busybeeburns Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 UPDATE: MAY 9TH 2011 South African shows announced 9 May 2011 6:45 am Dates in Johannesburg and Cape Town in October Good morning. We're very pleased to report that Coldplay will be heading to South Africa in October to play their first ever shows in the country. The dates are as follows: 5th October - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town 8th October - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Tickets go on sale from Computicket.com and 083 915 8000 at 9am (local time) on Thursday 12th May. Anchorman http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=718 Reports - Coldplay to visit South Africa in October 2011 (announcement expected Monday) Coldplay will visit South Africa in October 2011 for two concerts, one in Joburg and one in Cape Town, according to hints from certain local media outlets and DJs overnight. But there is a media embargo on releasing official announcements through the stations until Monday morning - so we've heard. That embargo is being maintained by Prime Media’s radio outlets until tomorrow. Only then will an announcement about a visit by "one of England's biggest arena bands who are coming to South Africa for the first time" (as hinted at on one of the stations yesterday afternoon) be made. Earlier today, 94.7/KFM radio jock Mark Pilgrim also made a number of not so subtle hints about the announcement on-air. His 'clues' included a suggestion that the band has 4 members and that they hail from the United Kingdom. The clincher by far though was his suggestion that one of band members has a child named Apple (Chris Martin does with his wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow). With that sort of information around, it’s really not surprising that well connected people (connected in the interwebs sense) are again in a position to beat the official information release. Suspicions are for earlier in the month rather than later as Coldplay are scheduled to appear at the Rock in Rio festival on 1st October, and could hop across to visit South Africa from there. At least that is what all the rumour and gossip is telling us. You’ve gotta love a good and groovy live concert rumour mill. The promoters and media houses get forced into meeting press release embargoes and the <a href=http://search.twitter.com/search?lang=en&max_id=67119630950465536&page=2&q=coldplay+south+africa target="_blank">Twitterverse</a> gets to talk all they want. Should the information turn out to be accurate – and there’s no obvious reason why it won’t – then the concerts in South Africa will be the only true Coldplay concerts for 2011. All their other scheduled 2011 live appearances so far are at Music Festivals. According to the Bla Bla blog, dates being suggested are for Cape Town only at this stage, and the dats they've picked up is the 5th - a Wednesday. Could it be that Joburg will see weekend dates around those? We’ll wait and see what news Monday brings, and will add the official concert dates and ticket information to this as soon as it is confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanma Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 this is awesome :D HUGE STADIUM over 90 000 people :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Coldplay's Johannesburg concert date angers Jewish fans Coldplay's Johannesburg concert date angers Jewish fans The Johannesburg leg of Coldplay’s South African tour will fall on Yom Kippur and many Jewish fans have already voiced their dissatisfaction, according to the IOL website today. Yom Kippur, which is also known as Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar. Jews traditionally observe a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, with most of the day spent in synagogue services. Irate fans voiced the unhappiness on social networking sites like Twitter. One of the more prominent tweeters, Mandy Wiener, wrote: “The Joburg #Coldplay concert is on the most religious Jewish holiday of the year, Yom Kippur. So no jews can go. Outrageous. @BigConcerts” According to the tour publicist, Penny Stein, the dates were set in accordance with the bands international tour schedule and although it is regrettable that it fell on a religious holiday, there is no question of changing the dates. “Unfortunately it's a case of the band coming from one place and moving to another, and the scheduling was unavoidable. With an artist the size of Coldplay, the dates are set in stone months and months in advance from their touring schedule, and there was nothing that could be done to move them.” she is reported to have said. http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/coldplay-concert-dates-anger-jews-1.1066652 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technicolor Sparks Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 ^ That's ridiculous! :laugh3: Coldplay can't base their concert dates on the schedules of their fans. If the Jewish fans want to go to the concert, there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It's their own problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 ^ That's ridiculous! :laugh3: Coldplay can't base their concert dates on the schedules of their fans. If the Jewish fans want to go to the concert, there is nothing stopping them from doing so. It's their own problem. I couldn't agree more. Next you'll have Christians saying Coldplay shouldn't perform on Sundays.:dozey: Anyway, Christ Martin can do what he likes!:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technicolor Sparks Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Exactly! Besides, I don't think that there are that many Jews in Johannesburg, and obviously not all of them are Coldplay fans. Then if you subtract those who actually would have gone to the concert anyway, there are not enough people left to actually change the date over. :rolleyes: People are so self-centered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 0.2% of the population from what I read from chelsea this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Exactly! Besides, I don't think that there are that many Jews in Johannesburg, and obviously not all of them are Coldplay fans. Then if you subtract those who actually would have gone to the concert anyway, there are not enough people left to actually change the date over. :rolleyes: People are so self-centered. Or brainwashed.:dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 0.2% of the population from what I read from chelsea this morning! Yep, 0.2% of the population of South Africa is Jewish. I worked it out, that amounts to about 100,000 people. The stadium they're playing in can HOLD about that many people. I bet like 10 Jewish Johannesburg residents maximum were going to go to this show anyway...and those 10ish people are perfectly within their rights to be disappointed, but to petition for a date change for a problem that affects a tiny, tiny fraction of the population is ridiculous to me. If the concert was in Jerusalem, or NYC, or even most places in the US, I could see why that would have been bad scheduling on Coldplay's part. But Johannesburg? :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r25d01 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 You can't take EVERYTHING into consideration. I understand disappointments but nobody can be blamed for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 From Big Concerts: HI COLDPLAY FANS! The maximum amount of tickets allowed per person for purchase is as follows: 20 per person at the Computicket outlets 8 per person trhough the call centre 8 per person online Get your tickets ASAP!! Johannesburg – presented by 94.7 Highveld Stereo and M-Net Saturday 8th October 2011 FNB Stadium Johannesburg Tickets from R270 – R635 Johannesburg Stage Setup + Prices:. http://eurotrashmusic.co/2011/events/coldplay-south-africa-tour-news-dates/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kmm1482 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 You can't take EVERYTHING into consideration. I understand disappointments but nobody can be blamed for it I'm pissed!!! They didn't take into account the fact that I couldn't go!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairycat101 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Tickets going on sale this morning at 9am, which is an hour and a half from now! Friend and I are off to queue a bit earlier, as we are hoping for Golden Circle. Wish me luck :) Regarding the issue of the Jewish fans, as many people have pointed out on the Big Concerts facebook page, Cape Town is a simple 90 minute flight :) Edit: got my tickets!!!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanma Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ^ :dance: Thats Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanma Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Over half of Coldplay tickets sold: Big Concerts says South Africans fans have already snapped up 60 percent of ... bit.ly/ltmklA Over 100 000 tickets on sale For both shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeious Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 so am i the only coldplayer going to jhb on the 8th?:laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lutzno Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 cpt 5th :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairycat101 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 jhb the 8th :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeious Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 fairy cat where are you seated? ill be there too!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairycat101 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 ^ I'm lucky enough to have gotten golden circle standing tickets :) and you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanma Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 You're so lucky :wacko: Is it sold out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeious Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 im gonna find my way down there lol i hope i bump into you... the tickets got sold out for the golden cirlce the day they went on sale i think. sorry juanma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairycat101 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Oh that's great, maybe we will bump into each other in the queue or something :) @ juanma, yes, golden circle sold out within about 35 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanma Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I meant the gig.. Not Golden circle :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairycat101 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 ^ ah sorry! As far as I know, all the standing tickets are sold out, but I think there might still be a few seats available. And the promoters usually release a bunch of new tickets closer to the date as well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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