Coldplay Tickets

Coldplay is a rather young band which was founded in London In 1997. It plays alternative music and comprises of 4 members: Chris Martin (vocals), Jon Buckland (Lead guitar), Will Champion (drums) and Guy Berryman (base player).

The future members of the band Martin and Buckland met at the University College in 1996 in London. Later Berryman joined the team and in 1998 it was completed by Champion. At first the band was called Starfish but later renamed Coldplay as the previous name was considered to be too depressing. In 1998 Coldplay started performing at small clubs for local promoters. Soon they released their debut album Parachutes.

On May 18, 1998 Coldplay released EP Safety. Only 50 copies remained for sale as most of them were given to friends and record companies. In December of the same year the band signed a contract with a small label Fierce Panda. As a result their second EP appeared in April but in a limited number of copies. Only 2000.

In 1999 Coldplay signed a contract for five albums with Paraphone. The third disc The Blue Room was released in October. 5000 copies were available to the public.

In 2000 Coldplay started their first tour and released the single Yellow which was a breakthrough becoming 4th on the UK Singles Chart and making the band popular. The number of fans grew steadily and their tickets were selling like hot cakes. In July Coldplay releases the first full-length album Parachutes which promptly became 1 on the UK Albums Chart. By Christmas they had sold 1.6 million copies only in the U.K.

The work on the second album began in October 2001. A Rush of Blood to The Head was released in August 2002. The album was more sophisticated than the previous one and gave birth to many popular singles such as The Scientist, Clocks, Politicks. The band made a world tour in 2002-2003 during which a live CD and DVD were recorded. At the 2003 Grammy Awards The Rush of Blood to the Head wan two awards and the song Clocks earned Record of the Tear at the 2004 Grammy Awards.

The year of 2004 was rather quiet for Coldplay. The members of the band spent it resting from tours and recording the next album. It was released on 6 June 2005 under the name X&Y. X&Y debuted #1 in the charts of 28 countries of the world and is still the third fastest selling in the UK chart history. Coldplay performed some successful shows in support of the new album from March to May, 2005 in Europe and North America. At the Birt Awards 2006 the band earned Best Album and Best Song prizes.

Nowadays Coldplay is planning to release a DVD of two shows to be held in Toronto. You can order your tickets for any of Coldplays shows here, at Vividseats.com. To get your tickets at the best price just fill in the form.