REVEALED: Coldplay to release $40 tickets to Perth shows

Western Australia is about to welcome at the very least 20,000 Coldplay followers from interstate and abroad because of overwhelming demand for the UK band’s solely Australian exhibits.

Premier Mark McGowan, who described the frenzy for tickets as “mind-boggling”, mentioned the curiosity from exterior WA was precisely what the State Government wished.

Mr McGowan’s feedback come a day after the UK rockers introduced a second present to comply with their unique one-off cease to Perth on Saturday, November 18 the place they’ll deliver their Music of the Spheres World Tour to Optus Stadium.

“The first concert is bringing in around 20,000 people from interstate or overseas tourists to our State, so it’s an incredible success,” he mentioned.

“It’s great and it’ll provide many more opportunities for people who love the band to go and watch the concert, so it’s been such a raging success that they’ve decided to have another concert.”

Mr McGowan confirmed the second present was by no means deliberate however got here because of the primary present’s overwhelming demand which broke data for Ticketmaster’s highest-ever on-line ticket queue in Australia.

“It appears to be so popular, I had no idea how popular they were but it turns out it’s going to be great for tourism, great for hospitality, great for people coming into WA which is exactly what we wanted,” Mr McGowan mentioned.

“Their spend will be massive in hotels and restaurants, holidays around the State will be huge, so it’ll be great for our tourism industry which is why we did this to attract tourists to our State.”

The band will now additionally play on Sunday, November 19 supported by Tash Sultana.