Band will perform two shows - one in Cape Town and one in Jozi
IT TOOK Big Concerts 10 years to get the British alternative rock band Coldplay to perform in South Africa, its chief executive officer Attie van Wyk has said.
Van Wyk said this yesterday when he announced two shows, in Cape Town and Johannesburg, in October.
"After 10 years of knocking on the door we are incredibly excited that they have finally confirmed two stadium shows," he said.
"It can only take artists of that calibre to negotiate for that long ... South Africa is very far from any of their other territories," he said.
"But now, for Coldplay, it's the first opportunity to look at the South African market." The first concert will be held at Cape Town Stadium on October 5 and the second at FNB Stadium, in Johannesburg on October 8.
The concerts will be held in the same week that Coldplay release its fifth album, Van Wyk said.
The band's fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, was released in 2008.
Coldplay's other studio albums are: Parachutes released in 2000, A Rush of Blood to the Head released in 2002, which spawned popular singles The Scientist, In My Place and Clocks andwon Record of the Year at the 2004 Grammys.
Its third album, X&Y became the bestselling album of 2005, with world-wide sales of 11million.
Van Wyk said there were no indications yet what the concert would be dubbed, but it "may just be named after the new album".
The band includes musicians Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.
In a recent interview with BBC radio Martin said the new album was about "love, addiction, OCD (obsessive, compulsive disorder), escape and working for someone you don't like".
Tickets go on sale at Computicket on Thursday and will be priced from R270 to R635.
Coldplay heads for SA
Band will perform two shows - one in Cape Town and one in Jozi
IT TOOK Big Concerts 10 years to get the British alternative rock band Coldplay to perform in South Africa, its chief executive officer Attie van Wyk has said.
Van Wyk said this yesterday when he announced two shows, in Cape Town and Johannesburg, in October.
"After 10 years of knocking on the door we are incredibly excited that they have finally confirmed two stadium shows," he said.
"It can only take artists of that calibre to negotiate for that long ... South Africa is very far from any of their other territories," he said.
"But now, for Coldplay, it's the first opportunity to look at the South African market." The first concert will be held at Cape Town Stadium on October 5 and the second at FNB Stadium, in Johannesburg on October 8.
The concerts will be held in the same week that Coldplay release its fifth album, Van Wyk said.
The band's fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, was released in 2008.
Coldplay's other studio albums are: Parachutes released in 2000, A Rush of Blood to the Head released in 2002, which spawned popular singles The Scientist, In My Place and Clocks andwon Record of the Year at the 2004 Grammys.
Its third album, X&Y became the bestselling album of 2005, with world-wide sales of 11million.
Van Wyk said there were no indications yet what the concert would be dubbed, but it "may just be named after the new album".
The band includes musicians Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.
In a recent interview with BBC radio Martin said the new album was about "love, addiction, OCD (obsessive, compulsive disorder), escape and working for someone you don't like".
Tickets go on sale at Computicket on Thursday and will be priced from R270 to R635.
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