Coldplay wows NRG Stadium crowd

It was five years ago in 2017 when Coldplay had to cancel a scheduled concert in Houston due a massive flood event taking place by way of Hurricane Harvey.

With more than 50,000 fans packed in NRG Stadium on May 8, Coldplay took the massive stage and the rest was history. Everything Coldplay does is massive - their music, multiple stages, their tour production, which also included fans wearing light-up wristbands that synced and blinked throughout the night, gigantic beach balls and confetti canons.

Songs performed at the Music of the Spheres World Tour were "Higher Power," "Adventure of a Lifetime," "Paradise," "Charlie Brown," "Viva la Vida," "Let Somebody Go," "In My Place," "Yellow," "Human Heart," "People of the Pride," "Clocks," "Infinity Sign," "Something Just This," "Midnight," "A Sky Full of Stars," "Sparks," "Fix You," Humankind" and "Biutyful."

Lead singer Chris Martin also performed a song, which was specifically written for the City of Houston and titled "Houston No. 2."

"I'm dreamin' of when I get back to Houston,
I'm dreamin' of that very lovely place,
I'm dreamin' of when Houston has no problems,
In that city where they send you up to space,
I'm dreamin' of when I go back to Texas,
Corpus Christi, Harris County, Galveston,
There's a harmony that bonds down there in Houston,
Oh, Houston, you got to keep on keepin' on.

"Five years have gone by and now we’re here in Houston,
I’m so happy that you made it through the rain,
I know nothing’s going to break the will of Houston,
No one in Houston’s scared of a f--king hurricane.

"Oh, I'm dreamin' of when I am back in Texas,
San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Galveston,
There's a harmony that bonds down there in Houston,
Oh, Houston, you got to keep on keepin' on,
Oh, Houston, you got to keep on keepin’ on.
Oh, Houston, you got to keep on keepin’ on.”

Chad Cooper is the Entertainment Editor. Contact cooper@theexaminer.com