Coldplay opens its first world tour since 2017 in front of 40,000 people in Costa Rica

The British band Coldplay opened their long-awaited and “sustainable” world tour, Music of the Spheres, on Friday night at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, in front of an excited crowd of more than 40,000 people.

This was the first of two dates, both with tickets sold out since October, that the famous group will have in the Central American country. The second one will be this Saturday.

The British sang their first song, 'Higher Power', at 7:45 p.m. local (01H45 GMT, Saturday), exactly when the redoubt exploded in jubilation.

Then, for two hours, hits such as' Yellow ', 'The Scientist', 'Fix You', among others, followed.

They even performed acoustically a song typical of the country, called the “Patriotic Costa Rican”.

Its leader Chris Martin made celebrated interventions during the presentation, as when he previewed 'A Sky Full of Stars' and in clear spanish he invited attendees to put away their cell phones to “watch them sing” and “enjoy an intimate moment”.

“There are no words to explain it. The lights, the songs, the good vibes they transmit. The truth is that a great concert from start to finish. I loved it,” said Carolina Jimenez, a 38-year-old Costa Rican.

This is the first major concert in Costa Rica since the arrival of covid-19.

The Music of the Spheres tour, according to the official Coldplay website, comprises 57 dates around the world. They define it as “eco-friendly” and “sustainable”.

The tour uses kinetic technology to power the stage, through a floor that produces energy when the spectators jump. There are also stationary bicycles generating electricity.

In addition, for every ticket sold, the band will donate a tree.

When the tour was announced on October 14, Coldplay published on its various platforms that Costa Rica was chosen as the first stop because of its green country label and energy matrix, which is 99.98% clean and renewable, according to the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).

After Costa Rica, the tour will continue in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

The band hasn't toured since 2017, when they suspended them until they discovered a way to reduce their carbon footprint.

“We are about 50% of what we want to achieve eventually (in terms of reducing carbon emissions),” Martin said in an interview with the BBC the previous year after announcing the tour.

“There are aspects such as the way people arrive at the concert or flights, that we still can't solve, but the whole show is done with renewable energy,” he said that time.

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