bowie!". After that was break time where I proudly led the encore-call. Then when they played Don't Panic (Jonny sang as usual but for the first time Chris did not inform the crowd that Jonny was going to sing and request them to cheer him on as he's shy, which was strange) on B-stage I lost my shit when I recognised the guitar and started screaming the lyrics but everyone around me looked at me weird because they didn't recognise the song. xD This was followed by song-request time where I was silently praying my request gets chosen (even though the video I'd taken was awkward as hell; I'd requested Twisted Logic simply because I wanted to hear Chris scream that end live after seeing how epic it sounded when he played it with the A-sides recently) but I prayed a thank-you that it wasn't because after seeing what was chosen - I realised that's what I wanted to hear the most - one of my absolute favourites (Only Speed of Sound and Shiver can beat it), IN MY PLACE, and you guessed it I screamed like a mad-man! xD Even more so when I saw it was acoustic, though I missed the drums, as did my best-friend who's learning drumming. Somewhere in between this, band introduction happened in the cutest of ways starting with "The sexiest drummer in the world..." and ending with "...shoe-wearing Jonny Buckland!". After this is when us Indians experienced history in the making, Chris called A.R. Rahman who'd already performed ealier (And oh, what an out-of-world performance it was. It made me realise why he's so revered, innovative musical genius. You guys have to check out some of his work) to sing Vande Mataram which is like this anthem in India somehow everybody knows (kinda like Amazing Grace in the US) written in the 1800s when were under British-rule as a nationalism-inducing poem correctly translated above as "I praise thee, Mother (Bengal, state in India)" and Rahman's song "Maa Tujhe Salaam" ("Mother (India) I salute you"). It was spine-tingling when Rahman put the mic at Chris's mouth and he sang along with surprisingly great pronounciation. And needless to say, the crowd were ecstatic and of course, also singing along. After this was the usual concert conclusion of ASFOS (with the beautiful star confetti blast but I was too far away to see my sky full of stars :( I don't regret anything though) and Up&Up which was such a delight to witness live, when the fireworks were launched at the end I said to a friend who I'd managed to relocate "These are the moments when air pollution is justified".[emoji14] Well, that's about it, guys. Easily the best day of my life. After the gig we had a group-hug and I hugged every friend I saw and I told the guy who was distributing "Love" badges (I grabbed a handful) that I love him and on reaching my building I gave the one pinned to my Coldplay (in MX font) tee (which a friend from the US sent me just for this gig, received it the day before, how thoughtful people can be :') ) to the security guard at the gate and I thanked a police officer at the venue and I told my parents I love them for the first time in my life and I called my girlfriend and sang "I just called to say I love you" and yeah, Coldplay can really change you. Amazing Day, the only song that I regret them not playing but yet funnily so I'm sure every person in the crowd still heard it, metaphorically of course. This concert came just when I needed it. 'Cause I've been living life inside a bubble. And watching them live burst that bubble of confusion and negativity and sunlight opened up my eyes, to see for the first time, it opened them up. (appropriate that I requested this song haha) I will not live my life in vain anymore. I pledge to be a messenger of peace and happiness just like Chris Martin and Leonardo Di Caprio and Elon Musk and many others. Thank you all for taking the time to read this, you guys are the nicest internet community I've stumbled across, really reflects the band as a whole. :) PS: Don't worry about the Indian flag thing guys. When something is so pure, it's ought to attract negativity and things trying to corrupt it. I doubt there even are people who got offended by anything he did with the flag (maybe that's because HE DID NOTHING OFFENSIVE?!) but if there are, trust me they're a teeny-tiny minority because there are a great deal of sensible people here in India who receive love when it's being sent to them, it's just that they're quieter than the not-so-sensible ones who rage on Twitter and what-not and sites with no credibility whatsover (looking at you indiatimes -.-) just for attention. If anything, Coldplay have made a permanent best-friend in the form of India and we're waiting for Chris to keep to his promise which he made at the end of Up&Up, he said "We promise to come back and play in India again soon". And to conclude with lyrics from my favourite Coldplay song, I'll always be waiting.