Top Tickets This Week: Coldplay, Sting, Kylie, Iron Maiden, Justin Timberlake, The Script
Thursday, 26 September 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Coldplay
Photo: Anna Lee
The British chart-topping band have announced UK stadium dates for next summer as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour.
They'll perform at Hull's Craven Park Stadium on August 18 and 19, before 10 shows at London's Wembley Stadium between August 22 and September 8. The concerts are the only European cities the band will play in 2025. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday (September 27) - Compare and buy tickets here.
In partnership with Save Our Scene, 10% of the band's proceeds from the shows will be donated to the Music Venue Trust, which helps keep grassroots venues open and develops a pathway for rising artists.
Coldplay's 10th studio album and the follow-up to 2021's 'Music Of The Spheres', 'Moon Music', will arrive on October 4. It'll include the previously shared singles We Pray with Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna And TINI, and feelslikeimfallinginlove.
The band will take their Music Of The Spheres World Tour to Australia and New Zealand this October and November. Tickets for those dates are already on sale.
Sting
The former Police frontman will be accompanied by long-time collaborator and guitarist Dominic Miller, and dynamic drummer Chris Maas, for a series of outdoor UK shows next summer.
The 17-time Grammy-winner will play Forest Live dates at Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury and Cannock Chase Forest, Rugeley on June 18 and 27, respectively. The run will also see them topping the bill of the Isle Of Wight Festival on Friday, June 20, joining fellow headliners Stereophonics and Justin Timberlake. Following that, he'll play Liverpool's On The Waterfront series at Royal Albert Dock on June 22, before gigs at Glasgow's Summer Sessions, Bellahouston Park on June 25, and Cardiff Castle on June 28 as part of the Depot Live series.
Tickets for the dates go on general sale at 9am on Friday (September 27), except for Isle Of Wight, tickets for which are on sale now - Compare and buy tickets here.
Sting has also been confirmed as the first headliner for the 2025 edition of Latitude Festival, which returns to Henham Park, Suffolk, between July 24 and 27. Tickets are on sale now, with further acts for the line-up to be confirmed in a few weeks.
Earlier this month, the 72-year-old dropped I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart), his first new single since the release of his 2021 album, 'The Bridge'.
The power trio recently kicked off their Sting 3.0 Tour across North America.
Kylie
Photo: Erik Melvin
The Australian pop superstar will bring her Tension Tour to Glasgow's OVO Hydro, Newcastle's Utilita Arena, Manchester's AO Arena, Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena, Sheffield's Utilita Arena, Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena, Birmingham's BP Pulse Live and London's O2 Arena between on May 16 and June 2.
The run, which features two performances in Manchester and three in London, will support both the singer's latest album, 'Tension', and the newly announced 'Tension II', a sequel to the 2023 record, due out on October 18 via BMG. The lead single, Lights Camera Action, will arrive next Friday (October 4). Head here for more details.
The Australian leg of the tour will take place in February and March.
Iron Maiden
Photo: John McMurtrie
The British heavy metal icons will kick off the first leg of their mammoth 50th anniversary Run For Your Lives World Tour on May 27, 2025, in Budapest, before 27 stadium, festival, and arena shows across Europe.
Among the dates are June UK and Ireland shows at Birmingham's Utilita Arena, Manchester's Co-Op Live, Dublin's Malahide Castle, Glasgow's OVO Hydro, and London Stadium Olympic Park, the home of bassist Steve Harris' beloved West Ham United Football Club. That show also marks the biggest UK venue the band have ever headlined outside their festival appearances.
The elaborate new shows will feature a special 'classic era' set list, comprising material from the band's first nine albums, from their 1980 self-titled debut to 1992's 'Fear Of The Dark'. Support at the London and Dublin shows will come from special guests Halestorm, with British metallers The Raven Age set to open all dates on the UK and Ireland leg.
Tickets for the UK and Ireland dates go on general sale at 12pm on Friday (September 27), with tickets for their mainland Europe gigs on sale at varying dates and times depending on the region - Compare and buy tickets here.
Iron Maiden will take their current The Future Past Tour to North America this October and November.
Justin Timberlake
The American pop star will bring The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex on July 4, and Lytham Festival in Lancashire on July 5, following a headlining set at the Isle Of Wight Festival on Sunday, June 22.
He has also been confirmed as the first headliner for Belfast's Belsonic series, topping the bill at Ormeau Park on June 26, ahead of a huge show at Dublin's Malahide Castle on June 28.
Tickets for his Chelmsford and Isle Of Wight performances are on sale now. Tickets for his Lytham Festival date go on general sale at 8am on Friday (September 27), with his Belfast and Dublin concerts on sale the same day at 9am - Compare and buy tickets here.
The singer kicked off the tour in North America back in the spring, followed by gigs across Europe and the UK earlier this summer.
He has a handful of US dates as well as shows in Mexico and South America in the diary for early next year, before European dates in the spring.
The trek is in support of his latest album, 'Everything I Thought It Was', released in March.
The Script
Photo: Jordan Rossi
The Dublin pop-rock band have lined up Forest Live gigs at High Lodge, Thetford, and Tetbury's Westonbirt Arboretum on June 20 and 22, respectively. They'll then perform at the Isle Of Wight Festival on Saturday, June 21, before an Eden Sessions concert at the Eden Project, St. Austell on June 25, and a gig at Cardiff Castle on June 26 as part of the Depot Live series.
The following month, they'll play Welsh music festival Llangollen Eisteddfod, Scarborough Open Air Theatre and the Live At The Piece Hall series in Halifax, ahead of a huge concert at Thomond Park Stadium in Limerick on July 12.
Support on their UK non-festival dates will come from Tom Walker, with James Bay supporting in Limerick.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Saturday (September 28), except for their Eden Sessions gig, tickets for which go on general sale at 3pm next Monday (September 30). Tickets for the Isle Of Festival are on sale now - Compare and buy tickets here.
Following US gigs this fall, The Script will take their Satellites World Tour across the UK and Ireland, before European shows in December. Early next year, they'll visit Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Tickets for those dates are on sale now.
The Script will hit the road in support of their new album, 'Satellites', which was released in August.
Also Announced This Week:
Chase and Status will hit the road next spring for a UK arena tour.
The Lumineers will return to the UK and Europe next spring.
Sturgill Simpson will return to the UK and Europe early next year, under his new name Johnny Blue Skies.
The Darkness have also scheduled a UK tour for spring 2025, their biggest headline run across the UK to date.
Father John Misty has scheduled a spring European tour, which includes UK stops in Edinburgh, Manchester, Brighton and London, where he'll perform at the Royal Albert Hall.
Chuck Ragan has confirmed UK and Ireland tour dates for spring 2025.
Sting has been announced as the first confirmed headliner for Latitude Festival 2025.
Sting, Stereophonics and Justin Timberlake are among the first names announced for next year's Isle Of Wight Festival.
The first line-up announcement for Hits Radio Live in Birmingham has arrived.
Ricky Gervais has confirmed the first set of UK shows for his new Mortality Tour.
Katherine Ryan has added three more London dates to her Battleaxe Tour.
Head here for a full list and to find your tickets.
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