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Mylo Xyloto Tour
Tour by Coldplay
Promotional poster
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North
    America
  • Oceania
Associated albumMylo Xyloto
Start date3 December 2011 (2011-12-03)
End date31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)
No. of shows76
ProducerLive Nation[1]
Attendance2.1 million
Box office$181.3 million[a]
Websitecoldplay.com/live
Coldplay concert chronology

The Mylo Xyloto Tour was the fifth concert tour undertaken by British rock band Coldplay. It was announced in support of their fifth album, Mylo Xyloto (2011), continuing their expansion from arenas to stadiums following the Viva la Vida Tour (2008–10). The concert run consisted of 76 shows across four continents, starting at Glasgow's SEC Centre on 3 December 2011 and finishing at New York City's Barclays Center on 31 December 2012.[3] A visit to Latin America was originally set for 2013, later being cancelled.

Before the tour, the group embarked on a series of promotional and festival performances, including Austin City Limits,[4] Glastonbury,[5] Lollapalooza,[6] and Rock in Rio.[7] Coldplay held concerts in Cape Town and Johannesburg as well.[8] They became the first musicians to make use of LED wristbands at shows,[9] popularising them in the live music industry.[10] According to Pollstar, the tour grossed over $181.3 million from 2.1 million tickets sold across 75 reported dates.[11]

Background

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The visuals were centered in the Xylobands and laser lighting displays.

After devoting the summer of 2011 to a promotional tour in Europe, the Americas and Africa,[12] the band announced the tour via their Twitter account in September 2011. Initial dates revealed shows in the UK, France, Germany and Belgium. A set of rehearsal shows were added for October and November, seeing the band partake in radio festivals and fan-exclusive gigs. Due to the demand, the band added additional shows in the UK. One of those dates is a concert at Dingwalls in London. Here, the band played several shows to help finance their debut album. Later in November, more dates were added in the UK, this time, playing stadiums in June 2012.[13] The shows in Coventry, Manchester, Sunderland and London sold out in under two hours.[14] The tour kicked off with a live-streamed concert in Madrid. Each member of the band received £10.2 million after tax from the £118.4 million made.[15]

Broadcasts and recordings

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Prior to the tour, the band gave a promotional concert in Madrid which was streamed live on YouTube (as part of the Unstaged series). The band performed songs from Mylo Xyloto alongside their previous hits. The concert streamed on 26 October 2011. The show was not only streamed on YouTube but was also seen in New York City's Times Square. Internet users were able to view exclusive content, including a pre-show interview and footage from the band's soundcheck, and were also able to select their camera view, spanning from "front of stage" to "aerial". The show was directed by Anton Corbijn and presented by American Express.[16] The live webcast was reported to have been viewed by nearly 20 million people.[17] A replay of the show on Vevo was viewed by nearly 8 million.

The 1 June concert at London's Emirates Stadium was broadcast on Absolute Radio.[18] Titled Coldplay: Live at the Emirates, the full show was aired live and uninterrupted.[19] Before the concert aired, DJ Geoff Lloyd hosted a "Coldplay Hometime Special". The programme featured interviews with the band, alongside the band's hits. A live album and concert film, entitled Live 2012, were released in 2012.

Reception

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According to Pollstar, Coldplay grossed $181.3 million from 2.1 million tickets sold in 75 reported dates.[11] More than $170 million came from the performances in 2012, which made the band rank at number four among the most successful tours of the year.[20] They also became the first act to perform at London's Emirates Stadium three times on a single tour, earning $14.4 million from 173,596 tickets.[21] It was the group's most successful boxscore engagement at the time, both in revenue and attendance.[22]

Accolades

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Awards and nominations for the Mylo Xyloto Tour
Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2012 Live UK Music Business Awards[b] Spectacle of the Year Runner-up [24]
Parnelli Awards Lighting Designer (Paul Normandale) Nominated [25]
Video Director (Andy Bramley) Nominated
Production Manager (Bill Leabody) Nominated
Tour Manager (Marguerite Nguyen) Won [26]
2013 Helpmann Awards Best International Contemporary Concert Nominated [27]
Pollstar Awards Major Tour of the Year Nominated [28]
Most Creative Stage Production Nominated

Set list

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This set list was taken from the 1 June 2012 concert in London, England. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.[29]

Main stage

  1. "Back to the Future" (from Back to the Future)
  2. "Mylo Xyloto"
  3. "Hurts Like Heaven"
  4. "In My Place"
  5. "Major Minus"
  6. "Lovers in Japan"
  7. "The Scientist"
  8. "Yellow"
  9. "Violet Hill"
  10. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"

B-stage

  2. "Princess of China"
  3. "Up in Flames"
  4. "Warning Sign"

Main stage

  2. "A Hopeful Transmission"
  3. "Don't Let It Break Your Heart"
  4. "Viva la Vida"
  5. "Charlie Brown"
  6. "Paradise"
  7. "Us Against the World"
  8. "Speed of Sound"
  9. "Clocks"
  10. "Fix You"
  11. "M.M.I.X."
  12. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"

Tour dates

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List of 2011 concerts[11]
Date (2011) City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
3 December Glasgow Scotland SEC Centre Emeli Sandé 9,243 / 9,654 $779,077
4 December Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena Marina 18,103 / 18,305 $1,534,300
9 December London The O2 Arena Emeli Sandé 16,632 / 16,800 $1,437,086
14 December Paris France Bercy Arena 16,500 / 17,000 $1,170,338
15 December Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 16,139 / 16,139 $1,187,492
17 December Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam 7,799 / 7,799 $446,087
18 December Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 18,340 / 18,340 $1,516,405
20 December Frankfurt Germany Festhalle 15,148 / 15,148 $1,179,503
21 December Berlin O2 World 14,623 / 14,623 $1,146,062
31 December[c] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Volvo Ocean Race — — —
List of 2012 concerts[11]
Date (2012) City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
17 April Edmonton Canada Rexall Place Metronomy
The Pierces 		14,306 / 16,238 $1,221,743
18 April Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 14,463 / 14,463 $1,273,387
20 April Vancouver Rogers Arena 31,766 / 34,000 $2,774,380
21 April City and Colour
The Pierces
24 April Portland United States Rose Garden Metronomy
The Pierces 		12,966 / 12,966 $1,076,567
25 April Seattle KeyArena 14,244 / 14,244 $1,209,544
27 April San Jose HP Pavilion 33,894 / 33,894 $2,612,395
28 April
1 May Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl 49,466 / 49,466 $4,158,205
2 May
4 May
18 May Porto Portugal Estádio do Dragão Marina
Rita Ora 		52,457 / 52,457 $4,631,908
20 May Madrid Spain Vicente Calderón Stadium 50,873 / 50,873 $3,820,451
22 May Nice France Stade Charles-Ehrmann 43,364 / 43,364 $2,902,592
24 May Turin Italy Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 39,778 / 39,778 $2,752,188
26 May Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund 48,826 / 48,826 $6,389,495
29 May Coventry England Ricoh Arena Robyn
Rita Ora 		40,498 / 40,498 $3,609,630
1 June London Emirates Stadium Marina
Ash 		173,596 / 173,596 $14,421,506
2 June Robyn
Rita Ora
4 June
7 June Sunderland Stadium of Light 52,320 / 52,320 $4,331,891
9 June Manchester Etihad Stadium Robyn
Charli XCX 		113,256 / 113,256 $9,082,660
10 June Robyn
Rita Ora
22 June Dallas United States American Airlines Center Robyn
Wolf Gang 		33,532 / 33,532 $2,581,064
23 June
25 June Houston Toyota Center 26,763 / 26,763 $2,237,219
26 June
28 June Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 15,934 / 16,830 $1,205,475
29 June Miami American Airlines Arena 18,266 / 18,266 $1,314,147
2 July Atlanta Philips Arena 17,218 / 17,218 $1,220,718
3 July Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 15,509 / 15,509 $1,230,556
5 July Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 33,680 / 33,680 $2,745,129
6 July
8 July Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 32,666 / 32,666 $2,710,116
9 July
23 July Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre Marina
Emeli Sandé 		35,434 / 35,434 $3,371,995
24 July
26 July Montreal Bell Centre Marina
Charli XCX 		36,893 / 36,893 $3,211,762
27 July
29 July Boston United States TD Garden Marina
Emeli Sandé 		32,248 / 32,248 $2,744,129
30 July
1 August Auburn Hills[i] The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,401 / 15,401 $1,185,387
3 August East Rutherford Izod Center 37,225 / 37,225 $3,286,692
4 August
7 August Chicago United Center Marina
Charli XCX 		33,995 / 33,995 $2,893,220
8 August
10 August Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 28,257 / 33,666 $2,472,728
11 August
28 August Copenhagen Denmark Telia Parken 50,595 / 50,595 $3,642,345
30 August Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Olympic Stadium 33,801 / 33,801 $3,044,876
2 September Saint-Denis[ii] France Stade de France 77,813 / 77,813 $6,346,611
4 September Cologne Germany RheinEnergieStadion 43,952 / 43,952 $3,358,278
6 September The Hague Netherlands Malieveld 68,274 / 68,274 $5,119,662
12 September Munich Germany Olympiastadion 54,017 / 54,017 $4,200,997
14 September Leipzig Red Bull Arena 35,075 / 37,000 $2,668,989
16 September Prague Czech Republic Synot Tip Arena 34,609 / 34,609 $2,600,696
19 September Warsaw Poland Stadion Narodowy 40,492 / 40,492 $2,337,942
22 September Hanover Germany AWD-Arena 43,414 / 43,414 $3,295,516
10 November Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium The Temper Trap
The Pierces 		37,394 / 37,394 $3,939,002
13 November Melbourne Australia Etihad Stadium 63,378 / 63,378 $7,271,332
17 November Sydney Allianz Stadium 92,717 / 92,717 $10,755,464
18 November
21 November Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 51,435 / 51,435 $6,014,804
29 December Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena Naturally 7 6,518 / 6,518 $918,355
30 December New York City Barclays Center 16,014 / 16,014 $1,934,872
31 December[d] — 16,105 / 16,105 $2,871,570
Total 2,100,124 / 2,113,801 (99.3%) $181,396,540

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts
Date (2013) City Country Venue Reason Ref.
5 February São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Morumbi "Circumstances beyond our control" [32]
7 February Porto Alegre Estádio do Zequinha
9 February La Plata Argentina Estadio Único de La Plata
12 February Santiago Chile Estadio Monumental
15 February Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol
18 February Zapopan[iii] Estadio Tres de Marzo
19 February San Nicolás[iv] Estadio Universitario

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the band's official tour book, which was sold exclusively on merchandise booths and their online store.[33]

Performing members

Main crew

  • Dave Holmes – manager
  • Phil Harvey – creative director
  • Marguerite Nguyen – tour manager
  • EJ McDonald, Jessie Collins – artist assistant
  • Dan Green – sound engineer and producer
  • Miller – Pro Tools, website
  • Rik Simpson – record engineer and producer

3D Management

  • Arlene Moon
  • Mandi Bursteen
  • Aziyn Babayan

Production

  • Bill Leabody – production manager
  • Steve Iredale – stadium site coordinator
  • Craig Finley – stage manager
  • Nicole Erin Kuhns – production coordinator
  • Tiffany Henry – wardrobe

Backline

  • Matt McGinn, Craig Hope – guitar tech
  • Sean Buttery – drum tech
  • Neil Lambert – keys and digital tech
  • Paul Newman – bass tech

Sound

  • Chris Wood – monitor engineer
  • Tony Smith – FoH assistant
  • Nick Davis – monitor assistant
  • Ali Viles – RF tech

Sound crew

  • Sid Rogerson (chief)
  • Kyle Walsh (chief)
  • Nick Mooney
  • Conor Dunne
  • Josh de Jong
  • Craig Gordon
  • Matt Latham
  • John Switzer
  • Victor Arko
  • Jordan Kolenc
  • Kurt Wolf

Lighting crew

  • Mick Stowe (chief)
  • Graham Feast (operator)
  • Phil Sharp
  • Ricky Butler
  • Kris Lundberg
  • Wayne Kwiat
  • Marta Iwan
  • John Bailey
  • Gareth Pritchard
  • Paul Burke
  • Ben Rogerson
  • Mark Goodwall

Video crew

  • Andy Bramley (director)
  • Ed Jarman (engineer)
  • Ben Miles (media servers)
  • Phil Johnston
  • Pieter Laleman
  • Sacha Moore
  • Robyn Tearle
  • Chip Wood

Rigging crew

  • Russell Glenn (head rigger)
  • Jerry Hough (coordinator)
  • Bjorn Melchert
  • Matt Rynes

Carpenters

  • Pat Boyd
  • Mike Humeniuk
  • Andy Pearson

Special effects

  • David Kennedy – laser and pyro designer
  • Mike Hartle – lasers
  • John Lyons – pyro
  • Derek Purciful – confetti

Security

  • Andy Frost, Kelly Samuels – artist security
  • Jackie Jackson – venue security

Stage

  • Paul Normandale – lighting and production designer
  • Misty Buckley – stage and prop designer
  • Paris, Reggie Matherson, Lynden Mallinson – painer

Trainer

  • Dan Portanier

Catering

  • Soozie Coll
  • Alicia Boardman
  • Pauline Austin
  • Jesse Davies
  • Piers Dawson
  • Sharon Jackson

Stadium dressing rooms

  • Dave Loudon
  • Ian Thomason

Representatives

  • Hal Hamer, Dan Vitt – merchandise (North America)
  • Paul Nolan – merchandise (Europe)
  • Julie Matway – Live Nation
  • Rachel Edwards – Oxfam
  • Gavin Maude, Jonathan Petch – legal

VIP ticketing coordinator

  • Tiffany Hiliard
  • Arman Chaparyan

Xylobands

  • Jason Regler
  • Hillside Design

Accounting

  • Alex Pollock – tour accountant
  • Dales Evans, Lester Dales, Paul Making – band accountant

US Accounting

  • David Weise & Co.
  • Sue Davidian
  • Diana de La Cerda
  • Laurie Wolf

UK Accounting

  • Headlong Tours
  • Dale Evans & Co.
  • Lester Dales
  • Paul Makin
  • Tracy Lawson
  • Debbie Johnson

Booking agents

  • Steve Strange, Josh Javor – X-Ray Touring
  • Marty Diamond, Larry Webman – Paradigm

Record company

Suppliers

  • Champman Freeborn Airchartering – aircraft charter
  • Beat the Street, Senators Coaches – bussing
  • Eat to the Beat – catering
  • Cube Services – credentials
  • Global Motion – freight
  • Moorcrofts of London – UK ground transport
  • Daitz Personal Logistics LLC – US ground transport
  • Stars and Cars – Europe ground transport
  • Robertson Taylor – insurance
  • The Factory – itinerary books
  • Lite Alternative, Upstaging Radios, Road Radios – lighting
  • Celebrity Protection, Keleca Associates – security
  • Brilliant Stages, Hangman, Specialz, Air Artists – set building
  • Strictly FX – special effects
  • All Access – staging
  • Wigwam Acoustics, 8th Day Sound – sound
  • XL Video – video
  • Stagetruck, Upstaging – trucking
  • The Appointment Group – UK travel
  • Altour – US travel
  • The Event Safety Shop – health, safety

Website

  • Brian Schulmeister, Wendy Marvel – design
  • Chris Salmon – editor
  • Debs Wild – ambassador

Tour book

  • Wendy Marvel – designer
  • Chris Salmon – interviews
  • Paris, Coldplay, Tappin Gofton – original album artwork

Tour book production

  • Jeremy Joseph
  • Dell Furano
  • Rick Fish
  • Pete Weber
  • Tanya Davis
  • Emily Theobald
  • Kate Stretton

Photos courtesy of

  • Miller
  • Benjamin Etridge
  • Sarah Lee
  • Phil Harvey
  • Noah Abrams

See also

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Notes

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Cities

  1. ^ Labelled as Detroit in promotional material.
  2. ^ Labelled as Paris in promotional material.
  3. ^ Labelled as Guadalajara in promotional material.
  4. ^ Labelled as Monterrey in promotional material.

Others

  1. ^ $248.31 million in 2024 dollars.[2]
  2. ^ The Live UK Music Business Awards was established in 2010 to honour excellence in live entertainment based on a peer-voted selection process.[23]
  3. ^ The concert in Abu Dhabi on 31 December 2011 was a private New Year's Eve performance.[30]
  4. ^ The concert in New York City on 31 December 2012 was co-headlined with Jay-Z.[31]

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