The North American leg of the trek begins August 2 in Toronto and concludes September 30 in Bristow, Va..

Highlights include dates at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, Calif (August 20) and Madison Square Garden in New York (September 6), and the headlining slot on the opening day of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (September 25).

Rilo Kiley has landed the support slot for the tour.

Tickets will go on sale June 4th for all shows except Dallas (on sale June 11) and Houston (on sale now). Registered users of coldplay.com can participate in a first come, first served ticket pre-sale starting May 24th.

Fans can get a preview of what’s in store when Coldplay will be the musical guest on the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” May 21.

The tour comes in support of X&Y, the follow-up album to the band’s Grammy-winning, triple platinum 2002 release, A Rush of Blood to the Head. The new disc is due in stores June 7.