Coldplay to break Taylor Swift's Wembley record

Coldplay are to play an unprecedented 10 nights astatine London's Wembley Stadium adjacent summer, breaking a grounds held by Taylor Swift and Take That.

The set primitively announced an six-night tally astatine the stadium adjacent summer, but added 4 other shows owed to "phenomenal demand" during a fan-only presale connected Thursday morning.

The wide summons merchantability begins astatine 9am connected Friday, 27 September, with prices starting astatine £20 (plus fees).

Unlike Oasis, the set person declined to usage Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing exemplary - wherever summons prices are adjusted according to demand. In a statement, the radical said “all summons prices for these concerts are fixed astatine the advertised rate.”

The 2025 circuit dates are successful enactment of the band's 10th medium Moon Music, which is owed for merchandise connected 4 October.

As good arsenic Wembley, the set volition play 2 nights astatine Hull's Craven Park Stadium.

Fifty per cent of the tickets for those shows volition spell to section fans, who unrecorded successful the HU, YO, DN oregon LN postcodes.

The 12 concerts volition beryllium the band's lone European dates of 2025.

Earlier this year, the set headlined the Glastonbury festival, wherever they were joined connected signifier by Back to the Future prima Michael J Fox, and a big of different musicians including rapper Little Simz, Nigerian instrumentalist Femi Kuti and Palestinian-Chilean vocalist Elyanna.

In a bid of five-star reviews, The Independent called the amusement "the spectacle of a lifetime" and The Guardian said it would beryllium "churlish" not to beryllium swept up by a acceptable afloat of "cartoonish bully fun".

Film prima Tom Cruise, who watched the acceptable from a VIP country astatine the broadside of the Pyramid Stage simply branded the performance "awesome".

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During the set, the set besides previewed songs from their upcoming album, which frontman Chris Martin has hinted could beryllium their last.

"Our past due grounds volition travel retired successful 2025 and aft that I deliberation we volition lone tour,” helium told BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley successful 2021.

"Maybe we'll bash immoderate collaborative things but the Coldplay catalogue, arsenic it were, finishes then."

However, helium subsequently backtracked those comments, telling the NME the set had different 2 records near successful them.

"We're going to marque 12 albums. Because it's a batch to determination everything into making them,” helium explained. “I emotion it and it's amazing, but it's precise aggravated too."

Pre-sale tickets for Coldplay's 2025 circuit went connected merchantability connected Thursday morning for fans who had placed beforehand orders for Moon Music.

According to societal media messages, the archetypal tranche of dates sold retired successful astir 20 minutes.

One instrumentality reported a connection connected the Ticketmaster website flashing up astatine 09:22, stating: "UPDATE: There are presently nary disposable tickets successful this pre-sale."

Recognising the demand, Coldplay added 4 other dates astatine Wembley, with pre-sales starting astatine 2:30pm BST.

The 10-date residency means Coldplay volition go the enactment to person played the astir nights astatine the world-famous stadium successful a azygous year.

Taylor Swift and Take That were antecedently tied for the record, playing 8 nights apiece.

Coldplay antecedently played six nights astatine Wembley during the 2022 limb of their satellite circuit - which means that, successful total, their circuit volition person doubled the erstwhile record.

The set person made efforts to trim the biology interaction of their concerts - and announced earlier this twelvemonth that they had achieved a 59% simplification successful c dioxide emissions compared with their erstwhile satellite tour.

They besides made efforts to combat rising summons prices by offering £20 "Infinity tickets" for each show.

They are sold successful pairs and tin beryllium placed anyplace successful the venue - including the precise champion seats.

For the Wembley dates, a brace of tickets volition outgo astir £52, erstwhile fees - including the stadium's £2.75 sustainability interest - are added.