Good morning. We are very pleased to announce that Coldplay will head to North America in 2012 for a string of shows in the USA and Canada.

Tickets go on general sale on Saturday, 17 December at 10am (local time) from 1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Before that, you can use any American Express card to purchase advance tickets for the U.S. shows, from Monday, 12 December, at 10am (local time) until Friday, 16 December, at 10pm (local time). The advance AMEX tickets will be available from here for all shows except Portland (here), Philadelphia (here) and Houston (here). The tickets for the two LA Bowl shows will not go on sale until January 2012.

NB: The Canadian pre-sales begin on Wednesday 14 December. Links to follow.

Here is the full list of shows announced so far:

APRIL
17 Edmonton, AB  Rexall Place 
18 Calgary, AB   Scotiabank Saddledome 
20 Vancouver, BC  Rogers Arena 
24 Portland, OR   Rose Garden Arena 
25 Seattle, WA   KeyArena  
27 San Jose, CA   HP Pavilion At San Jose 

MAY
1 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Bowl  (On sale 9 Jan)
2 Los Angeles, CA  Hollywood Bowl (On sale 9 Jan)

JUNE
22 Dallas, TX   American Airlines Center
25 Houston, TX   Toyota Center 
28 Tampa, FL   St. Pete Times Forum 
29 Miami, FL   American Airlines Arena 

JULY
2 Atlanta, GA   Philips Arena
5 Philadelphia, PA  Wells Fargo Center 
8 Washington, DC  Verizon Center
23 Toronto, ON   Air Canada Centre 
26 Montreal, QC   Bell Centre  
29 Boston, MA   TD Garden 

AUGUST
3 East Rutherford, NJ  Izod Center 
7 Chicago, IL   United Center  (On sale 19 Dec)
11 St. Paul, MN   Xcel Energy Center  

Anchorman