Coldplay Cancels Concert Postponed By Hurricane Harvey

HOUSTON, TX — The Coldplay concert postponed because of Hurricane Harvey will not happen after all, the band announced Friday morning. The show was originally scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 25 at NRG Stadium. The band didn't postpone it until the morning of Aug. 25, a few hours before Harvey slammed the Texas coast as a powerful Category 4 storm that evening.

The band announced through Twitter this morning they cancelled the show so everyone could get a refund, but they'd make sure everyone who had tickets for the next time they play Houston.

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"Hello everyone,

We’re very sorry that we weren’t able to play our show in Houston on August 25 due to Hurricane Harvey.
We’ve decided to cancel the show so that everyone can get a refund – but we will make sure that everyone who had tickets for the August 25 show will have priority access for the next time we play in Houston.
We send our love to everyone in Houston and everyone affected by the hurricane.
Love Coldplay"

Hurricane Harvey was a Category 2 storm churning toward Category 3 status expected to make landfall on the evening Coldplay was originally scheduled to play. Houston was expected to take on a little more than 15 inches of rain in some places. The storm became so much more powerful and the rain epic as Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 and dumped more than 50 inches of rain in several places around Houston.

The band wrote on its Twitter page on Aug. 25: "Hi everyone in Houston. We really wanted to play tonight, but sitting here all together watching the news about the storm we feel that we can't ask anyone to put their safety at risk. So, sadly, we will have to postpone"

Here are some Tweets and messages surrounding the initial postponement on Aug. 25.

Top image: Chris Martin of Coldplay performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.

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