British music giants Coldplay may have pledged to half their touring carbon footprint – but that hasn’t stopped fans travelling an astonishing 18.8 million miles to catch the band’s shows.

Whilst Chris Martin and his crew claim to have cut emissions by 59% compared with their previous world tour it seems their fans are travelling further distances than ever to catch the band in action.

New research by secondary ticket site Viagogo claims that “fans embraced global gig-tripping like…