After months of anticipation, long waiting queues on the ticketing platforms, high hotel tariffs, and black marketing of tickets at five times the original price, all it mattered for the fans to see the glimpse of their favourite band, Coldplay, on stage, in their city – Ahmedabad.
“Kem Cho Ahmedabad… Aaap sabka bahot swagat hai…” (How are you Ahmedabad, a grand welcome to you all), addressed the lead singer Chris Martin to the crowd, more than a lakh in numbers, on a cold Saturday night at Narendra Modi Stadium.
The largest cricket stadium in the world gave the band to perform for the largest crowd ever, and the energy was unmatched.
“Ahmedabad mein aakar bahut khushi ho rahi hai…” (I am feeling very happy after coming to ahmedabad), said martin to the crowd, who was also seen riding a two-wheeler like an Amdavadi a night before, on the silent streets late in the night.
The show was opened by Shone, Elyanna and Jasleen Royal, three artists and celebrities in their own right, setting the stage for the band to steal.
The fans could be seen losing their mind as Martin spoke, though in a broken tongue, but in their own language.
Before this night of unfathomable crowd singing together ‘Yellow’ and ‘Fix You’, the band indeed must have felt ‘very happy’ in Ahmedabad, as they enjoyed some local delicacies like chai and thepla in the city, just a day before.
“Please forgive me for my Gujarati and Hindi,” apologised the singer in-between, before setting the stage on fire.
