Coldplay began this Wednesday the first of their four concerts in Barcelona shortly after the death of Tina Turner became known. The news of the death of the ‘queen of rock’ at the age of 83 It has emerged an hour before the British group took the stage of the Estadi Olímpic. Information that, just as it has reached the more than 50,000 people attending the concert, has also known the band led by Chris Martin.
Coldplay has started their first performance in Barcelona about 15 minutes late compared to the scheduled time (9:30 pm) and after the ‘shows’ by the invited artists: Las Hinds from Madrid and CHVRCHES from Scotland. After the first start of the show, when the concert had already been going on for about 20 minutes, Chris Martin, in the middle of the song ‘The scientist’, before finishing it, wanted to dedicate the ‘show’ to “‘the beautiful’ Tina Turner” [la hermosa Tina Turner].
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The leader of Coldplay has pronounced it after greeting the public -with a “bona nit, good night”– and to announce that this Wednesday would be “the best ‘show’ of our lives”. And also a tribute to a music legend like Tina Turner.
In another point of the Catalan capital, by the way, the ‘queen of rock’ has also been remembered during a concert. She has been Luz Casal at the Liceu, where she has performed ‘The best’ in homage to her deceased.