Tour News: Coldplay, Throbbing Gristle, The Maccabees

Who is where? Oh! Here they are!

• Coldplay announced their North American Tour Dates for 2009.  They will be kicking off in Portland, OR begining July 10, 2009.  This tour will be in support of Coldplay’s Grammy Nominated album, “Viva La Vida.”
• Throbbing Gristle have announced dates for their first North American tour since 1981. The short tour hitting only a handful of major US cities will include a performance at the upcoming Coachella Music Festival.
• The Maccabees will take an extended tour throughout the UK in support of their presently untitled follow up to 2007′s “Colour it In.”

Tour dates for all three bands are listed below…

Coldplay:

• July 10          Portland, OR                            The Ampitheater at Clark County
• July 11           George, WA                              The Gorge Ampitheatre
• July 13           San Francisco, CA               Shoreline Ampitheatre
• July 18          San Diego, CA                         Cricket Wireless Ampitheatre
• July 18           Carson, CA                               Home Depot Center
• July 21           Dallas, TX                                  Superpages.com Center
• July 22           Houston, TX                           Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• July 24           Maryland Heights, MO    Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre
• July 25          East Troy, WI                          Alpine Valley Music Theatre
• August 3       Mansfield, MA                       Comcast Center
• August 6       Raleigh, NC                              Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
• August 7       Charlotte, NC                         Charlotte Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre
• August 9        Tampa, FL                               Ford Amphitheatre

Throbbing Gristle:

• April 9            Brooklyn, NY                          Masonic Hall
• April19          Indio, CA                                     Coachella
• April21          Los Angeles, CA                      UCLA
• April 23         San Francisco, CA                Grand Regency Ballroom
• April 25         Chicago, IL                                Epiphany Episcopal

The Maccabees:

• February 20         London                              Matter
• February 26 London                               Kingston-Upon-Thames McClusky’s
• March 5 London                               Barfly
• March 19                Glasgow                              Oran Mor
• March 20               Sheffield                             Plug
• March 21                Coventry                            Kasbah
• March 23               Derby                                   The Royal
• March 24                Brighton                           Concorde 2
• March 26               Cambridge                        Junction
• March 27               Stoke                                     Sugarmill
• March 28               Liverpool                          Academy 2
• March 30              Northampton                 Roadmenders
• April 1                      Edinburgh                        S24
• April 2                     Leeds                                    Live At Leeds
• April 4                     Bristol                                 Thekla
• April 5                     Camden                             Electric
• April 6                     Nottingham                    Rescue
• April 7                     Norwich                             Water
• April 9                     Manchester                     MA2
• April 10                   Birmingham                 BA2
• April 12                   Cardiff                                 Point
• April 13                   Southampton               University

Excited to see Coldplay?  Have you missed Throbbing Gristle and glad to have them back?  Wish you could cross the Atlantic and check out the Maccabees?  Let us know!