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Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Sunday 28 July 2024

Coldplay band in Helsinki

The topic of the news week is Coldplay’s visit to Helsinki. The band performs four nights at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, and all concerts are sold out.

Coldplay’s visit is Finland’s biggest concert event of all time.

Now we tell you more about Coldplay’s visit to Helsinki.

Coldplay will perform at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on four nights. Photo: Lauri Karo / Yle

British Coldplay is one of the most popular bands in the world. The band’s music is a mix of pop and rock music.

The band’s most famous songs are, for example, A Sky Full of Stars, The Scientist and Viva La Vida. Here is one of the first hits, Yellow.

Coldplay has sold tens of millions of records, won awards in the music industry, and its concerts fill stadiums all over the world.

First visit to Finland

Chris Martin is the singer of Coldplay. Photo: Lauri Karo / Yle

Coldplay is now performing in Finland for the first time. The Helsinki Olympic Stadium has been sold out in four nights. So a total of 170,000 people are going to see the band.

The first gig was yesterday Saturday, the second today Sunday and the next two on Tuesday and Wednesday. For example, on Saturday, hundreds of people sat on the lawns and rocks outside the Olympic Stadium to listen to the concert.

Helsinki is now Coldsink

Colorful balls bounce among the crowd in the packed Olympic Stadium. Photo: Lauri Karo / Yle

The city of Helsinki expects that Coldplay’s visit will bring a lot of money to the city. Tens of thousands of concert guests need accommodation, food and other services. The city believes that they spend money up to tens of millions of euros.

Helsinki also wants to make the city famous with the help of a popular band. In social media, Helsinki has changed its name during the band’s visit. Helsinki is now Coldsink.

Image: City of Helsinki

Repeat

The topic of the news week was Coldplay’s visit to Helsinki. Let’s repeat the most important things.

The extremely popular band Coldplay is now visiting Helsinki for the first time. A total of 170,000 people have bought a ticket for the Olympic Stadium concerts.

The city of Helsinki expects that the concert guests will bring tens of millions of euros to the city.

This was Uutisviikko in plain Finnish, see you again. Goodbye!