The band will be playing two huge outdoor summer shows in Yorkshire next year as well as a whopping six dates at Wembley Stadium in London.
Coldplay are set to take to the stage at Craven Park Stadium in Hull on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 August 2025.
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Ahead of the general sale on Friday 29 September, the band have made a point to stress that tickets will be fixed at the advertised rate (*cough cough* OASIS), rather than adopting a ‘dynamic pricing’ model that drives up prices based on demand.
General ticket prices will start from just £50, and a little later, there’ll be a chance to score tickets for ‘a super low price’ as Coldplay brings back their Infinity Tickets scheme.
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So often when you buy last-minute tickets you end up paying a small fortune and still have to sit behind a big pole.
Coldplay have announced ticket prices for their upcoming stadium shows. Credit: Stevie Rae Gibbs
But with the Infinity Tickets scheme from Coldplay, you could genuinely end up with the best seat in the house for only £20.
These tickets are randomly allocated and you usually won’t know where you’re positioned in the stadium until the day of the concert.
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But they will range from the back row of the stadium to floor standing tickets, and must be bought in pairs.
The Fair Ticketing Alliance wrote about the price of tickets for Coldplay: “What is really fair about this is that not only are they transparent they have started the prices lower to make them more affordable and they have not tried to restrict consumers in any way with unfair resale restrictions. This is how all events should be.”
Another person said: “It’s funny but somehow I knew they wouldn’t allow the ridiculous dynamic pricing. We complain about this and that but when it comes to the crunch this band really care about their fans . And they’re fair and not greedy. Kings.”
General admission standing tickets are priced at £100. Seats are priced from £50 – £150 per ticket.
£20 Infinity Tickets for Coldplay will be made available on Friday 22 November.
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Tickets go on sale next Friday 29 September from 9am, and you’ll be able to get yours here.
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One giant house party – Ne-Yo and Akon at Co-op Live, Manchester
Hollie Wells
‘So Sick’ of seeing pilates and matcha; when all you need is a messy naughties night out? Iconic duo Ne-Yo and Akon can, apparently, take you there.
Imagine the best house party of the 2010s with 20,000 of your favourite guests on perfect form, and you know what Co-op Live has been like for the last two nights for R&B royalty Ne-Yo and Akon.
Hosting a collaborative catalogue of bangers from both the stars, the atmosphere was buzzing with nostalgia and a readiness to have the ‘Time of Our Lives.’
Not only were we treated to two icons, they shared the stage with amazingly talented dancers, performing on the ground and in the sky, and perfectly embodying the showmanship of Ne-Yo and AKON and amplifying the party atmosphere.
It feels like there are endless group numbers, and if that wasn’t enough, these dancers start hanging on aerial silks from the rafters of Co-op Live by one foot and dropping into the splits on Ne-Yo’s lap. Casual.
This is a night for screaming timeless heartbreak anthems like ‘Angel’ and ‘Lonely’, throwing some ‘Dangerous’ dance moves, and throwing your arms around your best pal while copious amounts of confetti fall over you.
Not only did we get the classics, the packed audience of party people were presented with a dance-battle style compilation of tunes that the singer-songwriters were involved with.
And of course, they had a plethora of perfect numbers, including Rhianna’s ‘Hate that I Love You’, Gwen Stefani’s ‘The Sweet Escape’ and Beyoncé’s ‘Irreplaceable.’ A triad of divas, and these songs never get old.
With a running time of two hours and forty minutes, it is clear that these two are not short on hits.
Needing an interval at a gig is a flex and I would confidently say this Manchester crowd would have parted all night long, particularly the three lucky ladies who were called on stage to two-step with Ne-Yo. The office wont believe that on Monday.
If you’re craving a time-hop to 2010 and a setlist with zero flops, you’re in safe hands with Ne-Yo and Akon.
Rare picture of David Bowie’s legendary one-off gig in Stockport unearthed
Danny Jones
A rare picture taken from the night of the late, great David Bowie’s legendary one-off gig in Stockport has been unearthed by a local whilst digging through his loft.
Imagine having that kind of history just squirrelled away in an attic…
As revealed by Stockport Music Story, after being supplied with the image by David Maynard, the snap was shared more than half a century on from the much-mythologised moment in Greater Manchester music history.
In fact, it was put on display and posted on social media quite literally 56 years to the day since Bowie played his only Stopfordian set on 27 April, 1970.
Maynard himself is featured in the newly discovered photograph (second from the left) and was one of the select and lucky few who were in the room for that very special show.
Organised by a group of teens on behalf of the Stockport Schools’ Students’ Union, the performance took place at the long-gone Poco a Poco music venue and club over in Heaton Chapel.
The storied space hosted many big names over the years – Gerry Marsden, Freddie Starr, Hank Marvin and more – but sadly closed in May of 1987 following a fire.
It went on to become the popular Hinds Head pub, which still serves punters to this day, but once had the honour of hosting a true artistic great and British icon.
For anyone wondering, this is indeed the same night on which David Robert Jones (yes, that’s Bowie‘s full birth name) missed his train home and had to sleep on the railway platform.
Here’s a BBC segment covering the tale back on its 55th anniversary in April 2025.
It may be a small and somewhat curious claim to fame, but native love the legend of it all nonetheless.
As for the other individuals pictured alongside him, Stockport Music Story (SMS) said: “The names of the people we know are David Maynard (2nd left), Roz Wood (3rd left), David Bowie, Bill Frost (2nd right), Stewart Rigby (right).”
They go on to add: “It would be amazing to find out who the other people in the photograph are and what they remember from that night.” We sincerely hope they do.
You can now see the plaque up close and personal at Stockport Station for yourselves and as for SMS’s growing archive of the region’s creative culture, you can find out tonnes more about other pieces of SK heritage right HERE.
Daisy Jackson -
25th September 2024 
