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Music of the Spheres World Tour

Paused Sept. 2025 · 225 shows · most-attended tour on record

Coldplay's stadium tour played to 13.1 million people from 2022 to 2025, more than any tour before it. Here is how it worked and where it stands.

Upcoming Music of the Spheres World Tour dates

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Coldplay's Record Tour and Where It Stands

The Music of the Spheres World Tour is Coldplay's stadium tour in support of the 2021 album Music of the Spheres. It opened on March 18, 2022, at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, and its most recent show was on September 12, 2025, at Wembley Stadium in London. By then it had played 225 dates in 80 cities across 43 countries and sold 13.1 million tickets, the most of any concert tour in history.

The tour is not running now. Its Wikipedia article describes it as paused, with the band expecting to restart in 2027, and as of October 1, 2026, the band's official tour page stated that there were no dates currently scheduled. Treat any 2027 plans as unconfirmed until dates are announced. This page records the tour so far.

Legs and Routing, 2022 to 2025

The tour moved through North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Oceania in a series of legs over three and a half years, returning to several regions more than once. U.S. cities on the 2022 run included Chicago, East Rutherford, Atlanta and Houston; the East Rutherford shows at MetLife Stadium brought out Bruce Springsteen as a guest. The 2023 dates included San Diego and Pasadena, home of the Rose Bowl Stadium.

The 2025 North American leg, announced on October 8, 2024, consisted of these stadium dates, according to Pollstar:

Outside North America the scale went further: ten dates at Wembley Stadium in 2025, and two January 2025 shows at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, each drawing more than 111,000 people.

The Numbers Behind the Record

Billboard's figures, as compiled on Wikipedia, put the gross at 1.52 billion US dollars from 13.1 million tickets across 223 reported shows. It was the first tour by a group to pass 1 billion dollars, and it set revenue and attendance records in Europe and Latin America. For a sense of pace, Pollstar reported 1.06 billion dollars from 164 performances when the 2025 North American dates were announced in October 2024.

Demand peaked in Europe. The first European leg sold 1 million tickets in a single day, and the second sold 1.4 million in a day, the fastest for a band at the time. In attendance it outdrew every tour before it, including Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour, which holds the gross record at a far higher average price per ticket.

Three Round Stages and a Show Powered by Fans

The production used three round stages linked by runways: a main stage, a B-stage on the floor and a C-stage farther out, where the band played an acoustic set late in the night. Overhead and behind the band were two 14-meter circular screens, four inflatable LED spheres and the "Moonrise," an arched video wall 44 meters wide. Fans were given PixMob wristbands (remotely controlled LED bands, on this tour made from sugarcane), the technology Pollstar credits Coldplay with first using in live shows.

The set was built in four acts: Planets, Moons, Stars (with a dance-music "Lightclub" section) and Home. The tour's sustainability plan shaped the staging too. At least 15 stationary bikes and two kinetic floors let fans generate power during the show, and the band reported that carbon emissions fell 59 percent compared with its previous tour.

Infinity Tickets, Presales and No Dynamic Pricing

Coldplay sold this tour through artist presales and a general on-sale, with Ticketmaster handling North America. For the 2025 leg, fans signed up for the artist presale through October 10, 2024; the presale opened October 11 at 9 a.m. local time and the general sale followed at noon. Coldplay is among the artists that have publicly rejected dynamic pricing (face values that move with demand).

Its distinctive feature was the Infinity Ticket, a low-cost ticket released later for fans priced out of the main sale. Infinity Tickets were sold in pairs, limited to two per buyer for the 2025 leg, could not be transferred, and came with randomly assigned seats issued at the box office on show day. The trade-off is simple: you give up seat choice and resale in exchange for a low face value and a seat anywhere in the stadium.

Where to Sit, and What a 2027 Return Would Look Like

On this staging the floor was not one zone. Spots near the runways and the B-stage put fans close for part of the night, and the C-stage acoustic set reached sections far from the main stage, so a lower-level seat on the side toward the C-stage was a good value. Seats high in the upper deck were stronger here than at most stadium shows, because the wristbands and spheres made the whole bowl part of the effect.

If the tour restarts in 2027, expect the same structure: stadiums, artist presale registration ahead of a general sale, fixed face values and a later Infinity Ticket release. Nothing beyond that is confirmed. See the Coldplay page for current listings and check the band's tour page for announcements.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Music of the Spheres World Tour still going?

Not currently. It paused after the September 12, 2025, show at Wembley Stadium. Wikipedia reports the band expects to restart in 2027, but the official tour page listed no dates as of October 1, 2026.

How many people attended the Music of the Spheres World Tour?

About 13.1 million, the highest attendance of any concert tour on record.

How much has the tour grossed?

About 1.52 billion US dollars from 223 reported shows, per Billboard figures. It was the first tour by a group to pass 1 billion.

What are Coldplay Infinity Tickets?

Low-cost tickets released after the main sale, sold in pairs, non-transferable, with seats assigned at random and issued at the box office on show day.

Does Coldplay use dynamic pricing?

Coldplay is among the artists that have publicly rejected dynamic pricing, so face values for a given seat stay fixed during the sale.

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