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Coldplay first announced their Music of the Spheres world tour back in 2021. Global tours are known for their relatively heavy carbon footprints. However, Chris Martin and the band pledged to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by half compared to their last world tour.
Four years later, with the ongoing 2025 leg at London's Wembley Stadium, Coldplay is reportedly standing by that commitment. The band claims that
"72% of all tour waste has been diverted from landfill and sent for reuse, recycling, and composting."
That is an improvement from 66% in 2023. Moreover, eighteen shows in 2023 were powered entirely by a tourable battery system built from recycled BMW batteries. Coldplay has also funded two solar-powered ocean cleanup river interceptors. Notably, for every ticket sold, a tree has been planted through the global reforestation nonprofit organization, One Tree Planted.
Their signature LED wristbands have also been reworked to be 100% reusable, recyclable, and made from plant-based materials. Dancefloors at select shows are designed to generate electricity when fans jump. These are a few of the sustainability steps that Coldplay has taken.
Regarding CO2 emissions, the band states on their official website:
"Where we cannot reduce, we will be drawing down any unavoidable emissions following recognised best practices such as guidance within the Oxford Principles for Net-Zero Aligned carbon offsetting. We have teamed up with DHL as the tour’s Official Logistics Partner in order to minimise emissions from freight and transportation."
They also add:
"As leaders in the field of sustainable transport and logistics, DHL support the tour by offering solutions to minimise logistics-related emissions and other environmental impacts, from advanced biofuels in the air to electric vehicles on land. Where we cannot reduce, we will be drawing down any unavoidable emissions following the guidance within the Oxford Principles for Net-Zero Aligned carbon offsetting."
Some other steps that Coldplay have mentioned on their website are as follows:
SOLAR: We install solar photovoltaic panels in the build-up to each show, behind the stage and on top of PA and delay towers. The show batteries start charging as soon as we arrive at the venue.
SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS: Across the tour we are utilising renewable diesel, a palm-oil free HVO-type (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) biofuel, produced 100% from renewable raw materials, primarily waste and residues such as used cooking oil. HVO use can lower generator carbon emissions significantly. HVO also fuels our trucking in as many locations as possible, meaning super-low emissions - as much as 75 to 95% reduced emissions, from these parts of our show transportation as well.
BATTERY SYSTEM: Prior to the tour we worked with experts to develop the first ever mobile, rechargeable show battery, made from recyclable BMW i3 batteries, which can power 100% of our show with renewable energy wherever we take it. We have a number of other batteries in use that we can charge from multiple sources including solar energy and even kinetic energy from the fans.
KINETIC ENERGY: We install kinetic floors in locations around the stadium so that the fans' dancing can be converted into energy and literally help to power the show. We also install electricity-generating power bikes so that fans can actively charge our show batteries.
GRID RENEWABLES: Whenever it is available, we use mains power from 100% renewable sources.
Notably, Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin also pledged to take public transport whenever possible. He arrived in Cardiff by train for the band's shows at the venue.
Coldplay's partners for sustainable logistics, DHL, employ a carbon intelligence and monitoring system. For air transportation, DHL's GoGreen Plus program ensures Sustainable Aviation Fuel is used for the band's freight flights.
In June 2024, Coldplay announced that direct emissions from the first two years of the tour were 59% lower than their 2016-17 tour. DHL helped achieve an 85% reduction per flight compared to fossil fuels. That resulted in a 31% decrease in total transportation emissions in 2023.
Coldplay's Wembley Stadium 2025 dates
Coldplay's global tour now has these dates remaining:
- Sunday, August 31, 2025, London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
- Wednesday, September 3, 2025, London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
- Thursday, September 4, 2025, London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
- Saturday, September 6, 2025, London, UK @ Wembley Stadium (Rescheduled from Sept 7)
- Friday, September 12, 2025, London, UK @ Wembley Stadium (Rescheduled from Sept 8)
All of these dates are currently sold out.
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