Coldplay are poised to break the record for the highest grossing tour of all time after frontman Chris Martin announced an additional 138 extra dates on the band’s Music of the Spheres World Tour in 2027.

The tour, which began in 2022, has grossed £1 billion, making it the second highest grossing tour of all time behind Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour that totalled £1.5bn. With Coldplay’s lengthy run understood to be earning £4.8 million per night, with an additional 138 shows scheduled the band are now on track to surpass Swift’s record.

Pollstar’s analysis of touring artists revealed the Music of the Spheres World Tour was the highest grossing tour globally for the first half of 2025.

Coldplay have broken a series od records with their mammoth tour. Concerts at India’s Narenda Modi Stadium (pictured) were the band’s highest attending stadium shows of their career filling out the 111,000-capacity venue. The tour is also the highest attended ever by a group, and the band broke the record jointly held by Swift and Take That by becoming the first musical act to play 10 nights at Wembley Stadium in a single tour.

Music of the Spheres has also reached several sustainability targets with CO2 emissions significantly reduced from previous Coldplay tours.

Before the next chapter of Coldplay’s tour in 2027, they will curate next year’s FIFA World Cup final half-time show in New Jersey.

In footage filmed from a concertgoer at Wembley, Martin said the 2027 shows will be “a really special thing”.

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