Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanked his Indian audience on Saturday (Jan. 18) for “forgiving” British colonialism, as the band’s Music Of The Spheres dates kicked off in Mumbai.

Chris Martin has divided fans after thanking India for “forgiving” British colonialism during his Coldplay concert in Mumbai. The frontman, 47, touched on Britain’s brutal colonisation of India in 1858 during the band’s gig at the weekend.

The band, in India for the Asia leg of their highly anticipated Music of Spheres world tour, performed at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, attended by around 75,000 people. This was Coldplay’s first performance in India after the 2016 show at the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai.

Coldplay recently concluded a successful three-concert run in Mumbai as part of their Music of the Spheres global tour. The British rock band performed at the DY Patil Stadium on January 18, 19, and 21,

The UK band Coldplay performed their final Mumbai show on January 21 at DY Patil Stadium. Chris Martin, the band’s frontman, paused the concert midway to read out a hilarious letter, which he claimed was from “Jasprit Bumrah’s lawyers.

Coldplay’s lead singer Chris Martin made headlines during the band’s electrifying concert in Mumbai on January 18, 2025, by addressing the colonial history between Great Britain and India. Speaking to a packed audience at the DY Patil Stadium,