Coldplay reschedule final two concerts of Wembley residency due to planned industrial action

Coldplay have been forced to reschedule the final two concerts on their Wembley Stadium run due to planned industrial action.

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The Chris Martin-fronted band descended on the iconic London venue for their ‘Music Of The Spheres‘ tour earlier this month, with their mammoth 10-date run set to beat records held by Taylor Swift and Take That.

However, they announced today (August 30) that next week’s Tube strikes have forced them to move the final gigs, with a statement on social media explaining it would be “impossible to get 82,000 people to the concert and home again safely” without a Tube service, therefore no event licence could be granted for the nights of the concerts.

They added that to avoid cancelling the shows entirely, the only option was to move the Sunday, September 7 show to Saturday, September 6, and the final gig on Monday, September 8 to Friday, September 12.

As detailed in the band’s post, all tickets will remain valid for their rescheduled date, and shows on August 30, 31 and September 3 and 4 will go ahead as scheduled.

We’re sorry to announce that, due to planned industrial action on the London Underground, we’ve been forced to reschedule our final two concerts of the current Wembley Stadium run.

Without a Tube service, it’s impossible to get 82,000 people to the concert and home again safely,… pic.twitter.com/sAaqyUOP0x

— Coldplay (@coldplay) August 30, 2025

If fans are unable to attend the rescheduled show, they will be can get a full refund on their ticket. Ticketholders are advised to contact their point of purchase before midday on Tuesday (September 2).

Returned tickets will then be put on general sale at 11am this Wednesday (September 3), exclusively on Ticketmaster – you can find yours here.

Previous dates on the Wembley run have so far seen Coldplay break out ‘Cemeteries of London’ for the first time since 2011, as well as Simon Pegg join them onstage to assist with a performance of ‘Sky Full Of Stars’.

The actor, who has often been referred to as an “honorary member” of Coldplay, appeared with them on the same track at Wembley in 2022. The previous year, he introduced them at their intimate gig at Shepherd’s Bush Empire – where he recalled first watching the group live 21 years prior in support of their debut album, ‘Parachutes’.

Their first night in London also saw the band reference Oasis and oversee a fan’s proposal to kick off proceedings at Wembley.

All dates at the London venue will see 10 per cent of proceeds donated to the Music Venue Trust to help fund and support grassroots venues.

Coldplay’s help comes after MVT’s long campaign for a mandatory levy of £1 for every ticket sold to a gig at arena level and above to go back into the grassroots, at a time when the UK is facing “the complete collapse of touring” with one venue closing every two weeks.

In quotes supplied exclusively to NME, the members explained why it was vital for them to help support local spaces and emerging talent.

“Organisations like Music Venue Trust are even more important in this country since Brexit, because it’s so much harder for new artists to play in Europe,” said Martin. “I just know that I would always want people younger than us to have even more opportunity than we had, and certainly not less.”