Coldplay performed ‘Cemeteries of London’ for the first time since 2011 at their Wembley Stadium gig last night (August 27) – watch footage of the moment below.
Yesterday saw Chris Martin and co. play the fourth show of their record-breaking 10-night run at Wembley, where they delivered a career-spanning set that included the surprise addition of the ‘Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends’ number.
Ahead of its first live outing since 2011, Martin joked with the crowd, telling them: “If you need to go to the toilet or call your mum, now’s the time,” before launching into the 2008 track.
NME were in attendance, and you can check out our clip as well as Coldplay’s full setlist, below.
A snippet of Cemeteries of London from the C-stage barrier at #ColdplayWembley tonight!! 🤯🪦
Unbelievable to see such a rare song up close! 😯 pic.twitter.com/gfVRBMUn5E
— Jamie Furniss (@JFurniss_Blades) August 27, 2025
Full video of Coldplay performing Cemeteries of London on the C-Stage for Night 4 at Wembley ❤️🖤#ColdplayWembley • carriesfishyfriends pic.twitter.com/LfFkGWE42b
— ColdplayXtra (@coldplayxtra) August 27, 2025
Coldplay played:
‘Higher Power’
‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’
‘Paradise’
‘The Scientist’
‘Viva La Vida’
‘Hymn For The Weekend’
‘Violet Hill’
‘Charlie Brown’
‘Yellow’
‘Human Heart’
‘People Of The Pride’
‘Clocks’
‘We Pray’ (with Elyanna)
‘Infinity Sign’
‘Something Just Like This’
‘My Universe’
‘A Sky Full Of Stars’
‘Sparks’
‘Cemeteries of London’
‘The Jumbotron Song’
‘Fix You’
‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’
‘All My Love’
Previous dates on the Wembley run saw frontman Martin invite the band’s longtime friend Simon Pegg to assist them on ‘Sky Full Of Stars’.
The actor, who has often been referred to as an “honorary member” of Coldplay, appeared with them on the same track at Wembley in 2022. The previous year, he introduced them at their intimate gig at Shepherd’s Bush Empire – where he recalled first watching the group live 21 years prior in support of their debut album, ‘Parachutes’.
Their first night in London also saw the band reference Oasis and oversee a fan’s proposal to kick off proceedings. They’re set to return to Wembley Stadium this Saturday (August 30) ahead of further concerts at the venue on August 31, September 3, 4, 7 and 8.
They played two stadium gigs in Hull last week, following an intimate acoustic performance from Martin at a Yorkshire pub.
Their mammoth 10-date Wembley shows beat records held by Taylor Swift and Take That, and for all dates, 10 per cent of proceeds will be donated to the Music Venue Trust to help fund and support grassroots venues.
Coldplay’s help comes after MVT’s long campaign for a mandatory levy of £1 for every ticket sold to a gig at arena level and above to go back into the grassroots, at a time when the UK is facing “the complete collapse of touring” with one venue closing every two weeks.
In quotes supplied exclusively to NME, the members explained why it was vital for them to help support local spaces and emerging talent.
“Organisations like Music Venue Trust are even more important in this country since Brexit, because it’s so much harder for new artists to play in Europe,” said Martin. “I just know that I would always want people younger than us to have even more opportunity than we had, and certainly not less.”
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