Mayuri Patil

I saw Coldplay live on 19th November 2016 at Global Citizen Festival India. It was the best day of my life. I was thinking back in 2015 that Coldplay will come to India for AHFOD Tour because they visited India for charity work and they had their name written in Hindi on their instruments.And yes they came back again in February to film Hymn for the Weekend music video. I was like.. Wow.. They will definitely come to India again. Then the news dropped in July that they are going to perform at a charity event. I was one step near to my dream. But then I heard about ticket prices. They were little expensive. So I decided to win tickets. But I was unable to win any tickets. I was crying for few days. But I was trying so hard in each and every round. But i wasn't lucky enough. I lost all the hopes to see Coldplay live. :( Two days before the festival I got a message from GCI that I won two tickets. I was so happy. It was unexpected but I finally got tickets. yayyy..! 19th November2016: I reached at venue by 12 PM. It was a hot day. I was in the green zone from where stage was not visible. (We watched entire show on a large screen.) But still everyone was damn excited to see their favorite band performed live first time in India. After so many performances and speeches on the stage. The moment has finally arrived.. After Charlie Chaplin speech, we saw Jonny Buckland on screen and there goes Chris. He came on stage and crowd went crazy. Everyone got new energy even after waiting for 9 hours (or I can say 9 years). All 80000 people were singing and dancing. Then they started playing Yellow, the masterpiece, everyone was singing along with Chris. At the end of the YELLOW performance, Chris showed his love for India in Hindi.. Can you imagine?!? He was talking in Hindi. Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy were so appreciated to be there.. They performed Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall, The Scientist, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face. Jonny and Chris rocked the performance of GPASUYF. Chris threw his guitar in the air at the end of that performance. At the beginning of Paradise, Chris asked us to keep the mobile flashlight on. Crowd was looking so beautiful. (We created our own Xylobands using flashlights..) Then he asked the crowd to keep their phone in the pocket and dance with them on Paradise Tiesto remix. Then they came on B stage and started playing Always In My Head. It was unexpected.. Then Magic and then single version of Everglow. Listening to Everglow live was one of the most beautiful moment. He thanked audience by saying "India, you waited for 16 years to see us live. Thank you. They started playing Clocks. Clocks is definitely one of their best songs and with all the lasers, lights, they performed it so beautifully. Better than studio version. (Their every song sound live better than original.. Legends!) Charlie Brown started playing and Chris asked everyone to jump with him. Then he stopped the performance after singing two lines. He told us that his guitar has broken and it's so beautiful to watch everyone jumping. He was saying "Shukriya" (means Thank you) at the end of each performance. Then they played cover of Heroes by David Bowie and we enjoyed some Buckin moments. Then it was a time for Hymn For The Weekend. It was so special because music video was filmed in India. He tucked our Indian flag to his pant. Everyone was singing along with them. And I was so happy to listen Will's vocals. Then they started playing Fix You (my favorite song). I was singing this song from my heart. It gave me goosebumps. I wanted to cry my heart out I didn't. (I'm a big cry baby ) Then Will started playing drums for Viva La Vida (my another favorite song.. Yayy). I love Viva La Vida because of Will. They played Don't Panic. I was so happy to listen Jonny's vocals. Then they performed Adventure of A Lifetime. It was epic with all those colorful balloons. Then it was a time for the introduction of the rest of the band members. Will was all Happy. He is so cute. I realized that Guy was so silent.. Maybe he is a shy person like me or he was tired by travelling. Chris had long introduction for Jonny. Buckin They played fan requested In My Place at the B stage. Then Mr. A R Rahman joined them. It was once in a lifetime moment to see Coldplay with our legend. AR Rahman played Maa Tujhe Salaam and Chris started singing along with him. It was a proud moment for us. I was so happy. Then there was another surprise. Chris started singing a Bollywood song Channa Mereya as an intro of "A Sky Full Of Stars". And i was dead!! He was waving Indian flag during ASFOS performance. I can't ask for more. Thank you Cpldplay. At the end, they played "Up&Up" (my favorite from AHFOD album). And he told us that they will come back as soon as possible. And I was in tears. Thank you so much for the amazing night. It was the only good thing happened to me in 2016. I will attach some pictures. You can watch videos on my Instagram @indiancoldplayer. Thank you. PS: Extremely sorry for my bad English. [MEDIA=instagram]BOPctMlA6p8[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=instagram]BOSTqQ4glKi[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/BOSTqQ4glKi/