The Indian concert scene is thriving, with top artists like Diljit Dosanjh and international acts like Coldplay drawing huge crowds. Fans are eagerly waiting in virtual queues to snag tickets and experience an unforgettable night of music and entertainment. Despite high ticket prices, Coldplay's Ahmedabad shows at the Narendra Modi Stadium sold out, accommodating nearly 1.5 lakh people. Amid the frenzy, a viral post on X has sparked a debate, questioning if India is really a poor nation, and netizens are sharing their thoughts on the matter.
Coldplay tickets for their 2025 concerts in India, as part of their Music of the Spheres world tour, were priced between ?2,500 and ?35,000, with the higher end being for VIP lounge passes. Considering that fans travelled from all over the country to attend one concert, the total cost, including accommodation, would have been approximately ?50,000.
Highlighting the same, an X post has garnered netizens' attention, which also claims the British band $50 million from their India tour. The post, shared by an X user who went by the name Satyam Chauhan, questioned India's poverty status, given Indians managed to splurge a whopping amount for just 'a single night of entertainment.' The post read, "Coldplay made a whopping $50M from their India tour. In a country with a GDP per capita of just $2200, people are spending ?50,000 for a single night of entertainment. Are we really a poor nation, or just poor on paper?"
The X post, shared on January 27, has now gone viral, garnering over 10,000 likes and 1000 comments, with netizens debating the matter.
One netizen called India "a rich country with poor people," and another wrote, "We are just a showoff nation.".
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A third user added, "Capitalism hits different when Coldplay tickets cost more than some folks' monthly salary. Crazy how we'll break the bank for four dudes singing about fixing the world."
"India has multiple Singapores within it; they spend a lot. The rest of India is still quite poor," a fourth commented.
Another X user added, "There is no wealth at the bottom of the pyramid¡ªjust the poor getting impoverished and being crushed. Of course, there is total opulence at the apex of the pyramid."
"We are not a poor nation but a poorly managed nation!" an individual opined.
Not everyone agreed with the X user's post, with some netizens arguing that in a country with a massive population of over a billion people, it's not surprising that a small segment of people can afford to spend around ?50,000 on entertainment.
"The crowd that attended will be well over $20,000+ per capita, comprising a minuscule % of the total population of India. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that enough people have disposable income in India to make a Coldplay concert financially viable," one X user reasoned.
Another commented, "I ate dinner worth ?700 yesterday, while many people might have gone to bed hungry. So all Indians are rich or poor? Brother, India is a country with 1.4 billion people, and you are generalizing based on just 1 lakh people. You will find all kinds of people in India."
One netizen stated, "Indians are so many in number that even a tiny fraction of Indians who are rich makes a huge number."
"India is a country of 1.5 billion people. Of that, 90% is poor. The remaining 10%, or 150 million, is rich. So the amount of rich people is higher than in most developed countries. That's why tours such as this are successful," another user mentioned.
It is worth noting that there are no official figures revealing how much Coldplay earned from their India tour. The British band, comprising Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, and Will Champion, held five shows in India: 3 in Mumbai and 2 in Ahmedabad.?
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