Chris Martin Sings About Manila’s Traffic Onstage, ‘Completely Insane’

Chris Martin redefined the time period “traffic jam” … utilizing his frustration over the bumper-to-bumper visitors within the Philippines’ capital metropolis to gas an impromptu new tune onstage.

The Coldplay frontman vented concerning the “completely insane” visitors throughout his gig at Bulacan’s Philippine Enviornment … hilariously singing: “There is only really one thing that remains. The traffic here in Manila is completely insane.”

Watch within the clip … Chris gripes a few 2-mile drive taking every week or two … and other people ought to permit themselves a yr and a half to get dwelling in time for a shower.

The viewers was laughing at every line, however possibly simply to keep away from crying about their visitors plight … as Chris hit the refrain, “Oh, we can’t wait to play Manila again, but the traffic here is completely insane.”

Enjoyable and video games apart, Manila’s visitors downside has been an actual situation … with town topping the 2023 TomTom Traffic Index checklist of metro areas with the slowest journey time of virtually 400 cities in 55 nations.

The Division of Transport within the Philippines says it is fast-tracking highway tasks geared toward “improving commuter experience while addressing worsening traffic in highly urbanized areas.”

Though, the federal government’s effectively conscious of its crappy visitors numbers, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was criticized for utilizing public funds to reach at Coldplay’s live performance Friday by way of helicopter, reasonably than utilizing its personal public transport.

So, it appears like there’s some miscommunication over how finest to navigate the difficulty.