A Head Full of Dreams Tour

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A Head Full of Dreams Tour was the seventh concert tour undertaken by British rock band Coldplay. It was first 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. With exception of "Fun" and hidden track "X Marks the Spot", all songs from the album were played. The band combined laser lights and pyrotechnics with raw, acoustic segments between stages, complementing the performances with a new version of the Xylobands developed for the Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–2012).

A Head Full of Dreams Tour
Tour by Coldplay
Promotional poster
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
  • Oceania
Associated albums
  • A Head Full of Dreams
  • Kaleidoscope EP
Start date31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)
End date15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)
No. of shows122
ProducerLive Nation
Attendance5.38 million
Box office$523 million
Websitecoldplay.com/tour
Coldplay concert chronology

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 (2009–2010). Billboard noted that Coldplay earned $523 million from 5.38 million tickets across 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

Background

Following the release of Coldplay's sixth album, Ghost Stories (2014), the band announced they would not be making a usual tour for it, limiting themselves to one-off concerts at smaller venues around the world. On 6 November 2015, "Adventure of a Lifetime" was made available as the lead single for A Head Full of Dreams. 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. During an interview for The Late Late Show with James Corden, the band mentioned they would also be visiting Asia and North America. In April 2016, Coldplay announced 12 new arena shows in the United States. Months later, they teased new dates for Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan on social media. In 2017, the tour's namesake album was further promoted with Kaleidoscope EP, a companion piece including four new songs and a live version of "Something Just Like This" recorded at Tokyo Dome.

Promotion

Before starting the tour, Coldplay performed at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, which included appearances from Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles. They achieved the highest audience in history for a group at the event, drawing 115.5 million viewers. The band later appeared in multiple festivals, including the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Exeter. 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". In February 2016, they were announced as Glastonbury Festival headliners for the fourth time, becoming the first act to reach the milestone. Months later, the band appeared at Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai and played "Maa Tujhe Salaam" with A. R. Rahman. Martin has curated the event since 2015 and plans to fulfil the role for 15 years. He later invited Colombian singer Shakira to the Hamburg edition. In September 2017, Coldplay took part in the iHeartRadio Music Festival.

Opening acts

Lianne La Havas (left) and Tove Lo (right) supported the band in Europe and North America, respectively.

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. She noted being a fan of Coldplay for many years and grew up listening to them. Canadian singer Alessia Cara supported the first European and North American runs as well, which additionally included Foxes and Birdy. 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, while Radwimps played at the Tokyo Dome on 9 April 2016. Remaining dates for the Asian leg were supported by Jess Kent, who also participated in the concerts held in Australia and New Zealand.

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). The local acts invited for Hannover, Gothenburg and Cardiff were German singer Femme Schmidt, Danish group Mew and English band Embrace, respectively. Meanwhile, the second leg in North America featured singers Izzy Bizu and Alina Baraz. In November 2017, Coldplay finished the tour with shows in Brazil and Argentina, which were opened by Jon Hopkins and Dua Lipa. The former has been a collaborator of the band since their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), while Martin co-wrote the song "Homesick" for the latter's debut album. 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.

Concert synopsis

Similar to the Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–2012), the band combined routines that used laser light and pyrotechnic visuals at the main stage with intimate sets at the B-stage and C-stage. During the latter segment, songs were played strictly in acoustic renditions. 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". Before the tour began, Martin said Coldplay would "finally have a set list where we feel good about it from start to finish". He joked about being "at the point in our career where we can get through a concert without playing anything shit" as well.

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. 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". The band also performed Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" in selected shows. Coldplay originally wrote "Til Kingdom Come" as a collaboration with the singer, but he died before being able to record it. 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".

Commercial performance

Boxscore

Fans who pre-ordered A Head Full of Dreams (2015) on Amazon were given early access to tickets for the United Kingdom shows on 26 November, while general sales for the whole leg happened over the ensuing week. Due to high demand, Coldplay scheduled additional performances in Mexico City, Barcelona, Manchester, Zurich, London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Pollstar reported that the concerts at Wembley Stadium (303,985), Stade de France (235,611) and Foro Sol (195,192) achieved the greatest attendance numbers of the group's career at the time. Sales in Abu Dhabi and Singapore were concluded in record time. More than 900,000 people tried to buy tickets in Seoul, which led to multiple website outages. In December 2016, Billboard ranked the band at number three on the list of most successful live entertainers of the year, earning $221.1 million from 2.43 million entries. They achieved the feat once again in December 2017, with $278.1 million from 2.7 million admissions. Following the last shows in Latin America, it was revealed that Coldplay had grossed $523 million and drawn 5.38 million attendees across their 114 reported dates, securing the third-highest-grossing tour of all time.

Venue records

† Indicates a former venue record
List of venue records
Year Dates Venue Region Description Ref.
2016 17 April Foro Sol Mexico Highest single-day attendance (67,451)
26 June Worthy Farm England Most headline performances at the Glastonbury Festival (4 shows) †
2017 31 March – 1 April Singapore National Stadium Singapore First act to perform two shows on a single tour
Highest attendance (102,508) †
Highest gross ($12.5 million) †
7 April Rajamangala Stadium Thailand Highest single-day attendance (62,068)
11–12 April HSR Taoyuan Station Plaza Taiwan First act to perform two shows on a single tour
Highest attendance (72,212)
Most tickets sold for an international tour in Taiwanese history †
15–18 July Stade de France France First group to perform three shows on a single tour
Highest attendance (235,611) †
1 August MetLife Stadium United States First international group to perform three shows on a single tour
17 August Soldier Field Most sold-out performances on a single tour (3 shows)
6 October Rose Bowl Most sold-out performances on a single tour (3 shows)
7–8 November Allianz Parque Brazil First act to perform three shows on a single tour
14–15 November Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Argentina First act to perform four shows on a single tour

Critical reception

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". He stated large venues were a "natural home" for Coldplay and where their "uplifting platitudes make most sense". 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 created a "continuously satisfying pop show that has elements of U2 and Taylor Swift, Springsteen and Kylie, but somehow retains a sliver of modesty". 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". The Guardian's Kitty Empire rated their Croke Park performance with four stars out of five, mentioning that it already felt "like the encore, the kind that sends you out into the night streets, hollering the chorus" when the band played their first two songs.

Accolades

Awards and nominations for the Head Full of Dreams Tour
Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2016 Billboard Live Music Awards Top Draw Won
Top Tour Nominated
Top Boxscore (Wembley Stadium, 15–19 June 2016) Won
Live UK Music Business Awards Spectacle of the Year (Glastonbury Festival 2016) Runner-up
Best Festival Performance (Glastonbury Festival 2016) Won
Los40 Music Awards Tour of the Year Nominated
Parnelli Awards Lighting Director of the Year (Graham Feast) Nominated
Video Director of the Year (Ben Miles) Nominated
Staging Company of the Year (StageCo) Nominated
Rigging Company of the Year (Reed Rigging) Nominated
Production Manager of the Year (Bill Leabody) Nominated
Ticketmaster Awards Ticket of the Year – Global Won
Ticket of the Year – United Kingdom Won
Ticket of the Year – Spain Won
Most Anticipated Event of 2017 – France Won
2017 American Music Awards Tour of the Year Won
The Arthur Awards The Gaffer (Bill Leabody) Won
Billboard Music Awards Top Rock Tour Won
Billboard Live Music Awards Top Draw Nominated
Top Tour Nominated
iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Tour Won
NME Awards Music Moment of the Year (Viola Beach Tribute) Won
Pollstar Awards Major Tour of the Year Nominated
Most Creative Stage Production Nominated
Ticketmaster Awards Ticket of the Year – Global Won
Ticket of the Year – Canada Won
Ticket of the Year – France Won
Best Live Event of the Past 20 Years – Ireland Won
Ticket of the Year – Ireland Won
Ticket of the Year – Poland Won
Ticket of the Year – Sweden Won
TPi Awards Live Production of the Year Won
2018 Parnelli Awards Pyro Company of the Year (Strictly FX) Won
Tour Manager of the Year (Marguerite Nguyen) Nominated
Pollstar Awards Major Tour of the Year Nominated
Most Creative Stage Production Nominated
Tech Enhancement of the Year (Xylobands) Nominated
Billboard Music Awards Top Rock Tour Nominated
2021 The Arthur Awards Tour of the Decade Nominated
The Gaffer of the Decade (Bill Leabody) Nominated

Live album

After the tour was finished, Coldplay released Live in Buenos Aires (2018), their fifth live album. 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, and Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams, a documentary featuring previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage. 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. Both projects were directed by Mat Whitecross, a long-time collaborator of the band. Sam Sodomsky from Pitchfork wrote that Live in Buenos Aires made "a strong case for the legacy of one of the 21st century's most enduring live acts", while Live in São Paulo was nominated for a UK Music Video Award.

Set list

This set list was taken from the 15 November 2017 concert in La Plata, Argentina. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.

Main stage

  1. "A Head Full of Dreams" (with Charlie Chaplin's speech from The Great Dictator)
  2. "Yellow"
  3. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
  4. "The Scientist"
  5. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" (with elements of "Oceans")
  6. "Paradise" (with elements of the song's Tiësto remix)

B-stage

  1. "Magic"
  2. "Everglow"

Main stage

  1. "Midnight" (interlude)
  2. "Charlie Brown"
  3. "Hymn for the Weekend"
  4. "Fix You" (with elements of "Midnight")
  5. "Viva la Vida"
  6. "Adventure of a Lifetime"
  7. "De Música Ligera" (Soda Stereo cover)

C-stage

  1. "In My Place"
  2. "Amor Argentina"

Main stage

  1. "A Sky Full of Stars"
  2. "Up&Up"

Details

  • "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" was replaced by "Birds" on select dates.
  • "Heroes", "Ring of Fire" and "Johnny B. Goode" were separately covered on select dates.
  • "In My Place" featured Will Champion's main vocals on select dates.
  • "Something Just Like This" was added to the set list starting from Singapore.
  • "Life Is Beautiful" was added to the setlist starting from San Diego.

Highlights

The band performed covers, received guests and improvised songs specifically for the occasion on numerous dates, skipping to the rest of the show otherwise.

Covers

  • Exeter, 2016 – "Raspberry Beret".
  • Pilton, 2016 – "Boys That Sing".
  • Copenhagen, 2016 – "Sometimes It Snows in April".
  • East Rutherford, 2016 – "Jersey Girl".
  • Columbus, 2016 – "Have I Told You Lately".
  • Foxborough, 2016 – "Ride On".
  • Philadelphia, 2016 – "Streets of Philadelphia".
  • Paradise, 2016 – "Mr. Brightside".
  • Santa Clara, 2016 – "Life on Mars".
  • London, 2016 – "Suzanne".
  • Abu Dhabi, 2016 – "Faith".
  • Taoyuan, 2017 – "Happy Birthday to You".
  • Brussels, 2017 – "Formidable".
  • Gothenburg, 2017 – "Känn Ingen Sorg för Mig Göteborg".
  • East Rutherford, 2017 – "Crawling".
  • Miami Gardens, 2017 – "Happy Birthday to You".
  • La Plata, 2017 – "De Música Ligera".

Guests

  • Pilton, 2016 – Michael Eavis and Barry Gibb.
  • East Rutherford, 2016 – Michael J. Fox.
  • Pasadena, 2016 – James Corden.
  • Mumbai, 2016 – A. R. Rahman.
  • Auckland, 2016 – Neil Finn.
  • Melbourne, 2016 – Emmanuel Kelly.
  • Milan, 2017 – Davide Rossi.
  • Hamburg, 2017 – Shakira.
  • Cardiff, 2017 – Rob Brydon.
  • Portland, 2017 – Peter Buck.

Improvisations

  • Sydney, 2016 – "Christmas with the Kangaroos".
  • Abu Dhabi, 2016 – "2016 Song".
  • Singapore, 2017 – "Singapore Song".
  • Bay City, 2017 – "Manila Song".
  • Taoyuan, 2017 – "Taiwan Song".
  • Seoul, 2017 – "South Korea Song" and "City of Seoul".
  • Décines-Charpieu, 2017 – "Lyon Song".
  • Gothenburg, 2017 – "Gothenburg Song".
  • Frankfurt, 2017 – "Frankfurt Song".
  • Dublin, 2017 – "Dublin Song".
  • Cardiff, 2017 – "Wales Song".
  • Saint-Denis, 2017 – "Paris Song".
  • Omaha, 2017 – "Monday Night in Omaha".
  • Toronto, 2017 – "Toronto Song".
  • Miami Gardens, 2017 – "Houston #1".
  • Porto Alegre, 2017 – "Gaúchos".
  • São Paulo, 2017 – "Paulistanos".
  • La Plata, 2017 – "Amor Argentina".

Tour dates

List of 2016 concerts
Date (2016) City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
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 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 Pilton England Worthy Farm — — —
28 June 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 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 Chicago Soldier Field — 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 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 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 Pasadena Rose Bowl Alessia Cara
Bishop Briggs
Stargate 		120,062 / 120,062 $10,914,898
21 August Alessia Cara
Bishop Briggs
23 August Glendale 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 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 T-Mobile Arena 15,898 / 15,898 $2,124,032
3 September Santa Clara Levi's Stadium 52,404 / 52,404 $5,990,660
4 September Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin Parkway — — —
11 November London England London Palladium
19 November 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
List of 2017 concerts
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 Philippines SM 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 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 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 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 France Stade de France Tove Lo
Lyves 		235,611 / 235,611 $19,884,200
16 July
18 July
1 August East Rutherford United States MetLife Stadium AlunaGeorge
Izzy Bizu 		54,501 / 54,501 $7,861,460
4 August Foxborough Gillette Stadium 52,188 / 52,188 $6,263,906
6 August Landover 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 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 United States Hard Rock Stadium 47,866 / 47,866 $6,446,966
22 September Paradise 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 Levi's Stadium 48,341 / 48,341 $5,265,835
6 October Pasadena Rose Bowl 64,442 / 64,442 $6,051,529
8 October San Diego SDCCU Stadium 54,279 / 54,279 $5,955,986
7 November São Paulo Brazil Allianz Parque Iza
Jon Hopkins 		96,549 / 96,549 $10,456,435
8 November 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 La Plata Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Dua Lipa
Jon Hopkins
Oriana Sabatini 		98,197 / 98,197 $7,589,239
15 November
Total 5,389,586 / 5,389,586 (100%) $523,033,675

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts
Date (2017) City Country Venue Reason Ref.
25 August Houston United States NRG Stadium Hurricane Harvey

Personnel

Credits adapted from the band's official tour book, which was sold exclusively on merchandise booths and their online store.

Performing members

  • Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, 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

See also

  • List of Coldplay live performances
  • List of highest-grossing live music artists
  • List of most-attended concert tours
  • List of most-attended concert series at a single venue

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