Britain’s best-selling band to launch new UK experience that’s like stepping into a music video
A NEW experience in the UK is set to open this month and it’s great news for Coldplay fans.
The attraction will be the first of its kind for the band, based on their No. 1 album Moon Music.
A Film For The Future is a 360-degree visual show of the album itself, showcased at both Lightroom London an Aviva Studios in Manchester.
Inside are 36ft projections across the four walls, creating a “kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt” experience lasting 44 minutes.
Dubbed a “multimedia tapestry,” the effects have been created by 150 visual artists from 45 countries, based on the music of the album.
Ben More, executive producer of the event who also directed a music video for the band, said the film is “jaw-dropping”.
Coldplay also said: “We’re extremely grateful to all the amazing artists who lent their visual genius to this film.
“They’ve made something very beautiful and we’re extremely proud of it.”
Starting from January 22, tickets range from £15 to £25 with cheaper ones for students and and under 18s.
The London event will run until February 21, while Manchester’s will end on January 25.
It’s not just the UK it is showing at, but also the Lightroom venue in Seoul as well, but only until January 31.
Coldplay have been dubbed the biggest band of the last decade, according to the BBC, having sold 100 million albums and won more than 300 awards.
But they have since confirmed – on the release of their 10th album – that they will likely split after just a few more releases.
Frontman Chris Martin said: “We are only going to do 12 proper albums and that’s real. Yeah. I promise.
“Because less is more. And for some of our critics, even less would be even more! It’s really important that we have that limit.”
The band is set to play 10 nights at Wembley next year – beating the number set by Taylor Swift and Take That.
Here’s everything you need to know about their shows.
Other interactive experiences in the UK include The Otherworld, which first opened in London in 2019.
Calling itself the “world’s most immersive experience,” it has already expanded to Birmingham with new locations including Manchester and Dublin.
Also dubbed a ‘digital theme park,’ inside are 16 VR games and experiences set in other worlds.
The UK's best indoor attractions
The UK's unpredictable weather means finding indoor activities is essential for parents treating their kids to a day out.
Here’s a list of some of the best attractions found firmly underneath a roof in the country.
Empire of the Sea Dragon Indoor Zone
This play area claims to be the biggest indoor play park in the UK.
The entertainment hub is home to five floors, with slides, rope bridges, swings, net towers and rides.
There’s also the Trauma Tower, which Empire of the Sea claim is the “best indoor ride in Devon” because of its huge 50ft drop.
Other indoor rides at the Devonshire-based indoor play area include a Ferris Wheel and a Submarine Ride.
Play Factore
This indoor play zone claims to have been designed especially “to provide families with a state of the art active indoor play arena to play in together”.
Included in its attractions are the tallest standing indoor slide in the UK, as well as a full indoor laser tag arena, interactive trampolines and zip wires.
In addition to the UK’s tallest indoor slide, it also has the country’s largest indoor play frame, made up of a network of tunnels, slides and obstacles, including giant bubble balls, spider nets and rollers.
What’s more, for kids more into playing ball sports, it has a football pitch and a basketball court built into the play frame.
Gravity Max
Gravity Max has sites in both the north and south of the UK, including in Liverpool, Castleford and Wandsworth.
It also recently opened a brand new one in East London at the Westfield Shopping Centre.
The main draw of the site is its E-karting super track, which runs on two separate tracks across multiple levels, offering various different racing experiences.
It also has Tokyo-style arcades covering almost an entire floor of their own upstairs.
There’s also a nine-hole Coca-Cola minigolf course, which requires players to tap their club in before starting, so each shot can be counted digitally, meaning no cheating is able to take place.
Meanwhile, upstairs, the Heineken sports bar is found, which has private booths to allow those who have booked them to have their own choice of music, as well as their own TV screens to watch their choice of sport.
There is also the Paradox Museum – here is what Travel Reporter Hope Brotherton thought when she went down.
And last year, the new The Outernet experience became London’s most visited attraction.