His new album can be ordered “Moon Music,” But Coldplay took the stage at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday for a rare club show at a strangely sunny time.
I mean, it was already afternoon, not even evening, when the alt-rock giants reduced themselves to the size of everyday life at the 650-capacity venue that was their home at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. It was much more intimate than previous local concerts. NJ
“Getting the band bad game Coldplay frontman says performing before 9pm is one of the hardest things in the world chris martin privately told the crowd SiriusXM Concert Which is now available to stream on the service.
“And the reason we’re playing so early this afternoon is because tomorrow we’re doing the ‘Today’ show, which starts at 3:15 in the morning,” he joked, adding, “It’s really just a sound check. ” That somehow.”
The usual rock stars are all jokes about the way their debut took place before hours, however, Coldplay is as responsible as it gets for a band whose primary audience has reached middle age with them. And so, they have done their due diligence on the promo rounds for their 10th studio album “Moon Music” – as they recently announced, still two more to go – Hitting the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Saturday night Live” before his SiriusXM show and Tuesday morning’s “Today” appearance.
They’re working in New York with a lot less pedigree than they used to these days — yet they’re still trying to sell their new songs, even if most people still want to hear “Yellow,” “Clocks” and “Clocks.” “Viva la Vida.”
“When you’re an old band, I know it frustrates a lot of people because we’re still making new songs, and I know it’s annoying for some of you,” the 47-year-old Said Martin, who had always been childish and irritable at his age.
“But you know, at one time, even the song ‘Viva La Vida’ was new, and everybody in the room was like, ‘What is this?’… Every new song we have, A lot of people say it’s terrible, and then 10 years later, it’s a super classic around the world.
To that end, Coldplay opened with the atmospheric title track “Moon Music”, before a solo Martin was joined by the rest of the band: guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion.
They move forward with feel-good vibes “Feels Like Falling in Love” The “Moon Music” single – Charts Be Damned – is another classic Coldplay anthem.
They switched from the Max Martin-produced pop bliss of their 2002 masterpiece “A Rush of Blood to the Head” to the driving, U2-esque rock of “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face.”
It was a shock that was no longer as jarring as it had been: Coldplay is now as much pop as it is rock.
Other new songs such as “We Pray” – where Coldplay featured Palestinian-Chilean singer Eliana and Argentinian star Tiny – and soul-disco bop. “good feelings” A performance by Nigerian singer Ayra Star demonstrated the group’s global power.
Coldplay also debuted a new song, “The Karate Kid”, from the deluxe edition of “Moon Music”, with Martin starting and stopping on piano while giving a falsetto feel – as if he was working for him and the band. . real time.
Then Coldplay indulge themselves for “superfans” with 2021’s 10-minute “Coloratura” “Music of the Regions,” Which sounded like the prelude to space travel heard on “Moon Music.”
Afterwards, Martin said, “Okay, let’s play ‘Yellow.’ Thank you for letting us do this.”
But while finding “something beautiful” again in “Yellow” – as he does every time – Martin may have found another Coldplay heart melter in the new piano ballad. “All my love,” Due to which the show ended before it got dark outside.
