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Four years after they last toured, Coldplay is preparing to hit the road again, first with a headlining performance at the grand opening of Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena and then a slew of global stadium dates in 2022 that will redefine the possibilities of sustainable touring.

The Rolling Stones’ pandemic-postponed No Filter Tour added
Thursday night to its originally scheduled, sold-out Sunday evening show
at the brand, spanking-new SoFi Stadium, and neither high ticket prices
or COVID protocols could stop the indefatigable, 78-year-old Mick
Jagger from traversing the eight-to-10 miles a night he spends cajoling
and teasing the crowd. If alien robot intelligence 100 years from now wanted to see the
Platonic idea of a rock ‘n’ concert circa 2021, they merely had to be
transported back to the very futuristic spaceship-looking SoFi, a
70,000-capacity football stadium that plays like, say, its next-door
neighbor The Forum on steroids.

Four years after they last toured, Coldplay is preparing to hit the road again, first with a headlining performance at the grand opening of Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena and then a slew of global stadium dates in 2022 that will redefine the possibilities of sustainable touring.

As Ricardo Nunes, the mayor of São Paulo, announced today, the city will receive a new 20,000-capacity arena, Arena São Paulo, developed through a partnership between Live Nation Entertainment, Oak View Group (Pollstar’s parent company), and French event services experts GL events.

Forum Veranstaltungswirtschaft, the German umbrella association representing all of the country’s big promoter and even associations, is demanding that Germany opens back up by Dec. 1, given the high vaccination rate as well as a comprehensive framework for safe events developed by the sector.

Snoop Dogg has announced rescheduled dates for his ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ trek through UK, Ireland as well as mainland Europe, moving them to August and September 2022.

For KING & Country has new music and tour dates on the way. The four-time Grammy winning duo announced that What Are We Waiting For? – marking their first album of new music in three years – is due out March 11. The band also revealed the routing for a 33-date trek, featuring arena gigs across the U.S. from late March through May.