Good morning. We’re very pleased to announce that Coldplay will play five UK stadium shows in summer 2012. The dates are as follows:

MAY
Tuesday 29 – Coventry Ricoh Arena

JUNE
Friday 1 – London Emirates Stadium
Saturday 2 – London Emirates Stadium
Thursday 7 – Sunderland Stadium of Light
Saturday 9 – Manchester Etihad Stadium  
 
Tickets, costing from £49.50, go on sale at 9am on Friday, 18 November through gigsandtours.com / 0844 854 1360; seetickets; ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 847 2312; ticketline.co.uk / 0844 888 9991; theticketfactory.com / 0844 581 9900 (NB: theticketfactory is for Coventry only).

There is a limit of six tickets per person. In the interests of safety,  any young person under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult and no children under the age of 5 will be allowed.

Members of Coventry City FC, Arsenal FC, Sunderland AFC and Manchester City FC are eligible for a special pre-sale beginning at 9am on Thursday, 17 November. Head to their websites or contact the clubs for info.

UPDATE: This pre-sale has now sold out. Subscribers to O2 also qualify for a pre-sale, beginning at 9am on Wednesday, 16 November.

Tickets for persons with disability are available from 9am on Friday, 18 November as follows:
Coventry: Ticket Factory 0844 581 0700
London; Venue Box Office 9.30 – 5pm 020 7619 5050
Sunderland; See Tickets – 0844 995 9577
Manchester; Venue Box Office 9.30 – 5pm – Wheelchair Seating call: 0161 444 1894; Ambulant Disabled call: 0844 581 9900

We’ll have some news for those of you in North America and Europe soon…

Anchorman

Coldplay’s new album, Mylo Xyloto, is out now – get it from iTunes at cldp.ly/itunescp