Tour: The Music of the Spheres Tour
Sound Companies: Firehouse Productions (U.S.); Solotech (UK/Europe)
Crew
- FOH Engineer: Dan Green
- Monitor Engineer: Chris Wood
- System Designer/FOH Tech: Tony Smith
- System Tech: Dominic Thorne
- Crew Chief: Nick Mooney
- Audio Techs: Alex Hadjigeorgiou, Nick “Mystic” Davis, Suzy Mucciarone, James Smallwood
- RF Tech: Ali Viles
- Production Manager: Chris Kansy
- Production Coordinator: Eme Boucher
Gear
FOH
- Console: DiGiCo SD7 Quantum
- Speakers: Mains/Side Hangs: d&b GSL, 270 Hangs/Delays: d&b KSL, Subwoofers: d&b SL-SUBs (flown & ground), Fills: d&b XSL
- Processing: Waves, ArrayProcessing; DirectOut Prodigy.MC, Prodigy.MP, Optocore DD2FR; Rupert Neve Designs
MON
- Console: DiGiCo SD7 Quantum
- Wireless/Mics: Shure Axient AD2 handhelds for vocals; Sennheiser 6000 Series for wireless
- Instruments; Wisycom MTK952 and MPR50 IEMs
- Comms: Riedel Artist 1024 Matrix
Tour Details
Coldplay’s production team continued in their mission to make the band sound good while also striving to meet the goal of a 50% reduction in carbon emissions compared to their previous Head Full of Dreams tour in 2016-2017. Along efforts to reduce carbon emissions with bicycle power and the first mobile rechargeable show battery in the world, the crew sought to minimize the need to recycle single-use alkaline batteries for radio mics and IEMs by choosing rechargeable batteries instead — and opting for Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries as an even more eco-friendly alternative than lithium rechargeable batteries. The band sold 6.5 million tickets in 2023, earning $326 million, according to Pollstar, and the ongoing tour is set to visit Asia, Europe and Australia/New Zealand in 2024.
