March 2, 201412 yr Coldplay to perform at iTunes Festival at SXSW 19 February 2014 2:30 pm Concert in Austin on 11 March Good afternoon. We're very pleased to announce that Coldplay will perform at iTunes Festival at SXSW, on 11 March. The show will take place at ACL Moody Theatre in Austin, Texas. The performance will be available to watch worldwide* for free as a live and on-demand stream via the iTunes Store on Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The show can also be seen in the iTunes Festival app on your iOS device or in HD with Apple TV. For more information, please click here. Tickets to the show are not available to purchase, but we will be giving away 50 pairs of tickets via Coldplay.com later this week. Anchorman * The concert will be running in 104 countries where iTunes is available, but unfortunately iTunes is not able to stream it in Bahrain, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates or Uzbekistan. ps - we've also unveiled this new photo of the band today (it was taken by Anton Corbijn) ----------------- Speaking about the band's performance, Coldplay drummer Will Champion says: "We're really looking forward to the first ever iTunes Festival in the US, and are thrilled to be asked to play on the opening night. It’s a great honour for our band and we hope everyone has a fantastic time." link ----------------- <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Get excited. <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay">@coldplay</a> kicks off the first night of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23itunesfestival&src=hash">#itunesfestival</a> at SXSW on 3/11. <a href="http://t.co/yuhwiwrwIo">http://t.co/yuhwiwrwIo</a> <a href="http://t.co/MttawzH7kw">pic.twitter.com/MttawzH7kw</a></p>— iTunes Festival (@itunesfestival) <a href="https://twitter.com/itunesfestival/statuses/436168342182068224">February 19, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>This is huge. <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay">@coldplay</a> performs at <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23itunesfestival&src=hash">#itunesfestival</a> at SXSW on 3/11. Watch free on iTunes. <a href="http://t.co/W5noKg1Mc9">http://t.co/W5noKg1Mc9</a> <a href="http://t.co/g4nNXl76Lb">pic.twitter.com/g4nNXl76Lb</a></p>— iTunes Music (@iTunesMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/iTunesMusic/statuses/436168343574564864">February 19, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>WIN TICKETS for Coldplay's <a href="https://twitter.com/itunesfestival">@iTunesFestival</a> show in Austin, Texas on 11 March. Enter now at <a href="http://t.co/lC63BaGOwM">http://t.co/lC63BaGOwM</a> A</p>— Coldplay (@coldplay) <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay/statuses/436564471885340672">February 20, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> ----------------- Win tickets to the iTunes Festival show 20 February 2014 6:19 pm We have 50 pairs of tickets to give away Good evening. As we announced yesterday, Coldplay will play a show at the iTunes Festival in Austin, Texas on 11 March. Tickets will not be available to buy, but we have just opened our contest to win one of 50 pairs of tickets which we have to give away to Coldplay fans. Click here to enter. Entries close at 5pm GMT on Thursday, 27 February. Please only enter if you are able to get to Austin for the show. Good luck! Anchorman ----------------- ----------------- <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/kristine082701">@kristine082701</a> Yes, absolutely. But please don't enter unless you can definitely make it to Austin for the show. A</p>— Coldplay (@coldplay) <a href="https://twitter.com/coldplay/statuses/436940880000589824">February 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/ernesto_grey">@ernesto_grey</a> The competition closed before the video went up</p>— The Oracle (@ColdplayOracle) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColdplayOracle/statuses/439056357015420928">February 27, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> ----------------- Times around the world
March 2, 201412 yr Author I applied for tickets because YOLO but plane tickets have gone up quite a lot since so I kinda hope I don't win.
March 2, 201412 yr I applied for tickets because YOLO but plane tickets have gone up quite a lot since so I kinda hope I don't win. Hahaha! I wanted to do the same but then I'd have to live on water and bread for the rest of the year (which means no tickets to possible other gigs nearby). And my parents would probably kill me. And I have a fulltime internship. :\ Good luck in (not?) winning, Tash :lol:
March 2, 201412 yr Applied and hope they give priority to Texas people. :D Even if I don't win, still going to Austin to stalk and try and BS my way in. :P
March 2, 201412 yr Got my fingers, toes and eyes crossed for all of you that tried for tix! Especially for the Texans! Hoping you guys find out soon! it's torture!!
March 2, 201412 yr I entered, and then found out my boyfriend wouldn't be able to fly out there with me since it's past the timeframe for him to request time off from work. If I won the tickets, I'd still go, but I'm more than ok with it if I don't get to. I'd normally be ok with flying out by myself, but I'm 6 and a half months pregnant now and not really up for a solo vacation to a city I'm not familiar with. :\
March 2, 201412 yr I'm guessing they'll wait til last minute to notify. Probably Monday before show. Anyone traveling be warned, the festival is on so there are very few hotels available and all the prices are 5 times the normal fees.
March 2, 201412 yr I applied as well. Who knows if I can get to Texas from Virginia, but if I win, I will hitchhike.
March 2, 201412 yr Author I'm guessing they'll wait til last minute to notify. Probably Monday before show. If that's the case then I definitely won't be able to go.
March 3, 201412 yr Attention everyone: if you win and don't have anyone to go with... I'll be in Austin already for SXSW and have a hotel room right next to the venue at the W. I'll pay for your flight and cover the hotel (and even throw a little extra $ in for your troubles).. Money is no object to me when it comes to Coldplay, and I'll pay anything to get into this concert. Three of my favorite bands in one night, it is LIFE CHANGING. Anyways, good luck to you all! I'm going to enter the badge lottery too, which reminds me, if any Coldplayers are in Austin during the week, we should meet up!
March 3, 201412 yr Sorry to throw money around, I feel stupid... But the bottom line is, I want to experience this show with another Coldplayer, because we all know that venue will be full of snobs who don't particularly care for Coldplay, but who won the lottery or know someone at a record label.
March 3, 201412 yr Is there a posting anywhere on this site where it lists all the times that this live stream will happen in all of the cities around the world? More specifically, I'm looking at what time it will start in Los Angeles, CA. I just don't want to miss this show!!! :p Thanks in advance!
March 3, 201412 yr Author Is there a posting anywhere on this site where it lists all the times that this live stream will happen in all of the cities around the world? More specifically, I'm looking at what time it will start in Los Angeles, CA. I just don't want to miss this show!!! :p Thanks in advance! I thought I added that to the first post but I guess I forgot. I will post a link in a minute : ) edit: here you go!
March 4, 201412 yr Author You most likely can as soon as they release iOS 7.1. Or you can just watch it on your laptop/desktop.
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