Coldplay seem to tease 2025 UK stadium shows – with huge donation to Music Venue Trust
nme.comColdplay appear to be teasing details of some huge stadium shows for summer 2025, with 10 per cent of all band proceeds seemingly set to go to the Music Venue Trust.The Glastonbury 2024 headliners seem to be on the verge of announcing massive gigs for next summer in support of their upcoming 10th album ‘Moon Music‘.
Posters advertising the band’s very first gig as then ‘The Coldplay’ from 1998 at the Dublin Castle reappeared at the London venue today (Sunday September 15) – but with new handwritten notes added.The band posted a video to their Instagram Stories showing the posters throughout the Camden venue, while Music Venue Trust COO Beverley Whitrick took to social media to highlight “the coolest poster”.Along with some sketches pointing to ‘Moon Music’, the handwritten notes also suggest that Chris Martin and co will be playing Craven Park in Hull and London’s Wembley Stadium next August, with the shows not only being 100 per cent solar, wind and kinetically powered, but will also be in support of Music Venue Trust with 10 per cent of all proceeds going to “small venues and upcoming acts”.A post shared by Beverley Whitrick (@bevwhitrick)The band’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour recently became the biggest rock tour of all time, grossing $945.7million and selling 8.8million tickets since it began in March 2022.
The shows have been praised for “setting a new standard” when it comes to an eco-conscious approach to live music, thanks to a slew of sustainable initiatives introduced by the band.In June, it was revealed to have already produced 59 per cent less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour in 2016 and 2017.
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