@ChillamChilli also weighed in, writing: ‘So Coldplay’s Chris Martin, a British Citizen in his concert, accepted that the British did wrong in India for 2 centuries. All his tickets were sold, he could have avoided ..but he still said it live during the concert. Seems it came from the heart.’

Between tracks, frontman Chris Martin took a moment to drum up a sensitive history lecture. As part of the impromptu speech (viewable here), Martin thanked Indians for “forgiving” the “bad things” Great Britain has done–which includes colonization throughout the country.