A Head Full of Dreams Tour
Tour by Coldplay | |
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Associated album | A Head Full of Dreams Kaleidoscope EP |
Start date | 31 March 2016 |
End date | 15 November 2017 |
No. of shows | 122 |
Producer | Live Nation[1] |
Attendance | 5.38 million |
Box office | $523 million[a] |
Website | coldplay |
Coldplay concert chronology |
The A Head Full of Dreams Tour was the seventh concert tour undertaken by British rock band Coldplay. It was announced on 27 November 2015 in support of their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, and marked a return to live performing at stadiums following the intimate shows from Ghost Stories Tour (2014), which saw the band playing in venues such as the Beacon Theatre and Royal Albert Hall.[3] With exception of "Fun" and hidden track "X Marks the Spot", all songs from the album were played.[4] The band combined extensive use of laser light and pyrotechnic special effects with raw, acoustic segments between stages, complementing performances with a new version of the Xylobands from Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–12).[5]
The concert run consisted of 122 shows in eight legs across five continents, starting at Argentina's Estadio Ciudad de La Plata on 31 March 2016 and finishing at the same venue on 15 November 2017. It also marked their first solo shows in Latin America since Viva la Vida Tour (2009–10).[6] According to Billboard, Coldplay earned $523 million from 5.38 million tickets sold in 114 reported dates, making A Head Full of Dreams Tour the third-highest-grossing tour of all time upon conclusion. In 2018, Live in Buenos Aires was released to celebrate the concert run and promoted along with The Butterfly Package, a set which additionally contained Live in São Paulo and Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams. The latter is a career-spanning documentary directed by Mat Whitecross.
Development
[edit]Background
[edit]Following the release of Coldplay's sixth album, Ghost Stories (2014), the band announced they would not be making a usual tour for it,[7] limiting themselves to one-off concerts at smaller venues around the world.[3] On 6 November 2015, "Adventure of a Lifetime" was made available as the lead single for A Head Full of Dreams.[8] The song was succeeded by the tour announcement on 27 November, which included numerous stadium dates spread across 14 countries in Europe and Latin America for the next year.[9] During an interview for The Late Late Show with James Corden, the band mentioned they would also be visiting Asia and North America.[10] In April 2016, Coldplay announced 12 new arena shows in the United States.[11] Months later, they published teasers on social media with dates for Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan.[12] In 2017, the band further promoted the tour's namesake album by releasing a companion piece named Kaleidoscope EP, which included four new songs and a live version of "Something Just Like This".[13]
Promotion
[edit]Before starting the tour, Coldplay performed the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, which included guest appearances from Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles,[14] earning the biggest audience in history for a group and male act performing at the event as well.[15] The band later appeared in multiple festivals, including the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter.[16] Lead singer Chris Martin said he lived "the first few years of my life less than 500 yards from where we'll be performing so this couldn't be more of a homecoming for me".[16] In 2016, they were announced as headliners for Glastonbury Festival,[17] setting the record for most headlining sets ever by any act.[18] Months later, the band appeared at Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai, where they played "Maa Tujhe Salaam" with A. R. Rahman.[19] Martin has been the event's curator since 2015 and plans to fulfil the role for the next 15 years.[20] He invited Colombian singer Shakira for the Hamburg edition.[21] In 2017, Coldplay were part of the iHeartRadio Music Festival.[22]
Opening acts
[edit]Most of the tour included two supporting acts on each concert, with British singer Lianne La Havas opening all performances held during the first Latin American and European legs, marking the first stadium shows of her career.[23] She noted being a fan of Coldplay for many years and grew up listening to them.[23] Canadian singer Alessia Cara supported the first European and North American runs as well,[24] which additionally included Foxes and Birdy.[25] In select dates, local artists from their respective country were invited to serve as opening acts: Ximena Sariñana and Hana Ciliberti performed in the Mexico City shows,[26] while Radwimps played at the Tokyo Dome on 9 April 2016.[27] Remaining dates for the Asian leg were supported by Jess Kent, who also participated in the concerts held in Australia and New Zealand.[27]
For their second run in Europe, Coldplay included AlunaGeorge and Swedish singer Tove Lo, with whom they collaborated on the song "Fun", from A Head Full of Dreams (2015).[28] The local acts invited for Hannover, Gothenburg and Cardiff were German singer Femme Schmidt, Danish group Mew and English band Embrace, respectively.[28] Meanwhile, the second leg in North America featured singers Izzy Bizu and Alina Baraz.[28] In November 2017, Coldplay finished the tour with shows in Brazil and Argentina, which were opened by Jon Hopkins and Dua Lipa.[29] The former has been a collaborator of the band since their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008),[29] while Martin co-wrote the song "Homesick" for the latter's debut album.[30] After being asked about the experience, she commented it was "amazing" and "surreal to get to sit next to him on the piano and hear him perform so close to me" and thanked the singer for the opportunity, adding she learned a lot from him when they were on studio.[30]
Concert synopsis
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Similar to Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–12), the band combined performances including laser light and pyrotechnic visuals at the main stage with intimate sets at the B-stage and C-stage.[32] During the latter segment, songs were played strictly in acoustic renditions.[33] Shows usually featured between 22 and 25 tracks, which sometimes incorporated new intros and outros: "Paradise" started regularly but ended in its Tiësto remix version, while "Fix You" was performed with an additional instrumental background from "Midnight".[34] Before the tour began, Martin said Coldplay would "finally have a set list where we feel good about it from start to finish".[35] He joked about being "at the point in our career where we can get through a concert without playing anything shit" as well.[36]
Aside from their own catalogue, the band often covered songs from other artists, most notably "Heroes" by David Bowie during the first four legs of the tour.[35] According to Martin, they were good friends with Bowie, though he rejected a collaboration for "Lhuna", a charity single released with Australian singer Kylie Minogue in 2008, claiming the track was "not one of your best".[37] The band also performed Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" in selected shows.[38] Coldplay originally wrote "Til Kingdom Come" as a collaboration with the singer, but he died before being able to record it.[39] Additionally, the band had a "Fan Dedication Song" segment at the C-stage: "We'd ask people to give us a reason why they want us to play that song so there is a purpose behind why we play it".[35]
Reception
[edit]Commercial performance
[edit]Fans who pre-ordered A Head Full of Dreams (2015) from Amazon were given early access to buy tickets for the United Kingdom shows on 26 November 2015, while general public sales for the entire first European leg were opened on the following day.[9] Due to high demand, Coldplay added extra dates in Mexico City, Barcelona, Manchester, Zurich, London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen.[40] Over 900,000 people attempted to buy tickets for the concerts in Seoul, leading online servers to crash.[41] The performance at Foro Sol on 17 April 2016 saw the venue's biggest ever single-day attendance (67,451 tickets),[1] a record also broken at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium (62,068 tickets).[42] Additionally, the band later earned the highest-grossing boxscore report of Singapore's history ($12.4 million).[43] In Taiwan, they had the biggest ticket sales of all time for an international act, a record broken by Blackpink in 2023.[44] The concerts in London and Paris were the most prolific of their career both in attendance and gross according to Pollstar.[45] After the last show in La Plata, Billboard claimed the A Head Full of Dreams Tour was the third-highest-grossing tour of all time, earning $523,033,675 from 5,389,586 tickets sold in 114 dates.[46]
Critical reception
[edit]The tour was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, with Ludovic Hunter-Tilney from the Financial Times describing it as a "bubble of positivity making its way around a turbulent world".[47] He stated large venues were a "natural home" for Coldplay and where their "uplifting platitudes make most sense".[47] Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, Bernard Zuel commented the concert was "very big, but just on the right side of huge. They get loud and in your face but never up your nose. They grab for audience participation but collegially rather than greedily", praising how they crafted a "continuously satisfying pop show that has elements of U2 and Taylor Swift, Springsteen and Kylie, but somehow retains a sliver of modesty".[48] In his five-star Wembley Stadium review for the Evening Standard, David Smyth stated Coldplay were "playing more stadium shows in London than anyone else this summer because no one else is doing this kind of thing better. Long may they shine".[49] Similarly, The Guardian's Kitty Empire rated their Croke Park performance with 4/5 stars and mentioned it felt "like the encore, the kind that sends you out into the night streets, hollering the chorus" even when the band were "just two songs in".[50]
Accolades
[edit]Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Billboard Live Music Awards | Top Draw | Won | [51] |
Top Tour | Nominated | |||
Top Boxscore[b] | Won | |||
Live UK Music Business Awards[c] | Spectacle of the Year[d] | Runner-up | [53] | |
Best Festival Performance[d] | Won | |||
Los40 Music Awards | Tour of the Year | Nominated | [54] | |
Ticketmaster Awards | Ticket of the Year – Global | Won | [55] | |
Ticket of the Year – United Kingdom | Won | |||
Ticket of the Year – Spain | Won | [56] | ||
Most Anticipated Event of 2017 – France | Won | [57] | ||
2017 | American Music Awards | Tour of the Year | Won | [58] |
Billboard Music Awards | Top Rock Tour | Won | [59] | |
Billboard Live Music Awards | Top Draw | Nominated | [60] | |
Top Tour | Nominated | |||
iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best Tour | Won | [61] | |
NME Awards | Music Moment of the Year[d] | Won | [62] | |
Pollstar Awards | Major Tour of the Year | Nominated | [63] | |
Most Creative Stage Production | Nominated | |||
Ticketmaster Awards | Ticket of the Year – Global | Won | [64] | |
Ticket of the Year – Canada | Won | [65] | ||
Ticket of the Year – France | Won | [66] | ||
Best Live Event of the Past 20 Years – Ireland | Won | [67] | ||
Ticket of the Year – Ireland | Won | |||
Ticket of the Year – Poland | Won | [68] | ||
Ticket of the Year – Sweden | Won | [69] | ||
2018 | Pollstar Awards | Major Tour of the Year | Nominated | [70] |
Most Creative Stage Production | Nominated | |||
Tech Enhancement of the Year[e] | Nominated | |||
Billboard Music Awards | Top Rock Tour | Nominated | [71] |
Live album
[edit]After the tour was finished, Coldplay released Live in Buenos Aires (2018), their fifth live album.[72] It consisted of two CDs with songs played during their last show in La Plata. The record was marketed along with The Butterfly Package, a set which additionally contained Live in São Paulo, their first music film to include a concert in full,[73] and Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams, a documentary featuring previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage.[74] A one-night-only premiere for the latter was held at selected cinemas across the world one month earlier, grossing $3.5 million from over 300,000 tickets sold and reaching number one at the box office of Netherlands; number two in Australia, Italy and United Kingdom; and number five in the United States.[75] Both projects were directed by Mat Whitecross, a long-time collaborator of the band.[74] Sam Sodomsky from Pitchfork stated Live in Buenos Aires made "a strong case for the legacy of one of the 21st century's most enduring live acts",[76] while Live in São Paulo was nominated for a UK Music Video Award.[77]
Set list
[edit]This set list was taken from the 15 November 2017 concert in La Plata, Argentina. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.[34]
- Main stage
- "A Head Full of Dreams" (with Charlie Chaplin's speech from The Great Dictator)
- "Yellow"
- "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
- "The Scientist"
- "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" (with elements of "Oceans")
- "Paradise" (with elements of the song's Tiësto remix)
- B-stage
- Main stage
- "Clocks" (with elements of "Army of One")
- "Midnight" (interlude)
- "Charlie Brown"
- "Hymn for the Weekend"
- "Fix You" (with elements of "Midnight")
- "Viva la Vida"
- "Adventure of a Lifetime"
- "De Música Ligera" (Soda Stereo cover)
- C-stage
- "Kaleidoscope" (interlude)
- "In My Place"
- "Amor Argentina"
- Main stage
Details
[edit]- A segment named Fan Dedication Song was held every night at the C-stage. It featured the track most requested by fans on social media during each preceding day.[35]
- "Heroes" by David Bowie, "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash and "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry were separately covered in select dates.[38]
- "Something Just Like This" was added to the set list starting from Singapore on 31 March 2017.[78]
- "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" was rotated with "Birds" starting from the second North American leg.[4]
- "In My Place" featured Will Champion's main vocals in select dates.[76]
- "Life Is Beautiful" was performed in San Diego on 8 October 2017,[79] São Paulo on 7 and 8 November 2017,[79] and La Plata on 14 November 2017.[80]
Highlights
[edit]The band performed covers, invited guests and fans, wrote songs specifically for the occasion and made dedications on numerous dates, skipping to the rest of the show otherwise:
- 2016
- 29 May – Exeter: "Raspberry Beret".[81]
- 26 June – Pilton: "Boys That Sing" dedicated to Viola Beach, "My Way" with Michael Eavis, then "To Love Somebody" and "Stayin' Alive" with Barry Gibb.[82]
- 6 July – Copenhagen: "Sometimes It Snows in April" with Lianne La Havas.[83]
- 16 July – East Rutherford: "Jersey Girl".[84]
- 17 July – East Rutherford: "Earth Angel" and "Johnny B. Goode" with Michael J. Fox.[85]
- 28 July – Columbus: "Have I Told You Lately".[86]
- 30 July – Foxborough: "Ride On".[87]
- 6 August – Philadelphia: "Streets of Philadelphia".[88]
- 21 August – Pasadena: "Nothing Compares 2 U" with James Corden and "Happy Birthday to You" dedicated to him.[89]
- 1 September – Paradise: "Mr. Brightside".[33]
- 3 September – Santa Clara: "Life on Mars" with the Oakland School for the Arts choir.[90]
- 11 November – London: "Suzanne".[91]
- 19 November – Mumbai: "Maa Tujhe Salaam" with A. R. Rahman.[19]
- 3 December – Auckland: "Four Seasons in One Day" with Neil Finn.[92]
- 9 December – Melbourne: "Imagine" with Emmanuel Kelly.[93]
- 14 December – Sydney: "Christmas with the Kangaroos".[94]
- 31 December – Abu Dhabi: "Faith" and "2016 Song".[95]
- 2017
- 1 April – Singapore: "Singapore Song".[96]
- 4 April – Bay City: "Manila Song".[97]
- 11 April – Taoyuan: "Taiwan Song".[98]
- 12 April – Taoyuan: "Happy Birthday to You" dedicated to Guy Berryman.[98]
- 15 April – Seoul: "South Korea Song".[99]
- 16 April – Seoul: "City of Seoul".[41]
- 8 June – Décines-Charpieu: "Lyon Song".[100]
- 21 June – Brussels: "Formidable".[101]
- 25 June – Gothenburg: "Gothenburg Song".[102]
- 26 June – Gothenburg: "Känn Ingen Sorg för Mig Göteborg".[103]
- 30 June – Frankfurt: "Frankfurt Song".[104]
- 6 July – Hamburg: "Chantaje" and "Me Enamoré" with Shakira.[21]
- 8 July – Dublin: "Dublin Song" with a fan.[105]
- 11 July – Cardiff: "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" with Rob Brydon and "Wales Song".[106]
- 16 July – Saint-Denis: "Paris Song".[107]
- 1 August – East Rutherford: "Crawling".[108]
- 14 August – Omaha: "Monday Night in Omaha".[109]
- 21 August – Toronto: "Toronto Song".[110]
- 28 August – Miami Gardens: "Happy Birthday to You" dedicated to a fan and "Houston #1".[111]
- 2 October – Portland: "Free Fallin'" with Peter Buck.[112]
- 11 November – Porto Alegre: "Gaúchos" with Jon Hopkins.[113]
- 8 November – São Paulo: "Paulistanos".[114]
- 14 and 15 November – La Plata: "De Música Ligera" and "Amor Argentina".[115]
Tour dates
[edit]Date (2016) | City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance | Revenue |
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31 March | La Plata | Argentina | Estadio Ciudad de La Plata | Lianne La Havas Hana | 97,069 / 97,069 | $6,619,890 |
1 April | ||||||
3 April | Santiago | Chile | Estadio Nacional de Chile | Lianne La Havas María Colores | 60,787 / 60,787 | $4,539,380 |
5 April | Lima | Peru | Estadio Nacional del Perú | Lianne La Havas Gala Brie | 43,720 / 43,720 | $4,828,810 |
7 April | São Paulo | Brazil | Allianz Parque | Lianne La Havas Tiê | 46,563 / 46,563 | $4,093,280 |
10 April | Rio de Janeiro | Estádio do Maracanã | 59,669 / 59,669 | $4,645,550 | ||
13 April | Bogotá | Colombia | Estadio El Campín | Lianne La Havas Elsa y Elmar | 41,376 / 41,376 | $4,792,820 |
15 April | Mexico City | Mexico | Foro Sol | Lianne La Havas Ximena Sariñana | 195,192 / 195,192 | $11,231,300 |
16 April | ||||||
17 April | ||||||
24 May | Nice | France | Stade Charles-Ehrmann | Lianne La Havas Alessia Cara | 53,566 / 53,566 | $3,367,270 |
26 May | Barcelona | Spain | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | 111,261 / 111,261 | $9,734,130 | |
27 May | ||||||
29 May[f] | Exeter | England | Powderham Castle | — | — | — |
1 June | Gelsenkirchen | Germany | Veltins-Arena | Lianne La Havas Alessia Cara | 55,048 / 55,048 | $4,650,320 |
4 June | Manchester | England | Etihad Stadium | 109,492 / 109,492 | $10,676,300 | |
5 June | ||||||
7 June | Glasgow | Scotland | Hampden Park | 48,526 / 48,526 | $4,547,280 | |
11 June | Zürich | Switzerland | Letzigrund | Foxes Lea Lu | 89,254 / 89,254 | $11,808,300 |
12 June | Lianne La Havas Alessia Cara | |||||
15 June | London | England | Wembley Stadium | 303,985 / 303,985 | $28,810,200 | |
16 June | ||||||
18 June | Lianne La Havas Reef | |||||
19 June | ||||||
23 June | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam Arena | Lianne La Havas Alessia Cara | 104,511 / 104,511 | $8,759,000 |
24 June | ||||||
26 June[g] | Pilton | England | Worthy Farm | — | — | — |
28 June[h] | London | Kensington Palace | ||||
29 June | Berlin | Germany | Olympiastadion | Lianne La Havas Alessia Cara | 68,047 / 68,047 | $5,540,960 |
1 July | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 43,860 / 43,860 | $3,808,980 | ||
3 July | Stockholm | Sweden | Friends Arena | Birdy Alessia Cara | 53,575 / 53,575 | $3,970,140 |
5 July | Copenhagen | Denmark | Telia Parken | Lianne La Havas Alessia Cara | 96,511 / 96,511 | $9,182,590 |
6 July | ||||||
16 July | East Rutherford[i] | United States | MetLife Stadium | Alessia Cara Foxes | 100,763 / 100,763 | $10,749,394 |
17 July | ||||||
20 July | Indianapolis | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | 12,667 / 12,667 | $1,460,006 | ||
21 July | St. Louis | Scottrade Center | 13,960 / 13,960 | $1,547,633 | ||
23 July[i] | Chicago | Soldier Field | —[j] | 95,323 / 95,323 | $10,215,572 | |
24 July | Alessia Cara Foxes | |||||
27 July | Louisville | KFC Yum! Center | 13,755 / 13,755 | $1,520,726 | ||
28 July | Columbus | Nationwide Arena | 15,530 / 15,530 | $1,933,346 | ||
30 July | Foxborough[ii] | Gillette Stadium | 54,952 / 54,952 | $6,530,260 | ||
1 August | Buffalo | First Niagara Center | 15,100 / 15,100 | $1,878,324 | ||
3 August | Auburn Hills[iii] | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 15,436 / 15,436 | $1,731,667 | ||
4 August | Pittsburgh | Consol Energy Center | 14,360 / 14,360 | $1,614,917 | ||
6 August | Philadelphia | Lincoln Financial Field | 54,497 / 54,497 | $5,530,866 | ||
20 August[k] | Pasadena[iv] | Rose Bowl | Alessia Cara Bishop Briggs Stargate | 120,062 / 120,062 | $10,914,898 | |
21 August | Alessia Cara Bishop Briggs | |||||
23 August | Glendale[v] | Gila River Arena | 14,427 / 14,427 | $1,776,867 | ||
25 August | Tulsa | BOK Center | 13,234 / 13,234 | $1,578,961 | ||
27 August | Arlington[vi] | AT&T Stadium | 52,538 / 52,538 | $5,679,031 | ||
29 August | Denver | Pepsi Center | 15,664 / 15,664 | $1,902,639 | ||
31 August | Salt Lake City | Vivint Smart Home Arena | 15,645 / 15,645 | $1,871,968 | ||
1 September | Paradise[vii] | T-Mobile Arena | 15,898 / 15,898 | $2,124,032 | ||
3 September | Santa Clara[viii] | Levi's Stadium | 52,404 / 52,404 | $5,990,660 | ||
4 September[l] | Philadelphia | Benjamin Franklin Parkway | — | — | — | |
11 November[m] | London | England | London Palladium | |||
19 November[n] | Mumbai | India | MMRDA Grounds | |||
3 December | Auckland | New Zealand | Mount Smart Stadium | Lianne La Havas Jess Kent | 39,644 / 39,644 | $3,752,610 |
6 December | Brisbane | Australia | Suncorp Stadium | 49,604 / 49,604 | $4,723,300 | |
9 December | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium | 103,482 / 103,482 | $8,920,530 | ||
10 December | ||||||
13 December | Sydney | Allianz Stadium | 97,356 / 97,356 | $8,813,130 | ||
14 December | ||||||
31 December | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | du Arena | DJ Saif | 31,285 / 31,285 | $4,301,291 |
Date (2017) | City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 March | Singapore | Singapore National Stadium | Jess Kent | 102,508 / 102,508 | $12,517,500 | |
1 April | ||||||
4 April | Bay City[ix] | Philippines | Mall of Asia Concert Grounds | 34,813 / 34,813 | $7,189,520 | |
7 April | Bangkok | Thailand | Rajamangala Stadium | 62,068 / 62,068 | $8,133,360 | |
11 April | Taoyuan | Taiwan | HSR Taoyuan Station Plaza | 72,212 / 72,212 | $11,821,800 | |
12 April | ||||||
15 April | Seoul | South Korea | Seoul Olympic Stadium | 99,837 / 99,837 | $10,132,000 | |
16 April | ||||||
19 April[o] | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | Radwimps | 42,817 / 42,817 | $6,513,740 |
6 June | Munich | Germany | Olympiastadion | AlunaGeorge Femme Schmidt | 62,548 / 62,548 | $6,044,640 |
8 June | Décines-Charpieu[x] | France | Parc Olympique Lyonnais | AlunaGeorge Lyves | 50,901 / 50,901 | $4,051,740 |
11 June | Vienna | Austria | Ernst-Happel-Stadion | Tove Lo Lyves | 56,246 / 56,246 | $5,597,950 |
14 June | Leipzig | Germany | Red Bull Arena | Tove Lo Femme Schmidt | 47,233 / 47,233 | $4,471,280 |
16 June | Hanover | HDI-Arena | AlunaGeorge Femme Schmidt | 46,223 / 46,223 | $4,670,110 | |
18 June | Warsaw | Poland | PGE Narodowy | Tove Lo Lyves | 57,615 / 57,615 | $3,827,680 |
21 June | Brussels | Belgium | King Baudouin Stadium | AlunaGeorge Lyves | 100,489 / 100,489 | $8,686,710 |
22 June | ||||||
25 June | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi | Mew Lyves | 128,981 / 128,981 | $9,399,310 |
26 June | ||||||
30 June | Frankfurt | Germany | Commerzbank-Arena | Tove Lo Femme Schmidt | 87,833 / 87,833 | $9,018,910 |
1 July | ||||||
3 July | Milan | Italy | San Siro | Tove Lo Lyves | 117,307 / 117,307 | $8,613,840 |
4 July | ||||||
6 July[p] | Hamburg | Germany | Barclaycard Arena | — | — | — |
8 July | Dublin | Ireland | Croke Park | AlunaGeorge Lyves | 80,398 / 80,398 | $8,970,100 |
11 July | Cardiff | Wales | Principality Stadium | Embrace Lyves | 122,851 / 122,851 | $11,685,000 |
12 July | ||||||
15 July | Saint-Denis[xi] | France | Stade de France | Tove Lo Lyves | 235,611 / 235,611 | $19,884,200 |
16 July | ||||||
18 July | ||||||
1 August | East Rutherford[i] | United States | MetLife Stadium | AlunaGeorge Izzy Bizu | 54,501 / 54,501 | $7,861,460 |
4 August | Foxborough[ii] | Gillette Stadium | 52,188 / 52,188 | $6,263,906 | ||
6 August | Landover[xii] | FedExField | 48,380 / 48,380 | $4,823,333 | ||
8 August | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre | 35,731 / 35,731 | $3,967,516 | |
9 August | ||||||
12 August | Minneapolis | United States | U.S. Bank Stadium | 47,472 / 47,472 | $4,325,230 | |
14 August | Omaha | CenturyLink Center Omaha | 13,009 / 13,009 | $1,434,880 | ||
15 August | Kansas City | Sprint Center | 12,971 / 12,971 | $1,736,224 | ||
17 August[q] | Chicago | Soldier Field | 52,726 / 52,726 | $6,026,402 | ||
19 August | Cleveland | Quicken Loans Arena | 15,963 / 15,963 | $2,302,868 | ||
21 August | Toronto | Canada | Rogers Centre | 94,857 / 94,857 | $8,655,294 | |
22 August | ||||||
28 August | Miami Gardens[xiii] | United States | Hard Rock Stadium | 47,866 / 47,866 | $6,446,966 | |
22 September[r] | Paradise[vii] | T-Mobile Arena | — | — | — | |
23 September | Seattle | CenturyLink Field | Tove Lo Alina Baraz | 49,031 / 49,031 | $5,181,106 | |
26 September | Edmonton | Canada | Rogers Place | 27,940 / 27,940 | $3,003,657 | |
27 September | ||||||
29 September | Vancouver | BC Place | 43,896 / 43,896 | $5,015,505 | ||
2 October | Portland | United States | Moda Center | 14,965 / 14,965 | $2,121,648 | |
4 October | Santa Clara[viii] | Levi's Stadium | 48,341 / 48,341 | $5,265,835 | ||
6 October | Pasadena[iv] | Rose Bowl | 64,442 / 64,442 | $6,051,529[s] | ||
8 October[t] | San Diego | SDCCU Stadium | 54,279 / 54,279 | $5,955,986[u] | ||
7 November[v] | São Paulo | Brazil | Allianz Parque | Iza Jon Hopkins | 96,549 / 96,549 | $10,456,435 |
8 November[v] | Dua Lipa Jon Hopkins | |||||
11 November | Porto Alegre | Arena do Grêmio | Dua Lipa Jon Hopkins Tati Portella | 50,229 / 50,229 | $5,910,139 | |
14 November[w] | La Plata | Argentina | Estadio Ciudad de La Plata | Dua Lipa Jon Hopkins Oriana Sabatini | 98,197 / 98,197 | $7,589,239 |
15 November[w] | ||||||
Total | 5,389,586 / 5,389,586 (100%) | $523,033,675 |
Cancelled shows
[edit]Date (2017) | City | Country | Venue | Reason | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 August | Houston | United States | NRG Stadium | Hurricane Harvey | [131] |
Personnel
[edit]Credits taken from the band's official tour book, which was sold exclusively on merchandise booths and their online store.[132]
- Performing members
- Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar
- Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
- Guy Berryman – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
- Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, percussion
- Main crew
- Dave Holmes – manager
- Phil Harvey – creative director
- Arlene Moon – management
- Mandi Frost – management
- Marguerite Nguyen – tour manager
- Bill Leabody – tour production manager
- Craig Finley – stage production manager
- Nicole Erin Massey – production coordinator
- Misty Buckley – production designer
- Paul Normandale – production designer
- Andy Frost – road manager and head of security
- Kim-Maree Penn – security
- Jessie Collins – band assistant
- Ej Randall – band assistant
- Dan Green – audio director
- Rik Simpson – broadcast engineer
- Matt Miller – Pro Tools director
- Tiffany Henry – dressing rooms and wardrobe
- Megumi Kusano – Dave Holmes assistant
- Roxy Pope – management assistant
- Tiffany Hudson – band tour assistant
- Dan Portanier – trainer
- Carys Moggridge – physiotherapist
- Jeff Mauss – tour accountant
- Dick Massey – utilities
- David White – venue security
- Backline
- Matt McGinn – guitar tech
- Craig Hope – guitar tech
- Sean Buttery – drum tech
- Paul Newman – bass tech
- Andy Henderson – keyboards tech and digital tech
- Bill Rahko – Pro Tools tech
- Leonel Neto da Rocha – piano tech
- Audio
- Chris Wood – monitor engineer
- Tony Smith – FoH tech
- Nick Davis – monitor tech
- Ali Viles – RF tech
- Nick Mooney – audio crew chief
- Audio crew
- Jack Murphy
- Brett Taylor
- Alex Fedrizzi
- Tyler Clapp
- Damian Burns
- Peter Smith
- Adam Banister
- Lighting
- Graham Feast – lighting director
- Mick Stowe – lighting crew chief
- Lighting crew
- Phil Sharp
- Rick Butler
- Gareth Horridge
- Paul Burke
- Adam Morrison
- Colleen Wittenberg
- Kenny Rutkowski
- Tony Quinn
- Pip Schulte
- Matt Helmick
- Video
- Ben Miles – video director
- Phil Johnston – video crew chief
- Oli Derynck – video engineer
- Leo Flint – video programmer
- Video crew
- Pieter Laleman
- Saria Ofogba
- Chris Farrants
- Ed Prescott
- Graham Lambkin
- Marcus Wareham
- Jeroen Mahieu
- Mark Cruikshank
- Niall Ogilvy
- Michael Cordier
- Hamanshu Patel
- Video content produced by
- Ben Miles
- NorthHouse Films
- Shop
- Hello Charlie
- Marcus Haney
- Mat Whitecross
- Special effects
- David Kennedy – laser and pyro designer
- Reid Nofsinger – pyro designer and lead SFX
- Special effects crew
- Scott Allen
- Alan Grant
- Brook Blomquist
- Jeremy Fox
- Justin Seedle
- Mike Hartle
- Joey Atkinson
- Jeff Jowdy
- Rigging crew
- Russel Glen (head rigger)
- Bjorn Melchert
- Matt Rynes
- Jerry Ritter
- Carpenter crew
- Jack Deitering (head carpenter)
- Pat Boyd
- Shawn Saucier
- Dale Bryant
- Andrew Pearson
- Lennie Watson
- Jeroen Padberg
- Ryan Floyd
- Wristbands
- Jason Regler – tech
- Antony Burry – tech
- Arman Chaparyan – coordinator
- Set design assistants
- Richard Olivieri
- Laura Woodroffe
- Site coordinators
- Toby Fleming
- Bart Durbin
- Lead electrician
- Paul Traynor
- Barricade
- Paul Lincoln
- Chris Kordek
- Drapes
- Steve Capaldi
- Daniel Roquero Lopez
- Tom Drury
- Catering crew
- Susan Power (chief)
- James Morries
- Brendan McKenzie
- Daniel Gamble
- Hannah West
- Sarah Money
- Lulu Foster-Young
- Cherry Pashby
- Alicia Boardman
- Alison Higgins
- Pauline Austin
- Sally Cureton
- Molly Gallagher
- Bus drivers
- Sven Schendel
- Jan Sven Berse
- Joachim Wolfram
- Matthias Gerstmann
- Scott Pickering
- Helli Windisch
- Uwe Scholz
- Chris Templar
- Paul Kakasiouris
- Truck drivers
- David Ballantyne (chief)
- Mark Coleman (chief)
- Roger Bungay
- Andrew Mellor
- Robbie Jones
- Mel Bentley
- Tristen Bond
- Grant Sharkey
- Jimmy Greives
- Leon Creswick
- Mike Osbourne
- Paul Chapman
- John Stanmore
- Ian Greenwood
- Jason Smith
- Mark Schubert
- Mike Williams
- Steve Dunne
- Jon Baldwin
- Dave Hayhurst
- Albert Golon
- Dougie Miller
- Mark Cameron
- Tour book
- Pilar Zeta – artwork and tour book design
- Chris Salmon – digital director and tour book interviews
- Debs Wild – web ambassador
- Management
- Marty Diamond – North America booking agent
- Larry Webman – North America booking agent
- Steve Strange – ROW booking agent
- Josh Javor – ROW booking agent
- Gavin Maude – legal
- Ryan Vince – legal
- Lester Dales – business management
- Paul Makin – business management
- David Weise – US business management
- Photography by
- Matt Benton
- Marcus Haney
- Phil Harvey
- Pilar Zeta
- Ollie Smallwood
- Ultramajic
- Chris Salmon
- Marguerite Nguyen
- Julia Kennedy
- Matt Miller
- Mariana Miranda Pedroza da Silva
- Irwing Heinz
- Others
- Ken Macalpine – merchandise
- Anna Roguski – Oxfam representative
- Phoebe Baldwin – Global Citizen representative
- Hannah Riley – Innocence Project representative
Gear
[edit]Credits taken from Projection, Lights & Staging News, with product quantities being represented between parenthesis whenever possible.[133]
- HES Whole Hog 4 Consoles (2)
- Martin MAC Vipers (16)
- Martin MAC Viper AirFX (18)
- Martin MAC Axioms (12)
- Vari*Lite VL3500 FX (18)
- Martin MAC Auras (45)
- Martin MAC Quantum Washes (14)
- Clay Paky Sharpys (74)
- Ayrton MagicDot-Rs (52)
- Color Kinetics iW Blasts (18)
- LadLED RGBW Washes (62)
- LadLED DWE Washes (16)
- 4-lite Linear Mole Feys (64)
- 8-lite Mole Feys (8)
- Solaris Flares (29)
- Prolights Lumipix Battens (12)
- Novalite Super Novas (6)
- Prolights StudioCOB UV (49)
- 4K Robert Juliat Spots (6)
- 1.8K Truss Spots (8)
- DF-50 Hazers (4)
- Kinesys Motors (6)
- Custom Torm Racks (62)
- 85' HUD Truss
- 165' Tomcat 20" Box Truss
See also
[edit]- List of Coldplay live performances
- List of highest-grossing live music artists
- List of highest-grossing concert tours
- List of most-attended concert tours
Notes
[edit]- Cities
- ^ a b Labelled as New York City in promotional material.
- ^ a b Labelled as Boston in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Detroit in promotional material.
- ^ a b Labelled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Phoenix in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Dallas in promotional material.
- ^ a b Labelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
- ^ a b Labelled as San Francisco in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Manila in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Lyon in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Paris in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Washington, D.C. in promotional material.
- ^ Labelled as Miami in promotional material.
- Others
- ^ $650.09 million in 2023 dollars.[2]
- ^ Credited to the performances at Wembley Stadium on 15–19 June 2016 instead of the tour itself.
- ^ The Live UK Music Business Awards was established in 2010 to honour the best British professionals in the live music industry.[52]
- ^ a b c Credited to the performance at Glastonbury Festival on 26 June 2016 instead of the tour itself.
- ^ Credited to the Xylobands instead of the tour itself.
- ^ The concert in Exeter on 29 May 2016 was part of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.[117]
- ^ The concert in Pilton on 26 June 2016 was part of the Glastonbury Festival.[118]
- ^ The concert in London on 28 June 2016 was a one-off charity performance for Sentebale.[119]
- ^ The concert in Chicago on 23 July 2016 was cut short due to weather conditions.[120]
- ^ The concert in Chicago on 23 July 2016 saw Alessia Cara and Foxes cancelling their performances due to weather conditions.[120]
- ^ The concert in Pasadena on 20 August 2016 was live streamed on YouTube by Globe Telecom in the Philippines.[121]
- ^ The concert in Philadelphia on 4 September 2016 was part of the Made in America Festival.[122]
- ^ The concert in London on 11 November 2016 was an exclusive performance for the winners of a contest launched by Absolute Radio.[123]
- ^ The concert in Mumbai on 19 November 2016 was part of the Global Citizen Festival.[124]
- ^ The concert in Tokyo on 19 April 2017 was recorded for Love in Tokyo.[126]
- ^ The concert in Hamburg on 6 July 2017 was part of the Global Citizen Festival.[127]
- ^ The concert in Chicago on 17 August 2017 was broadcast for Samsung Gear VR users.[128]
- ^ The concert in Paradise on 2 September 2017 was part of the iHeartRadio Music Festival.[22]
- ^ The concert in Pasadena on 6 October 2017 had its proceeds donated to the relief efforts of the Puebla earthquake.[129]
- ^ The concert in San Diego on 8 October 2017 was partially broadcast for Estamos Unidos Mexicanos, which raised funds for the relief efforts of the Puebla earthquake.[130]
- ^ The concert in San Diego on 8 October 2017 had its proceeds donated to the relief efforts of the Puebla earthquake.[129]
- ^ a b The concerts in São Paulo on 7 and 8 November 2017 were recorded for Live in São Paulo.[79]
- ^ a b The concerts in La Plata on 14 and 15 November 2017 were recorded for Live in Buenos Aires.[73]
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