When Coldplay wrap up their epic Music of the Spheres World Tour, the numbers are truly staggering. Next week, they will make music history.
Coldplay are on course to make music history next week – as Chris Martin and co wrap up their epic Music of the Spheres World Tour. In an astonishing feat, the Devon lads are set to become the first band ever to sell more than 13 million tickets for a single tour.
When the band’s final ten-night hometown marathon performance takes place on Friday at Wembley Stadium, the record-breaking run will be sealed. According to music number-crunchers Pollstar, that performance will officially give them the largest concert tour audience of all time.
The Yellow hitmakers have smashed Taylor Swift ’s incredible Eras Tour tally by nearly three million tickets. Swift still keeps the crown for highest-grossing tour ever, pulling in a jaw-dropping £1.54 billion – but Coldplay aren’t far behind.
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Martin’s men are set to pocket around £1.04 billion when the dust settles – and that’s before merch sales, which could add hundreds of millions more. That haul makes them the UK’s biggest-ever live earners, storming past Sir Elton John, whose Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour banked £718m.
It also means Coldplay are raking in a mind-blowing £5 MILLION every single night they hit the stage.The only Brit even close is Ed Sheeran, with £4.35m per gig. Veteran Rod Stewart’s Vegas residency brings in £783k a night, while comedy king Peter Kay nets £527k per show.
Although final figures won’t be announced until after Wembley, Pollstar boss Andy Gensler predicted that overall ticket sales will surpass 13 million. London should surpass $ 1.39 billion in cumulative gross revenues, which is already at $ 1.39 billion.
This year alone, the tour has pulled in £188 million from 2 million tickets. Since launching in Costa Rica back in March 2022, the globe-trotting spectacle has seen the band play 211 headline shows – plus festival spots at Rock in Rio and Glastonbury 2024. By next weekend, they’ll have notched up an incredible 16 Wembley Stadium sell-outs – more than any other venue on the tour.
This comes after the band were forced to halt their show twice as Chris Martin called in medical and security support. The band stopped their Wembley show on Saturday night during hit Sparks before halting it once again.
Frontman Chris caught the attention of security as he pointed into the crowd while pausing the rest of the band during their encore. Medics and security were seen entering the standing section of Wembley Stadium as a concerned Chris looked on.
It comes after Coldplay were forced to halt their show twice as Chris Martin called in medical and security support. The band stopped their Wembley show on Saturday night during hit Sparks before halting it once again.
Frontman Chris caught the attention of security as he pointed into the crowd while pausing the rest of the band during their encore. Medics and security were seen entering the standing section of Wembley Stadium as a concerned Chris looked on.
As they rushed over to the person in need, the crowd erupted in joy. After things seemed in order, Chris asked: “Does anyone else have any medical issues?” before returning to the set. Diabetes ? Anything we should be aware of”?
Before a second emergency struck the crowd right away, he managed to survive Sparks. Chris joked as the lights soared, “Oh god, we are making people faint.” Guy [Berryman] is at fault for being so attractive, that’s what it is. Looking at our bass player, everyone is fainting.
Chris, however, took it further when he pleaded, “Are you guys okay, come on. You are safe, and we have you. The singer said, “I hope you feel better, my brother. I hope you feel better. He’ll take care of you fairly well. Okay, that’s fine. You’ll be safe; all we do is hang out backstage.
Chris thanked the rest of the sold-out crowd for showing him gratitude. That is incredible.
Source: Mirror
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