Coldplay confirm UK shows, pledge MVT donation

The group will donate 10% of proceeds from their 2025 London and Hull stadium concerts to the grassroots venues organisation

News By James Hanley | 17 September 2024

Music Venue Trust (MVT) boss Mark Davyd has hailed a "massive day" for the grassroots music sector after Coldplay pledged that 10% of proceeds from their newly announced 2025 UK dates will be donated to the organisation.The band have confirmed six new shows at London’s Wembley Stadium (22-23, 26-27 & 30-31 August) and two at Hull’s Craven Park Stadium (18-19 August) – the only European cities where they will perform next year – in the latest leg of their record-breaking Music of the Spheres World Tour.Since the first Music Of The Spheres tour date in March 2022, the band have sold more than 10 million tickets – meaning i

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