Coldplay's UK tour dates expected to sell out within THREE minues

The general sale for Coldplay tickets for the European winter tour begins this Friday at 9.30am and viagogo predicts that the UK dates will sell out in just THREE minutes.

Remember: There will be a special ticket pre-sale for Coldplay online fans for each of the shows - the German show presale started today - the rest will follow tomorrow (Thursday). To access it, click the discussion links below and find details for all shows - and at the date/time stated enter the code MYLOXYLOTIX. The pre-sale is important if you want to maximise your chances of getting tickets - Viagogo warns that desperate fans are likely to fall victim of scam sites, preying on fans who miss out on tickets the first time around.

In 2009, Coldplay played just three stadium dates and sold out Wembley in just two minutes and in 2005, Coldplay's five date tour sold out in twenty minutes. Coldplay was the number one band search term post festival season this year ' moving up 20 places prior to the start of festival season in June, and after being voted top festival headliner by BBC6 Music this week, viagogo predicts that fans will see overwhelming competition for tickets, with just over 50,000 tickets going on sale.

The tickets that are on sale on Friday September 23rd at 9.30am, are priced from £47.50 + fees (onsale 9am Friday for European dates). The general sale will begin on Friday morning for all shows. Read on for the full tour itinery now...

Coldplay UK & European tour dates for December 2011 are as follows:

UK Dates

3 December - Glasgow, SECC [discussion]

4 December - Manchester, MEN Arena [discussion]

9 December - London, O2 Arena [discussion]

European Dates

14 December - Paris, Bercy [discussion]

15 December - Cologne, Lanxess Arena [discussion]

17 December - Rotterdam, Ahoy [discussion]

18 December - Antwerp, Sportpaleis [discussion]

20 December - Frankfurt, Festhalle [discussion]

21 December - Berlin, O2 World Arena [discussion]