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Prospekt's March EP released + UK & Australian dates

24th November 2008

PROSPEKT'S MARCH EP RELEASED

From today, the Prospekt's March EP is available everywhere. It features six brand new Coldplay songs, plus two reworked versions of existing ones (the Lovers In Japan Osaka mix and Lost+. The EP is available on CD, vinyl and download. At the same time, a two-disc Viva La Vida (Prospekt's March edition) has been released, featuring the album and the new EP. Both the EP and the special edition album are available now from download stores, online retailers and good ol' fashioned record shops. If you're in the UK, you might wish to know that you can download the EP in MP3 format from 7 Digital for just £3.99 here.

UK STADIUM SHOWS ANNOUNCED

This morning, Chris rang BBC Radio 1 to announce that Coldplay are playing a bunch of stadium shows in September 2009. The dates are as follows:

• Saturday 12th September - Manchester LCCC
• Wednesday 16th September - Glasgow Hampden Park
• Saturday 19th September - London Wembley Stadium

Tickets for all three shows go on sale at 9.30am on Friday 28th November. They will be available online from www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.ticketline.co.uk. Or, if you'd prefer to buy over the phone, the numbers are: Manchester - 0161 832 1111, Glasgow - 08444 999 990 and London - 020 7734 8932.

AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED TOO

It's also just been announced that Coldplay are heading down under in February next year to play a seven-date Australian tour. These are the shows:

• Friday 27th February - Burswood Dome, Perth
• Tuesday 3rd March - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
• Wednesday 4th March - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
• Sunday 8th March - Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
• Monday 9th March - Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
• Wednesday 11th March - Acer Arena, Sydney
• Thursday 12th March - Acer Arena, Sydney

Here are the ticket details:

VISA Entertainment pre-sale

Starts Thursday 27th November, 9am (local time). Ends Saturday 29th November, 5pm (unless pre-sale sold out earlier). Any Visa card holder can buy during the pre-sale from visaentertainment.com.au or www.ticketek.com.au.

General on-sale

Starts 9am (local time) Thursday 4th December - tickets available through www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849.

WIN JONNY'S PLECTRUM

To continue their run of money-can't-buy Coldplay prizes, coldplay.com are offering you the chance to win one of Jonny's plectrums, as used during a show and autographed by Mr Buckland himself. If you'd like to win it, simply email your name and address to competitions@coldplay.com before Monday 8th December. One entry per person, please. Remember, it's really not nice to enter twice.