When Coldplay goes on tour, the British rockers typically play to tens of thousands of fans per show – according to Billboard Boxscore, their Music of the Spheres World Tour in August 2024 was the biggest rock tour of all time.

As Chris Martin & Co. took the stage at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg – a 650-person capacity venue – for a SiriusXM Presents show in support of their new album on Monday afternoon (October 7). Moon musicthe crowd went more than a little crazy. That might explain why one attendee shouted a request for a non-existent Coldplay song toward the end of the concert.

The saga began when Coldplay announced the fan favorite Music of the Spheres track “Coloratura” a rare performance and explained that people online were clamoring to hear it live. Afterwards, fans began shouting song titles, with one yelling, “Fix It.” Presumably the man was thinking of the 2005 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Fix You.” X&Ybut Chris Martin didn’t let him get away so easily.

“‘Fix It’ is another song from another band, my brother,” Martin said, shaking his head, before leading the band through “Yellow.” But after completing their breakout hit (“Yellow” was their first Hot 100 entry in 2001), Martin apparently decided that maybe “Fix It” should it’s a Coldplay song. Martin apologized to the fan for getting a little “angry” with him, sat down at the piano and spontaneously played a melody that he dedicated to the guy.

“Here’s a song called ‘Fix It,’ especially for this guy. It’s okay if you come to a concert to shout the name of a song,” sang Martin, laughing good-naturedly. “(But) I’d much rather you didn’t get the name of the song wrong/ Oh, fix it, let’s fix it/ It was broken a long time ago/ Yes, fix it, a famous song called “Fix It.” “ ‘/Even I didn’t know that before today.”

One can only imagine what it was like to be that man in that moment. In less than 10 minutes, he mangled a Coldplay song title in front of the band, was gently mocked by Martin, received an onstage apology, and then had a brand new song dedicated to him – one that will likely never be performed again. Iconic.

This unscripted moment gives a good idea of ​​the mood of Coldplay’s Underplay, which aired on SiriusXM later the same day. Thanks to the intimate space and a respectful but enthusiastic audience, Martin appeared warm and personable, pointing at specific people in the crowd and sticking his tongue out at fans’ cameras. He even joked that the band would go the Taylor Swift route with their back catalog. “We released Parachutes (Taylor’s version)“It’s going to do very well,” he quipped when discussing their new LP. Moon music.

From the new Moon music The live highlights were undoubtedly “The Karate Kid,” a beautiful piano ballad performed live for the first time during the SiriusXM show, and “Good Feelings,” which brought fellow performer Ayra Starr to the stage and The Weirdos – Coldplay’s puppets -Alien – saw rock band – appear on the balcony of the venue. Similar to her youngest ones Saturday Night Live During their performance, Coldplay also brought out Elyanna & TINI for a haunting “We Pray.”

As for the anthemic sing-alongs “Viva La Vida” and “A Sky Full of Stars,” they received enthusiastic responses from the audience, while a live run-through of “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” from the classic 2002 LP took place A rush of blood to the head have proven that Coldplay can still hit the ground running as a rock’n’roll band.

Although the mood of the show was light, joyful, and celebratory (confetti blasted the audience more than once), Martin took a moment to acknowledge that the concert took place on the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel and the beginning of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

“Today, October 7th, we send peace to the Middle East,” Martin told Coloratura. The juxtaposition was perhaps intentional, given the opening lyrics: “We fell through the clouds/And all before us greet us now/It’s the end of death and doubt.”