![]() ![]() Spock, helping remind Coldplay why they’ve lived long and prospered in the first place - that is, by strategizing an album that’s about as strenuously pleasant as anything in their canon. Top 40 sage Max Martin is on board in the role of Mr. ![]() “You are my universe/I just want to put you first,” he sings on the rapturous “My Universe,” a sleek, sunny, disco-spritzed highlight featuring BTS. Martin’s deep space is mainly personal and romantic his HAL 9000 is a heart emoji. ![]() That unique level of thematic specificity notwithstanding, the record itself doesn’t get weighed down by any sort of Rush-size storyline, nor is there some pain-in-the-ass heavy-handed sci-fi message to deal with (beyond the predictably intimated vibes of harmony, wonder, etc.). As its title suggests, Music of the Spheres is a concept album about outer space, specifically a distant solar system called the Spheres it’s an almost unnervingly well-timed idea, arriving right on top of a new Dune movie and just a couple days after our Twitter feeds were all gummed up with whoa, dude images of William Shatner gazing out at our sad, salty world through the window of Jeff Bezos’ space penis. This time out they’ve gone even further, reaching for a humanism so universal it’s literally intergalactic. That LP attempted to add realist specifics and global sonics to their vaguely defined universal humanism, setting politically-tinged lyrics to music that filtered in West African pop and reggae elements. In some ways, Music of the Spheres picks up where the band’s last album, 2019’s Everyday Life, left off. Obviously, big gulps of redemption are what we’ve come to expect from Martin. “We’re only human, capable of kindness, so they call us humankind,” Martin sings on “Humankind” over a radiant haymaker of aspirant guitar churn, blindingly bright Eighties synth stabs, and upwardly mobile drum swirls - a sound so uplifting it makes or Bono or Bruce Springsteen at their most heroic sound like junior-high goths who just got their screen time taken away. Musically and lyrically, the band has rarely sounded so ecstatic. Once again, they’ve set up shop at the 50-yard line of pop-rock possibility, and in their eternally expansive vision, reimagined the middle of the road as a land of hope and dreams. General public tickets go on sale at 10am AWST on Tuesday 16 May.“You’ve got a higher power,” Chris Martin tells a brand new flame - and, by extension, each and every citizen of Earth - on Coldplay’s ninth album, adding, “I’m so happy I’m alive.” He may be literally the only person who feels that way in 2021, and that, of course, is part of the Coldplay magic, such as it is. Pre-sale of tickets will commence at 10am AWST on Monday 15 May, running until 9am AWST on Tuesday 16 May. We haven't been to Australia for too long and we are so excited to come back. The Music of The Spheres World Tour has sold over 6 million tickets across Europe, North America and Latin America since it began in March 2022.Ĭoldplay sold more concert tickets than any other artist last year as the band broke attendance records around the world.Ĭoldplay singer Chis Martin said: "We are so excited that we will be coming through Perth for one concert at Optus Stadium on November 18 this year and we really look forward to seeing you. The performance will be promoted nationally and in key international markets alongside travel packages designed to encourage visitors to stay longer and explore WA. Coldplay will bring their record-breaking Music Of The Spheres World Tour to Optus Stadium for a performance that is expected to drive thousands of international and interstate visitors to WA.Ĭoldplay will play in Australia for the first time in 7 years - and the first time in Perth for 14 years - in a deal delivered by the State Government. ![]()
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