Seattle Paramount (September 4)
San Francisco The Greek (6)
Las Vegas Joint (7)
San Diego SDSU Open Air Theatre (9)
LA Greek (10)
Atlanta Masquerade Music Park (14)
Baltimore Pier 6 (16)
Boston Fleet Boston Pavilion (17)
New York Tommy Hilfiger @ Jones Beach Theatre (19)
Toronto Air Canada Centre (21)
Chicago UIC Pavilion (24)

Tickets go on sale later this month, although advance tickets are available via the Official website, www.coldplay.com

July 2002
New Album, titled 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' to be released on 26th August 2002

June 2002
Drunken fan takes lead for 'Yellow'

An NME.COM reader has explained how he nudged COLDPLAY’s CHRIS MARTIN out of a job by evading LONDON ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL security and stormed the stage at the band's MELTDOWN gig to take over the mic for ‘YELLOW’.
So who was this interloper - a budding star or a pissed-up twat? We tracked him down via a manhunt posted on NME.COM and it turns out he is a bit of both!

Patrick Harvey, 26, from Birmingham told NME.COM he’d spent an afternoon drinking wine to give him the Dutch courage to upstage Martin and sing the band’s biggest hit before thousands of fans at the Royal Festival Hall. He explained that he’d travelled down with his girlfriend to the highbrow event organised by David Bowie and that they’d downed at least three bottles of plonk between them before hitting the beer at the gig.
As the band struck up the first chords of ‘Yellow’, he along with hundreds of other fans sprang from their seats and poured through the auditorium to the front of the stage. But then the alcohol kicked in. He explained: "I saw them going down, I thought 'I'll have a bit of that', but I went down the right side so I was on my own. I was feeling a bit left out so I thought 'Bollocks to it, I'm getting up on stage man!'. "I was surprised that no-one was trying to jump on the stage themselves. Because the stage was so low and there was nobody about I just bent my leg and up I was! I think someone came on stage to get me and Chris (Martin) waved him away." On a spur of the moment, he then grabbed the microphone off Martin and sang the rest of the song to rapturous applause. However, he said his moment as frontman almost passed him by because he was trying to get his girlfriend to join him. "I wasn't really paying much attention." He joked. "Because my girlfriend was up on the balcony I was trying to tell her to come down and join me but she was having none of it! Have I still got a girlfriend? Yeah man, she's well impressed, she's been telling everybody!"
After the gig, Coldplay fans, including Natalie Imbruglia came up to him and congratulated him on a fine vocal performance. Coldplay even gave him the thumbs up with drummer Will Champion telling NME.COM: "Fair play to him!'"

Coldplay were not able to comment as to whether they would be offering Patrick a permanent position in the band as NME.COM went to press.
NME.com

11 April 2002
New Coldplay album may be delayed
Click here for NME story

Coldplay star plays surprise London show
Click here for NME story

7th September 2001
Coldplay's Chris Martin frustrated security at Radio 1's One Big Sunday by climbing onto scaffolding during his band's headlining performance. The singer climbed 30 feet above the stage during the performance of crowd favourite Yellow. Shocked security staff gathered below in case he fell off. Coldplay were also refused entry into the VIP car park at the event. Martin told The Sun: "We arrived early and told the guards at the main entrance that we were in the band and had to get equipment on to the stage. But the two blokes just looked at us and said 'You may be in a band but there's no way you're parking your car here'."

20th April 2001
Once again, here follows a brief summary of all the news from the past month.

Coldplay forced to cancel European and American gigs as Chris Martin is struck down by vocal problems caused by stress
http://www.dotmusic.com/news/March2001/news18793.asp

Coldplay give the U.S. another shot and are as successful as in the UK
http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1442013&code=gm
Story provided by Sonicnet at http://www.sonicnet.com

24th February 2001
I haven't been able to keep up with the news as it has happened, so here is a quick summary of this months events. Click on the URL's for more info.

Coldplay start work on second album
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,14222,00.html

COLDPLAY READY TO TAKE ON THE USA
Prepare for Coldplay's upcoming tour by tuning in to interviews, performances, videographies and more. Only at
http://hollywoodandvine.com/coldplay

Coldplay and At The Drive-In to team up on country record
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,16702,00.html

Coldplay make a big splash on the other side of the pond
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,16743,00.html

Coldplay reveal all about new album
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,17602,00.html

Watch the video to 'Don't Panic' on Coldplay.com.
This will be their forth release off of Parachutes, but only in Europe! It is not to be released in the UK!
http://coldplay.com/news/news0000000171.shtml

19th January 2001
As there has been so much news recently, here's a summary of it all. Click on the URL's for more information.

Coldplay cancel Scottish show, as they go to New York for unexpected 'promotional commitments'
http://www.dotmusic.com/news/December2000/news16967.asp

Coldplay rock America at last
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,11523,00.html

NME review Coldplay - Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/Reviews/Reviews_Story/0,1069,6586,00.html

Exclusive - Coldplay announce April UK tour
http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,13144,00.html

Coldplay have been nominated for three Brit Awards: Best Album, Best British Group & Best British Newcomer - Indie.

8th December
Coldplay are to tour the US and Canada in the new year. See my gigs section for venues, or read the full article on NME: http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,10063,00.html

23rd November
Coldplay will be playing a set on this year's Jools Holland's New Year Hootenanny which is shown on the BBC on New Year's Eve (UK only)

3rd November
Results of the Q Awards (if you don't already know) are that Coldplay have won the prestigious award of Best Album for 'Parachutes'. Best New Act went to Badly Drawn Boy - one of the band's personal favourites, and Best Single went to David Gray for 'Babylon'

Coldplay are to appear on TOTP tonight (UK - BBC1 7.30pm)

18th October
Coldplay are one of the bands to dominate the annual Q Awards this year with three nominations in separate categories. They have been nominated for Best Single (Yellow), Best Album (Parachutes) and Best New Act.
The awards ceremony will be held on the 31st of October at the Park Lane Hotel, London. You can see the event on Channel 4 (UK) at 11.30pm on the 4th of November.
The full news article from nme.com can be seen here

17th October Coldplay will be appearing on Radio 1's Evening Session with Steve Lamacq on Wednesday the 25th of October at 8pm to play an acoustic set.

12th October
Coldplay were forced to postpone last nights gig in Edinburgh due to Chris having a throat infection. He is reported to be exhausted, and it is not known how many other dates may be affected. Dates affected should be re-scheduled for December.

2nd October
According to NME this week, the single to follow 'Trouble' (released 23rd October, with 'Brothers And Sisters' and an acoustic version of 'Shiver' as B-sides) will be 'Everything's Not Lost.' After these releases, they plan to work on new material.
Jon Buckland is back in good health once more and the UK tour will continue as planned - hope you've all got tickets!

Sorry I've missed so much news - I have had a few technical problems!!

5th September
After much speculation by NME and others about a US deal, Coldplay.com has announced that Coldplay have signed a US deal. The confusion is said to have been caused by 'a lack of communication between label and management.' Parachutes is to be released in the US on the 7th of November through Nettwerk Records. The reaction to Parachutes has so far been extremely positive with import copies selling well. The official site has also announced that the band hope to make a brief visit in March with a longer tour planned for June/July

12th August
Only a week now until V2000, where Coldplay will be appearing on the MTV stage. If you can't be there, then look out for the highlights (very brief) of V2000 which will be shown on MTV the following weekend.

31st July
A limited supply of the Blue Room EP and the Brothers & Sisters EP have become available to buy online at www.cdquest.com - get in there quick before they run out.

26th July
Coldplay are favourites to win the Mercury Music Prize with 3/1 odds. Results are to be announced on the 12th September.

The nominations in full are as follows:
Coldplay 'Parachutes' (3/1), Leftfield 'Rhythm & Stealth' (4/1), Richard Ashcroft 'Alone With Everybody' (4/1), MJ Cole 'Sincere' (7/1), Death In Vegas 'The Contino Sessions' (7/1), Doves 'Lost Souls' (10/1), Badly Drawn Boy 'The Hour Of Bewilderbeast' (10/1), Nitin Sawhney 'Beyond Skin' (14/1), The Delgados 'The Great Eastern' (16/1), Helicopter Girl 'How To Steal The World' (16/1), Kathryn Williams 'Little Black Numbers' (20/1) and Nicholas Maw 'Violin Concerto'(20/1).

16th July
'Parachutes' has landed at no. 1 in the Official UK Album Charts. Congratulations to Chris, Guy, Jon and Will and also to their manager. The HMV gig was thought to have been a help in such an amazing success of their debut album.

15th July
Coldplay are to play two low-key dates in Scotland this October. On the 10th at the QMU, Glasgow; and on the 11th at the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. Tickets for the Edinburgh gig are sold out on virtually all online ticket stores, but tickets for the Glasgow gig are available, priced at £9.00 plus booking fee and postage.

Buy tickets at: www.aloud.com
Or: www.sceneone.co.uk

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