Coldplay offers one of shows most colorful and visually captivating of these decades, and three have already been confirmed their concerts in Limathroughout the history of the band, up to this 2022. A good part of this staging is achieved thanks to some small bracelets that are already known by the fans of the band, the xylobands. What are they? Where to get them? How to get them? And why should we return them after a concert?
The british band began to offer these small visual instruments during his tour to promote “Mylo Xyloto”his fifth studio album, released in 2011.
The xylobands have become a special piece of the concerts of the British band Coldplay. Photo: my-thai.org
What are xylobands?
Since the “Mylo Xyloto tour”, fans of the band have always highlighted the great visual additive that was achieved thanks to the xylobands. This is maintained until “Music of the Spheres world tour” of this 2022.
It’s about some white bracelets that have internal lighting and that are synchronized to change color according to different parts of the concert.
How do xylobands work?
These bracelets are placed in the same way that you would put on a watch. They have inside a radiofrequency receiver and a light emitter.
Those responsible for making them work are the staff members of the coldplay concerts. They turn on transmitters to change the color of the fixtures during the concert.
They can emit any light thanks to their 3 red, blue and yellow LEDs. Photo: Millennium
Like the coldplay recitals they usually take place at night (at least on their tours), the bracelets are delivered at the entrance of each of these.
Its range, however, does not exceed 800 meters, although it can also be calibrated to reach 400 meters.
The latter means that the radiofrequency emitters that make them work are placed at strategic points in the event venue. On this last point, it should be noted that the band usually performs in stadiums, as it has done in Lima before, in the National Stadium.
What about Coldplay bracelets?
Thanks to the numerous testimonies and visual records that exist on YouTube and other networks about Coldplay concerts, it is known that the xyloband behave differently during each song that the band performs.
For example, it is classic that for the song Yellow the bracelets light up yellow. This is because the devices have yellow, red and blue LEDs, the three primary colors, with which you can get any other, including white.
Chris Martin connecting with the public that lights up the landscape with the xylobands. Photo: The Nation
The meaning is that the public connects in a more intimate way with the band and that the feeling of closeness is transmitted to every spectator regardless of their place.
In addition, since the xylobands are delivered to all attendees, the landscape that is drawn thanks to them becomes a light show synchronized and uniform. Coldplay concerts are already known for this experience.
What do the xylobands of the group Coldplay LIVE look like?
You can see her in action in the song Yellow through this link.
Do they still work if we don’t return them on the day of the concert?
The tradition in the concerts that Coldplay performs since 2012 is that the xylobands are returned in small boxes placed at the exit of each concert.
Collaborators of the band or the person in charge of the event will be placed there to invite the public to return the xylobands.
An important point to note is that the xylobands have a battery and, at least in the concerts of the British band, these last six hours.
The xylobands at a Coldplay concert in the Philippines. Photo: Facebook/Codplay Philippines
Different portals specialized in music, as well as many users in Youtubeclaim that xylobands can work even after a concert.
The only thing that would be needed is to find the right batteries and use a tutorial that explains how to program them.
Why should you return the xylobands?
In 2012, Chris Martin himself complained about how much it cost the band to offer the xylobands at each of their concerts (approximately $645,000 each).
For some years now, although the group has been praised for its staging, certain comments have also arisen as a result of offering so much plastic in each of its recitals: waste that, in this case, also turns out to be toxic.
The band has been offering them since 2012 and at each concert attendees are asked to return them once the show is over. Photo: Newswire
That is why the fan clubs themselves and the band itself always invite you to return the xylobands at the end of each concert, since this way they can reuse them and thus help the environment.
Can xylobands be purchased?
Another important point is that xylobands are not an exclusive attraction of Coldplay, although they have become a characteristic of the band.
The company that makes them has its own website (xylobands.com), and there they highlight that they can also be used for sporting, corporate and private events, in addition to musicals (where they highlight their use with Coldplay).
Official page of xylobands.com. Photo: capture from xylobands.com
What about Coldplay bracelets?
It is worth noting that the light bracelets of this type are made of plastic, and emit light through a chemical reaction called chemiluminescence.
Coldplay singing “The Scientist” at the Coldplay concert in Peru
In the following video we can see the start of one of the most anticipated songs by the thousands of Coldplay fans who gathered yesterday at the National Stadium.
Coldplay spoke about trafficking and corruption in Peru
During his concert at the National Stadium on August 13, the singer of the British band, Chris Martin, gave a few words about traffic, covid and corruption in Peru.
Chris Martin stopped the show and asked to turn off cell phones
As is almost a custom at any concert, thousands of attendees prefer to record the same through their cell phones and enjoy the staging in this particular way. This seemed to bother the vocalist himself Coldplay, Chris Martinwho made a call to his thousands of fans.
With a somewhat difficult to understand Spanish, the artist stopped the song “A sky full of stars” to ask those attending the National Stadium to sing a little louder and to jump with said song.
“I want to ask a small favor. If possible, just for one song, jump higher, sing a little louder. Just for a song. If possible, we can do it without cell phones, without cameras, nothing. Only your heart and your body”, specified the singer.
Coldplay fan took advantage of the concert and asks his girlfriend to marry him
A Peruvian boy, who attended the concert in the north grandstand part of the National Stadium in the company of his girlfriend, decided to propose to her during the song “Fix you”.
An attendee at the event, who was recording the song, realized the fact and did not hesitate to record the tender moment. Luckily for the young man, the bride said a resounding yes, so she put the ring on his finger. This event that generated the emotion of the boy and the other attendees, who gave him a shout of encouragement.
Coldplay with Peruvian chullos
Through its official Twitter account, the British band uploaded a photo wearing the famous Peruvian chullos and playing a panpipe. Next to the photo there is a text where they thank the gifts.
Coldplay wearing Peruvian chullos. Photo: Twitter capture
What was the setlist that Coldplay played at the National Stadium concert?
The group has sung 24 songs during its last stops. On a few occasions, they changed their playlist, replacing “A girl like you” with “Magic”.
- “higher power”
- “Adventure of a lifetime”
- “Paradise”
- “CharlieBrown”
- “scientist”
- “Live life”
- “Hymn for the weekend”
- “Let somebody go”
- “Politics”
- “In my place”
- “Yellow”
- “human heart”
- “People of the pride”
- “Clocks”
- “Infinity signs”
- “Something just like this”
- “Midnight”
- “myuniverse”
- “A sky full of stars”
- “Sparks”
- “A girl like you”
- “Blinded by your grace, pt. 1″
- “Humankind”
- “Fix you”
- “Biutyful.”
What careers did Chris Martin, Jon Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion study?
Chris Martin, the leader of Coldplay, studied ancient history at University College London and graduated with honors, first in his class in Greek and Latin. For his part, Jon Buckland, the band’s lead guitarist, studied Astronomy and Mathematics at the same university as Chris. In 2000, he too managed to graduate with honors.
Guy Berryman, the bassist for Coldplay, began his engineering career, however, he chose to switch to architecture, although he did not finish his studies. For his part, Will Champion, drummer and second voice of the band, studied Anthropology at the University College of London. Just like Chris and Jon, Will graduated with honors from the university.
The band opted for the Coldplay name in 1998. Photo: @chrismartinfeed/Instagram capture
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Coldplay: what are the xylobands that the band gives out at their concerts and why do they ask to return them?