Global Citizen Festival: Chris Martin Performs. Can't. Keep. Calm

New Delhi: Coldplay frontman kept his date with India and performed during the Global Citizen Festival on November 19 at MMRDA grounds in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla complex. An impressive show was put up by Bollywood stars which included names like Amitabh Bachchan, AR Rahman, Farhan Akhtar, Sonakshi Sinha and Shraddha Kapoor. The Vamps and Jay-Z, who rapped in Punjabi (much to the audience's delight) followed but when Chris Martin took the mic, the crowd went crazy. This is the 39-year-old singer's first official concert in India. Here's how Chris changed India's Hymn For The Weekend.
 

COLDPLAY HAS ARRIVED !!! #Finally ! pic.twitter.com/mtORr3pGjr

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Here's what happened before Coldplay took over. Ranveer Singh's energy was infectious.
 

Here is #RanveerSingh for #GlobalCitizenIndia @glblctznIN #RjAlok pic.twitter.com/etkzbd8jOW

— RJ ALOK (@OYERJALOK) November 19, 2016

Jay-Z, who added punjabi tadka to his performance.
 

Jay Z takes the stage @glblctznIN! #BrooklynComesToMumbai pic.twitter.com/anNciTHPh0

— Global Citizen (@GlblCtzn) November 19, 2016

Here's a glimpse of The Vamps on stage.
 
Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman performed before The Vamps.
 

He has left us all mesmerised. @arrahman #GlobalCitizenIndia pic.twitter.com/iVBP3QF5vg

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

No less than Shah Rukh Khan introduced Rahman to the crowd (amid hooting and cheers):
 

From one legend to the other, @iamsrk invites @arrahman on stage at #GlobalCitizenIndia. pic.twitter.com/980SpHQPOD

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Amitabh Bachchan performed with his Wazir co-star Farhan Akhtar.
 

Amazing duo on stage @SrBachchan, @FarOutAkhtar .Highlight of the day! #GlobalCitizenIndia pic.twitter.com/si8vcgyb3N

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Sonakshi Sinha, star of films like Akira and Lootera, enthralled the crows too.
 

"You are the voice, you are the change." - @sonakshisinha at #GlobalCitizenIndia pic.twitter.com/gwoxDltbAi

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio played tracks from Kal Ho Naa Ho and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
 

"Har ghadi badal rahi hai roop zindagi..." sing along with @ShankarEhsanLoy #GlobalCitizenIndia pic.twitter.com/3sHvj2Mrb5

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Alia Bhatt welcomed Demi Lovato on to the stage.
 

Here we go again! @aliaa08 welcome @ddlovato on stage. #GlobalCitizenIndia #Excitement went through the roof. pic.twitter.com/m9vdFe75eh

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Arijit Singh, as promised opened the music festival.
 

.@TheArijitSingh and his band are on stage now, and the Global Citizens are stirred by their soulful music. pic.twitter.com/5kQMIp6jJi

— Global Citizen India (@glblctznIN) November 19, 2016

Chris Martin and Coldplay have visited India at least twice before but have never performed. Last year, Chris played an impromptu gig in a Delhi nightclub which much of the city missed. He later returned to India with his band to shoot the music video of their song Hymn For The Weekend in Mumbai. Actress Sonam Kapoor featured briefly in the video, alongside no less a person than Beyonce.

Earlier this year, a Coldplay concert in Berlin was packed with actors from Bollywood - Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor and Malaika Arora Khan were all spotted.

Aamir Khan skipped the concert as he was headed to Balali, Haryana, for the wedding of wrestler Geeta Phogat, whose father Mahavir he plays in new film Dangal.