More than 50,000 music fans will be gathering at the Olympic Stadium in Athens for the first of two concerts by Coldplay on Saturday and Sunday.
The concerts by the famous rock band have created a wave of enthusiasm in the Greek capital. Reports say that hundreds have defied the heat to queue up since the early hours of Saturday outside the stadium. Some even spent the previous night in sleeping bags and deck chairs.
The world tour of the British rock band which begins in Athens this weekend will continue with concerts in Budapest, Bucharest, Lyon, Rome and other major European cities.
It is part of the globally acclaimed Music Of The Spheres World Tour, which has already shattered all previous sales records, solidifying its position as one of the most influential acts in the music industry.
Rust was found along the iconic arched roof of OAKA last week forcing authorities to close the stadium which hosted the 2004 Olympic Games.
The 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Greece’s largest, and nearby Olympic Velodrome are covered by white-ribbed steel roofs designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
which has already shattered all previous sales records, solidifying its position as one of the most influential acts in the music industry.
The band will headline the Saturday night at Glastonbury Festival 2024, making them the first act to headline on five occasions.
Back in October 2023, the Coldplay concert in Athens was cast in doubt after the closure of the Olympic Stadium for urgent repairs.
Rust was found along the iconic arched roof of OAKA last week forcing authorities to close the stadium which hosted the 2004 Olympic Games.
The 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Greece’s largest, and nearby Olympic Velodrome are covered by white-ribbed steel roofs designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
To the relief of the thousands of Coldplay fans in Greece, the stadium was eventually repaired and the concert was given the go-ahead.
Coldplay beats emissions target for world tour
Coldplay has announced that they have reduced their touring carbon footprint by 59 percent compared with their previous world tour – via some creative methods that include kinetic dancefloors that allow dancing fans to generate electricity, recyclable LED wristbands and the band travelling by train.
On Monday the British band announced that they were “happy to report that direct CO2e emissions from the first two years of this tour are 59% less than our previous stadium tour (2016-17), on a show-by-show comparison”.
In 2021 the band first announced a 12-point plan to lower emissions while touring, two years after frontman Chris Martin vowed to never tour again unless it was done sustainably and with a “positive impact”.
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