‘Such a scam!’ wail Coldplay fans as they battle 160,000 person queue chaos for Music Of The Spheres tour tickets
COLDPLAY fans have branded the ticket-buying process for the group’s new tour a “scam” after facing huge online queues.
Thousands upon thousands of the band’s fans flocked to Ticketmaster this morning for the Music Of The Spheres Tour pre-sale.
Within minutes some found themselves a whopping number 163,000 in the queue and were left questioning how that was possible.
One person raged on X: “I just don’t understand. I know 99% of them are scams but it’s so f**king unfair. I’m just a normal Coldplay fan with a code in at 9am, like I was told to and I’m 163,000th in the queue but yet there’s people already selling f**king tickets.”
Another said: “POV: you joined the waiting room EARLY as soon as it went live to try and get Coldplay tickets but Ticketmaster doesn’t like you what a mess, no way 150k+ pre-ordered.”
A third posted: “Ticketmaster really need to stop giving presale codes to everybody because why is there 90k people ahead of me for a Coldplay show on a WEDNESDAY.”
A fourth complained: “What a joke the presale is, none of the links worked at 09:00hrs, and when I finally get it to work, I get this…”
The ethically-conscious band, fronted by Chris Martin, previously revealed tickets for their 2025 tour would be available for as little as £20.
The UK leg of the band’s world tour features six dates at London’s Wembley Stadium and two at Craven Park Stadium in Hull.
Coldplay released a statement, which read: “A limited number of Infinity Tickets are released for every Coldplay show to give fans the chance to attend the Music Of The Spheres World Tour at a super low price.
“They cost the equivalent of £20 / $20 / €20 per ticket and must be brought in pairs.
“Infinity Tickets are randomly allocated anywhere in the venue – from the back row to the floor to the best seat in the house.”
Half of the tickets for the Hull shows will got to local fans with a with HU, YO, DN or LN postcode.
And 10 per cent of the proceeds will be donated to Music Venue Trust in support of grassroots venues across the country.
General sale tickets are available to purchase on Ticketmaster on tonight at 6pm.
Coldplay fans praised them for reducing ticket prices following the backlash Oasis faced last month – and for prioritising local fans.
Coldplay’s mini football stadium residency backs their pledge to reduce their carbon footprint, an issue close to frontman Martin’s heart.
A source previously said: “Coldplay want to do something super special for Moon Music and they have discussed the idea of doing a set residency rather than touring across the UK.
“It means they would be able to play to almost a million fans, all while keeping down their carbon footprint.
“On their last tour the band went all out to try to reduce the impact of their work on the environment.
“By keeping the shows in one place they are removing the need for HGVs to drive the stages and kit across the country, for example.
“Plus seeing acts like Adele setting up shop in one place has given them real food for thought.”
GREEN SUCCESS
Since trying to cut their footprint in 2022, the band has seen a 59 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared to their global run of gigs in 2016-2017.
To help them reach the goal they reduced air travel, used more efficient lighting and pulled in sustainable materials for their stages.
They also created really cool kinetic dancefloors, which meant that fans could help generate electricity for the show as they jumped up and down.
Each vinyl copy of their new record, Moon Music, will be pressed on to discs made from plastic bottles.
And a special “notebook” edition is made up from 70 per cent of plastic recovered from the Rio Las Vacas river in Guatemala.
Chris and Co said this would enable them to reduce their carbon emissions by 85 per cent and stop the production of 25 tonnes of virgin plastic.
After revealing they had beaten their targets with their Music Of Spheres tour, they said: “As a band, and as an industry, we’re a long way from where we need to be on this.
“But we’re grateful for everyone’s help so far and we salute everyone who’s making efforts to push things in the right direction.”