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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 12th.
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The US tour will kick off on June 29th in Philadelphia, PA. Ticket information is available at http://www.coldplay.com. British/European dates will be announced shortly.
Before kicking off the ‘Viva La Vida’ tour, Coldplay will play free concerts in London (June 16th at 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 from May 9th through to June 1st. Winners will receive notification on June 5th.
Viva La Vida, Coldplay’s forthcoming album, will be released by Parlophone on June 12th. 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.
Coldplay will perform ‘Violet Hill’ on the ‘TODAY’ show on NBC on Friday, June 27th. US 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.’
COLDPLAY – ‘VIVA LA VIDA’ NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Upcoming US tour dates are as follows:
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 Jobbing.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
7/25 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
11/7 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
11/8 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
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 Arena
11/22 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie model. She recently appeared as a contestant on the ITV reality TV series I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and is recognisable as one of the most prominent celebrity glamour models in the UK.
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The Welsh star is reportedly having secret singing lessons in a bid to rediscover the remarkable voice which first catapulted her to stardom at the age of 12.
A source said: “Charlotte wants to get back to the songs which launched her career in the first place. “She is fed up with the pop stuff she’s done and the scene has moved on since then anyway.”
Charlotte burst onto the music scene in 1998 with her debut album ‘Voice of an Angel’, which featured her singing a series of arias and traditional pieces. She went on to release four more hugely successful records over the next four years, selling a massive 10 million albums worldwide.
In 2005, she ditched her classical sound to make pop record ‘Tissues and Issues’, which featured hit single ‘Crazy Chick’. The album reached a disappointing number 14 on the UK album charts.
In 2006, Charlotte left her record label Sony in what was described as a mutual decision. Charlotte is in a long-term relationship with Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson, with who she has a six-month-old daughter Ruby. source music-news.com
The ‘You’re Beautiful’ singer injured himself after jumping into the crowd at a concert in Ashville, North Carolina, in the US, and being mobbed by excited fans last month.
He said: “I don’t know what made me do it. I jumped off stage at the end and was chased by women, and men, in the crowd. I started running, and the next thing I knew I had broken my finger.
“I don’t even know how I did it. I can’t play the piano but I can still play the guitar with my remaining fingers!” Despite his injury, Blunt is still planning to fulfil his plans to perform for troops in Kosovo - where he served as part of the NATO peacekeeping force in 1999 as an officer in the British Army.
He said: “It makes sense for me to do that because I served there.” This will not be the first time Blunt has played a concert in Kosovo. In 2006, he performed in front of 500 troops on a bill which also included opera star Katherine Jenkins.
source: music-news.com