Mylo Xyloto Tour

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), and began on 3 December 2011 at Scotland's SEC Centre,^[3] following a series of promotional and festival performances, including Austin City Limits,^[4] Glastonbury,^[5] Lollapalooza,^[6] and Rock in Rio.^[7]

Mylo Xyloto Tour

Tour by Coldplay
Promotional poster example
Location	Asia Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Mylo Xyloto
Start date	3 December 2011 (2011-12-03)
End date	31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)
No. of shows	76
Producer	Live Nation[1]
Attendance	2.1 million
Box office	$181.3 million[a]
Website	coldplay.com/live
Coldplay concert chronology

Background

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,^[8] 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.^[9] The shows in Coventry, Manchester, Sunderland and London sold out in under two hours.^[10] 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.^[11]

Broadcasts and recordings

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.^[12] The live webcast was reported to have been viewed by nearly 20 million people.^[13] 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.^[14] Titled Coldplay: Live at the Emirates, the full show was aired live and uninterrupted.^[15] 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

According to Pollstar, Coldplay grossed $181.3 million from 2.1 million tickets sold in 75 reported dates.^[16] Over $170 million were earned with the performances held in 2012, which made the band rank at number four on the magazine's list of most successful tours of the year.^[17]

Set list

2011

This set list is representative of the show at the Plaza de Toros in Madrid. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[18]

Main stage

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

B-stage

11. "Up in Flames"
12. "'Til Kingdom Come"

Main stage

13. "Politik"
14. "Viva la Vida"
15. "Charlie Brown"
16. "Life Is for Living"
17. "Clocks"
18. "Fix You"
19. "M.M.I.X."
20. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"

2012

This set list is representative of the first show at the Emirates Stadium in London. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[19]

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

10. "Princess of China"
11. "Up in Flames"
12. "Warning Sign"

Main stage

13. "A Hopeful Transmission"
14. "Don't Let It Break Your Heart"
15. "Viva la Vida"
16. "Charlie Brown"
17. "Paradise"
18. "Us Against the World"
19. "Speed of Sound"
20. "Clocks"
21. "Fix You"
22. "M.M.I.X."
23. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"

2012 Summer Paralympics‚ London, Great Britain

1. "Us Against the World"
2. "Yellow"
3. "Up in Flames"
4. "Paradise"
5. "42"
6. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" (with Mat Fraser)
7. "Clocks"
8. "Charlie Brown"
9. "Princess of China" (with Rihanna)
10. "Strawberry Swing"
11. "We Found Love" (with Rihanna)
12. "Viva la Vida"
13. "Run This Town" (with Jay-Z and Rihanna)
14. "Paradise" (reprise with Jay-Z)
15. "The Scientist"
16. "M.M.I.X."
17. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"

Tour dates

List of 2011 concerts^[16]

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	Sportpaleis van Ahoy		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[b]	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Volvo Ocean Race	—	—	—

List of 2012 concerts^[16]

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[c]				—	16,105 / 16,105	$2,871,570
Total					2,100,124 / 2,113,801 (99.3%)	$181,396,540

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts

Date (2013)	City	Country	Venue	Reason	Ref.
5 February	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Morumbi	"Circumstances beyond our control"	[22]
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

Credits adapted from the band's official tour book, which was sold exclusively on merchandise booths and their online store.^[23]

Performing members

• Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar
• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
• Guy Berryman – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
• Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, percussion

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

• Parlophone – UK
• EMI Music – US
• Kevin Brown, Rob Wood – ROW

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

Gear

Credits taken from Projection, Lights & Staging News, with product quantities being represented between parenthesis whenever possible.^[24]

• HES Wholehog 3 Consoles with Wings (2)
• Vari*Lite VL3500 Wash FX Fixtures (34)
• Martin MAC 700 Profiles (28)
• Martin MAC 2000 Wash XBs (13)
• Martin MAC 101s (70)
• Martin MAC 250s (20)
• Martin MAC Viper Profile (1)
• Atomic 3000 Strobes (26)
• Molefay 4-lite Liners (49)
• i-Pix Satellite 2s (36)
• i-Pix BB4s (66)
• Novalight Nova Flowers (6)
• Custom 2K Floor Fixtures with Two iPix BB4s in Each (5)
• Martin MAC 250 Fixtures with Beam Kits (20)
• Wildfire 400W UV-A Fixtures with Irises (3)
• Chauvet UV Shadows (8)
• Robert Juliat 1.2K Lancelot Spots (8)
• Lyceum 2.5K FOH Spots (4)
• Lyceum M2 Long Throw (1)
• Look Solutions Orka Foggers (2)
• Reel EFX DF-50 Diffusion Hazers (2)
• Barco O-lite 5 m Diameter Circular Screen, 10 mm LED (1)
• Barco FLM R22+ DLP Projectors in Custom Frames (10)
• Circular Video Screens for Stadiums with Pixled F-12 (5)
• Catalyst v4 Media Servers (4)
• 16x16 Lightware DVI Matrix (1)
• Grass Valley Kayak 2.5M/E Switcher (1)
• Sony HXC-100K Cameras (5)
• AJA Video Systems Ki Pro Recording Units (3)
• Thundering Jacks Video Dust System (1)
• Xylobands (2.3 million)

See also

• List of Coldplay live performances
• List of highest-grossing live music artists

Notes

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. $240.61 million in 2023 dollars.^[2]
2. The concert in Abu Dhabi on 31 December 2011 was a private New Year's Eve performance.^[20]
3. The concert in New York City on 31 December 2012 was co-headlined with Jay-Z.^[21]

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External links

• Coldplay Official Website