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Everyone who watched the Super Bowl halftime show this year realized that color plays a pretty huge part in Coldplay's tour supporting its newest album, "A Head Full of Dreams." That was the case Wednesday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, where every audience member was handed a wristband that automatically lit up in multiple colors in sync with the band's songs throughout the show. It seemed a schmaltzy move at first, but it ended up connecting the audience to each other and the music, and brought those even in the nosebleeds into the show.

The band made good use of a huge stage screen, smaller screens in the arena, lasers, lights and enough confetti to make you wonder what the nightly budget is for the little flakes of colored paper. The show was bursting with energy, with lead singer Chris Martin leaping around the stage an on to the walkway that extended into the floor crowd, ending in a dais where the band played some of its more mellow numbers.

Blending songs from its latest effort with earlier hits such as "Clocks" and "Yellow," the band powered through a huge set list. The sold-out crowd sang along throughout the performance, thrilled to see the band live again after an eight-year hiatus from the Beehive State.

Opening • It's not often a rock band opens with Puccini, but as the lights dimmed, Miriam Gauci sang one of the composer's arias to announce the band's start, and that transitioned into Charlie Chaplin delivering an excerpt from his speech in "The Great Dictator." Clips showed audience members from previous tour stops sending their love to the next stop, culminating in three Utahns welcoming "the greatest band on the planet" to Salt Lake City. Coldplay launched into the title track from its most recent album, and quickly followed it with "Yellow" and then "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," during which lead singer Chris Martin held up and then draped himself in the Utah state flag during the line, "But still I raise the flag."

Highlight • Martin asked the crowd to send some extra love to France, Italy, Louisiana, Mexico (on the day Donald Trump met with the nation's president) and anywhere else that needed the good vibes to introduce the mellow ballad "Everglow."

Crowd favorite • "The Scientist" had the entire crowd singing along, and it culminated with a quick tribute to Gene Wilder as Martin added a couple of lines from "Pure Imagination," a song from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

Best quote • "I want to dance in Utah; I want to dance in Utah; I want to dance in Utah," Martin said as he extended the song "Paradise" by leaping on to the runway and dancing his way along it.

In the crowd • Coldplay's clean lyrics and wholesome sound were an apparent draw for the crowd. While Coldplay feels like the quintessential mom band to many — and plenty of middle-aged women were in attendance with partners in tow — the crowd also boasted a significant number of Millennials and Generation Z members. Regardless of age, the audience stood throughout the show and sang along wholeheartedly to the band's radio hits and deeper tracks.

Next up • Singer-songwriter Alessia Cara, who, along with Bishop Briggs, was one of the performers who opened for Coldplay, returns to Utah on Oct. 11 to headline a show at The Depot, with openers Ruth B and Nathan Sykes.