Surprise! COLDPLAY To Tour Again in the US

      MUSIC NEWS  - Coldplay has announced the next leg of its North American tour earlier than expected with a 24-city spring run. Starting off on off May 15 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL, and finally breaking on June 20 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, BC.  Highlights for the spring run include a May 17 gig at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA, a May 26 event at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ and a June 6 concert at Sommet Center in Nashville, TN. 

Coldplay had previously announced a quick summer 2009 tour that will visit cities across the US and Canada. That portion of tour starts up on July 10 at the Amphitheater at Clark Cty in Ridgefield, WA, and closes August 9 at Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, FL.  As a "breather" between spring and summer North American tours, they'll perform a few European music festivals, followed by a European tour through the late summer. Coldplay is now on a month-long tour of the Asia-Pacific region, with upcoming stops in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore to promote its 4th studio album, 2008's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends".

In addition to all their gigging, Coldplay has also booked some studio time, though drummer Will Champion noted that a follow-up to "Viva La Vida" (buy copy here) isn't likely soon.  "It's a very strange time for the way people listen to music. It's getting more and more fragmented, with people buying single songs rather than albums," he noted in an interview on their site,  Coldplay.com. "In many ways, it's going back to the way it was originally, where people would release singles and then an album was a collection of singles."  Champion added, "We want to do something totally revolutionary, that hasn't been done before. We're writing with a view towards that. But what that is, we don't yet know."

Coldplay 2009 Tour Itinerary (All  dates are subject to change) -

May 15	West Palm Beach, FL	Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 17	Atlanta, GA	Lakewood Amphitheatre
May 18	Pelham, AL	Verizon Wireless Center Birmingham
May 20	Virginia Beach, VA	Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
May 21	Bristow, VA	Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
May 23	Hartford, CT	Meadows Music Theater
May 24	Hershey, PA	Hersheypark Stadium
May 26	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
May 27	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
May 29	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain
May 30	Burgettstown, PA	Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 1	Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 2	Clarkston, MI	DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 4	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
June 5	Noblesville, IN	Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 6	Nashville, TN	Sommet Center
June 9	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Arena
June 10	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
June 12	Des Moines, IA	Wells Fargo Arena
June 13	Omaha, NE	Qwest Center Omaha
June 15	Winnipeg, MB	MTS Centre
June 17	Calgary, AB	Pengrowth Saddledome
June 18	Edmonton, AB	Northlands AgriCom Arena
June 20	Vancouver, BC	General Motors Place
July 10	Ridgefield, WA	The Amphitheater at Clark County
July 11	Quincy, WA	Gorge Amphitheatre
July 13	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 14	Wheatland, CA	Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 16	Chula Vista, CA	Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 18	Carson, CA	The Home Depot Center
July 21	Dallas, TX	Superpages.com Center
July 22	The Woodlands, TX	The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 24	Maryland Heights, MO	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
July 25	East Troy, WI	Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 30	Toronto, ON	Rogers Centre
August 3	Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center
August 6	Raleigh, NC	Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 7	Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 9	Tampa, FL	Ford Amphitheatre

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Vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/backing vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion put together a vast selection in their Discography of Coldplay albums, singles and EP's.