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Heavily pregnant Hull woman pleads for ticket swap to see Coldplay
A heavily pregnant woman has issued a plea for someone to swap Coldplay tickets with her so she can still see them perform in Sheppard and husband Josh were thrilled last year to secure much sought after standing tickets to see Coldplay perform on 19 August at Craven Park with just three weeks to go before their daughter is expected to enter the world, Ms Sheppard said she was in no condition to stand for the entirety of the to fans with seated tickets to agree to a swap, she said: "Standing for five hours in this heat would not be very fun for me really but I would still like to go if we can. Hopefully, someone will take pity on us."
Pleading to viewers on BBC Look North, Mrs Sheppard, from Hull, said: "I would really, really like some seated tickets swapping for our standing. Think of my ankles, please!"The UK shows - which are completely sold out - are part of the band's European leg on their Music of the Spheres World Tour, which started in will take to the stage at Craven Park Stadium – the tour's second-to-last stop – on 18 and 19 August, before finishing with the final 10 concerts at Wembley.
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