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Who is going to babysit Apple Martin all summer? After finishing up some European business in June and July, Chris Martin and pals will hop the pond and play two months worth of shows in North America. The tour will begin on August 2 in Toronto and end in Virginia on September 30. In that time, they'll play the North, the South, the East, the West, the Midwest, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, New England, Canada, and, of course, Texas. But no dates in the Dakotas? Outrage!

On this tour, Coldplay will play such intimate venues as Madison Square Garden and Alpine Valley. They will rock more Tweeter and Verizon Centers than you can handle! No pavilion or amphitheater from sea to shining sea will go unscathed! This, friends, is a massive tour.

As previously reported, the new Coldplay album, X&Y;, will be released in North America on June 7 and in a place called Europe on June 6. In other news, Coldplay will perform on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" on May 21. Also, the music video for "Speed of Sound", the album's lead single, will premiere on MTV2 on May 24 and on plain ol' MTV on May 25. The video was directed by Mark Romanek, he of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and Johnny Cash's "Hurt" fame.

As the tour nears its end in September, they will headline the opening day of Austin City Limits. Supporting Coldplay on this epic North American quest will be Rilo Kiley. X's and Y's:

06-09 Paris, France - Olympia
06-15 Hamburg, Germany - Volks Park
06-17 Cologne, Germany - Fuelinger
06-19 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide
06-22 Dublin, Ireland - Marlay Park #
06-27 London, England - Crystal Palace *
06-28 London, England - Crystal Palace #
07-01 Glasgow, Scotland - Bellahouston Park *
07-02 Glasgow, Scotland - Bellahouston Park *
07-04 Bolton, England - Reebok Stadium %
07-05 Bolton, England - Reebok Stadium @
07-07 Arnhem, Netherlands - Gelredome
07-09 Munich, Germany - Coubertin Platz
07-10 Pielachtal, Austria - Nuke Site
07-11 Verona, Italy - Open Air
07-13 Locarno, Switzerland - Moon & Stars, Piazza Grande
07-14 La Plages, France - Festival Les Voix du Gaou

08-02 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
08-03 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
08-04 Hartford, CT - Meadows Music Theatre
08-06 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
08-07 Philadelphia, PA - Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
08-09 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
08-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Pavilion
08-12 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
08-13 East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theatre
08-16 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheater
08-17 Portland, OR - Amphitheater at Clark County
08-19 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
08-20 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
08-24 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
08-25 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
08-26 San Diego, CA - Coors Amphitheater
08-30 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
08-31 Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheater
09-01 Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
09-03 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
09-06 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
09-09 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
09-10 Raleigh, NC - Alltel Pavilion
09-13 West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheater
09-14 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater
09-16 Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Music Center
09-17 St. Louis, MO - UMB Bank Pavilion
09-18 Nashville, TN - Starwood Amphitheater
09-20 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
09-21 Kansas City, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
09-23 Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Center
09-24 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
09-25 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
09-28 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
09-29 Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
09-30 Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge

# with Interpol
* with Supergrass
% with Elbow
@ with Doves