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2000–2001 concert tour by Coldplay From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Parachutes Tour
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The Parachutes Tour was the first concert tour undertaken by British rock band Coldplay. It was announced on 1 June 2000 in support of their debut album, Parachutes (2000), following the unnamed concert run they co-headlined with Welsh band Terris.[2] They mostly performed at clubs, theatres and festivals, while the set list included all tracks from the concert run's namesake album along with songs from The Blue Room (1999), covers and unreleased material.[3]

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Background

After numerous one-off performances and a few shows with Bellatrix in support of The Blue Room (1999),[4] Coldplay was part of the NME Premier Tour in January 2000 and embarked on a co-headlining run with Terris in March.[5] On 27 April 2000, the band announced their first headlining tour would be coming to the United Kingdom right after supporting Muse at Showbiz Tour.[6]

Opening acts

Except for London, English band Lowgold were the supporting act for all October 2000 performances.[7] On 18 December, the guests included Bettina Motive and the Fantastic Super Foofs.[8] During the first North American leg, Lily Frost was the opener in Vancouver and remaining dates had Powderfinger.[9] Grandaddy was invited for the continent's second run.[10] Mercedes, JJ72 and Swan Lee were featured in the shows at Club Ifor Bach,[11] Ancienne Belgique,[12] and Vega,[13] respectively.

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Reception

In total, the tour grossed $4,201,871 from 262,140 tickets sold.[14] Billboard also commented the performances held in 2001 earned an average of $52,743 from 2,507 tickets per date.[15]

Set list

This set list was taken from the 23 October 2000 concert in London, England. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.[16]

  1. "Spies"
  2. "Trouble"
  3. "Bigger Stronger"
  4. "High Speed"
  5. "Shiver"
  6. "Animals"
  7. "Sparks"
  8. "Don't Panic"
  9. "Help Is Round the Corner"
  10. "Yellow"
  11. "Everything's Not Lost"

Encore

  1. "We Never Change"
  2. "In My Place"

Tour dates

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Cancelled shows

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Boxscores

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Notes

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Cities

  1. Labelled as Tokyo in promotional material.
  2. Labelled as Staffordshire in promotional material.
  3. Labelled as Boston in promotional material.

Others

  1. $7.46 million in 2024 dollars.[1]
  2. The concert in Pilton on 24 June 2000 was part of the Glastonbury Festival.[18]
  3. The concert in Belfort on 7 July 2000 was part of the Eurockéennes festival.[19]
  4. The concert in Kinross on 9 July 2000 was part of the T in the Park festival.[20]
  5. The concert in Paris on 11 July 2000 was originally planned for 28 May 2000 at La Maroquinerie, but it was rescheduled due to unknown reasons.[21]
  6. The concert in Villafranca di Verona on 14 July 2000 was part of the Rockaforte Festival.[22]
  7. The concert in Misterbianco on 16 July 2000 was part of the Sonica Festival.[22]
  8. The concert in Barcelona on 27 July 2000 was a free promotional performance.[23]
  9. The concert in Birmingham on 30 July 2000 was part of the Ronnie Scott's Songwriters Festival.[24]
  10. The concert in Norwich on 31 July 2000 was originally planned for 23 May 2000, but it was rescheduled due to unknown reasons.[25]
  11. The concert in Fujiyoshida on 5 August 2000 was part of the Summer Sonic Festival.[26]
  12. The concert in Paredes de Coura on 13 August 2000 was part of the Paredes de Coura Festival.[27]
  13. The concert in Weeze on 18 August 2000 was part of the Bizarre Festival.[28]
  14. The concerts in Chelmsford and Weston-under-Lizard on 19 and 20 August 2000 were part of the V Festival.[29]
  15. The concert in Biddinghuizen on 25 August 2000 was part of the Lowlands festival.[30]
  16. The concert in Hasselt on 26 August 2000 was part of the Pukkelpop festival.[31]
  17. The concert in Pilton on 1 September 2000 was part of the Pilton Party festival.[32]
  18. The concert in London on 26 September 2000 was a free performance co-headlined with Mansun, Placebo, Reef and Toploader.[33]
  19. The concert in Cardiff on 25 October 2000 was part of BBC Radio 1's Sound City.[34]
  20. The concert in Amsterdam on 4 November 2000 was part of the Crossing Border Festival.[35]
  21. The concerts in Lille, Paris, Nantes and Toulouse on 9, 10, 11 and 13 November 2000 were part of the Les Inrockuptibles Festival.[36]
  22. The concert in Paris on 14 November 2000 was a free promotional performance for Virgin Megastores.[37]
  23. The concert in Barcelona on 17 November 2000 was part of the Pop Attack Festival.[38]
  24. The concert in Oslo on 1 December 2000 was originally planned to be held at John Dee, but it was moved to Rockefeller Music Hall due to high demand.[39]
  25. The concerts in Hamburg and Berlin on 5 and 6 December 2000 were part of the Rolling Stone Roadshow.[40]
  26. The concert in Edinburgh on 14 December 2000 was originally planned for 11 October 2000, but it was rescheduled due to illness.[41]
  27. The concert in Los Angeles on 16 December 2000 was part of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas festival.[42]
  28. The concerts in the United States in November and December 2001 were originally planned for September 2001, but they were rescheduled due to the September 11 attacks.[43]
  29. The concerts in Auckland, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on 19, 21, 26, 28 January and 2, 4 February 2001 were part of the Big Day Out festival.[44]
  30. The concert in New York City on 9 April 2001 was originally planned to be held at Irving Plaza on 16 February 2001, but it was cut short and rescheduled due to illness.[45]
  31. The concert in Aberdeen on 25 March 2001 was originally planned for 15 December 2000 at The Lemon Tree, but it was rescheduled due to appointment conflicts.[46]
  32. The concert in Brixton on 30 April 2001 was broadcast on radio by BBC Radio 1.[47]
  33. The concert in Foxborough on 26 May 2001 was part of the WBCN River Rave festival.[48]
  34. The concerts in Washington D.C. on 27 and 28 May 2001 were part of the HFStival.[49]
  35. The concert in Philadelphia on 2 June 2001 was filmed for Reverb.[50]
  36. The concert in Irvine on 23 June 2001 was part of the KROQ Weenie Roast festival.[51]
  37. The concert in Kristiansand on 3 July 2001 was part of the Quart Festival.[52]
  38. The concert in Kinross on 8 July 2001 was part of the T in the Park festival.[53]
  39. The concert in Singapore on 29 July 2001 was co-headlined with Travis.[54]
  40. The concerts in Chelmsford and Weston-under-Lizard on 18 and 19 August 2001 were part of the V Festival.[55]
  41. The concert in Slane on 25 August 2001 was part of the Slane Festival.[56]
  42. The concert in Leicester on 2 September 2001 was part of BBC Radio 1's One Big Sunday.[57]
  43. The concert in Providence on 28 November 2001 was part of WBRU's 32nd Birthday Bash.[58]
  44. The concert in Fairfax on 1 December 2001 was part of the WHFS HFSmas Nutcracker festival.[58]
  45. The concert in Boston on 3 December 2001 was part of the WNYR Holiday Hoedown festival.[58]
  46. The concert in Seattle on 7 December 2001 was part of the Deck the Hall Ball.[58]
  47. The concert in San Diego on 8 December 2001 was part of the 91X Frosty the Show, Man festival.[59]
  48. The concert in Los Angeles on 9 December 2001 was part of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas festival.[60]
  49. The concert in Bologna on 2 September 2000 was originally planned to be part of the Independent Days Festival.[61]
  50. The concerts in Leipzig, Munich, Cologne and Offenbach on 7, 8, 10 and 11 December 2000 were originally planned to be part of the Rolling Stone Roadshow.[62]
  51. The concert in Düsseldorf on 15 April 2001 was originally planned to be part of the WDR Festival.[64]
  52. The concert in Werchter on 1 July 2001 was originally planned to be part of the Rock Werchter festival.[66]
  53. Report based on two shows instead of one.[67]
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