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From a bringing a group of fans on stage to lighting up the stadium with yellow, these are the moments that shined at Gillette Stadium.
Coldplay on their Music of The Spheres Tour Anna Lee
Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres Tour has resumed in the United States, hitting cities that they missed during the first round of their tour. Back by fan demand, Coldplay not only added US dates, but added additional international dates at multiple stadiums.
Last night, Coldplay played the first East Coast show of the highly-anticipated U.S. leg of the band’s record-breaking Music of the Spheres World Tour to over 66,000 ecstatic fans at Boston’s Gillette Stadium.
The band first entered Billboard’s charts in 2001 with their breakout single “Yellow,” which peaked at No.48 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its growing popularity over the years has led to multiple successful releases and a strong chart presence, including 27 total entries on the Hot 100, five Top 10 hits, and two No. 1s. The band’s 27th and most recent entry is “Sparks” — originally released in 2000 on Parachutes—which saw a viral resurgence on social media platforms like TikTok.
Coldplay’s additional tour dates celebrate its tenth studio album, Moon Music, which showcases a variety of sounds, while demonstrating the quartet’s stability in the industry and how far they’ve come since their first album, Parachutes, in 2000.
Coldplay’s ability to sell out not just arenas but full stadiums has been a consistent hallmark of its touring history. This includes major global runs like the A Head Full of Dreams Tour (2017), the Viva La Vida Tour (2008) and the Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011), which helped cement the band’s reputation as one of the most in-demand live acts in the world. The Mylo Xyloto Tour in particular stands out — not only for its scale but for its innovation. It was the first to introduce Xylobands/LED wristbands that light up in sync with the music, pushing the boundaries of fan engagement through technology.
There’s truly nothing like a Coldplay tour. Following the close of the first leg of its international tour in 2024, it came as no surprise that the second leg — set for 2025 — sold out almost instantly. The band’s recent performance at Gillette Stadium marked the latest stop on a global run that spans Latin America, North America and Europe, with multiple-night stops in nearly every major U.S. city due to overwhelming demand.
Featuring a stacked set list from multiple albums, from Ghost Stories to Music of the Spheres to Moon Music, the show featured the band’s recent hits “My Universe,” “Higher Power” and “Let Somebody Go” alongside classics including “Yellow,” “Fix You,” “Viva La Vida” and “Adventure of a Lifetime.” Here are the top five moments from Coldplay’s first of two performances this week at Boston’s Gillette Stadium.
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Raining Star-Shaped Confetti
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The Music of the Spheres Tour fully embraced its cosmic theme, transforming Gillette Stadium into a galactic dreamscape. Giant helium planets and glowing stars floated above the crowd, creating a surreal, interstellar atmosphere. On the GA floor, bursts of star-shaped confetti rained down on fans, blanketing the audience in shimmering pieces of the galaxy. The combination of visual effects and celestial elements made the entire experience feel like a journey through space — immersive, imaginative and unmistakably Coldplay. -
Fan-Picked Favorite
Image Credit: Anna Lee Coldplay frontman Chris Martin picked four lucky fans from the GA floor, who held up a sign that asked him to play “In My Place.” Every show, Chris plays a fan requested song on the keyboard, which made a special moment as Chris and one of the fans got their chance to sing with him at the end of the song.
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Worldwide with “My Universe”
Image Credit: Anna Lee The band performed “My Universe,” originally featuring K-op superstars BTS. Although BTS couldn’t join in person, the group recorded special video clips that played during the performance. Fans erupted with excitement — while many wished BTS could have appeared live, the inclusion of the song and the pre-recorded footage made the moment a standout highlight and a lasting fan bias.
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It Was All Yellow
Image Credit: Anna Lee Media Gillette Stadium was filled with all yellow lights as Chris Martin started singing the beginning lyrics of his band’s first Hot 100 Hit. Hearing the song that skyrocketed Coldplay into mainstream awareness, fans were immediately brought back to the year 2000, surrounded by lights that painted the stadium in shades of yellow.
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A Sky Full of Stars and Memories
Image Credit: Anna Lee During “A Sky Full of Stars,” Chris Martin paused mid-performance, asking the crowd to put their phones away and be fully present in the moment. As they restarted, all 66,000 concert goers’ LED wristbands lit up the stadium in perfect sync, casting waves of color across the crowd. Without people’s phone screens in the air, the entire audience moved as one, creating a rare, almost spiritual sense of unity. It wasn’t just a concert — it was a shared, luminous experience that left fans in awe and cemented the night as unforgettable.
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