Coldplay has announced its stadium world tour last week (14th October) and shared that it will be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy. The power to run the Music Of The Spheres world tour will be supplied by recycled BMW i3 batteries. Martin commented on the news: “We’re proud to partner with BMW to create the world’s first tourable, rechargeable show battery, which will allow us to power our concerts almost entirely from clean, renewable energy“. Their 2022 tour, promoting the latest album will focus on eco-friendly measures.
The batteries will replace diesel and gas generators which makes the shows more sustainable. The band shows will need 40 of those batteries in total. “A common awareness of sustainability has led during recent years to an intensive, creative co-creation process between BMW and Coldplay. With the use of second-life batteries from BMW i3 vehicles we are now helping Coldplay’s world tour become even more sustainable.” said Jens Thiemer, Senior Vice President Customer and Brand BMW.
Coldplay is no stranger to pointing out environmental issues and how we all can “turn it around so it’s no so much taking as giving?“. Back in 2019, the band announced that they thinking about how to make the touring as environmentally friendly as possible. Speaking to BBC News reporter Chris Martin said: “We’re taking time to see how our tour can be actively beneficial…All of us have to work out the best way of doing our job.”
“Our next tour will be the best possible version of a tour like that environmentally. We would be disappointed if it’s not carbon neutral” he continued.
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) recently sent an open letter to the band suggesting plant-based food served at their shows. All this is in order to put down carbon footprint.
Elisa Allen, the director of PETA wrote: “As you may know, animal agriculture contributes to many of the serious environmental problems the planet is facing”.
“It’s little wonder, then, that the United Nations states that a transition to vegan eating is urgently needed to prevent the worst effects of the climate crisis. And this can be as simple as swapping beef burgers for bean burgers” she added.
Last week Coldplay has announced their tour dates which will promote their latest album Music Of The Spheres that came out on 15th October. It is being said that the album will be their ninth number one in the UK Charts.
It’s finally here… #MusicOfTheSpheres pic.twitter.com/oTF2xsk2sE
— Coldplay (@coldplay) October 14, 2021
The tour will begin in March 2022 in Costa Rica, then head over to North America and end up in Europe and UK in July. The UK shows will include three London Wembley gigs. Fans from the US can register for tickets here, London and Glasgow shows can be pre-ordered here. Tickets to the UK shows go on sale on the 22nd October at 10 am.
See the full list of Coldplay 2022 Tour below:
18/03/22 – Estadio Nacional – San Jose, Costa Rica
22/03 – Estadio Olímpico – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
25/03 – Estadio BBVA* – Monterrey, Mexico
29/03 – Estadio Akron* – Guadalajara, Mexico
3/04 – Foro Sol* – Mexico City, Mexico
23/04 – Levi’s Stadium* – Santa Clara, CA
26/04 – SoFi Stadium* – Los Angeles, CA
3/05 – State Farm Stadium* – Phoenix, AZ
6/05 – Cotton Bowl Stadium* – Dallas, TX
8/05 – NRG Stadium* – Houston, TX
28/05 – Soldier Field* – Chicago, IL
1/06 – FedExField* – Washington, DC
4/06 – Metlife Stadium* – East Rutherford, NJ
8/06 – Lincoln Financial Field* – Philadelphia, PA
11/06 – Mercedes Benz Stadium* – Atlanta, GA
14/6 – Raymond James Stadium* – Tampa, FL
2/07 – Deutsche Bank Park* – Frankfurt, DE
3/07 – Deutsche Bank Park* – Frankfurt, DE
8/07 – PGE Narodowy* – Warsaw, PL
10/07 – Olympiastadion Berlin^ – Berlin, DE
12/07 – Olympiastadion Berlin* – Berlin, DE
16/07 – Stade de France* – Paris, FR
17/07 – Stade de France* – Paris, FR
5/08 – King Baudouin Stadium* – Brussels, BE
6/08 – King Baudouin Stadium* – Brussels, BE
12/08 – Wembley Stadium* – London, UK
13/08 – Wembley Stadium* – London, UK
16/08 – Wembley Stadium^ – London, UK
23/08 – Hampden Park Stadium* – Glasgow, UK
10/09 – Rock in Rio Festival – Rio De Janeiro, BR
*with H.E.R.
^with London Grammar
