Associated album Ghost Stories | No. of shows 9 total | |
Start date 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25) End date 6 December 2014 (2014-12-06) | ||
The Ghost Stories Tour was a intimate concert tour by British band Coldplay, consisting of nine shows at a handful of low-key venues, during eight non-consecutive months in 2014, reaching North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The concerts were part of Coldplay's campaign in support of their sixth studio album Ghost Stories (2014). All the songs on the standard version of the album were performed by group, as some of their previous songs from their five prior studio albums. SZA, London Grammar and AlunaGeorge were the opening acts at selected dates.
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The largely pared-down of this tour stands in stark contrast to the band’s last digression, the Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–12). That tour saw the band playing 80 shows in massive stadiums and arenas across five continents, where it grossed over $192 million en route to becoming one of the highest-grossing tours of all time.
Background
In 21 March, 2014, Coldplay debuted the album Ghost Stories at an intimate gig in Los Angeles. The band played the new album in its entirety for the first time to 800 fans on a movie soundstage at Sony Studios. The gig was being recorded as part of a DVD extra for the album, which was released on May 19. Given the surprising sound of the first two songs the band has shared from Ghost Stories, "Midnight" and "Magic", a small tour seems appropriate.
From April to July, Coldplay embarked on a six-date promotional tour in support of the album. The band performed at E-Werk in Cologne, Germany on 25 April and performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, New York on 5 May, prior to the release of Ghost Stories. On 16 May, the band announced one-off show in Sydney, Australia scheduled for 19 June. Tickets for the show have sold-out in just under three minutes. Coldplay announced a second date at Royal Albert Hall, after tickets for their 1 July gig also sold out in a matter of minutes, the band play the venue again on 2 July.
The band continued the tour after the release of the album at the Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California on 19 May, the Casino de Paris in Paris, France on 28 May, the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 12 June, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 19 June and closing the tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 2 July 2014.
SZA, London Grammar and AlunaGeorge served to opening shows at New York, Los Angeles and London, respectively. Kylie Minogue made a special cameo during the show in Sydney, performing her hit single "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2001) and a cover of the Nick Cave song "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1995.)
On 20 October, Coldplay announced the release of a new concert film and live album, Ghost Stories Live 2014, scheduled to be released on 24 November. The band recorded this work throughout this tour. To celebrate the release of the new live album, the band announced one-off concert at BMW Welt in Munich, Germany on 6 December. This was the last show of the band promoting Ghost Stories.
Concert setlists
Each concert of the Ghost Stories Tour contained between 18 and 20 songs. Basically, all the songs on the standard version of the album were performed, in. In selected dates, the songs "Another's Arms" and "O" were not, played giving room to some older songs or a cover.