How often does Hull feel like the centre of the universe? Coldplay’s decision to play just two cities on this final leg of their epic Music of the Spheres tour has drawn fans here from all over Europe and beyond. It was perhaps a decision driven by the city’s thriving grassroots music scene – 10 per cent of all proceeds tonight are going straight to the Music Venue Trust – but whatever the reason, it provides the opportunity to witness a peculiar spectacle: a full-scale stadium production, which will transfer to Wembley later this week, crammed into a rugby league ground that usually holds 11,000.
This particular world tour has encompassed four years, two albums, five continents, a concert film and a Wikipedia article dedicated to its cultural impact. The set now has a comfort to it, like throwing on a well-worn jacket, although technicolour dreamcoat might be a more appropriate term; this is a kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt of a show that stands as testament to Coldplay’s commitment to evolution over the past 25 years.
Sometimes, that leads to stylistic whiplash, as is the case early on, when the calypso disco of “Adventure of a Lifetime” and synth-rock anthem “Paradise” are jarringly followed by the disconsolate heartbreak of “The Scientist”. Mostly, though, the sheer variety is a reminder of why they have been the biggest band in the world for so long; you do not sell out Wembley 16 times on the same tour without being a great many things to a great many people.
Accordingly, we get everything from juddering, Muse-influenced space rock (“People of the Pride”) to the effervescent and politically pointed hip hop track “We Pray”, on which Hull native Chiedu Oraka, who opened the show, contributes his own verse. The group’s hunger to work with new artists has helped them maintain their position in the zeitgeist in recent years; “Something Just Like This” and “My Universe”, their collaborations with The Chainsmokers and BTS respectively, are now staples of the set, sprinkled in amongst classics of their indie rock era like “Clocks”, “Yellow” and – tonight for the first time since 2009 – the soaring “Speed of Sound”.
Chris Martin never tries to be cool (Photo: Andrew Benge/Getty Images)Tying it all together is Chris Martin, not cool but never pretending to be, as comfortable dancing in an alien mask as he is pouring his heart out during a gorgeous, acoustic “Sparks”, a track he refers to as Coldplay’s best – he’s half-joking, but might actually be right.
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These days, though, the band are best known for stadium theatrics – whether that’s the literal and metaphorical fireworks of “Fix You” or the sparkly communion of “A Sky Full of Stars”, on which the group’s trademark wristband-driven light show could probably be seen from space. Hull gets the full production even in this quaint old rugby ground, and perhaps the only difference between here and Wembley in practical terms is that, with only around 20,000 in attendance, you’re marginally more likely to be caught with your arms around somebody you shouldn’t on the jumbotron (although nobody suffers that indignity tonight).
Eleven shows remain on this massive tour before it wraps up next month, and like Taylor Swift at the end of the Eras Tour, Coldplay might only have one more question to answer: where do they go from here?
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