Viva la Vida Tour

Viva la Vida Tour

Tour by Coldplay
Insignia used on the tour, featured on the tour's posters, programs and stage design.
Associated album	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Prospekt's March
Start date	23 June 2008
End date	11 March 2010
Legs	13
Number of shows	81 in North America 60 in Europe 14 in Oceania 9 in Asia 4 in South America 168 total
Box office	$209.4 million ($227.23 in 2016 dollars)[1]
Coldplay concert chronology

The Viva la Vida Tour was the fourth concert tour by British band Coldplay. The tour was in support their fourth studio album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).^[2] The tour was a massive commercial and critical success visiting Europe, Asia, the Americas^[3] and Australasia. The tour further established the band as one the concert industry's biggest draws and as one of the world's most popular bands.

Design and setup

The Viva la Vida Tour visited arenas and stadiums in separate phases of the tour. In London, the band visited The O2 Arena in 2008 (left), and Wembley Stadium in 2009 (right), with the latter show featuring a half-dome stage design.

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.^[4] Instead of a giant video screen on-stage, the band opted for six hanging giant lightbulbs that displayed images and closeups.^[4] Lead singer Chris Martin dubbed the fixtures as "magic balls", while drummer Will Champion added that they release confetti butterflies.^[5] During the tour the The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss II, was played on all concerts, as an intro, right before the band coming into the stage.

Coldplay were accompanied by Oxfam and David Gibbin during the tour.^[6] Volunteers were stationed at each venue to tell concertgoers how to reduce poverty; the organization's logo and website was featured on one of the light ball fixtures during each concert.

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

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, experimental and immersive colorful effect.^[7]

Opening acts

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

The Blue Jackets (New York City)[8] Jon Hopkins (North America—Leg 1, select dates)[9] Shearwater (North America—Leg 1, select dates)[10][11] Santigold (North America—Leg 1, select dates) (Japan—February 2009)[11][12] Sleepercar (North America—Leg 1, select dates)[13] Duffy (North America—Leg 2, select dates)[14] Snow Patrol (North America—Leg 3, select dates)[15] Howling Bells (North America—Leg 3, select dates) (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)[15][16] Pete Yorn (North America—Leg 3, select dates)[15][17][18] Amadou and Mariam (North America—Leg 4, select dates)[12][15] Kitty Daisy & Lewis (North America—Leg 4, select dates)[12][15] Elbow (North America—Leg 4, select dates) (Ireland—September 2009)[12][15][19][20] Albert Hammond Jr (Europe—Leg 1)[21] The High Wire (Europe—Leg 2, select dates)[22] Eugene Francis Jnr and the Juniors and the Juniors (England—December 2008)[23] The Domino State (London—14 December 2008)[24] Kilians (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)[16][25]

Bat For Lashes (Europe—Leg 3, select dates) (South America)[3][16] The Flaming Lips (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)[16] White Lies (Europe—Leg 3, select dates)[16][26][27] Moi Caprice (Denmark—August 2009)[16][28] Datarock (Norway—August 2009)[16] Ministri (Italy—August 2009)[16][27] Pegasus (Switzerland—September 2009)[16] The Sunday Drivers (Spain—September 2009)[16] Miss Montreal (Netherlands—September 2009)[16][29] Girls Aloud (Scotland and England—September 2009)[12][16][30] Jay-Z (Scotland and England—September 2009)[12][16][31] La Roux (England—December 2009)[32] Decoder Ring (Australia)[33][34] Hollie Smith (New Zealand) [35] Mercury Rev (Australia) (New Zealand) (Asia—March 2009)[35][36][37][38] The Ting Tings (Japan—February 2009) Vanguart (Brazil)[39]

Set list

United Center, Chicago, 23 July 2008 

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"

Encore

18. "Politik"
19. "Lovers in Japan"
20. "Death and All His Friends"

Encore 2

21. "The Dubliners"
22. "Green Eyes"
(acoustic)

Source:^[40]

Wembley Stadium, 18-19 September 2009 

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" (acoustic)
18. "Death Will Never Conquer"
19. "Trouble"
20. "Billie Jean" (acoustic) (Michael Jackson cover)

Encore

21. "Politik"
22. "Lovers in Japan"
23. "Death and All His Friends"

Encore 2

24. "The Scientist"
25. "Life in Technicolor ii"

Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, 26 February 2010 

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" (acoustic)
18. "Death Will Never Conquer"
19. "Don Quixote"

Encore

20. "Politik"
21. "Lovers in Japan"
22. "Death and All His Friends"

Encore 2

23. "The Scientist"
24. "Life in Technicolor ii"

Source:

Tour dates

Viva la Vida Tour

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1 — Europe (Theaters)[41][42]
5 June 2008	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso	Unknown	Unknown
13 June 2008	London	England	Wembley Arena
16 June 2008			Brixton Academy
17 June 2008	Barcelona	Spain	Espacio Movistar
Leg 2 — North America (Arenas)[11][41][42]
23 June 2008	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden	Unknown	Unknown
14 July 2008	Inglewood		The Forum	30,085 / 30,437	$2,487,994[43]
15 July 2008
18 July 2008	San Jose		HP Pavilion	14,919 / 14,919	$1,234,024[44]
19 July 2008	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	14,058 / 14,058	$1,262,926[44]
22 July 2008	Chicago		United Center	29,815 / 31,956	$2,425,592[44]
23 July 2008
25 July 2008	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	16,068 / 16,068	$1,299,252[45]
29 July 2008	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	17,259 / 17,259	$1,420,062[44]
30 July 2008	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	33,908 / 33,908	$2,995,977[46]
31 July 2008
2 August 2008	Hartford	United States	XL Center	12,589 / 12,589	$993,924
3 August 2008	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	14,452 / 14,452	$1,188,903[47]
4 August 2008	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden	14,559 / 14,559	$1,256,599[47]
Leg 3 — Europe (Arenas)
1 September 2008	Strasbourg	France	Zénith de Strasbourg	Unknown	Unknown
2 September 2008	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena
4 September 2008	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
6 September 2008	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
7 September 2008	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
9 September 2008	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
10 September 2008
12 September 2008	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
14 September 2008	Hamburg		Color Line Arena
15 September 2008	Berlin		O2 World
17 September 2008	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
18 September 2008
19 September 2008	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
22 September 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
23 September 2008	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
24 September 2008	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
26 September 2008	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
28 September 2008	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
29 September 2008	Bologna	Italy	Futurshow Station
30 September 2008	Milan		Datch Forum
2 October 2008	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
3 October 2008
4 October 2008	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	16,774 / 16,774	$1,039,537[48]
Leg 4 — North America (Arenas)[41][42]
20 October 2008	Ottawa	Canada	Scotiabank Place	12,121 / 15,082	$839,710[49]
21 October 2008	Cleveland	United States	Quicken Loans Arena	Unknown	Unknown
26 October 2008	East Rutherford		Izod Center	32,460 / 32,460	$2,662,895[47]
27 October 2008
29 October 2008	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden	Unknown	Unknown
31 October 2008	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
1 November 2008	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center
3 November 2008	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	13,330 / 13,330	$1,015,289[45]
5 November 2008	Atlanta		Philips Arena	25,880 / 27,682	$2,250,991[45]
7 November 2008	Orlando		Amway Arena	12,357 / 12,357	$1,030,108[45]
9 November 2008	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center	15,096 / 15,096	$1,258,098[45]
11 November 2008	Atlanta		Philips Arena	25,880 / 27,682	$2,250,991[45]
13 November 2008	Kansas City		Sprint Center	Unknown	Unknown
14 November 2008	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	14,922 / 16,010	$1,308,581[50]
16 November 2008	Oklahoma City		Ford Center	Unknown	Unknown
18 November 2008	Houston		Toyota Center	13,981 / 13,981	$1,115,430[50]
19 November 2008	Dallas		American Airlines Center	15,483 / 16,430	$1,308,581[50]
21 November 2008	Denver		Pepsi Center	11,656 / 11,656	$1,019,790[50]
22 November 2008	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena	11,598 / 11,598	$935,607[50]
25 November 2008	Anaheim		Honda Center	13,649 / 13,649	$1,115,430[50]
26 November 2008	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena	13,257 / 13,257	$1,010,272 [50]
Leg 5 — Britain and Ireland (Arenas)[51]
29 November 2008	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena	Unknown	Unknown
1 December 2008	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
2 December 2008
3 December 2008
6 December 2008	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
7 December 2008	Liverpool	England	Echo Arena Liverpool
9 December 2008	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
11 December 2008	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
12 December 2008
14 December 2008	London		The O2 Arena	51,294 / 52,500	$2,871,883[52]
15 December 2008
16 December 2008
19 December 2008	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	Unknown	Unknown
21 December 2008	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
22 December 2008
23 December 2008	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
Leg 6 — Japan (Arenas)[12][51][53]
11 February 2009	Saitama	Japan	Saitama Super Arena	Unknown	Unknown
12 February 2009
14 February 2009	Kobe		Kobe World Kinen Hall
15 February 2009
Leg 7 — Australasia (Arenas)[12][34][51][53]
27 February 2009	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	Unknown	Unknown
28 February 2009
3 March 2009	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
4 March 2009
5 March 2009
8 March 2009	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
9 March 2009
11 March 2009	Sydney		Acer Arena	59,391 / 59,391	$4,703,392[54]
12 March 2009
14 March 2009
15 March 2009
18 March 2009	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Unknown	Unknown
19 March 2009
Leg 8 — Asia (Arenas)[12]
23 March 2009	Kallang	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium	9,474 / 9,503	$1,186,831 [52]
25 March 2009	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld–Arena	11,371 / 11,550	$1,260,623 [52]
28 March 2009	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Emirates Palace	Unknown	Unknown
Leg 9 — North America (Arenas)[12][15][53][55]
15 May 2009	West Palm Beach	United States	Cruzan Amphitheatre	Unknown	Unknown
17 May 2009	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre	14,071 / 18,658	$801,194[56]
18 May 2009	Pelham		Verizon Wireless Music Center	8,230 / 10,259	$650,881
20 May 2009	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater	15,877 / 20,055	$447,086[56]
21 May 2009	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge	14,157 / 23,241	$624,814[56]
23 May 2009	Hartford		Comcast Theatre	13,877 / 24,713	$705,687[52]
24 May 2009	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium	11,582 / 25,770	$755,940[52]
26 May 2009	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center	13,741 / 25,317	$902,234[52]
30 May 2009	Burgettstown		Post Gazette Pavilion	13,084 / 23,214	$565,068[57]
1 June 2009	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	12,481 / 21,193	$691,814
2 June 2009	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre	13,797 / 15,202	$801,755[57]
4 June 2009	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	15,375 / 20,383	$812,638[57]
5 June 2009	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center	19,825 / 24,680	$1,021,922
6 June 2009	Nashville		Sommet Center	13,835 / 13,835	$1,106,823
9 June 2009	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena	11,574 / 12,247	$898,682
10 June 2009	San Antonio		AT&T Center	13,152 / 13,152	$964,467
12 June 2009	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	9,887 / 10,751	$616,158
13 June 2009	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha	9,629 / 10,636	$748,532
15 June 2009	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre	12,619 / 12,619	$978,386
17 June 2009	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome	13,841 / 13,841	$1,105,538
18 June 2009	Edmonton		Rexall Place	14,413 / 14,413	$1,083,709
20 June 2009	Vancouver		General Motors Place	29,923 / 29,923	$2,297,731
21 June 2009
Leg 10 — North America (Amphitheaters)[53][55][58]
10 July 2009	Ridgefield	United States	The Amphitheater at Clark County	17,526 / 17,526	$1,030,852
11 July 2009	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre	21,939 / 21,939	$1,166,654
13 July 2009	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	22,052 / 22,325	$1,103,165
14 July 2009	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	13,339 / 18,500	$543,960
16 July 2009	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre	19,588 / 19,588	$1,186,216
18 July 2009	Carson		The Home Depot Center	26,341 / 27,404	$2,105,859
19 July 2009	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	14,885 / 14,885	$1,020,168
21 July 2009	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center	19,878 / 19,938	$1,109,879
22 July 2009	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	16,430 / 16,430	$917,266
24 July 2009	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	19,055 / 21,000	$997,943
25 July 2009	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	27,123 / 34,883	$1,300,838
27 July 2009	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	15,200 / 25,277	$816,097
30 July 2009	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	45,116 / 45,116	$3,249,466
3 August 2009	Mansfield	United States	Comcast Center	19,846 / 19,953	$1,509,579
6 August 2009	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion	19,422 / 19,422	$905,170
7 August 2009	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	18,830 / 18,830	$1,109,275
Leg 11 — Europe (Stadiums)[12][16][51][53]
16 August 2009	Herning	Denmark	MCH Outdoor Arena	33,737 / 40,000	$3,235,729[59]
19 August 2009	Bergen	Norway	Koengen	21,945 / 21,945	$2,433,943[59]
22 August 2009	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	32,651 / 33,137	$2,367,964[59]
25 August 2009	Hanover	Germany	AWD-Arena	Unknown	Unknown
27 August 2009	Düsseldorf		LTU Arena
29 August 2009	Munich		Olympia Reitstadion Riem
31 August 2009	Udine	Italy	Stadio Friuli	41,042 / 42,549	$2,376,835[60]
2 September 2009	Bern	Switzerland	Stade de Suisse	Unknown	Unknown
4 September 2009	Barcelona	Spain	Olympic Stadium	63,306 / 64,376	$4,554,068[59]
7 September 2009	Paris	France	Parc des Princes	50,355 / 51,241	$4,244,363[59]
9 September 2009	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertpark	Unknown	Unknown
10 September 2009
12 September 2009	Manchester	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground
14 September 2009	Dublin	Ireland	Phoenix Park	34,372 / 35,000	$3,507,501[61]
16 September 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park	Unknown	Unknown
18 September 2009	London	England	Wembley Stadium
19 September 2009
19 December 2009	Exeter		Rougemont Castle
Leg 12 — Latin America (Stadiums)[3][62][63]
26 February 2010	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium	53,708 / 59,266	$3,238,200[64]
28 February 2010	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	26,821 / 34,960	$2,970,490[64]
2 March 2010	São Paulo		Morumbi Stadium	53,060 / 63,842	$5,254,450[64]
4 March 2010	Bogotá	Colombia	Simón Bolívar Park	Unknown	Unknown
6 March 2010	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
7 March 2010
9 March 2010	Guadalajara		Estadio Tres de Marzo
11 March 2010	Monterrey		Estadio Universitario
Total				1,584,307 / 1,755,236	$116,684,354

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
27 July 2008[lower-alpha 1]	Pemberton	Canada	Pemberton Fields	Unknown	Unknown
9 August 2008[lower-alpha 2]	Osaka	Japan	Maishima Sports Island
10 August 2008[lower-alpha 2]	Chiba		Chiba Marine Stadium
14 March 2009[lower-alpha 3]	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	35,000[69][70]	$2,600,000[69]
2 July 2009[lower-alpha 4]	Arras	France	Main Square	Unknown	Unknown
3 July 2009[lower-alpha 5]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Grounds
5 July 2009[lower-alpha 6]	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Showgrounds
1 August 2009[lower-alpha 7]	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau
2 August 2009[lower-alpha 8]	Jersey City	United States	Liberty State Park
Total				35,000	$2,600,000

Cancellations and rescheduled shows (Viva la Vida Tour)

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
27 May 2009	Saratoga Springs	United States	Saratoga Performing Arts Center	This concert was postponed to 27 July 2009[76]
9 August 2009	Tampa		Ford Amphitheatre	This concert was cancelled due to illness[77]

Legend

  Sold out show

References

Notes

1. This concert was a part of the Pemberton Festival.^[65]
2. These concerts were a part of the Summer Sonic Festival.^[66][67]
3. This concert was a part of Sound Relief.^[68]
4. This concert was a part of the Main Square Festival^[71]
5. This concert was a part of Rock Werchter.^[72]
6. This concert was a part of the Roskilde Festival.^[73]
7. This concert was a part of the Osheaga Festival.^[74]
8. This concert was a part of the All Points West Music & Arts Festival^[75]

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