UK rockers Coldplay used pedal power to keep the lights on during their recent Australian tour.
The Yellow hitmakers just completed the Down Under run of their Spheres World Tour and were counting on fans to bring more than just the vibes.
Posting a clip from the band’s Thursday night show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium, Tik Tokker Ash Thomas noticed noticed fenced off areas containing people furiously pedaling rows of stationary bikes.
The band have previously revealed the bikes are used to help power the band’s live shows.
‘We ride at dawn,’ Ash captioned the short clip which was met with a flurry of comments from followers.
‘Spin class at the Coldplay concert,’ one joked while another chimed in with a similar: ‘Gotta have a strong calf for Coldplay.’
Back in 2021, in an effort to lower their carbon footprint, Coldplay announced a raft of measures to green their gigs, including the use of stationary bikes.
Speaking to the BBC in 2021, Chris explained the concept, which also includes the installation of a ‘kinetic dancefloor.’
UK rockers Coldplay took the term pedal power quite literally on their recent Australian tour
The energy-producing floors are made up of 44 sustainable kinetic tiles designed to provide power to the concert.
‘When they move, they power the concert. And we have bicycles too that do the same thing,’ Chris said.
‘The more people move, the more they’re helping. You know when the frontman says, “We need you to jump up and down’?
Posting a clip from the band’s Thursday night show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium, Tik Tokker Ash Thomas noticed rows of stationary bikes being furiously pedaled by fans
‘When I say that, I literally really need you to jump up and down. Because if you don’t, then the lights go out.’
Martin said at the time that Coldplay ‘still have a long way to go’ as they aim to have one of the greenest tours in history.
He added: ‘In some areas, there’s still not enough possible, like how do you get people to a venue without consuming any power? That’s still really hard.
‘Or flying – there’s still a lot of offsetting we have to do, because even sustainable aviation fuel isn’t good enough yet.
‘The more people move, the more they’re helping. You know when the frontman says, “We need you to jump up and down’?,’ singer Chris Martin told the BBC in 2021
‘So we know where we still have a long way to go. But in terms of the show itself, the whole show is powered from renewable energy, which is amazing.’
The band also announced, in 2021, a partnership with BMW, to develop the world’s first mobile, rechargeable show battery.
The kinetic energy generated by fans feeds into recyclable BMW i3 batteries which power 100 per cent of Coldplay’s shows.
The batteries also draw on other ‘green’ energy sources such as renewable diesel made from waste, and solar energy.
One fan however, suggested that the bikes were merely a ruse to appease ‘bored’ millennials.
‘The bikes and trampolines are just to keep the millennials occupied, they aren’t hooked up to anything,’ they said.
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