Coldplay Postpones Brazil Shows As Chris Martin Comes Down With A Severe 'Lung Infection'

Coldplay has announced that they're postponing their shows in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo because lead singer Chris Martin is battling a serious lung infection. The band posted a statement on its social media platforms announcing the news of Martin's health and the show postponement.

They've asked fans to be patient as they organize the new dates and also said they're optimistic Martin will fully recover his health. In response to the statement and news of Martin's lung infection, many fans flooded the comment section with well-wishes and supportive notes to the band.

Martin previously revealed that the band almost canceled its world tour due to financial difficulties during its planning stage. The singer said the band had never faced a situation like that and that some unnamed people eventually helped them recover and go ahead with the tour. Read on to find out more.

According to a statement from the official Coldplay Instagram account, Martin will spend the next few weeks on bed rest as he battles a serious lung infection. The statement read, "With deep regret, we've been forced to postpone our upcoming shows in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo until early 2023."

It continued, "We're working as fast as possible to lock in the new dates and will follow up with more information in the next few days." So far, the band has only confirmed the postponement of its Brazil shows. According to the band's website, they're still expected to perform at several shows in Argentina, starting from October 25th.

45-year-old Martin hasn't released any statement on his health asides from the band's statement. His longtime girlfriend, actress Dakota Johnson, has also not commented on the lung infection.

In the statement, the band explained that they're prioritizing Martin's health by postponing the Brazil dates. It read, "To everyone in Brazil who was looking forward to these concerts, we're extremely sorry for any disappointment and inconvenience, and we're so grateful for your understanding at this challenging time where we need to prioritize Chris' health."

They also shared some information on the future of the postponed dates. It read, "Please hold onto your tickets as they will be valid for the new rescheduled dates. These will happen in early 2023 and will be announced very soon. However, we will also honor all requests for ticket refunds-which will be available at the point of sale."

The statement concluded with Coldplay saying that they're very optimistic that Martin will fully recover from the infection and return to perform. It read, "To everyone affected, please accept our sincere apologies, and thank you as always for your love and support."

In response to the statement and news of Martin's health, many fans flooded the post's comment section to share their well-wishes and show support to the band. One comment read, "Get well soon, Chris. We love you. Sending much love to you and the boys."

Another comment read, "Take care of yourself, Chris, we'll wait!!! Love you so much, see you soon." One fan criticized the band's workload, commenting, "I knew it would happen the poor man never manage to rest!! This tour was INSANE! Any artist would be physically and mentally burned out by the end of it! Get well soon Chris!!."

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Coldplay has previously revealed that they almost canceled the "Music Of The Spheres" world tour while it was still in its planning stage. Martin spoke to ColdplayXtra and revealed that they encountered a "big financial crisis" which threatened the band and their plans for the first time ever.

He said, "It became financially stressful, which we hadn't had before. We never really had a big financial crisis. This was the first time where there was a point where we felt like we couldn't do the tour due to all the money stuff. But luckily, we had some help, and they saved the day. Yeah we did a few changes here and there.

Martin concluded, "The whole point of this tour is to be trying new things, and some of them work, and some of them don't and that's okay. We are so lucky that we can survive certain losses, and it's OK."