Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland have announced details of an intimate London charity gig next month, raising money for Crisis and War Child. See ticket details below.
The frontman and guitarist will be returning to Hackney Church after a special performance last year, which raised over £350,000 for homeless charity Crisis in just two days. The band have a history with the venue, having played some now legendary festive shows there in 2011 and 2015.
This time, Martin and Buckland shall be taking to the stage at the venue on the evening of Wednesday December 3, with all proceeds again going to Crisis (who provide life-changing services helping people across Britain start their lives out of homelessness) as well as War Child (the iconic charity that protects, educates, and stands up for the rights of children in conflicts).
Tickets will be available via a prize draw, which is open now here and will close at 11.59pm GMT on Monday November 17. Winners will be randomly selected and notified that week – with 150 winners each receiving a pair of tickets. Tickets will be strictly non-transferable, with winners required to show photo ID to gain entry.
Coldplay currently have no other live dates scheduled, having recently completed the latest leg of the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour – which included a stellar headline set at Glastonbury 2024.
The trek kicked off in March 2022, and last year became the highest-grossing rock tour of all time. It has grossed over $1billion, becoming only the second tour ever to do so. In January, Coldplay performed the biggest stadium show of the 21st century so far as part of the mammoth run.
Martin and co. delivered a record-breaking 10-night residency at London’s Wembley Stadium this summer. During the penultimate Wembley concert, frontman Martin revealed that the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour was far from over – with “138 more shows to go”.
He said: “We have a break coming up, and we’ll announce the shows for 2027 soon. But we only have two more this year, and then we’re gonna go and make this really special thing that we’ve been making for years and years, and it’s really good. But shush!.
“I’m telling you that because I want to tell you something I haven’t told anybody else. That’s what it is, OK?”
The “really special” project Martin hinted at is potentially the first of Coldplay’s final two studio albums.
Speaking to NME around the release of Coldplay’s 10th and latest studio record, 2024’s ‘Moon Music’, the singer doubled down on the plan for the band’s catalogue to end after 12 albums.
“Yes, it is 12 albums for sure, but we’re going to be a bit later than [2025],” he explained. This lines up with the group’s return to the road in 2027, and suggests that their next LP could arrive that year or in 2026.
Martin told NME that “album number 11” would be “a musical”. However, he said this record “might have to come out after album 12 because of how long musicals take to animate”.
He went on: “Our last single is on this album [‘Moon Music’], and that’s called ‘All My Love’. That’s the last ‘single’ single. We have the musical thing, then an album just called ‘Coldplay’, which is the final one. I think that will be a year late – I know it will be.”
Martin later admitted that he’ll struggle to move on from Coldplay when their recorded catalogue eventually ends.
