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Coldplay to play gig powered by 60 cyclists generating electricity at Earthshot Prize Awards set up by Prince William
By Jenny Smith 8 October, 2021 6 mins read 71 Views
COLDPLAY vowed not to tour again until they could do so in a sustainable way – and they will honour that pledge in a revolutionary way for a forthcoming show.
I can reveal that the group, fronted by Chris Martin, will play a huge gig at North London’s Alexandra Palace next week — powered solely by cyclists.
Coldplay will honour their pledge of being sustainable by playing a huge gig at North London’s Alexandra Palace next week
The group, fronted by Chris Martin, will join Prince William for the Earthshot Prize Awards as their performance will be powered solely by cyclists. The performance will be part of the inaugural Earthshot Prize ceremony. Hosted by Dermot O’Leary and Clara Amfo, the event will also see other acts including Shawn Mendes perform.
A source said: “The organisers of the Earthshot Prize wanted to make sure the ceremony went off with a bang. And having Coldplay performing with 60 cyclists pedalling like crazy next to them is definitely going to catch people’s attention.
“They will be singing outside of Ally Pally with everything powered by the people next to them on bikes — it’s a real statement to make and something the lads are totally on board with.”
The awards were set up by Prince William and the Royal Foundation to fund innovators helping repair the planet — with each of the five winners receiving £1million in funding.
Coldplay, who last week went to No3 with their BTS collaboration My Universe, said in 2019 they were stopping touring until they could do it in an eco-friendly way.
Chris, who is in the band with Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Jonny Buckland, said: “Our next tour will be the best possible version of a tour environmentally. We would be disappointed if it’s not carbon neutral.
“The hardest thing is the flying side of things. But, for example, our dream is to have a show with no single-use plastic, to have it largely solar powered. We’ve done a lot of big tours at this point. How do we turn it around so it’s not so much taking as giving?”
If this next show works out, they might just end up turning their next tour into a spin class.
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