How A British Lawyer Bagged Coldplay For His Tiny Weatherbeaten Sports Ground In Northern England
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: A northern English lawyer has revealed that his passion for rugby was his secret weapon in stealing Coldplay out from under the noses of the nation’s biggest stadiums and persuading the band to play at his local ground next summer.
A week ago, more than a quarter of a million fans queued up to buy tickets to see the most popular British band of the 21st century in their home nation.
A few days previously, Coldplay had announced that in summer 2025, they would be bringing their Music of the Spheres world tour to the UK, where they had decided to perform in only two towns.
The setting of London’s Wembley Stadium came as no surprise. The other venue, however, stopped people in their tracks – Craven Park in Hull, north-east England, a weatherbeaten sports ground that, on normal weekends, plays host to a few thousand fans cheering on their local rugby club.
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