At the height of their powers, Coldplay swapped mega-stadiums for a Hull rugby ground - and made it feel just as epic, showing that intimacy can be every bit as powerful as scale.

Hull-born rapper Chiedu Oraka, one of Coldplay's support acts, is on stage sound checking ahead of the concert later. He performed at last year's Glastonbury festival and has recorded many sessions for national and local BBC stations.

As Coldplay’s notorious Kisscam roamed the stands of Hull’s Craven Park Stadium, the locals puckered up to get their faces on the big screen. The audience focused camera caused a controversy when it caught an adulterous couple in its glare at a concert in Massachusetts in July, but it certainly didn’t make their Yorkshire audience wary.

Coldplay had an impressive first night in Hull on Monday as they took to the stage of Sewell Group Craven Park as part of the Music of the Spheres world tour. For night two, Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion will once again perform for their European leg of the tour in the city.

A group of volunteers received free tickets to see Coldplay perform in Hull as part of the band's Music of the Spheres World Tour. Twenty volunteers from Hull CVC, a voluntary sector support charity, were invited to celebrate the "hard work" they put into the city.

New public artwork celebrates 25 years of Coldplay’s hit Yellow and kicks off their record-breaking UK tour with 58 golden-hued steps at Wembley Park.

A local choir from across Yorkshire was shocked after receiving an onstage shout out from Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin - who gifted members 120 free tickets.

Chris Martin is reflecting on the viral Coldplay ‘debacle’ as he jokes about former Astronomer CEO Andy Bryan and HR executive Kristin Cabot’s intimate moment.The frontman,