COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN VISIT PRESENTED BY HUAWEI MOBILE, 2DAYFM AND SUNRISE
[Sydney, 1 February 2012] Coldplay has announced a two-day Australian promotional visit to Sydney on Thursday 16th February and Friday 17th February. Direct from performing live with Rihanna at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday February 12, Coldplay will play two intimate, stripped down performances in Sydney.
Fans will have the opportunity to see Coldplay like never before at these two exclusive, moneycan't- buy events.
The first is a 2Day FM & Huawei Mobile Live Set With Coldplay on Thursday 16th February, where an audience of 30 competition winners will get up close and personal with the band while they play live on 2Day FM.
Winners will also receive a Huawei handset to record their experience and share with their friends via social networking on the day.
For those who miss out, Huawei will be streaming the performance live on the Huawei Mobile Facebook page, facebook.com/huaweimobile, or you can head to 2Day FM's website at 2dayfm.com.au to watch it.
Fans have a second chance to catch the band while they're in town at Sunrise & Huawei Mobile Present Coldplay Live on Friday 17th February. As well as being broadcast on Channel Seven, this event will also stream from the Huawei Mobile Facebook page.
For a chance to win tickets to see Coldplay at one of these special events, head to facebook.com/huaweimobile, tune into Sydney's 2Day FM, and watch Channel Seven's Sunrise.
Seven-time Grammy winning Coldplay have sold over 50 million albums in their career. They last visited Australia in 2011 for a triumphant set at Splendour In The Grass before releasing their fifth album Mylo Xyloto which topped the charts in 34 countries worldwide.
As Mylo Xyloto closes on double platinum sales in Australia, the band's current single Paradise has surpassed triple platinum status and is currently the No.1 most played song on Australia radio making Paradise Coldplay's most successful song to date in Australia.
Coldplay head straight to London from Sydney to perform at the Brit Awards ceremony on Tuesday February 21 where they are nominated in two categories - British Group and British Album Of The Year.
Officially released to Australian radio today, the new single Charlie Brown was a clear live highlight from recent festival performances. Before the official video drops, check out this live festival clip directed by Mat Whitecross and Mark Rowbotham:
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-7UBc3BPk
Purchase the new album Mylo Xyloto from these Australian retailers:
iTunes HERE.
JB Hi-Fi HERE.
Sanity HERE.
Bigpond HERE.
COLDPLAY | ‘CHARLIE BROWN' | SINGLE AVAILABLE NOW
COLDPLAY | ‘MYLO XYLOTO' | ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW
For further information, please contact your local EMI Music representative, or check out: www.theinsoundfromwayout.com
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