Coldplay is set to hit the stage at Auckland's Eden Park later tonight, with over 50,000 people being expected to attend.

Extra public transport services are scheduled and fans will have the option to walk down a trail from the CBD - but traffic will be heavy.

Auckland Unlimited's head of major events, Michelle Hooper, says the headliners are expected to start about 8.15pm.

"They are absolutely global icons - and I'm just so pumped that Auckland's buzzing at the moment as a city. Coldplay are such loyalists to Auckland."

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