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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nina Jackson, 832.250.9274, [email protected] October 7, 2016 Nicole Meszaros, 832.250.9346, [email protected] Micah Pearl, 281.520.6896, [email protected] Ambrosia Healy, The Fun Star, [email protected] Sheila Richman, Atlantic Records, [email protected] COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE NEW NORTH AMERICAN DATES Band To Play 18 Stadium & Arena Shows Next Summer Produced Exclusively By Live Nation Play Houston’s NRG Stadium on August 25th! Tour trailer: https://youtu.be/HTuVTtFP1T4https://youtu.be/HTuVTtFP1T4 “Musically, the group was virtually flawless”” – Boston Herald "Easily the best touring live show this year” – Indianapolis Star “Coldplay started its show the way most bands would end theirs (and it) only got better from there” – Newsday Today, Coldplay announced a new 2017 run of North American stadium and arena shows for its “A Head Full Of Dreams Tour,” including the band’s first Canadian dates in five years. The dates are as follows: Tue Aug 01 - New York, NY - MetLife Stadium Fri Aug 04 - Boston, MA - Gillette Stadium Sun Aug 06 - Washington, DC - FedExField Tue Aug 08 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre Sat Aug 12 - Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Stadium Mon Aug 14 - Omaha, NE - CenturyLink Center Tue Aug 15 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center Thu Aug 17 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field Sat Aug 19 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena Mon Aug 21 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre Fri Aug 25 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium Mon Aug 28 - Miami, FL - Hard Rock Stadium Sat Sep 23 - Seattle, WA - CenturyLink Field Tue Sep 26 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place Fri Sep 29 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place Mon Oct 02 – Portland, OR - Moda Center Wed Oct 04 - San Francisco, CA - Levi's Stadium Sun Oct 08 - San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium Since March of this year, the “A Head Full Of Dreams Tour,” produced by Live Nation Entertainment, has played to 2.5 million people across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe. The show was created by the band alongside celebrated production designers Misty Buckley and Paul Normandale. The tour reaches Australia and New Zealand in December. Tickets go on sale starting Saturday, October 15, at 10 a.m. at http://www.livenation.com. On sale for the Miami show will be held until Friday, October, 21. Citi is the official credit card of the “A Head Full of Dreams Tour” in the United States. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Monday, October 10, at 12:00 p.m. local time through Citi's Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit http://www.citiprivatepass.com. In Canada, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, October 11, at 10 a.m. local time through Friday, October 14, at 10 p.m. local time. A Head Full Of Dreams has sold more than five million copies since its December 2015 release. The videos for the album’s hit singles – “Adventure Of A Lifetime,” “Hymn For The Weekend” and “Up&Up” – have more than a billion YouTube video views combined. The band has won seven GRAMMY® awards to date. For more information please visit Coldplay.com or contact: Ambrosia Healy [email protected] Sheila Richman, Atlantic Records [email protected] Download hi-res of image below from http://cldp.ly/cp-photo (credit: Sam Neill) About Live Nation Entertainment Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Live Nation Advertising & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com. About NRG Park NRG Park is the premier sports, convention, tradeshow/consumer show and entertainment complex located in Harris County, specifically Houston’s South Main corridor district. Four major facilities – NRG Stadium, NRG Center, NRG Arena and NRG Astrodome – encompass 350 acres and provide 26,000 parking spaces. NRG Park is home to the NFL’s Houston Texans, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, Super Bowl® XXXVIII & LI, WrestleMania® X-Seven & 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship South Regional 2008, 2010 & 2015, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four 2011 & 2016 and hosts over 500 events annually. For more information visit nrgpark.com. Get social with NRG Park on Facebook and Twitter @nrgparkfan and on Instagram @nrgpark. ### .