Coldplay gear up for an eventful summer starting June 17 with the international release of their latest album Viva La Vida. Anticipation for the new album, produced by Brian Eno and Markus Dravs, has been so high it has already spurred two top 40 singles in America.

“Violet Hill,” debuted and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard chart, and title track “Viva la Vida”, which also debuted the same week, sits comfortable at number 2 (at press time), a career high for the band. This chart placing bests the performance of previous chart peak of “Speed of Sound” at number 8 back in 2005.

To celebrate the arrival of their fourth studio album the band will play a couple of free concerts in London (June 16 at the Brixton Academy) and New York City (June 23 at Madison Square Garden). Tickets to these shows were given away via a contest held on the band’s website earlier in the year.

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