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Band to give away live CD at gigs and as a download

May 1, 2009 | 10 Comments
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Coldplay have confirmed their plan to give away a live album to fans attending their forthcoming tour dates.

Chris Martin's gang will give the nine-track live album, entitled 'LeftRightLeftRightLeft', to all fans attending their 'Viva La Vida' tour dates – including their five UK dates set for September.

The album will be available as a free download from the band's official website, Coldplay.com, from May 15.

Coldplay's free album plan was originally outlined in February, when Martin said, "It's a way of saying thank you. It's a tough economy and people are paying a lot of money for tickets."

The tracklisting of 'LeftRightLeftRightLeft' will be:

'Glass Of Water'
'42'
'Clocks'
'Strawberry Swing'
'The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away'
'Viva La Vida'
'Death Will Never Conquer'
'Fix You'
'Death And All His Friends'

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gazhat

May 1, 2009

"people are paying a lot of money for tickets."........well those people must be either stupid and or loaded to want to sit through a boring 2 hours of these numptys live....

Gerbalism

May 1, 2009

If you stop dressing like morons and write some decent music people might actually think about downloading it!

theblogwithtwolegs.co.uk

May 2, 2009

Any idea whose album they'll give away? If it's by someone worthwhile it might make up for having to go to the gig just because your girlfriend wants to go. Think about it - they've pretty much signalled that themselves by excluding the festival gigs. After all, since there'll be other bands on they know there's a fair bet you'll get to see someone decent, so they don't need to buy you a CD to make up for having to hang around during the Coldplay bit. (In the UK you can call The Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90.)Well, at least we should give them credit for apologising.(Oh, and don't worry... they'll make it back in the merchandising.)

liyxam1

May 2, 2009

oh shut up you miserable bastards! coldplay bashing became very boring a looooooooong time ago

DuncanDerby

May 2, 2009

I still think they are overcharging.

cushionglamour

May 2, 2009

they couldnt sell it anyway

Rockymcfc

May 2, 2009

50 quid a ticket, 9 tracks we've already heard. Thats a great thank you Chris. You lentil eating prick.

lithium_project

May 2, 2009

wow...you guys sure told them!

thestonebutterfly

May 2, 2009

Does anyone else feel they're over-charging to download this boring tripe?

carrot cruncher

May 12, 2009

If you dont like coldplay fuck off and listen to something you do like and you call them boring.They have made some of the best songs of the last 10 years in my opinion and couldnt give a fuck what anyone else says