Anand Mahindra hails Coldplay’s Ahmedabad concert: ‘India is new frontier of...’

As Coldplay concluded its 'Music of the Spheres World Tour’ in India with its final show in Ahmedabad, business tycoon Anand Mahindra shared a clip from the jam-packed Narendra Modi Stadium, which had a capacity of over 1.25 lakh people.

Mahindra hailed the moment as the one when India proved itself to be the new frontier of live entertainment.

“The moment when the world discovered that India is the new frontier of live entertainment…Coldplay. Ahmedabad,” Anand Mahindra posted on X, along with a video of the band performing its ‘Firefly’ song.

This comes a day after the band said its Ahmedabad show of its “biggest ever concert”. Coldplay also called the Narendra Modi Stadium “the best stadium in the whole wide world”.

“Our biggest ever concert. Totally mind-blowing,” Coldplay said, posting a picture on X.

After concluding its last show, the British rock band posted a Thank You message for India and Ahmedabad, saying they'll never forget their two weeks here.

“Thank you Ahmedabad, thank you India. We’ll never forget these two weeks. Your love and kindness will stay with us forever,” Coldplay said.

Coldplay's Chris Martin says, ‘Happy Republic Day, India’

On Sunday, as Indians celebrated Republic Day, Coldplay's lead singer, Chris Martin, greeted the crowd with “Happy Republic Day, India!” as he kicked off his final performance in the country.

He touched many hearts by singing the patriotic anthem “Vande Mataram”.

It looked like a confetti of lights had spread throughout the stadium as fans switched on their flashlights to groove to the band's tunes in their last concert in India, which was streamed live on Disney Hotstar.

“We are so happy to be here, so grateful to be here. Happy Republic Day to everybody in India. We know how lucky we are to play in your beautiful country, especially on a day when all the planets are aligned and we have the best audience in the best stadium in the whole wide world,” Chris Martin said before humming a few lines from music maestro A R Rahman's 1997 track “Maa Tujhe Salaam”.

Chris Martin thanks audience in Hindi

Chris Martin addressed the audience in Hindi and thanked them for turning up in large numbers from different corners of the country.

“Dhanyawaad pyaare dosto. Aap sab ka bohat swagat hai hamare show me. Aap sabka bohat dhanyawaad ki aapne hume yaha perform karne ka mauka diya. Ahmedabad me aake hum bohat khushi ho rahi hai. Aur namaste aap sabko jo hume live stream par dekh rahe hai,” he said, drawing huge cheers from the crowd.

“That is the every Hindi word I ever learned in my whole life. So thank you,” Martin said, before briefly switching to Gujarati.