A Coldplay fan who is going to travel 3,000 miles in order to watch his favourite band play 13 times was invited onto stage at the Etihad over the weekend. Linus Broström, from Sweden, joined the band’s lead singer Chris Martin at his keyboard and even got to make a request.
He chose the title track of their 2002 album A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and got to sing the last few lines of the song to wild applause from the crowd at Man City’s ground. Linus, a shopworker, blew most of his savings on £1,800 in gig tickets and another £1,700 on flights and accommodation for the marathon run of shows.
It will see him visiting Manchester, Barcelona, Gothenburg, and Amsterdam over the next six weeks, using his whole year’s annual leave from work too. He’s keeping costs down by mostly staying in hostels and taking flights at unsociable times.
