Coldplay Broke THIS Record During Its Music Of The Spheres Concert In Seoul

Coldplay swept through the landscape of Seoul with six shows that culminated on April 25. The British boy band gave South Korea, one of its biggest musical extravagenza seen in recent times, with as many as 50,000 fans turning up to fill the Goyang Stadium per show during its Music of the Spheres concert. Infact, keeping up with the incredible turnover, the entire Seoul leg of Coldplay has even broken a record.

On April 26, Korea Times reported that as of Thursday, 99 percent of Coldplay fans in Korea have returned the LED wristband that were used during the performances. This set a world record for the band's global sustainable efforts.

Coldplay has for years supported eco-conscious approach to live music. For this, the band provided the audience with reusable, plant-based LED wristbands called Xylobands. It is similar to the K-pop light sticks that fans use to illuminate the venue in different colors and rhythms as per the concert. Coldplay encouraged its audience to return them after the show for recycling.

For a healthy rivalry, ranking boards were put up to encourage people to recycle their bands. South Korea beat Japan in the race. Helsinki and Hong Kong followed at third and fourth spots.

Coldplay returned to South Korea after 8 years. It last visited the country in 2017. This time, it performed six shows in Seoul from April 16-April 25.

The concert ended up becoming a K-pop festival with frontman Chris Martin inviting global fan-favourite idols like BTS member Jin, Blackpink's Rosé and girl band TWICE for a special performance. Infact on their finale day, these artistes returned on stage for a second time, leaving the audience having a meltdown. Other icons like PSY and BTS leader RM cheered from the audience.

On a concluding note, Chris Martin thanked the K-pop fraternity for making new fans across the world, and even thanked several artistes for taking their music beyond borders. He even called some, better than Coldplay!

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