Viva la Vida Tour

The Viva la Vida Tour was the fourth concert tour undertaken by British rock band Coldplay. It was launched in support their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008),^[2] becoming a massive commercial and critical success. The tour visited Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, further establishing the band as one of the biggest touring acts in the world.

Viva la Vida Tour

Tour by Coldplay
Insignia featured on the tour's posters, programs and stage design
Location	Asia Europe Latin America North America Oceania
Associated album	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Prospekt's March
Start date	5 June 2008 (2008-06-05)
End date	14 March 2010 (2010-03-14)
Legs	14
No. of shows	171
Attendance	2.83 million
Box office	$209.4 million^[a]
Coldplay concert chronology
Twisted Logic Tour (2005–07) Viva la Vida Tour (2008–10) Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–12)

The stage setup consisted of a stripped-down main stage and two catwalks; Coldplay also performed amongst audience members at the back of venues in a special acoustic set.^[3] Instead of a giant video screen on-stage, the band opted for six hanging giant PufferSpheres that displayed images, video and streamed closeups.^[3] Lead singer Chris Martin dubbed the fixtures as their "magic balls".^[4] During the intro, The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II was played on all concerts right before the band came into the stage.^[5][6] The tour visited arenas and stadiums in separate phases: In London, they visited The O2 Arena in 2008 and the Wembley Stadium in 2009, with the latter show featuring a half-dome stage design.

Coldplay were accompanied by Oxfam and David Gibbin during the tour.^[7] Volunteers were stationed at each venue to tell concert goers how to reduce poverty; the organization's logo and website was featured on one of the light ball fixtures during each show. On 23 July 2008 Coldplay performed their second in two shows at the United Center arena in Chicago. In each of the two shows, the band shot the music video for "Lost!" by performing the song twice. On 19 September 2008, Chris Martin was accompanied by A-ha pianist Magne Furuholmen in the encore at the Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, to play a cover of the A-Ha song "Hunting High and Low".

Visuals

 

Viva la Vida Tour in Dallas, Texas

The intro of the concert would begin in space before turning to show the Earth and zooming to aerial views of the continent, country, city and then stadium that the show would take place. The idea was to make each show being a spectacle in its own, rather than just part of the tour. The cosmic theme is repeated across a number of the visuals like "Speed of Sound" and "Glass of Water". This takes the gig-goers on a journey through a solar system where the stars coalesce to form an eye shape that goes supernova and engulfs the screen in flames. However, other sections of the show were completely different. "Lovers in Japan", one of the highlights in visual terms, uses a series of archive footage and animations across the screen at the back of the stage and in the end thousands of confetti butterflies would rain all over the venue. For the show's closing number, "Life in Technicolor II", the paintings created for the album artwork from Viva La Vida was treated with sprocket and projection effects to create a vibrant, immersive and colorful effect.^[8]

Opening acts

There were 34 supporting acts for the tour. They are:

The Blue Jackets (New York City)^[9] Jon Hopkins (North America—Leg 1, select dates)^[10] Shearwater (North America—Leg 1, select dates)^[11]^[12] Santigold (North America—Leg 1, select dates) (Japan—February 2009)^[12]^[13] Sleepercar (North America—Leg 1, select dates)^[14] Duffy (North America—Leg 2, select dates)^[15] Snow Patrol (North America—Leg 3, select dates)^[16] Howling Bells (North America—Leg 3, select dates) (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)^[16]^[17] Pete Yorn (North America—Leg 3, select dates)^[16]^[18]^[19] Amadou and Mariam (North America—Leg 4, select dates)^[13]^[16] Kitty Daisy & Lewis (North America—Leg 4, select dates)^[13]^[16] Elbow (North America—Leg 4, select dates) (Ireland—September 2009)^[13]^[16]^[20]^[21] Albert Hammond Jr (Europe—Leg 1)^[22] The High Wire (Europe—Leg 2, select dates)^[23] Eugene Francis Jnr and the Juniors and the Juniors (England—December 2008)^[24] The Domino State (London—14 December 2008)^[25] Kilians (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)^[17]^[26]

Bat For Lashes (Europe—Leg 3, select dates) (South America)^[27]^[17] The Flaming Lips (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)^[17] White Lies (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)^[17]^[28]^[29] Moi Caprice (Denmark—August 2009)^[17]^[30] Datarock (Norway—August 2009)^[17] Ministri (Italy—August 2009)^[17]^[29] Pegasus (Switzerland—September 2009)^[17] The Sunday Drivers (Spain—September 2009)^[17] Miss Montreal (Netherlands—September 2009)^[17]^[31] Girls Aloud (Britain (Scotland and England)—September 2009)^[13]^[17]^[32] Jay-Z (Britain (Scotland and England)—September 2009)^[13]^[17]^[33] La Roux (England—December 2009)^[34] Decoder Ring (Australia)^[35]^[36] Hollie Smith (New Zealand) ^[37] Mercury Rev (Australia) (New Zealand) (Asia—March 2009)^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40] The Ting Tings (Japan—February 2009) Vanguart (Brazil)^[41]

Commercial performance

According to Pollstar, the tour grossed $209.4 million from 2,831,377 tickets sold in 166 reported dates.^[42] They also broke the attendance record of Sydney's Acer Arena, which was previously held by Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveShow.^[43]

Set list

United Center, Chicago, 23 July 2008

Source:^[44]

1. "Life in Technicolor"
2. "Violet Hill"
3. "Clocks"
4. "In My Place"
5. "Viva la Vida"
6. "Yes"
7. "42"
8. "Fix You"
9. "Strawberry Swing"
10. "Chinese Sleep Chant"
11. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
12. "Speed of Sound"
13. "Yellow"
14. "Lost!"
15. "Lost!" (for the music video)
16. "The Scientist"
17. "Death Will Never Conquer"
18. "Politik"
19. "Lovers in Japan"
20. "Death and All His Friends"
21. "The Dubliners"
22. "Green Eyes"

Wembley Stadium, 18–19 September 2009

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1. "Life in Technicolor"
2. "Violet Hill"
3. "Clocks"
4. "In My Place"
5. "Glass of Water"
6. "Yellow"
7. "Cemeteries of London"
8. "42"
9. "Fix You"
10. "Strawberry Swing"
11. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face"
12. "Talk"
13. "The Hardest Part"
14. "Postcards from Far Away"
15. "Viva la Vida"
16. "Lost+" (with Jay-Z)
17. "Rhyming Song"
18. "Death Will Never Conquer"
19. "Trouble"
20. "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson cover)
21. "Politik"
22. "Lovers in Japan"
23. "Death and All His Friends"
24. "The Scientist"
25. "Life in Technicolor ii"

Estadio monumental, Buenos Aires, 26 February 2010

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1. "Life in Technicolor"
2. "Violet Hill"
3. "Clocks"
4. "In My Place"
5. "Parachutes"
6. "Yellow"
7. "Glass of Water"
8. "42"
9. "Fix You"
10. "Strawberry Swing"
11. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face"
12. "Talk"
13. "The Hardest Part"
14. "Postcards From Far Away"
15. "Viva La Vida"
16. "Lost!"
17. "Shiver"
18. "Death Will Never Conquer"
19. "Don Quixote"
20. "Politik"
21. "Lovers in Japan"
22. "Death and All His Friends"
23. "The Scientist"
24. "Life in Technicolor ii"

Tour dates

List of 2008 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and gross revenue^[45]

Date (2008)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
5 June^[b]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso	—	—	—
16 June^[c]	London	England	Brixton Academy
17 June^[d]	Barcelona	Spain	Espacio Movistar
23 June^[e]	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden	Blue Jackets
14 July	Inglewood		The Forum	Shearwater	30,085 / 30,085	$2,487,994
15 July
18 July^[f]	San Jose		HP Pavilion	Jon Hopkins	15,325 / 15,838	$1,219,849
19 July	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena		14,058 / 14,058	$1,262,926
22 July	Chicago		United Center		29,815 / 31,056	$2,425,592
23 July^[g]
25 July^[h]	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center		16,738 / 16,738	$1,395,623
27 July^[i]	Pemberton	Canada	Mount Currie	—	—	—
29 July^[j]	Montreal		Bell Centre	Jon Hopkins	17,259 / 17,259	$1,415,268
30 July^[k]	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	Shearwater	33,908 / 33,908	$2,954,646
31 July^[k]
2 August^[l]	Hartford	United States	XL Center	Jon Hopkins	12,589 / 12,589	$993,924
3 August^[m]	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		15,760 / 15,760	$1,354,878
4 August^[n]	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden		14,445 / 14,445	$1,229,417
9 August^[o]	Osaka	Japan	Maishima Sports Island	—	—	—
10 August^[o]	Chiba		Chiba Marine Stadium
1 September	Strasbourg	France	Zénith de Strasbourg	High Wire Albert Hammond Jr.	11,074 / 11,074	$673,108
2 September	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena		12,441 / 12,441	$906,935
4 September	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier		16,648 / 16,648	$1,038,147
6 September	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi		17,828 / 17,960	$1,221,409
7 September	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes		15,499 / 15,548	$1,058,986
9 September	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy		32,800 / 32,800	$2,298,435
10 September
12 September	Cologne	Germany	Kölnarena		16,105 / 16,105	$1,180,183
14 September	Hamburg		Color Line Arena		12,558 / 12,558	$918,045
15 September	Berlin		O2 World		14,362 / 14,362	$1,034,744
17 September	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena		28,043 / 28,510	$1,873,058
18 September
19 September	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum		8,064 / 8,213	$671,173
22 September	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena		14,889 / 15,000	$905,311
23 September	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena		11,159 / 11,466	$780,851
24 September	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle		13,340 / 13,340	$960,526
26 September^[p]	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle		11,805 / 11,805	$910,652
28 September	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		Un­known	Un­known
29 September	Bologna	Italy	PalaMalaguti
30 September	Assago		DatchForum		11,218 / 11,218	$700,365
2 October	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam		21,600 / 21,600	$1,355,736
3 October
4 October	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis		16,774 / 16,774	$949,556
20 October^[q]	Ottawa	Canada	Scotiabank Place	Snow Patrol	12,121 / 15,082	$943,317
21 October^[r]	Cleveland	United States	Quicken Loans Arena		Un­known	Un­known
22 October^[s]	New York City		Hammerstein Ballroom	—	—	—
26 October	East Rutherford		Izod Center	Snow Patrol	32,460 / 32,460	$1,382,442
27 October
29 October	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden		14,559 / 14,559	$1,256,599
31 October	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		14,158 / 14,158	$1,188,903
1 November	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center		16,068 / 16,068	$1,299,252
3 November^[t]	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		13,330 / 13,330	$1,015,289
5 November	Atlanta		Philips Arena		14,324 / 14,324	$1,133,176
7 November	Orlando		Amway Arena		12,357 / 12,357	$1,030,108
9 November	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center		15,096 / 15,096	$1,258,098
11 November	Atlanta		Philips Arena		14,324 / 14,324	$1,133,177
13 November^[u]	Kansas City		Sprint Center	Pete Yorn	Un­known	Un­known
14 November^[v]	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		14,922 / 16,010	$1,245,529
16 November^[w]	Oklahoma City		Ford Center		Un­known	Un­known
18 November	Houston		Toyota Center		13,981 / 13,981	$1,192,576
19 November	Dallas		American Airlines Center		15,483 / 16,430	$1,308,581
21 November	Denver		Pepsi Center		11,656 / 11,656	$1,019,790
22 November	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena		11,598 / 11,598	$935,607
25 November	Anaheim		Honda Center		13,649 / 13,649	$1,115,426
26 November	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena		13,257 / 13,257	$1,010,272
29 November^[x]	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena	Bat for Lashes Kilians	Un­known	Un­known
1 December	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
2 December
3 December
6 December	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	White Lies
7 December^[y]	Liverpool	England	Echo Arena Liverpool
9 December^[z]	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
11 December	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena	Eugene Francis Jnr	30,798 / 31,136	$1,926,622
12 December
14 December	London		The O2 Arena	The Domino State	51,294 / 52,500	$2,967,477
15 December				Eugene Francis Jnr
16 December
19 December	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Centre	The Flaming Lips	8,400 / 8,532	$542,752
21 December	Dublin	Ireland	The O2		16,280 / 16,280	$1,087,926
22 December
23 December^[aa]	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Centre		Un­known	Un­known

List of 2009 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and gross revenue^[56]

Date (2009)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
11 February	Saitama	Japan	Saitama Super Arena	Santigold The Ting Tings	33,000 / 36,000	$2,571,030
12 February^[ab]
14 February	Kobe		Kobe World Kinen Hall		12,000 / 12,000	$1,202,040
15 February
27 February	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	Decoder Ring Mercury Rev	29,004 / 32,908	$2,519,941
28 February
3 March	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		37,385 / 38,901	$3,244,512
4 March
5 March
8 March	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre		22,692 / 22,950	$1,940,206
9 March
11 March	Sydney		Acer Arena		59,391 / 60,852	$5,013,032
12 March
14 March
15 March
18 March	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Hollie Smith Mercury Rev	20,808 / 21,562	$1,701,308
19 March
23 March	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium	Mercury Rev	9,474 / 9,503	$1,162,883
25 March	Hong Kong	China	AsiaWorld–Arena		11,371 / 11,550	$1,430,719
28 March	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Emirates Palace		Un­known	Un­known
15 May	West Palm Beach	United States	Cruzan Amphitheatre	N/A
17 May	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre		14,071 / 18,658	$801,194
18 May	Pelham		Verizon Wireless Music Center		8,230 / 10,259	$650,881
20 May	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Virginia Beach		15,877 / 20,055	$447,086
21 May	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge		14,157 / 23,241	$624,814
23 May	Hartford		Comcast Theatre		13,877 / 24,713	$705,687
24 May	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium		10,414 / 13,530	$755,940
26 May	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center		13,741 / 25,317	$902,234
30 May	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion		13,084 / 23,214	$565,068
1 June	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center		12,481 / 21,193	$691,814
2 June	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre		13,797 / 15,202	$801,754
4 June	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center		15,375 / 20,383	$812,638
5 June	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center		19,825 / 24,680	$1,021,922
6 June	Nashville		Sommet Center		13,130 / 13,130	$1,242,039
9 June	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena		11,574 / 12,247	$898,682
10 June	San Antonio		AT&T Center		13,152 / 13,152	$964,467
12 June	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena		10,749 / 10,751	$616,158
13 June	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha		9,629 / 10,636	$748,532
15 June	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre		12,619 / 12,619	$1,002,900
17 June	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome		13,841 / 13,841	$1,146,083
18 June	Edmonton		Rexall Place		14,413 / 14,413	$1,126,333
20 June	Vancouver		General Motors Place		29,923 / 29,923	$2,382,026
21 June
2 July^[ac]	Arras	France	Grand-Place d'Arras	—	—	—
3 July^[ad]	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalpark Werchter
5 July^[ae]	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Dyrskueplads
10 July	Ridgefield	United States	The Amphitheater at Clark County	Amadou and Mariam Kitty Daisy & Lewis	17,526 / 17,526	$1,030,852
11 July	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre		21,939 / 21,939	$1,166,654
13 July	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre		22,052 / 22,325	$1,103,165
14 July	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre		13,339 / 18,500	$543,960
16 July	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre		19,588 / 19,588	$1,186,216
18 July	Carson		The Home Depot Center		26,341 / 27,404	$2,105,859
19 July	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		14,885 / 14,885	$1,020,168
21 July	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center		19,878 / 19,938	$1,109,879
22 July	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion		16,430 / 16,430	$917,266
24 July	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater		19,055 / 21,000	$997,943
25 July	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	Kitty Daisy & Lewis Elbow	27,123 / 34,883	$1,300,838
27 July^[af]	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center		15,200 / 25,277	$816,097
30 July	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre		45,116 / 45,116	$3,231,201
1 August^[ag]	Montreal		Parc Jean-Drapeau	—	—	—
2 August^[ah]	Jersey City	United States	Liberty State Park
3 August	Mansfield		Comcast Center	Kitty Daisy & Lewis Elbow	19,846 / 19,953	$1,509,579
6 August	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion		19,422 / 19,422	$905,170
7 August	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		18,830 / 18,830	$1,109,275
16 August	Herning	Denmark	MCH Outdoor Arena	White Lies Moi Caprice	33,737 / 40,000	$3,247,607
19 August	Bergen	Norway	Koengen	White Lies Datarock	21,945 / 21,945	$2,418,699
22 August	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	White Lies	32,651 / 33,137	$2,335,422
25 August	Hanover	Germany	AWD-Arena	White Lies Killians	35,007 / 39,118	$2,605,296
27 August	Düsseldorf		LTU Arena	Howling Bells Killians	41,859 / 44,991	$3,494,278
29 August	Munich		Olympia-Reitstadion Riem		30,000 / 30,000	$2,228,420
31 August	Udine	Italy	Stadio Friuli	White Lies Ministri	41,042 / 42,549	$2,350,340
2 September	Bern	Switzerland	Stade de Suisse	Howling Bells Pegasus	Un­known	Un­known
4 September	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Flaming Lips The Sunday Drivers	63,306 / 64,376	$4,562,424
7 September	Paris	France	Parc des Princes	Flaming Lips Bat For Lashes	50,335 / 51,241	$4,246,798
9 September	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertpark		Un­known	Un­known
10 September				White Lies Miss Montreal
12 September	Manchester	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Jay-Z White Lies
14 September	Dublin	Ireland	Phoenix Park		34,372 / 35,000	$3,441,696
16 September	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park		35,011 / 35,011	$2,452,358
18 September	London	England	Wembley Stadium	Jay-Z Girls Aloud White Lies	Un­known	Un­known
19 September
19 December^[ai]	Exeter		Rougemont Castle	—	—	—

List of 2010 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance and gross revenue^[65]

Date (2010)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
26 February	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio River Plate	Bat for Lashes Banda de Turistas Rosal	53,708 / 59,266	$3,265,556
28 February	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	Bat for Lashes Vanguart	26,821 / 34,960	$2,947,627
2 March	São Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi		53,060 / 63,842	$5,257,415
4 March	Bogotá	Colombia	Simón Bolívar Park	Bat for Lashes Estados Alterados	32,356 / 33,000	$3,458,594
6 March	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Bat for Lashes Le Baron	94,005 / 112,320	$5,400,944
7 March
9 March	Zapopan		Estadio Tres de Marzo		27,557 / 28,772	$2,040,743
11 March	San Nicolás		Estadio Universitario		34,091 / 37,766	$2,414,466
Total					1,584,307 (90.26%)	$116,684,354

Cancelled shows

List of 2009 cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason

Date (2009)	City	Country	Venue	Reason	Ref.
29 May	Scranton	United States	Toyota Pavilion	Scheduling conflicts	^[66]
27 July	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater	Rescheduled Saratoga Springs date	^[aj]
9 August	Tampa		Ford Amphitheatre	Medical reasons	^[67]

Personnel

Credits taken from the band's official tour book, which was sold exclusively on merchandise booths and their online store.^[68]

Performing members

• Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar
• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
• Guy Berryman – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
• Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, percussion

Main crew

• Dave Holmes – manager
• Andy Franks – tour manager
• Phil Harvey – creative director
• Vicki Taylor – artist assistant and instrument painting
• Emma Jane McDonald – artist assistant
• Paul Normandale – production designer
• Craig Finley – production manager
• Dan Green – FoH sound
• Fraser Elisha – lighting director
• Chris Wood – monitor engineer
• Yasmine Kotb – tour accountant
• Kurt Wagner – stage manager
• Marguerite Nguyen – production assistant
• Craig Hope – backline technician
• Matt McGinn – guitar technician
• Sean Buttery – drum technician
• Neil Lambert – backline technician
• Matt Miller – MIDI technician and videographer
• Tony Smith – FoH assistant
• Nick Davis – monitor technician
• Stephanie Thompson – RF technician

Video

• Andy Bramley – video director and content
• Ed Jarman – video engineer and crew chief
• Ben Miles – catalyst and content
• Mathew Vassalo – projectionist

Video crew

• Jason Lowe
• Phil Johnson

Lighting crew

• Dave Favourita (chief)
• Tommy Green
• Wayne Kwiat
• Niall Ogilvy
• David Cox (UK)
• Dave Jolly (UK)
• Marta Iwan (US)
• Jim Michaelis (US)

Sound technicians

• Rob Collett (UK)
• Owen McAuley (UK)
• Simon Rogers (UK)
• Jim Allen (US)
• Stephan Curtain (US)
• Carlos Sallaberry (US)

Stage

• Rick Stucker – head carpenter
• Russell Macias – carpenter
• Gabriel Wood – head rigger
• Charles Anderson – rigger
• Brooke Blomquist – confetti
• Mike Hartle – laser
• Tiffany Henry – dressing rooms and wardrobe

Security

• Jackie Jackson – venue security
• Kelly Samuels – band security
• Geoff Sands – band security

Merchandise

• Signatures Network, Inc. – Dell Furano, Rick Fish, Pete Weber
• De-Lux – Jeremy Joseph
• Eric Wagner – product development and road manager
• Joe Heden – US Road Merchandise Mrg.
• Jon Ellis – UK Road Merchandise Mgr.

Catering

• Heidi Varah – chief
• Darren Shead – head chef
• Pauline Austin – chef
• Sarah Money – FoH
• Jessie Collins – FoH

Management

• Mandi Bursteen, Ivan Entchevitch – Dave Holmes assistant
• Lauren Valencia, Arlene Moon – 3D Management

Booking agents

• Marty Diamond, Larry Webman – Paradigm (US)
• Steve Strange, Josh Javor, Nicki Forestiero – X-Ray Touring (international)

Business management

• Lester Dales, Maul Makin – Dales Evans
• Donna McQueen, Tracy Lawson – assistant
• David Weise – David Weise and Associates (US)

Legal representative

• Gavin Maude – Russells

Suppliers

• Chapman Freeborne – aircraft charter
• Matt Snowball Music – anything at any time
• Stars and Cars – Europe artist transport
• Moorcrofts – UK artist transport
• DPL – US artist transport
• Beat the Street – UK buses
• Celebrity Coaches – US buses
• Global Motion – freight forwarder
• Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers – insurance brokers
• Lite Alt – UK lighting
• Upstaging – US lighting
• All Access – passes
• Strictly FX – confetti and lasers
• Wigwam – UK sound
• Eighth Day – US sound
• John Henry's – storage
• Celebrity Protection – tour security
• Music by Appointment – UK travel
• Altour – US travel
• Stagetruck – UK trucks
• Upstaging – US trucks
• XL Video – video

77 Million Paintings

• Brian Eno – paintings and music

Website

• Wendy Marvel, Brian Schulmeister – design
• Chris Salmon – editor
• Debs Wild – ambassador

Creative input

• Brian Eno
• Markus Dravs
• Tim Crompton
• Lee Lodge

Tour book

• Wendy Marvel, Eric Wagner – design
• Matthew Miller – front cover design
• William Garland – lithography

Photos courtesy of

• Guy Berryman
• Stephan Crasneanscki
• James Gooding
• Dan Green
• Penny Howle
• Matthew Miller
• Greg Waterman

Others

• Pete Lusby – Oxfam UK representative
• Soha Yassine – Oxfam US representative
• Dan Portanier – trainer
• Rik Simpson – additional musical production
• Andy Rugg – additional engineering
• Beth Fenton – stage uniforms designer

Special thanks

• Alison Burton
• Air Studios
• All bus and truck drivers

Gear

Credits taken from Projection, Lights & Staging News, with product quantities being represented between parenthesis whenever possible.^[69]

• Flying Pig Systems Wholehog 3
• Wing, Catalyst and Green Hippo Hippotizer Media Servers
• Martin MAC 2000 Wash XBs (17)
• Martin MAC 2000 Wash Fixtures (7)
• Martin MAC 700 Spots (32)
• Martin MAC 250 Wash Fixtures (20)
• Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes (27)
• Nova Flowers (4)
• i-Pix BB4s (12)
• Omni Wash Lights (10)
• Mole Richardson 4-Lite Blinders (28)
• Mole Richardson 2K Mole Beams (8)
• Custom Clip Light Fixtures (4)
• Reel EFX DF 50s (4)
• Look Solutions Unique Haze Machines (4)

See also

• List of Coldplay live performances
• List of highest-grossing concert tours
• List of highest-grossing live music artists

Notes

1. $281.01 million in 2022 dollars.^[1]
2. The concert in Amsterdam on 5 June 2008 was an exclusive performance for the winners of a contest launched by the band, being broadcast on radio by NPO 3FM.^[46]
3. The concert in London on 16 June 2008 was an exclusive performance for the winners of a contest launched by the band, being broadcast on radio by BBC Radio 1 as well.^[47]
4. The concert in Barcelona on 17 June 2008 was an exclusive performance for the winners of a contest launched by the band.^[48]
5. The concert in New York City on 23 June 2008 was an exclusive performance for the winners of a contest launched by the band.^[49]
6. The concert in San Jose on 18 July 2008 was originally scheduled for 24 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
7. The concert in Chicago on 23 July 2008 was originally scheduled for 4 August 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
8. The concert in Philadelphia on 25 July 2008 was originally scheduled for 29 June 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
9. The concert in Pemberton on 27 July 2008 was part of the Pemberton Festival.^[51]
10. The concert in Montreal on 29 July 2008 was originally scheduled for 20 October 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
11. The concerts in Toronto on 30 and 31 July 2008 were originally scheduled for 29 and 30 October 2008, but they were rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
12. The concert in Hartford on 2 August 2008 was originally scheduled for 3 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
13. The concert in Washington, D.C. on 3 August 2008 was originally scheduled for 2 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
14. The concert in Boston on 4 August 2008 was originally scheduled for 3 November 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
15. The concerts in Osaka and Chiba on 9 and 10 August 2008 were part of the Summer Sonic Festival.^[52]
16. The concert in Munich on 26 September 2008 was broadcast on radio by Absolute Radio.^[53]
17. The concert in Ottawa on 20 October 2008 was originally scheduled for 21 October 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
18. The concert in Cleveland on 21 October 2008 was originally scheduled for 6 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
19. The concert in New York City on 22 October 2008 was part of Nissan Live Sets.^[54]
20. The concert in Auburn Hills on 3 November 2008 was originally scheduled for 5 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
21. The concert in Kansas City on 13 November 2008 was originally scheduled for 9 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
22. The concert in Saint Paul on 14 November 2008 was originally scheduled for 8 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
23. The concert in Oklahoma City on 16 November 2008 was originally scheduled for 10 July 2008, but it was rescheduled due to logistical reasons.^[50]
24. The concert in Sheffield on 29 November 2008 was originally scheduled for 7 December 2008, but it was rescheduled due to "reasons beyond Coldplay's control".^[55]
25. The concert in Liverpool on 7 December 2008 was originally scheduled for 10 December 2008, but it was rescheduled due to "reasons beyond Coldplay's control".^[55]
26. The concert in Glasgow on 9 December 2008 was originally scheduled for 5 December 2008, but it was rescheduled due to "reasons beyond Coldplay's control".^[55]
27. The concert in Belfast on 23 December 2008 was originally scheduled for 18 December 2008, but it was rescheduled due to "reasons beyond Coldplay's control".^[55]
28. The concert in Saitama on 12 February 2009 was broadcast on television by MTV.^[57]
29. The concert in Arras on 2 July 2009 was part of the Main Square Festival.^[58]
30. The concert in Werchter on 3 July 2009 was part of the Rock Werchter festival.^[59]
31. The concert in Roskilde on 5 July 2009 was part of the Roskilde Festival.^[60]
32. The concert in Saratoga Springs on 27 July 2009 was originally scheduled for 27 May 2009, but it was rescheduled due to illness.^[61]
33. The concert in Montreal on 1 August 2009 was part of the Osheaga Festival.^[62]
34. The concert in Jersey City on 2 August 2009 was part of the All Points West Music & Arts Festival.^[63]
35. The concert in Exeter on 19 December 2009 was part of Little Noise Sessions.^[64]
36. Tickets for the concert in Wantagh on 27 July 2009 never went on sale.^[61]

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