Everything you need to know if you're heading to Coldplay this week

The week has finally arrived!

For the first time since 2016, Coldplay is returning to our shores for three shows this week at Auckland's Eden Park with their Music Of The Spheres tour.

These three shows at Eden Park will break the all-time record as the first artist to play three nights in the venue’s one hundred and twenty-three-year history!

Are you lucky enough to be heading along to the concert?
Here's everything you need to know...

THE COLDPLAY EXPERIENCE

Pixmob LED wristbands

• Each patron will receive a compostable, plant-based plastic LED wristband as part of the Coldplay experience. The wristbands will synchronise with the music during the show. These will be distributed at every gate upon entry and collected at each gate upon exit. All the batteries and any broken wristbands are then recycled. 

 Moon goggles

• Upon entry, each patron will receive a pair of Moon Goggles (3D glasses) along with their wristbands. The Moon Goggles enhance the immersive experience of the special effects during the show and are yours to keep. 

 Energy dance floors and bicycles

• For General Admission Standing patrons, there will be energy-generating stationary bikes and kinetic dance floors which harnesses the energy of fans as they dance or cycle to power Coldplay’s batteries which they use on their tour. The energy dance floors and bikes will be located on the General Admission floor.  

Mercury bikes 

• Electric Tuk Tuks will be on the streets surrounding Eden Park between 4pm & 8pm. The circular route they take is Cricket Ave, Reimers Ave, Sandringham Road and Walters Road helping patrons get to the entry gate on their ticket. While these are open to help everyone, Eden Park will be prioritising the elderly and those with mobility challenges. Please note that the Mercury Bikes will be operated by trained drivers and will not be available for the public to operate. 

APPROXIMATE SET TIMES

5pm: Gates Open
5:45pm: Shone
6:15pm: Emmanuel Kelly 
7:00pm: Ayra Starr
8:15pm: Coldplay

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Your concert ticket gives free transport from Eden Park on all regular scheduled buses, train and ferry services and special event buses. 

Find your way to Coldplay using bus, train, event buses and ferry services, or explore walking and cycling routes and driving and parking options. 

For all Auckland Transport options, click here. 

COLDPLAY FAN TRAIL

You can walk the Auckland Transport Fan trail to Coldplay to Eden Park (about 4.5km) starting at downtown Te Komititanga Square (TK Square) where there is live entertainment + food vendors. The first 200 ticket Coldplay ticket holders there get a free ice cream.

You can even get glammed up with moons, stars and glitter face painting.

The route is as follows: Te Komititanga Square – Queen Street – Aotea Square – Myers Park – St Kevin’s Arcade – Karangahape Road – Great North Road – Bond Street – Sandringham Road – Wairepo Swamp Walk to arrive on Eden Parks doorstep.

Full details here

EDEN PARK INFORMATION

Get your tickets ready

To make entry as quick as possible, make sure you download and add your tickets to your mobile phone’s wallet before you arrive at Eden Park. 

If you are coming in a group, make sure to share your digital tickets before you arrive and enter. 

It is a tour requirement that all patrons, regardless of age, require their own ticket. This includes infants.  

Merchandise

If you're keen to get some Coldplay merch, here is a map of where the stands will be.

Even if you're not attending and wanna grab something, the external stalls are open from 12p, on the 13th, 15th & 16th November. 

Merchandise will be available to purchase from outlets inside and outside Eden Park. Please refer to this merchandise map for locations.

Dancing and standing

Please keep the aisles and walkways clear and be considerate of those around you. Expect people will want to stand and dance throughout the show, however standing on seats and sitting on the shoulders of others is not permitted.  

Lighting and visual effects

Please be aware the show will contain flashing lights and other lighting effects.  

THINGS TO NOTE

• No cash. Card only. Eden Park is a cashless venue. Please make sure you bring your card for all food, drink and merchandise payments.
• Eden Park is a vape- and smoke-free venue. 
• There are no pass-outs during the show. Once you leave, you cannot re-enter.
• No bags larger than 21cm x 30cm (A4 Size) are permitted.  
• No flags, signs, or banners are allowed.
• Umbrellas are not permitted inside for safety reasons. Rain ponchos and jackets are recommended.
• There are no cloaking or storage facilities at this event. We recommend leaving bags larger than A4 size and all restricted/prohibited items at home.   
• There are phone charging stations on the Kennard’s Hire Community Oval and on Level 3 of the Samsung South Stand.

Food and beverage

• Bars and food outlets will be available throughout the stadium.  
• Water fountains are located throughout the stadium 
• You can bring small amounts of homemade food - but not any commercially made food: McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, Subway, pizza etc.
• You can bring in personal non-glass, non-thermos water bottles (unbreakable vessel) up to 1 litre or a 1-litre maximum empty drink bottle which can be refilled within the stadium at one of the 18 water stations (lids will be removed from bottles before entering the field if you have GA standing tickets)

For Eden Park's full conditions of entry list, click HERE.

SETLIST

Not confirmed but the set could look a little something like this: 

Act .i. Planets

Music Of The Spheres

Higher Power

Adventure Of A Lifetime

Paradise

The Scientist

Act .ii. Moons

Viva La Vida 

Hymn For The Weekend 

Everglow  (with Emmanuel Kelly)

Charlie Brown

Yellow

ALL OF MY LOVE

Act .iii. Stars

Human Heart

People Of The Pride

Clocks

WE PRAY (with Shone)

Something Just Like This (The Chainsmokers cover) (outro remixed with Martin Garrix’s Breakaway)

My Universe

Infinity Sign

A Sky Full Of Stars

Act .iv. Home

Sunrise (with Louis Armstrong’s intro speech to What A Wonderful World)

Sparks 

The Jumbotron Song 

Fix You (with snippets of Biutyful)

GOOD FEELiNGS (with Ayra Starr)

feelslikeimfallinginlove

Played from tape:

A Wave