Rock band Coldplay have broken Singapore’s record for most tickets sold by an artist in one day ahead of their 2024 dates.
The group added an extra Singapore date to next year’s Asian leg of the Music Of The Spheres World Tour earlier today (Monday) after all 200,000 pre-sale tickets for the four previously announced shows officially sold out soon after going on sale.
Straits Times reports that the virtual queue featured more than one million accounts attempting to buy tickets for the unprecedented four shows at the 55,000-capacity National Stadium. Pre-sale tickets for all four nights sold out after five hours.
Pre-sales on Monday started at 10am and were open to all who had signed up for Artiste presale and Live Nation presale. Live Nation Singapore asked fans to be patient while waiting in the queue due to high traffic as hopefuls attempted to secure tickets for the gigs on January 23, 24, 26 and 27.
The remaining tickets for those shows and the newly announced extra date on January 30 will go on general sale tomorrow (June 20).
The presales for the Coldplay Music Of The Spheres World Tour shows on Jan. 23, 24, 26 & 27 are now sold out! Due to incredible demand, one more date has been added at Singapore National Stadium on Jan. 30. pic.twitter.com/aPdB1NvSOk
— Live Nation SG (@livenationsg) June 19, 2023
Live Nation has also issued a warning to fans to be cautious of purchased scalped tickets: “We would like to caution members of the public against purchasing tickets from unauthorized sellers or 3rd party websites. By purchasing tickets through these non-authorized points of sale, buyers take on the risk that the validity of the tickets cannot be guaranteed, with no refunds possible.”
Coldplay last week announced its additional run in Asia next year, following the sellout success of the band’s Asia and Australia shows in November.
As well as Singapore, the new dates also encompass a show in Manila on January 19 at Philippine Arena, followed by a concert at Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium in Thailand on February 3.
Coldplay’s additional dates in Asia follow their performances in Tokyo, Japan, Kaohsiung in Taiwan, Jakarta in Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia later this year. The band will also hold a special one-off performance in Perth.