Coldplay announce support acts for summer concerts
BBCColdplay have announced the support acts for their concerts in Hull and London.
The band are playing two nights at Craven Park in August and 10 performances at Wembley Stadium in late August and early September.
Joining them in Hull will be local artist Chiedu Oraka and Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr.
The Wembley gigs will see Starr, Beabadoobee, Tems, Elyanna, Chloe Qisha and Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela all supporting on different nights across the week.
Hull-born rapper Oraka performed at last year's Glastonbury festival and has recorded many sessions for national and local BBC radio stations.
The former teacher began performing at 16 and his music is about his life growing up on a council estate.
Tickets for both sets of concerts sold out quickly after they were released last year.
Coldplay said that Hull and London would be the only UK and European cities where they would be performing this year.
The band said that 10% of the proceeds from the shows would be donated to the Music Venue Trust, which supports grassroots venues and artists in the UK.
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