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The Parlotones to open for Coldplay

15 Jun 2011

Big Concerts has announced that The Parlotones will support Coldplay when they perform in South Africa on Wednesday, 5 October at Cape Town Stadium and Saturday, 8 October, 2011, at the Soccer City Complex, FNB Stadium Johannesburg.

The Parlotones are known for their electric, polished stage performances delivered against the backdrop of their deftly crafted and darkly romantic lyrics. In the last 12 months The Parlotones have: released the platinum selling "Stardust Galaxies", which won Best Rock Album at the 2010 SAMAs, performed at the Opening World Cup Concert to a billion viewers, completed a 70 city world tour and entered three Billboard charts in the USA.

Coldplay's album "Parachutes" debuted at number one in the UK Album Chart and was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. Their second album, "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" (2002), spawned popular singles The Scientist, In My Place and Clocks - and won Record of the Year at the 2004 Grammys. The third album "X&Y" became the best selling album of 2005 with worldwide sales of 11 million. "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" (2008) is a new direction for Coldplay, a change from their past three albums, which they referred to as the trilogy. It became the bands first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and their first UK number one based on download sales alone.