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music · Saturday 29 August 2026 · 5:30pm 
Coldplay at Aviva Stadium
At Aviva Stadium · Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
At Aviva Stadium · Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Few concerts in Dublin in recent memory have matched the scale and spectacle of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour. The band return to Ireland for two nights at the Aviva Stadium on 29 and 30 August 2026, and this is the kind of show that justifies every cliché about stadium gigs done right. If you have been to a Coldplay concert before, you already know what you are in for. If you have not, prepare to be genuinely surprised by how much of it works.
From the moment the gates open, the production sets the tone. Every attendee gets an LED wristband, and when the lights go down the entire bowl - all 50,000-plus people - becomes part of the visual. The wristbands sync to the music, turning the crowd into a living light display that is as striking from the cheap seats as from the pit.
The setlist draws on more than two decades of hits: expect “Yellow”, “The Scientist”, “Clocks”, “Fix You”, “Viva la Vida”, “A Sky Full of Stars” and “My Universe” alongside newer material from Music of the Spheres (2021) and Moon Music (2024). Chris Martin conducts the crowd throughout - jumps, singalongs, moments where he asks 80,000 people to find a stranger across the stadium and sing directly to them. It can feel a little theatrical on paper, but in the moment it lands.
Gates open at 4pm; support acts are on from 5:30pm. The show runs well past dark, which is when the wristbands and pyrotechnics make the most impact. LED wristbands are provided free and the band ask you to return them at the exit for recycling.
Tickets start from €70. The shows are sold out on primary, but official resale is available through Ticketmaster.
The Aviva Stadium sits on Lansdowne Road in Dublin 4, about 2km from the city centre. The DART is the straightforward choice - Lansdowne Road station is directly outside the ground, and trains run frequently from Connolly, Tara Street and Pearse. Budget extra time on the way home: post-show crowds fill the platform quickly, so some people walk up to Sandymount or back into town.
Dublin Bus routes 1, 7, 47 and several others pass close to the stadium. Driving is not recommended - there is no public car parking at the venue, and the surrounding residential streets fill up fast on event nights. If you are coming from outside the city, park near a DART station on the Dún Laoghaire or Malahide line and take the train in.
The Aviva is a cashless venue, so cards and contactless only at the bars and food stalls.
The area around the Aviva has a good scatter of pubs and restaurants along Pembroke Road and Shelbourne Road - worth a drink before the show rather than fighting the post-gig queues. There is more to see in Ballsbridge and across Co. Dublin.
Heading to Aviva Stadium in Ballsbridge? Dublin has plenty more to see. Read the Ballsbridge area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.