Mumbai: India’s live music landscape has opened a new dimension. This can be reduced by a recently held live concert in the British Rock Band Coldplay in Ahmedabad.
The Live event pushed a part of the country’s transport sector to increase its capacity. The Western Division of Indian Railways participated with Western Railway to introduce special superfast trains between Mumbai and Ahmedabad as organizers for its capacity.
The findings have been documented in the recently released report on the economic impact of the incident.
The city airport handled 138,000 passengers during the three-day window, including a record-breaking 47,000 arrival on the first concert day, while the local metro system shattered all the previous passenger records, shows how a single event can do stress and assume the city’s entire transportation structure.
Not only this, within just 48 hours of the announcement of the concert, the hotel rates increased from 50,000 to INR 90,000.
Ey-Parthenon (EY-P), major strategy counseling firm and Bookmyshow Live, Bookmyshow, Live Entertainment Experienced Division of India’s major entertainment destination, has released a comprehensive report, titled ‘India’s Rising Concert Economy: Coldplay’s Ahmedabad tour of India has set a boom.
It captures the comprehensive economic, cultural, workforce, stability and tourism effects of live entertainment in India after India’s largest live entertainment spectacle-music ceremonies of two-night concerts of coldplay in Ahmedabad, composed and promoted by Bookmisho Live.
In a significant support for India’s growing concert economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Odisha Conclave 2025 during his address in Odisha, “In a country with such a rich heritage in music, dance and story, with a huge consumer base for such a large pool and concert, with such a large pool and concert.
In the last decade, both tendency and demand of live events have increased. You must have seen incredible images from the coldplay concerts in Mumbai and Ahmedabad in recent times.
This is a proof of how much scope is the live concert in India. ,
Changes in perception were striking – 78% surveyed attendees now see Ahmedabad as a major concert city, and two -thirds (66%) expressed strong desires to return. Talking about the report, Home Minister, Gujarat, Harsh Sanghvi said, “Careful scheme is required for safety, traffic and emergency measures to carry out an incident on this scale.
With comprehensive provisions in the place, spontaneous coordination with the organizers ensured clear communication with the attendees, supporting smooth movement and overall security.
This cooperation between officials and event organizers gives an example of how the strategic plan and partnership can increase the execution of the event on a large scale. “The concert distributed the important economic wind -rich, which led to an estimated economic impact of INR 641 crore, including a direct gain of 392 crore in Ahmedabad economy, significant expenses on housing, transport, food and retail.
It contributed 72 crores to GST revenue for the Government of India, underlining its powerful fiscal influence. Demographic access was equally important – about 8 out of 10 present (79%) were under 35 years of age, reflecting a powerful resonance with young audiences that usually spend entertainment.
