Since the release of their third studio album "X&Y" in June 2005, which sold an astonishing 8.3 million copies at the end of the year and became the annual global sales champion of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Coldplay, a rock band that officially debuted in 1999, has grown into one of the most famous rock bands in the UK and the world after eight years of growth.

And when it comes to why Coldplay will appear at THE SUN's concert, it starts with the Fuji Rock Festival two years ago...

At the Fuji Rock Festival in 2005, as the three SUN who participated in this event for the first time, they met several people from Coldplay, and Kiyoshi Sakamoto also got the contact information of lead singer Chris Martin.

The soul and lead singer of the two bands, although there was not much communication in the past two years, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still crossed borders through the medium of music and became friends with Chris Martin.

The two often share their views on music on Facebook.

Coldplay began their Tisted Logic Tour in 2005.

It wasn't until July 2007 that they came to Sydney, Australia.

On Facebook, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who learned the news, also had an idea and thought of inviting Coldplay to come over as a guest.

So, he called Chris Martin and asked if they could take a day out to come over as a special guest for THE SUN's 3rd anniversary concert.

And on the phone China, Chris Martin also readily agreed.

Sony, who was worried about the selection of concert guests, saw that Kiyoshi Sakamoto was going to invite a global band like Coldplay, and he didn't have any opinion at all, but was very happy.

After all, being able to invite a band like Coldplay as a guest also shows that Coldplay is also optimistic about THE SUN, an Asian band.

Does this mean that THE SUN is likely to become a band that goes out of Asia and even into the world?

That's why Sony is ecstatic.

You must know that although the Japanese entertainment industry is developing very well, it still belongs to itself behind closed doors and plays its own games, especially the music scene.

Japanese music is so closed that it is difficult for it to be recognized by the world.

Therefore, the Japanese have a sick desire to be recognized by the world.

For example, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's first English single "I'm Yours" became the third person in the Japanese music scene after hitting the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

made Sakamoto Kiyoshi cross the rookie period in one fell swoop and directly became a first-class singer.

If THE SUN can achieve the same results as "I'm Yours" in the European and American music scenes, THE SUN will surely become an international band in one fell swoop, and thus become the first band in Japan to go out of Asia.

At that time, THE SUN's status in the Japanese music scene will be properly among the top singers...

Therefore, to be able to have the world-class band Coldplay as a concert guest, doesn't that just show that THE SUN's strong potential is recognized by a band like Coldplay...

So, Sony quickly negotiated the matter with Coldplay's record company, EMI Records.

And now, because of poor management, EMI Records, which has been acquired by European investment companies, is in a hurry, and naturally does not have much energy to pay attention to the sudden proposal of Sony's Japanese music group.

In order not to offend Sony, Momoyo easily agreed to the proposal.

With the help of the name of Sony Records, Coldplay and THE SUN from different companies can appear on the same stage.

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The camera returns to Dongdan.

After enjoying the warm welcome from the audience, Chris Martin took the microphone and shouted loudly to the audience of more than 50,000 people under the stage.

“Let's party！”

With this opening remark, the entire Dongdan was also excited.

"Wow !!"

In a sea of red, sitting in the front row, one tall and one short, two girls wearing special T-shirts for the concert, looked at the Coldplay people on the stage, chatting.

But the content of the chat between the two, if the Coldplay people on the stage knew, or Sakamoto Kiyoshi knew, he would definitely complain.

Because.

Here's the conversation.

"Sister Yui, foreigners, uh, how did they know them?"

"Well, I don't know much about it, but I heard Qingjun say that they met at a rock festival... ”

"Oh, but, are they famous? play，Coldplay？”

"Uh... I don't know very well, looking at the cheers around me, probably... Famous?"

"But the drummer seems to be very old, with a beard and hair all gone... ”

"Uh-huh, he seems to be bald... ”

These two girls whose focus is completely deviated are naturally the "Okinawa giantess" Yui Aragaki and the "Hyogo cutie" Reina Neng.

The two laughed quietly as they talked about the scarce hair of Coldplay's drummer, Will Chapin.

There are not only two people sitting in the audience, but also the relatives and friends of THE SUN sitting next to the two.

Including Kiyoshi Sakamoto's parents and younger brother, the parents of Shin Ogawa and Masaki Chiba, as well as the friends of the three, Tomohisa Yamashita, Masami Nagasawa, Takayuki Yamada, Kana Nishino and others, all sat in this area.

As THE SUN's first concert and the third anniversary concert of their debut, Kiyoshi Sakamoto must have saved a bunch of tickets for his family and friends.

"What are you talking about?" At this time, Masami Nagasawa, who was sitting next to the two, saw the two girls secretly smiling, and asked curiously.

Aragaki Yui also told Masami Nagasawa what she had just said.

As a result, Masami Nagasawa, who already knew the band Coldplay, was amused by the strange attention of the two "Yaga".

Regardless of Masami Nagasawa laughing while doing popular science for the two, on the stage, Chris Martin, who came to the piano, began to dance on the piano with his hands.

The beautiful prelude, throughout the East Egg, sounded.

This is the song included in the album "X&Y", which won multiple awards for Coldplay, "Speed Of Sound".

Along with the sound of the piano, the drum kit under Will Chapin, the light drum beat, also joined the piano sound, thus forming an extremely harmonious arrangement.

“Ho long before I get in”

“Before it starts before I begin”

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I don't really understand the meaning of the lyrics, but good music always touches people, no matter what language it's sung in...

The song "Speed Of Sound", in the light drum beat and piano sound, blended into a beautiful and ingenious piece, coupled with Chris Martin's soulful interpretation, although it is not like those heavy metal rock band concerts, the audience feels that the heart is accelerating, the blood in the body is burning, and they can't wait to join in.

However, judging from the spectacular scene of the sea of more than 50,000 red glow sticks swaying slowly, such rock songs that make people listen to them quietly are also very popular.

Speaking of this "Speed Of Sound", there is an interesting story.

This is the billionth song sold on iTunes.

I heard that in February 2006, a boy named Alex bought this song on iTunes, which happened to become the billionth song sold on iTunes.

JOBS, THE PRESIDENT OF APPLE, ALSO CALLED ALEX TO CONGRATULATE HIM PERSONALLY, GIVING HIM 10 IPODS, 1 IMAC, AND A MUSIC GIFT CERTIFICATE WORTH $10,000!

If you want to say why Kiyoshi Sakamoto is so clear, because he also used to envy, this boy named Alex.

A song is over.

The SUN trio once again took over control of the stage from Coldplay.

AFTER ALL, THIS IS STILL THE HOME OF THE SUN.

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto and the three reappeared on the stage, all kinds of cheers and screams rang out again.

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At nine o'clock in the evening, the concert was ten minutes away.

The SUN has sung all the singles released since their debut.

However, at this time, there were some witty viewers who suddenly remembered something.

Isn't there three groups of guests in this concert?

Kana Nishino has a group, Coldplay has a group, and there is another group, when will it appear?

Just when the audience was thinking about this question in their hearts, suddenly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was standing in front of the shaking microphone, said with a smile as if he had seen through the audience's thoughts.

"Are you thinking?,Didn't you say that there are three groups of guests?,Why are there only two groups on the stage now?。。。 ”

"Oh oh oh... ”

"Yes!!"

Hearing Kiyoshi Sakamoto mention this matter himself, the audience of more than 50,000 people at the scene all reacted in unison.

"Oh, by the way, there's another group of guests, I almost forgot. "This is a forgotten audience.

"The first group of guests is the younger sister of the same company, Kana Nishino, the second group is the world band, Coldplay, and the third group, who will it be?" This is the audience speculating on the last group of guests.

Generally speaking, in concerts or ballad festivals, the finale is either a singer with a high status or a very famous singer.

And according to this inference, since even singers like Coldplay have come out in the front, the next group of guest singers must be very famous singers.

"Well, then, let me introduce to you, the last group of guests at the 3rd anniversary concert of the SUN band's debut, is... ”

The audience stared at Kiyoshi Sakamoto in the center of the stage, expecting to hear a name from him that would make them feel excited.

However, the name that Kiyoshi Sakamoto said not only made more than 50,000 people in Dongdan shocked, but made them stunned.

"Sakai Spring Water !!"

As soon as the words fell, the lights of the entire stage went out, and the darkness directly swallowed the three SUN who were originally standing on the stage.

Just when the audience was still reacting to whether Sakai Spring Water had really come to the scene, the lights on the stage lit up again.

However, on stage, it has become four people.

The person standing in front of the shaker changed from Kiyoshi Sakamoto to a woman in a denim jacket.

At this time, through the big screen of the concert, more than 50,000 viewers who saw the appearance of this woman instantly exploded as if an atomic bomb had been dropped!