Viva La Vida world tour will land in North America, Europe and Japan is set to begin at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center on June 29 and extend well into next year.
Save for the Pemberton Festival in Vancouver on July 27, Coldplay will play arenas in North America, the U.K. and Europe on the tour's first leg. Some North American dates will go on sale May 16-17, but the majority go up June 14, the weekend before “Viva La Vida" is released. Ticket info will be available at www.coldplay.com.
Coldplay will play free concerts in London (June 16 at the Brixton Academy) and New York (June 23 at Madison Square Garden). Information on how to win tickets to these shows will be available at the band's website beginning today (May 9). The contest runs through June 1 and winners will receive notification on June 5.
Roughly 50 shows are planned for North America, followed by Europe and the U.K. Coldplay will also headline the Summer Sonic festival Aug. 9-10 in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. About 90 dates total are expected for this year. More shows are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. “Last time we ended up doing 150 shows; we'll probably end up roughly the same," Coldplay manager Dave Holmes.
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