Details Released For Free Madison Square Garden & Brixton Academy Show
Tickets On Coldplay.com
LOS ANGELES, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coldplay announce their
"Viva La Vida" North American Tour in support of their new album of the
same name, which will be released on June 17th. The tour, which will be
produced by Live Nation, will kick off on June 29th in Philadelphia, PA.
Ticket information is available at http://www.coldplay.com or at
http://www.livenation.com.
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Before kicking off the "Viva La Vida" tour, Coldplay will play free
concerts in London (June 16th at the Brixton Academy) and New York (June
23rd at Madison Square Garden). Information on how to win tickets to these
shows will be available at http://www.coldplay.com beginning today. The
contest will run May 9th through June 1st. Winners will receive
notification on June 5th.
Viva La Vida, Coldplay's upcoming album, will be released by Capitol
Music Group on June 17th. Produced by Brian Eno and Markus Dravs, the
record is the follow-up to 2005's X&Y, which debuted at #1 in 32 countries
and has sold 10 million copies worldwide to date.
The album's lead single "Violet Hill" was downloaded by two million
people during the recent one-week period in which the band made the song
available to fans for free. It is now for sale at all digital retailers and
is quickly rising to the top of the charts at Modern Rock and AAA radio.
Coldplay will perform "Violet Hill" on the "TODAY" show on NBC on Friday,
June 27th. Fans are encouraged to check out the performance in person.
Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside the show's Window on
the World Studio, located at 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza in New York
City. The band will also perform on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart" on June 26th.
"(Lead singer Chris) Martin broods over a lost lover with a snarling
acidity that makes him sound more human than ever -- miles away from the
dreamy romantic he was on soaring ballads like 'Speed of Sound,'" said
Rolling Stone, naming "Violet Hill" a must-have in a recent "Downloads"
column. "Jonny Buckland rips jagged, bluesy riffs that match Martin's mood
while drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman maintain a stalking
beat ... primal rock & roll." The Los Angeles Times pronounced the single a
"promising return," also marveling at its harder edge.
Upcoming tour dates are as follows:
COLDPLAY - "VIVA LA VIDA" NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
(all dates are subject to change)
Date City Venue Public On Sale Date
6/29 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center 5/16
7/2 Washington, DC Verizon Center 5/17
7/3 Hartford, CT XL Center 5/17
7/5 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills 5/17
7/6 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 5/17
7/8 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 5/17
7/9 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 5/17
7/10 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center 5/16
7/12 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena 5/17
7/19 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 5/17
7/21 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
7/24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
7/27 Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival
7/29 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
7/30 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
8/1 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
8/3 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
8/4 Chicago, IL United Center
10/20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
10/21 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
10/26 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
10/29 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
10/30 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
11/3 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
11/11 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
11/18 Houston, TX Toyota Center
11/19 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
11/21 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
11/22 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
For new Coldplay photos, please visit http://www.capitolpub.net
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