Coldplay fans in South Africa could soon have reason to celebrate. The band has dropped a major hint that their record-breaking Music of the Spheres world tour MAY touch down in the country in 2027, marking their first local shows in more than a decade.
As reported by Time Out Worldwide, the British group’s spectacular tour launched in March 2022 and has since played 211 shows to over 13 million fans, generating ticket sales worth more than R25 billion. That makes it the second-highest-grossing concert tour ever, trailing only behind Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
During the tour’s final run at London’s Wembley Stadium, frontman Chris Martin confirmed that the shows will resume in 2027, with an additional 138 concerts planned.
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At Wembley, Martin revealed the tour would continue ‘somewhere in southern Africa in about 18 months.’ While no official schedule has been released, industry watchers and fans alike are pointing to South Africa as the likely destination.
This would mark a long-awaited return: Coldplay last performed in South Africa back in 2011, with concerts in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. Africa has been the only continent skipped in their recent touring cycle.
The tour’s financial scale is staggering, with each show reportedly pulling in around £5 million (R125 million), analysts suggest the extension could push Coldplay past Taylor Swift for the title of the highest-grossing concert tour in history.
For South African fans, though, the numbers take a back seat to the chance of finally hearing ‘Yellow’, ‘Clocks’ and ‘Sky Full of Stars’ live again. If the Wembley announcement turns into official tour dates, demand for tickets is expected to be massive.
Until then, fans will have to wait for confirmation. But if Coldplay’s tease is anything to go by, 2027 could see South Africa lit up in technicolour once more.
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