Classic Chris Martin platitudinous yearning over a disco groove, accompanied by cod-psychedelic visuals, Coldplay’s new single Adventures Of A Lifetime smacks of midlife crisis: a bit undignified, but probably better than continuing with a life that’s seen better days. The band’s seventh album A Head Full Of Dreams is out this Friday, and has been described by Martin as one “it would be fun to shuffle your feet a bit” to. So if you feel like possibly engaging in some extremely light physical activity beneath the rafters of a stadium, the accompanying tour is on sale now (4-18 Jun, tour starts Etihad Stadium, Manchester) …
Field Day visits east London’s Victoria Park once again (E3, 11 & 12 Jun). Saturday’s bill has big names that are a bit more dancey (Four Tet, man of the moment Skepta), while the Sunday sports high-brow nu-heritage rock: this year PJ Harvey and Thurston Moore Band …
Finally, on the off-chance you don’t yet have any winter 2016 plans, The Cure are touring then, so plenty of time to swot up on four decades’ worth of back catalogue (29 Nov 2016, Manchester Arena & 1 Dec, SSE Wembley Arena)
