Chris Martin thanks Indian fans for ‘forgiving us for all the bad things Britain has done’ as Coldplay takes to the stage in Mumbai

Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanked his Indian fans for ‘forgiving us for all the bad things Britain has done’ at his show in Mumbai on Saturday. 

The English band took to the stage in India for only the second time over the weekend, after last performing there in 2016. 

Frontman Chris, 47, used the gig on Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour as an opportunity to make his thoughts on British colonialism known.

The British crown ruled on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. Known as the British Raj, the period saw Indians suffer extreme poverty and famines as a result. 

Speaking to the crowd at D. Y. Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Chris said: ‘Thank you for coming. It’s amazing to us that you welcome us even though we are from Great Britain. 

‘Thank you for forgiving us for all of the bad things Great Britain has done and welcoming us into your home.’

Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanked his Indian fans for ‘forgiving us for all the bad things Britain has done’ at his show in Mumbai on Saturday

The English band took to the stage in India for only the second time over the weekend, after last performing there in 2016

He added: ‘This is our fourth visit to India, and the second time to play. 

‘First time we played a long show and we could not have asked for a better audience. Thank you for coming today everybody.’

The band’s show also saw Chris walking hand-in-hand with Dakota Johnson. 

Chris and Dakota made a joint appearance at the Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, much to the delight of fans.

In a video shared by photographer Pallav Paliwal, the stars were seen descending the stairs of the temple as they were greeted by locals.

Dakota had on a blue headscarf as she walked first with Chris in a white jacket as he followed closely behind while several security personnel surrounded them. 

It comes after Chris opened up about the future of Coldplay, as he revealed there are two more albums and they’re over.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Chris dropped the bombshell saying: ‘We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that’s real. Yeah I promise.

Frontman Chris, 47, used the gig on Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour as an opportunity to make his thoughts on British colonialism known

Speaking to the crowd at D. Y. Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Chris said: ‘Thank you for coming. It’s amazing to us that you welcome us even though we are from Great Britain’

The band’s show also saw Chris walking hand-in-hand with Dakota Johnson

‘Because less is more and for some of our critics, even less would be even more! It’s really important that we have that limit.’

Explaining his reasoning behind the decision, he added: ‘There’s only seven Harry Potters. 

‘There’s only 12 and a half Beatle albums, there’s about the same for Bob Marley, so all our heroes.

‘Also having that limit means the quality control is so high right now and for a song to make it, it’s almost impossible, which is great. 

‘And so where we could be coasting, we’re trying to improve.’ 

However, the lead singer also disclosed there may be other projects in the pipeline and whatever ‘side thing’ they do would have to be ‘something completely different’

However, for fans of the British band, all is not lost, as the lead singer also disclosed there may be other projects in the pipeline.

He added that whatever ‘side thing’ they do would have to be ‘something completely different’. 

Speaking to NME in 2021, the frontman, revealed that he was certain he and his bandmates – Jonny Buckland, 47, Guy Berryman, 46, and Will Champion, 46, – would stop after their twelfth record. 

Ahead of the launch of the ninth LP, Music of the Spheres, the hitmaker said: ‘I don’t think we’ll only make 12 albums. I know that’s what we’ll do.’