Coldplay have been pressured to reschedule the ultimate two concert events on their Wembley Stadium run attributable to deliberate industrial motion.
The Chris Martin-fronted band descended on the enduring London venue for his or her ‘Music Of The Spheres‘ tour earlier this month, with their mammoth 10-date run set to beat data held by Taylor Swift and Take That.
Nevertheless, they introduced at this time (August 30) that subsequent week’s Tube strikes have pressured them to maneuver the ultimate gigs, with an announcement on social media explaining it will be “not possible to get 82,000 individuals to the live performance and residential once more safely” with out a Tube service, due to this fact no occasion licence might be granted for the nights of the concert events.
They added that to keep away from cancelling the reveals totally, the one possibility was to maneuver the Sunday, September 7 present to Saturday, September 6, and the ultimate gig on Monday, September 8 to Friday, September 12.
As detailed within the band’s put up, all tickets will stay legitimate for his or her rescheduled date, and reveals on August 30, 31 and September 3 and 4 will go forward as scheduled.
We’re sorry to announce that, attributable to deliberate industrial motion on the London Underground, we’ve been pressured to reschedule our closing two concert events of the present Wembley Stadium run.
And not using a Tube service, it’s not possible to get 82,000 individuals to the live performance and residential once more safely,… pic.twitter.com/sAaqyUOP0x
— Coldplay (@coldplay) August 30, 2025
If followers are unable to attend the rescheduled present, they are going to be can get a full refund on their ticket. Ticketholders are suggested to contact their level of buy earlier than noon on Tuesday (September 2).
Returned tickets will then be placed on basic sale at 11am this Wednesday (September 3), solely on Ticketmaster – you will discover yours right here.
Earlier dates on the Wembley run have to date seen Coldplay escape ‘Cemeteries of London’ for the primary time since 2011, in addition to Simon Pegg be a part of them onstage to help with a efficiency of ‘Sky Full Of Stars’.
The actor, who has usually been known as an “honorary member” of Coldplay, appeared with them on the identical observe at Wembley in 2022. The earlier yr, he launched them at their intimate gig at Shepherd’s Bush Empire – the place he recalled first watching the group reside 21 years prior in help of their debut album, ‘Parachutes’.
Their first evening in London additionally noticed the band reference Oasis and oversee a fan’s proposal to kick off proceedings at Wembley.
Coldplay’s assist comes after MVT’s lengthy marketing campaign for a compulsory levy of £1 for each ticket offered to a gig at area stage and above to return into the grassroots, at a time when the UK is going through “the entire collapse of touring” with one venue closing each two weeks.
In quotes provided solely to NME, the members defined why it was important for them to assist help native areas and rising expertise.
“Organisations like Music Venue Belief are much more essential on this nation since Brexit, as a result of it’s a lot tougher for brand spanking new artists to play in Europe,” mentioned Martin. “I simply know that I’d all the time need individuals youthful than us to have much more alternative than we had, and definitely not much less.”
