The group joined Beyonce and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band as the only artists to top $200 million in ticket sales during the year. 3 on Billboard’s list of the Top 25 Tours of 2016. The tour supports Coldplay’s seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, which bowed in December 2015. A second trek through Europe is planned for June and July, followed by a final sweep through 18 North American cities from Aug. The Head Full of Dreams Tour, currently booked through early October, is set to resume at the end of March in Singapore, the first of six Asian markets on the itinerary. Grosses that year were about 6 percent higher overall, but the 2016 trek saw an 18 percent increase in the number of sold tickets.
Coldplay headlined at the same four venues in 2012 during the final days of the Mylo Xyloto Tour. Sydney was the tour’s final stop of the year with concerts on Dec. The Melbourne venue produced the best box office results during the jaunt Down Under, logging $8.9 million in ticket sales from 103,482 sold tickets for shows on Dec. Both stadiums hosted the tour for a single performance, but Etihad Stadium in Melbourne and Sydney’s Allianz Stadium followed with two-show engagements in their markets.Ĭoldplay Travel the World for an 'Amazing Day' With Moving Fan-Sourced Video: Watch The first Australian concert was held in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium three days later.
With a total box office take of $26 million during the four-city trek (which lead the latest Hot Tours list, below), the British band’s overall gross from its world tour has now reached $247 million since kicking off last spring.Ĭoldplay has performed for 2.7 million fans at 58 performances since the tour’s March 31 launch in Buenos Aires, based on box office stats reported to Billboard.įollowing a slate of stadium dates and a handful of festival appearances in 40 cities in the Americas and Europe, as well as a November headlining slot at the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai, the Oceania leg of the tour began in New Zealand at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on Dec. The Oceania run included sold-out concerts at stadiums in four markets: Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. We need to take a break and come back with something really special”.Coldplay wrapped the final 2016 leg of its ongoing A Head Full of Dreams Tour in December, capping a nine-month trek through five continents with a 12-day stint in Australia and New Zealand. The band’s manager Dave Holmes hinted there could be more music in the pipeline saying: “We won’t be touring again until 2021 at the earliest. However reports that an eight album could be on the way have been growing. In 2014, right after Coldplay had released their sixth studio album Ghost Stories, frontman Chris Martin said: “We’re right in the middle of … It’s our seventh thing and the way we look at it, it’s like the last Harry Potter book.” The Devon sexy list: 50 of the hottest men and women across the county.Speculation has been rife that Coldplay’s last album - A Head Full of Dreams - could be their last. The band’s A Head Full Of Dreams Tour gigs brought in £32.4million from Europe, £22million from Asia, £6.2million from South America and £2.1million solely from merchandising in North America. The turnover was made up of £59.1million in performance fees and promotional support and £4.5million merchandise and royalty income. That means Chris and the other band members each earned £1,812.50 an hour - 24 hours a day - from live shows, royalties and merchandise last year, reports The Mirror. Who needs A levels? The Devon millionaires who succeeded anyway.The company is owned by Coldplay members Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman, who shared the profits between them. That generated a profit of £38.4million for 2017 - or £174,000 a day. The band, front by Exeter's Chris Martin, reported a £63,667,007 turnover for their Flock of Birds touring company last year. Official accounts have revealed how much Coldplay made last year from live shows, royalties and official merchandise.
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