Perth has scored a serious musical coup with affirmation Coldplay will play a one-off gig in Australia on the Optus Stadium later this yr.
The West Australian revealed in April the McGowan Government was in talks to lure the English band to WA as a part of their blockbusting Music of the Spheres world tour.
The tour started in Costa Rica in March final yr, with hypothesis the multi-Grammy winners may carry out in WA in mid to late November.
The live performance looms as an enormous tourism coup for WA, with interstate and worldwide followers set to return to Perth and keep within the metropolis for a number of nights. Special friends and normal public tickets gross sales for the WA tour are anticipated to be introduced at a later date.
The Optus Stadium live performance seems to be impressed by the one-night-only Billy Joel live performance at Melbourne’s MCG in December final yr.
It would be the first time the Chris Martin-led band has carried out in Perth since 2009 after they performed on the Burswood Dome. In 2012 and 2016 they toured the Eastern States however gave WA the chilly shoulder.
Coldplay has offered greater than 100 million albums worldwide, had 24 singles within the high 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has offered out arenas all around the world since they burst on to the music scene with the smash hit Yellow in 2000.
Known for his or her spectacular dwell exhibits, the band broke information on the finish of final yr after they performed to greater than 600,000 followers in a sold-out 10 night time run at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium.
Perth has performed host to an unprecedented wave of worldwide music heavyweights prior to now few months, together with Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Post Malone and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
