February 1, 201214 yr Coldplay expected to announce Australian tour in late 2012 by: Kathy McCabe, Music Editor From: The Daily Telegraph February 01, 2012 9:20AM 17 comments To tour Australia ... Coldplay's Chris Martin is playing two shows in Sydney later this month before national tour later in year. (AP Photo/Paul White) Source: AP ROCKERS Coldplay are expected to announce an Australian tour for late 2012 during a quick visit to Sydney this month. The supergroup, whose single Paradise is the biggest hit of their 15-year career, will head to Sydney directly after performing at the Grammys on February 12. Chris Martin and mates will play intimate shows for radio station 2DAY FM and Sunrise during their two-day visit on February 16 and 17, which is being sponsored by Huawei Mobile. Bands once regarded corporate sponsorship as "selling out" but Sydney would have lost Lady Gaga's Monster Hall concert and The Pussycat Dolls' Sydney Opera House gala if Vodafone and X-Box respectively hadn't picked up the tab. Coldplay played at Splendour In The Grass six months ago on the eve of finishing their record Mylo Xyloto, which went double platinum yesterday. Martin will be hoping the tour gives Paradise the push it needs to make it to the top of the charts, which would give Coldplay their first No.1 single in Australia. He has joked he is jealous his wife Gwyneth Paltrow beat him to that feat - with her Huey Lewis duet Cruisin' reaching No.1 here in 2000. http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/coldplay-expected-to-announce-australian-tour-in-late-2012-during-trip-to-sydney-this-month/story-e6frg30l-1226259370435
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