Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin had a message for the tens of thousands of fans who turned up to watch the band perform in Thailand last Saturday night. He really, really wants to play in China. “I promise we’ll play in China one day,” Martin said to the screaming crowd when he invited two lucky fans up on stage. He selected the duo, from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, after spotting their banner in the crowd.
rights, for example, are often embraced by many Western acts but they remain a politically sensitive issue for China’s Communist Party. It is difficult to know whether any of Coldplay’s back catalogue or statements have alarmed Chinese authorities but the band has dipped its toes into geopolitics in the past.
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