Coldplay Announce Viva La Vida World Tour Details

Coldplay have announced the initial details of their Viva La Vida world tour.

The band’s tour, in support of their new album of the same name, will begin in Philadelphia on June 29th.

From there the group will play 28 others dates across the US, including a series of shows in neighbouring Canada.

The band will play upwards of 150 shows in total on the tour, which will travel to Europe and the United Kingdom following their US dates.

As previously reported, the band will warm up for the tour with two free shows in London (June 16th) and New York (June 23rd).

Fans will only be able to win tickets to those shows via the bands official website.

Tickets for Coldplay’s American shows begin to go on sale from next Friday (May 16th).

The band are scheduled to release their new album worldwide on June 12th.

A selection of photos from the band's acclaimed X&Y tour can be found below...