Coldplay to play first gig without sick Guy Berryman in Melbourne

Coldplay made a lot of new products in their current World Tour “Music of the Spheres”. But on Wednesday night (October 30) in Melbourne, Australia, the band did something they’d never done in their quarter-century together: they played a show without one of their four founding members.

In an Instagram post posted after the Marvel Stadium concert, the band announced that Bassist Guy Berryman was forced to sit out the show, noting: “Tonight was the first time in our band’s history that we played a show without all four members on stage. Right before the performance, Guy suddenly fell ill. Thank you for getting us through this.”

Instead, singer Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland and drummer Will Champion continued their work with Martin. telling the crowd Before the concert properly began, “I have to thank you so much for coming to our show today. Sorry, but we waited until the last minute to tell you that our wonderful bassist Guy is very, very sick. And it won’t be the first time I (play). I feel sorry for you guys who are looking forward to meeting Guy. He won’t be able to play today. We’re going to have a slightly different show and we’re going to do our best to make it amazing, and I know it’s going to be amazing because we’re in Melbourne with all of you wonderful people.”

However, he added that if the audience noticed some “mistakes and problems”, it was because we don’t have a bass player. And we only had about an hour to figure it all out. And we found it out. We have a strange, alien, weird friend playing bass or looking like he plays bass. So you’ll hear Guy, but you just won’t see him. Because he’s vomiting.”

Instead, Martin revealed that the band’s co-producer and engineer Bill Rahko will be replaced, donning the signature space helmets that are part of the stunning spectacle that has been traversing the globe for nearly three years. grossed over $1 billion.

Coldplay recently celebrated their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in 10 years. After completing their four-night run at Marvel Stadium, Coldplay will move on to four nights at Accor Stadium in Sydney and three nights at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, before taking a break and resuming the tour in January with dates at United. The United Arab Emirates and India conclude the event with a 10-day stand at Wembley Stadium in London.

Check out fan footage of Rahko on stage in Melbourne.