Coldplay played ‘Moon Music’ and ‘The Karate Kid’ live for the first time during an intimate show in New York last night (October 7). Check out the footage and full setlist below.
Chris Martin and co. took to the stage at the 650-capacity Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn for a SiriusXM Presents gig in support of their 10th and latest album, ‘Moon Music’.
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The band opened the 13-song set with a rendition of the title track from their new record, before playing the singles ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ and ‘We Pray’, as well as fan favourites like ‘Viva La Vida’, ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’ and ‘Yellow’.
Additionally, Coldplay treated the crowd to a rare performance of ‘God Put A Smile Upon Your Face’ from their 2002 second album ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’.
Live premiere of the title track, Moon Music at @SIRIUSXM.
🎥: @Mattberna_ via @coldplayaccess pic.twitter.com/4CmlhW6PbW
— Coldplay Malaysia (@ColdplayMsia) October 7, 2024
Later, Coldplay delivered a live version of ‘The Karate Kid’ – the original of which features additional production and piano work by Matty Healy of The 1975. The song appears on the deluxe edition of ‘Moon Music’, titled ‘Moon Music (Full Moon Edition)’.
To introduce the performance, frontman Martin explained that the track had been inspired by the classic 1984 film The Karate Kid. “When I sing ‘Daniel‘, I’m singing to that inner part of myself that needs to win the karate competition of life,” he said. “Do you see what I mean?”
After going wrong and restarting, Martin sang over his piano part: “Oh, Daniel knows how to make a dream/ How to make a dream come true/ Oh, Daniel, could I be the one for you?”
The Karate Kid 🥹❤️ @coldplay pic.twitter.com/DEv1W7lsWT
— Maya Sabin (@MSabinM) October 7, 2024
Elsewhere in the show, Martin dedicated an impromptu spoof song to an audience member who had requested ‘Fix It’. They presumably meant ‘Fix You’, the hit single from 2005’s ‘X&Y’.
He jokingly sang: “Here is a song called ‘Fix It’, specifically just for that guy/ It’s OK if you come to a concert to call out the name of a song/ But I’d much prefer if you come along/ You don’t get the name of the song wrong/ Oh, fix it, let’s fix it/ It was broken a long time ago/ Yes, fix it, a famous song called ‘Fix It’/ That before today even I didn’t know.”
Check out a selection of other fan-shot videos from the gig here:
coldplay twitter should’ve been there instead of these people wHAT TF IS FIX IT 💀💀💀 https://t.co/jUOvcy8H5W
— luca ! JUPiTER stan (@myloxylotwo) October 7, 2024
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face🎸#ColdplaySIRIUSFM
🎥 @themaomao27 pic.twitter.com/DwU2LqrXVW— Coldplay Tour🌙 (@coldplaytour_) October 7, 2024
Viva La Vida! @SIRIUSXM pic.twitter.com/gsLREwquah
— Coldplay Access (@coldplayaccess) October 7, 2024
TINI con Coldplay & Elyanna cantando “WE PRAY” en SiriusXM Alt Nation en New York 🌙🥹 pic.twitter.com/a2GTOfzAaO
— tini.laqueen (@tinilaqueen_) October 7, 2024
Coldplay’s setlist was:
‘Moon Music’ (live debut)
‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’
‘God Put A Smile Upon Your Face’
‘We Pray’ (with TINI) (and Elyanna; TINI version; Elyanna verse at the outro)
‘Viva La Vida’
‘The Karate Kid’ (live debut)
‘Something Just Like This’ (with Martin Garrix’s ‘Breakaway’)
‘A Sky Full Of Stars’
‘Coloratura’
‘Yellow’
‘Fix It’ (improvised song)
‘Good Feelings’ (with Ayra Starr)
‘All My Love’
Ahead of the release of ‘Moon Music’, Chris Martin spoke to NME exclusively in his only written interview for the album. During the wide-ranging conversation, the singer revealed the topics that had inspired the record and how the band is coming to the end of writing new material.
As for whether the group are still planning on ending their recorded catalogue after 12 albums, he told NME: “The 12 album thing is very real, and it’s a nice feeling. It doesn’t mean we won’t tour or finish some compilation things or outtakes or whatever. It just means that the main story is told. That’s just what feels really right. Just knowing that’s happening supercharges all the work we’re doing now.”
Elsewhere, Martin said the deadline has led to the members having “more hunger” in their creative approach, and determined to make sure they don’t “dilute” anything they put out. He reassured fans that by the time their 12th album is complete, “everything will make sense” in terms of Coldplay’s story.
Check out NME’s exclusive interview with Martin in full here, where he also talked about the likes of Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Chappell Roan, Coldplay’s history-making set at Glastonbury 2024 and the band’s vow to help support grassroots venues across the UK.
Additionally, you can listen to Martin’s exclusive playlist to accompany his NME interview.
In a four-star review of ‘Moon Music’, NME said that the project looks to “pull Martin and those feeling like him back from the brink, one pop song at a time”.
Meanwhile, last weekend saw Coldplay perform ‘All My Love’ and ‘We Pray’ on Saturday Night Live.
The band are due to return to the UK next summer for a record-breaking 10-night run at London’s Wembley Stadium, and two massive concerts in Hull.
