#17- Opinion (International), Coldplay Cares

  Recently hit band Coldplay has decided to suspend their most recent tour. With their popularity fluxing over the past few years it seems like and odd move. It turns out they have a good reason. Coldplay took a look at the environmental damage tours can cause. Their new album Everyday Life recently released which left fans eager to see them on tour for the first time since 2017. The album is quite good, with songs like Orphans, which feel very characteristically like Coldplay. While I'm a music fan and even more of Coldplay I understand their reasoning completely.

  According to Chris Martin, front man for the band, it is vital that musicians take a stand against climate change. As influential as celebrities and musical artists are it makes perfect sense that they would be great advocates to spread awareness. Since they deemed the tour ecologically irresponsible they will be doing two live shows in Jordan which will stream via YouTube for all the fans to watch. Personally I think it's admirable that Martin and his band mates are leading the charge on eliminating unnecessary carbon emissions and plastic waste. He claims that they won't launch the tour until they feel they can do so in good conscience. They would like the next tour to be carbon neutral if at all possible.

Chris Martin on recent tour cancellation

  With themes of humanity and saving the Earth the new album gives us something to think about. It's refreshing to see megastars care about something important. Martin not only talks the talk, he walks the walk. He often drives electric vehicles and donates to stop climate change, he is also a big fan of renewable energy and recyclables. While i'll still be attending the HellaMega tour early next year featuring Green Day, Wheezer, and Fallout Boy I hope that they'll take a page out of Coldplay's book and try to make their shows more environmentally friendly

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