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Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued into Canada for a few days last night as they played the huge Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON. There was HUGE anticipation for this show as evidenced by the Toronto thread which reached over 120 pages of discussion BEFORE the show even arrived. Roadie #42 tweeted a picture of the venue before the show - see the picture after the jump. Will Champion turns 31 today and there were on-stage celebrations as Coldplay's fifth member, Phil Harvey, brought a birthday cak

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued on the West Coast last night as they played at the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco, CA, the first in a series of five consecutive Californian shows (not including the 'not-so-secret' show on the 19th at Capitol Records!). The Coldplay-shaped puppets were out and about again, this time in sunny San Fransisco - see those pictures after the jump. Roadie #42 also posted two videos during and after the show which you can watch here at the Coldplay Live f

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued on the West Coast last night as they played at the Sleep Train Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA, the second in a series of five consecutive Californian shows (not including the 'not-so-secret' show on the 19th at Capitol Records!). All quiet from the puppets, Guy and Roadie #42. No major changes to the normal arena setlist except that Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again, and Sitting on the Dock of the Bay was added to Will's acoustic s

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued across North America last night as they played at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY, in a rearranged date from May that was postponed due to an illness in the band. The Coldplay-shaped puppets were seen clowning around a Wisconsin clown - see all those pictures after the jump. No major changes to the setlist as Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again. The Hardest Part was played on the main stage and not the B-stage as has previously been exp

Coldplay's Viva La Vida stadium tour arrived in Switzerland as they played at the Stade de Suisse in Bern. No major changes to the usual setlist. Coldplay had a few friends present at the show - rain, thunder and lightning. The Coldplay-shaped puppets were last seen saying "hooray for Udine" and "going for the Bern" - see those pictures after the jump.   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)   Setlist: (unconfirmed)   Life In Technicolor Violet

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour arrived in Italy as they played at the Stadio Friuli in Udine. No major changes to the usual setlist - thanks to Coldplayzone for blogging the set in real time. Miller was seen filming the aforementioned balloons and crowns choreography, and the final verse of Violet Hill was dedicated to the Italian people. During the acoustic stage Chris Martin commented how much Italians like making love!   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the ne

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued thorugh North America last night as they played at the website-advertised Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX. Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again, and a surprise inclusion in the setlist was the appearance of... Trouble... which replaced The Hardest Part.   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)   Setlist: [thanks TheAngie]   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yellow

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour is closing in on its conclusion to the third North American leg as they played at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh, NC last night. The Coldplay-shaped puppets were last seen enjoying themselves on the Coney Island rides - see those pictures after the jump. No major changes to the arena/amphitheater setlist as Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again. A problem with Twitpic prevents us from posting any decent live pictures (due to T

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour is closing in on its conclusion to the third North American leg as they played at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC last night, with only the Tampa show to go. The Coldplay-shaped puppets were last seen going for a police car ride in Charlotte - see those pictures after the jump. No major changes to the arena/amphitheater setlist as Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again. Thanks to iriden who captured these amazing pictures from

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued on the West Coast last night as they played at the magnificent Home Depot Center in Carson, CA, the fifth and final show in a series of five consecutive Californian appearances. No major changes to the normal arena setlist except that Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again.   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yellow

Coldplay's Viva La Vida tour continued across North America last night as they played at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MO. Billie Jean replaced I'm A Believer in the acoustic set again, and The Hardest Part replaced Trouble.   [discussion] [photos] [videos] [wiki reviews/setlist] (updated over the next 24-48 hours)   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Yellow Glass Of Water Cemeteries Of London 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your

Coldplay's Viva La Vida stadium tour arrived at the massive Wembley stadium for the first of two consecutive concerts in London. This show was recorded for a DVD after the Barcelona film was scrapped following sound problems. Once again Jay-Z made a special appearance during Lost. No other major changes to the setlist. Simon Pegg made an appearance during the acoustic set on the C-stage and wore his own military outfit. See more pictures from the front of the C-stage after the jump. Check out th

Coldplay's Viva La Vida stadium tour ended in spectacular fashion last night at the massive Wembley stadium in the second of two consecutive concerts in London. Torrential rain arrived just as the band took to the stage and didn't subside until well into the set. Once again Jay-Z made a special appearance during Lost but Simon Pegg did not return for the acoustic set on the C-stage. See more C-stage photos at the Coldplay Live forum and also after the jump. Chris, Jonny, Will, Guy AND phil gave

Coldplay returned to Europe last night as they performed at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas for the Amex Unstaged concert, in Madrid (26th October 2011). Coldplay, due to top the charts with new album Mylo Xyloto this weekend, launched their latest release with an outdoor show at Madrid's premier bull ring. As fans at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas arena came under a hail of ticker tape, balloons and heavy rain showers, frontman Chris Martin told them: "We have the best fans in the world no q

Coldplay headlined the Spanish BBK Live festival in Bilbao last night (7th July 2011) with no reported setlist changes from the previous show in Portugal. We say 'reported', because the online stream that was anticipated from EITB was pulled at the last minute. According to the Spanish radio, it was Coldplay's audio technician who refused permission for the stream, TV or radio coverage of the show. However, you can see a little bit of the show here and here via Spanish media websites ABC and EIT

Coldplay played their first ever concert in South Africa last night as they rocked the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town (5th October 2011). They now head to Johannesburg for the second South Africa concert this Saturday (8th October) before heading home to the release of their fifth album, Mylo Xyloto.   It was a brilliant show by the majority of Twitter reviewers, however some still had cause for concern over sound problems according to some on Twitter, with most complaints coming from the back o

Coldplay played the second of their two stadium concerts in South Africa as they played the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg last night (8th October 2011). They now home to the UK before heading back to the US for the Today Show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on 21st October - and then the release of their fifth album, Mylo Xyloto on 24th October (except in Japan, of course!)   Chris told the Johannesburg crowd that Will Champion had suggested shooting a music video in South Africa, saying: "It's s

Coldplay headlined their fourteenth festival of the summer so far, playing at the iTunes festival at the Roundhouse in London's Camden district last night (22nd July, 2011). The concert was aired on XFM as well as the iTunes platform across the world. Coldplay played Moving To Mars (watch!) live for the very first time in place of Everything's Not Lost. Life Is For Living returned to the setlist after a one-show absence (Oxegen). Other than those, there were no setlist changes from previous show

Coldplay played the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago last night (5th August 2011) in the final festival appearance before they take a five week break from touring - and hopefully attention now turns to the announcement of their fifth album.   The concert was streamed worldwide live across the internet on Lollapalooza's YouTube channel. The directing was excellent - far better than the previous streamed show at Splendour In The Grass. The setlist returned to the usual festival order with Shiver,

Coldplay headlined the Main Square Festival in Arras, France last night (3rd July 2011) in a show that wasn't without it's mishaps. Technical problems with Will's drums/sound led to In My Place being played twice. However, this didn't detract from the overall show - which was another energetic performance. A slight change to the setlist - Shiver was removed and replaced with Cemeteries Of London. The same new tracks from the previous festival performances were also played - MX/Hurts Like Heaven,

On a day when rock enthusiasts were mourning the loss of R.E.M, Coldplay proved there are still groups out there carrying the torch. The quartet performed a 14-song, 65-minute free show in Toronto Wednesday evening (Sept. 21) – broadcast live in Canada on MuchMusic and in the U.S. on Fuse TV -- supporting their forthcoming 'Mylo Xyloto' album before thousands of fans. And while all braved inclement weather, the skies cleared for the show, which was split evenly between older albums and the upcom

Coldplay played their penultimate festival of their gruelling summer tour last night at Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival (24th September 2011). They now take a week break before heading to South America to play the Rock In Rio festival on 1st October and then South Africa to play two huge concerts in Cape Town and Johannesburg, starting on 5th October.   Last night, Coldplay performed an REM cover of Everybody Hurts which replaced Us Against the World in the usual setlist. Only hours earlier, Wa

Coldplay played in Poland for the first time in their history as they headlined the Open'er Festival in Gdynia last night (30th June 2011). The setlist was exactly the same as the previous performance at 'Where The Action Is' festival in Sweden and Glastonbury before that, which means they once again played live favourites Shiver and Everything's Not Lost from the first album Parachutes. The same new tracks from the previous festival performances were also played, minus of course Princess Of Chi

Coldplay headlined Portugal's Optimus Alive Festival last night (6th July 2011). There was another slight change to the setlist again - this time Shiver was readded to the setlist in place of Cemeteries Of London - so the setlist was the same one as Glastonbury, Rock Werchter and Where The Action Is Festivals. The same new tracks from the previous festival performances were also played - MX/Hurts Like Heaven, Major Minus, Us Against The World, Charlie Brown and Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall.   T

Coldplay headlined their thirteenth festival of the summer so far, playing at the Oxegen festival in Ireland last night (10th July, 2011). The concert was part-aired on Irish radio station, RTÉ 2fm (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) starting with Major Minus. Unfortunately, Hurts Like Heaven, Yellow and In My Place were missed from the start of the broadcast. Shiver then co-incided with the station's 11pm news headlines so the song was abruptly cut off. Other than that it was a perfect stream.   Noteabl