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**Crystaline** · 05-21-2008, 06:22 PM

Uh, Coldplayers? Where you be?

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Coldplay iTunes Advertisement Hits US TV

A new Apple iTunes ad featuring music from Coldplay’s forthcoming ‘Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends’ aired on US TV this week, reports MacWorld.

The 30-second spot was filmed by director Mark Romanek and was broadcast between segments of American Idol last night, it features a clip of the band performing the new single from the album. A graphic element on the TV clip declares: “Viva La Vida Coldplay, exclusively on iTunes.”

Apple has only shot such ads for a handful of major league acts, including Eminem, Mary J Bilge, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney. Coldplay are working hard to increase their viral reach, releasing first single Violet Hill as a free download, attracting 600,000 downloads in the first 24-hours the track was made available online.

It's perfection.

YouTube - COLDPLAY NEW ITUNES AD! VIVA LA VIDA! HQ

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Rolling Stone's Summer US Tour Guide: Coldplay

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says the band members have been looking forward to their U.S. tour for a year and a half — which is how long they've been working on their new album, Viva La Vida. The disc comes out June 17th (US), and the band plays a free show at New York's Madison Square Garden a week later.

When you're in the studio, do you think about how the songs will sound live?
The knowledge that you're going to play something live has a huge influence on whether or not you record it. You know you've crossed a line into self-indulgence if you can't play it live. That probably means it's not worth it.

Are you planning anything new this tour?
We have some tricks up our sleeve. When we go to concerts we get quite bored unless it has things that you wouldn't expect. There will be a mini-acoustic set. We've got some visual things, some technical things, some emotional things, some audience-participation things, some gymnastic things — the only rule is no flying.

How do you decide which songs to play?
We're gonna play a nine-hour set and provide mattresses when people need to sleep. We're going to play all our catalog and all Bruce Springsteen's. No, we're not idiots. We're not gonna just play B sides.

Why does New York get a free show?
At the beginning of our last tour, we ****ed up in New York and played a couple of **** concerts, and we were embarrassed about it. We thought, "What's the best way to say thanks for putting up with us last time?" Plus the fact that no one's ever done a free show there before.

This New Yorker certainly appreciates it.