IFPI, the worldwide association of music industry announced that ‘Viva La Vida’ with sales near 7 Mio mark, is the best-selling album of 2008. There’s been no long player in the history of digital music distribution reaching more downloads within the first month after release. For that, COLDPLAY received 3 Grammies and one Echo in the category ‘Group National. The end of the success story is not in sight. ‘Life in Technicolor II’, the current single caused a buzz with a video in which the band’s acting as figured reproductions. Currently on tour in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, the band around Chris Martin is going to play o 14th March within the scope of the ‘Bush Fire and Flood’ charity concert for the victims of the Australian fire catastrophe.Beginning of July, the band starts their first stadium tour within the scopes of which also shows in Hanover, Düsseldorf and Munich are planned, before the second part of the ‘Viva La Vida’ tour concludes with two sold-out shows at London’s Wembley Stadium mid of September. The band promises even more spectacular shows to the fans, still raving about the energetic shows of part I.
Source: Press Release.
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