Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons Tribute

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons Tribute at Unity Temple on the Plaza

"Fix You" and "Radioactive" take on a different character without their familiar vocals. At Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons, Fountain City Quartet gives both songs an instrumental string-quartet interpretation by candlelight. The melodies are easy to recognize; the pleasure is hearing what changes around them.

The Fountain City Quartet brings Coldplay and Imagine Dragons to Unity Temple's Sanctuary this November, transforming stadium anthems into something intimate and unexpected. "Clocks," "Viva la Vida," "Believer," "Thunder"—songs built for arenas get reimagined as chamber music, and the shift reveals melodies you thought you knew inside out. A string quartet doesn't replace the original energy; it uncovers a different kind of power hiding inside those hooks.

The program runs about sixty minutes through thirteen songs, including "The Scientist," "A Sky Full of Stars," "Bad Liar," "Adventure of a Lifetime," "Follow You," "feelslikeimfallinginlove" and "My Universe." The instrumental arrangements let the quartet carry familiar melodies without vocals. Candlelight shifts the atmosphere from concert hall formality into something warmer, more personal—a glow that matches the music's sweep without drowning it in spectacle.

For Coldplay and Imagine Dragons fans, the appeal lies in that meeting of recognition and surprise. The songs remain familiar, while strings and candlelight give the program its own concert personality.

Hear Coldplay and Imagine Dragons favorites reimagined with live strings and candlelight; get tickets for the Unity Temple tribute.