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Camp Randall Stadium to play host to famous rock band in July, 2025

Camp Randall Stadium to play host to famous rock band in July, 2025

Camp Randall Stadium will host the famous rock band Coldplay during its Music of the Spheres World Tour 2025 on Saturday, July 19, 2025.

This will mark the first concert at Camp Randall Stadium since Oct. 6, 1997, when the iconic football venue played host to The Rolling Stones during its Blues Traveler show.

Camp Randall Stadium also hosted Pink Floyd, Genesis and U2 in the 1980s and 1990s. But after the Stones came to town in 1997, the stadium experienced an extended drought in shows due to low attendance rates and the popularity of other venues in places like Milwaukee and Chicago.

Next summer’s show in Madison is one of 10 added North American shows slated to take place in May, June, and July 2025. The band will also play at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, Allegiant Field in Las Vegas, Nevada and Stanford Stadium in California.

The presale for tickets begins on Friday, Oct. 11 at 9 a.m. CT. The general sale begins Friday, Oct. 11 at noon CT.

Top 10 musical artists that need to perform at Notre Dame Stadium

Who do you want to see play in South Bend?

According to the website setlist.fm, Johnny Cash was the first artist to play at Notre Dame Stadium in 1977. That would be the last musical performance at the stadium until Chicago played at halftime of the Irish’s 2017 game against USC. Since then, Chicago has come back for one other game, and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have played there twice apiece. Weezer appeared there for the 2019 Winter Classic, and Billy Joel played a full show there in 2022.

Other than that, Notre Dame Stadium has a very paltry history when it comes to hosting big musical acts. I don’t know or care what’s behind that. I just want to see Notre Dame Stadium become a hot spot for concerts like most other stadiums around the world are when they don’t have games to host. Plus, such things only can be a boost to South Bend’s economy, and those shouldn’t have to happen only during football season.

Here are 10 artists I believe need to add Notre Dame Stadium to their next tour: