The Coldplay video for ‘The Karate Kid, filmed on location in Melbourne a few weeks back when the band was touring Australia, has premiered.
The Coldplay ‘The Karate Kid’ video features the star of the original ‘The Karate Kid’ movie Ralph Macchio, who flew to Melbourne for the filming and made a cameo at the second Coldplay show in Melbourne. That cameo was all part of this video.
The video is a Chris Candy production. Candy also recently shot Coldplay’s ‘All My Love’ video.
‘The Karate Kid’ was shot around Melbourne with Macchio first seen busking along the Yarra River then outside the State Library on Swanston Street, the same street AC/DC ‘It’s a Long Way To The Top’ was filmed with the band performing on the back of a truck.
Macchio is then seen busking outside Marvel Stadium, where Coldplay was performing that evening, when he scores a couple …