Coldplay has collaborated with FC Barcelona’s sponsor Spotify to create a new shirt design inspired by their latest album, ‘Moon Music’.
The band, known as ‘WE PRAY’, will feature on the shirts that Barcelona will wear during the El Clasico match against Real Madrid on October 26. The women’s team, Barcelona Femeni, will also don the unique kit for their match against Eibar in Liga F on November 2.
The partnership between Coldplay and Barcelona dates back to the team’s 2008-09 Treble-winning season when the band’s song ‘Viva La Vida’ became an unofficial anthem for the club. To commemorate Barca’s founding year in 1899, only 1899 shirts will be made available.
Additionally, there will be 22 special glow-in-the-dark jerseys, 11 signed by the men’s team and 11 by the women’s team, with proceeds going to The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in collaboration with La Li.
Coldplay are the latest band to sponsor Barcelona as the team have incorporated Drake and The Rolling Stones into their famous kits in previous years.
The group said in a statement: “We’re honoured that Spotify has chosen to feature our Moon Music design on the shirt of FC Barcelona. We’ve had a special relationship with the city and the club for many years. We’re also proud to support the UNHCR in their life-saving work to protect refugees and displaced people around the world. Heartfelt thanks to Spotify and FC Barcelona for making this happen.”
Juli Guiu, VP Marketing at FC Barcelona, said: “We are delighted that through our partnership with Spotify, that Coldplay will feature on the FC Barcelona shirt for El Clásico. The band and the club have a mutual love which stretches back many years from the band visiting training sessions, to Barça players watching Coldplay live in Barcelona over the years, to the band’s music soundtracking some of the club’s best moments.”
