Chris Martin Battling ’Serious Lung Infection’ & Forced To Postpone Coldplay Shows

Coldplay has postponed 8 of its Music of the Spheres World Tour shows owed to vocalist Chris Martin‘s conflict with a “serious lung infection”, the set announced connected Oct. 4 via Instagram. “Due to a superior lung infection, Chris has been enactment nether strict doctor’s orders to remainder for the adjacent 3 weeks. We’re moving arsenic accelerated arsenic imaginable to fastener successful the caller dates and volition travel up with much accusation successful the adjacent fewer days,” the Instagram station read. The shows were meant to instrumentality spot betwixt Oct. 11 and Oct. 22 in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and volition present beryllium rescheduled for immoderate clip successful aboriginal 2023.

“To everyone successful Brazil who was looking guardant to these concerts, we’re highly atrocious for immoderate disappointment and inconvenience, and we’re truthful grateful for your knowing astatine this challenging clip wherever we request to prioritise Chris’ health,” the set continued successful the note. “We’re optimistic that Chris volition instrumentality to bully wellness aft the prescribed aesculapian interruption and look guardant to resuming the circuit arsenic soon arsenic possible. To everyone affected, delight judge our sincere apologies, and convey you arsenic ever for your emotion and support.”

Coldplay besides advised fans that their tickets volition beryllium valid for the caller dates, but refunds volition beryllium honored. The stone radical noted they are “working arsenic accelerated arsenic imaginable to fastener successful the caller dates” and volition supply fans with updated accusation “in the adjacent fewer days.”

Coldplay did not further elaborate connected what benignant of corruption Chris Martin has (Photo: MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

The “Yellow” hitmaker antecedently postponed its Aug. 19 amusement astatine Wembley Stadium successful London to Aug. 21 owed to “planned concern enactment connected the London Underground network”. The set added, “We person been informed that determination volition beryllium insufficient transport for summons holders connected August 19 so, with regret, the lawsuit cannot beryllium licensed for that day.”

Coldplay, a stone set that formed successful London successful 1996, is much than 50 shows heavy into its wildly palmy Music of the Spheres World Tour. The circuit has sold much than 5.4 cardinal tickets truthful far, according to Billboard, and grossed $60 cardinal successful July alone. In June, the set deed $1 cardinal successful gross touring dollars implicit its career, making it the 11th enactment successful past to bash so.

Last month, Coldplay celebrated 2 breathtaking milestones. First, the set announced the unrecorded watercourse of its Buenos Aires amusement volition beryllium disposable to ticker successful movie theaters connected Oct. 28 and 29. Then, Coldplay honored the tenth day of erstwhile it closed retired the 2012 Paralympic Games successful London with Rihanna.