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Are you a musician? Live anywhere near the Chicago, San Jose, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, or Hartford metropolitan areas? Don't mind that Chris Martin fella too much? Boy, have Coldplay (maybe) got the gig for you!

At the aforementioned stops on Coldplay's forthcoming North American tour, you and your musical combo could very well warm up a sure-to-be-receptive crowd before the British megastars take the stage as scheduled. And all you've gotta do for the privilege is submit a YouTube video of yourself to the requisite radio station-sponsored section of coldplayontour.com and wait with bated breath for the call.

And if you do pass the audition? Why, you'll be joining the likes of Shearwater and Santogold while you're doing it. Not too shabby for a bunch of jokers putting their music on YouTube, though I'm told that's not such a bad way to go these days.

Coldplay:

07-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum ^
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum ^
07-18 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion ^!
07-19 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena ^
07-23 Chicago, IL - United Center *!
07-25 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center *!
07-27 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
07-29 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Center *
07-30 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center *
08-02 Hartford, CT - XL Center *!
08-03 Washington, DC - Verizon Center *!
08-04 Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden *!
08-09 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-10 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
09-01 Strasbourg, France - Zenith
09-02 Mannheim, Germany - SAP Arena
09-04 Lyon, France - Tony Garnier Hall
09-06 Barcelona, Spain - Palau St. Jordi
09-07 Madrid, Spain - Palacio de Deportes
09-09 Paris, France - The Bercy
09-12 Cologne, Germany - Koln Arena
09-14 Hamburg, Germany - Colorline Arena
09-15 Berlin, Germany - O2 World
09-18 Stockholm, Sweden - Globe Theatre
09-19 Oslo, Norway - Spectrum
09-22 Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena
09-23 Budapest, Hungary - Arena
09-24 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle
09-26 Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
09-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
09-29 Bologna, Italy - Palamagotti
09-30 Milan, Italy - Datchforum
10-02 Rotterdam, Netherlands - The Ahoy
10-04 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpalais
10-20 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
10-21 Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place
10-26 East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
11-03 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
11-07 Orlando, FL - Amway Arena
11-09 Sunrise, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
11-11 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
11-13 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
11-14 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
11-16 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
11-18 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
11-19 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
11-21 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
11-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Energy Solutions Arena
11-26 Phoenix, AZ - Jobing.com Arena
12-01 Birmingham, England - NIA
12-02 Birmingham, England - NIA
12-03 Birmingham, England - NIA
12-05 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC
12-06 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC
12-07 Sheffield, England - Sheffield Arena
12-10 Liverpool, England - Echo Arena
12-11 Manchester, England - MEN Arena
12-12 Manchester, England - MEN Arena
12-14 London, England - O2 Arena
12-15 London, England - O2 Arena
12-16 London, England - O2 Arena
12-18 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Odyssey Arena
12-19 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Odyssey Arena

^ with Shearwater
* with Santogold
! with YOU (maybe)