Above: Coldplay fans demonstrate the “coldwave.” We miss Zippos.
We’ll admit that Coldplay isn’t necessarily our favorite band (ahem), but we do admire the fact that the group is making an effort to give something back to its fans.
An announcement posted on the band’s website indicates that Coldplay will give away free CDs to at its 2009 concerts. The free disc, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, is a collection of live versions of some of the band’s songs.
LeftRightLeftRightLeft tracklist
1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death And All His Friends
For fans not able to fork over the $50+ dollars for concert tickets, the band hasn’t forgotten you: the disc will be available as a free download beginning May 15.
Wanna see Coldplay in concert?
2009 Coldplay Tour Dates, after the jump.
15/05/09: West Palm Beach, FL
17/05/09: Atlanta, GA
18/05/09: Birmingham, AL
20/05/09: Virginia Beach, VA
21/05/09: Washington, DC
23/05/09: Hartford, CT
24/05/09: Hershey, PA
26/05/09: Philadelphia, PA
27/05/09: Saratoga Springs, NY
29/05/09: Scranton, PA (Cancelled)
30/05/09: Pittsburgh, PA
01/06/09: Buffalo, NY
02/06/09: Detroit, MI
04/06/09: Cincinnati, OH
05/06/09: Indianapolis, IN
06/06/09: Nashville, TN
09/06/09: New Orleans, LA
10/06/09: San Antonio, TX
12/06/09: Des Moines, IA
13/06/09: Omaha, NE
15/06/09: Winnipeg - Canada
17/06/09: Calgary - Canada
18/06/09: Edmonton - Canada
20/06/09: Vancouver - Canada
21/06/09: Vancouver - Canada
02/07/09: Arras - France
03/07/09: Werchter - Belgium
05/07/09: Roskilde - Denmark
10/07/09: Portland, OR
11/07/09: George, WA
13/07/09: San Francisco, CA
14/07/09: Sacramento, CA
16/07/09: San Diego, CA
18/07/09: Carson, CA
19/07/09: Irvine, CA
21/07/09: Dallas, TX
22/07/09: Houston, TX
24/07/09: Maryland Heights, MO
25/07/09: East Troy, WI
30/07/09: Toronto
01/08/09: Montreal
02/08/09: New Jersey, NJ
03/08/09: Mansfield, MA
06/08/09: Raleigh, NC
07/08/09: Charlotte, NC
09/08/09: Tampa, FL
16/08/09: Herning - Denmark
19/08/09: Bergen - Norway
22/08/09: Stockholm - Sweden
25/08/09: Hannover - Germany
27/08/09: Dusseldorf - Germany
29/08/09: Munich - Germany
31/08/09: Udine - Italy
02/09/09: Bern - Switzerland
04/09/09: Barcelona - Spain
07/09/09: Paris - France
09/09/09: Nijmegen - Holland
10/09/09: Nijmegen - Holland
12/09/09: Manchester - UK
14/09/09: Dublin - Ireland
16/09/09: Glasgow - UK
18/09/09: London - UK
19/09/09: London - UK
Additional info on venues and tickets on the Coldplay website.
theblogwithtwolegs.co.uk says...
05.2.09 4:13 am
They’re giving away free CDs - but any idea whose CDs they’ll give away?
If it’s by someone worthwhile it might make up for having to go to the gig just because your girlfriend wants to go.
Think about it - they’ve pretty much signalled that themselves by excluding the festival gigs. After all, since there’ll be other bands on they know there’s a fair bet you’ll get to see someone decent, so they don’t need to buy you a CD to make up for having to hang around during the Coldplay bit. (In the UK you can call The Samaritans on ….)
Well, at least we should give them credit for apologising.
(Oh, and don’t worry… they’ll make it back in the merchandising.)
Karen added...
haha, giving away cds by a different band would be a funny idea…they probably have bad taste in music though.
05.5.09 3:42 pm
Josh2.0 says...
05.3.09 2:50 pm
So you love Coldplay (who, like every band since its invention, uses autotune), you hate Radiohead, have never been to a strip club, and don’t like getting high? How could I possibly take a music blog that’s written by a bunch of squares seriously? Dorks.