Coldplay updates today with new show listings for the eastern U.S. New on the calendar is October 29 in Boston at TD Banknorth Garden, October 31 in DC at Verizon Center; November 1 in Philly at The Wachovia Center and November 5 in Atlanta at Philips Arena.

Alicia Keys plans her conquest of Australia and New Zealand with new dates scheduled for December. New NZ stops include December 6 in Auckland and December 7 in Wellington. Aussie shows include December 12 in Sydney, December 13 in Hunter Valley, December 14 in Bowral, December 17 in Melbourne, December 18 in Hindmarsh, December 20 in Caversham.

Mason Jennings will play a whole lotta clubs come September and October. Among the newly posted dates you’ll find September 29 in Athens, Georgia at 40 Watt Club, October 1in DC at 9:30 Club, October 5 in Philadelphia at Theatre Of The Living Arts, October 7 in South Burlington, Vermont at Higher Ground, October 10 in Detroit at St. Andrews Hall and October 11 in Chicago at House Of Blues.

and we have a handful of new December dates for Rita Coolidge – December 5 in Rolla, Missouri at Leach Theatre, December 6 in Marion, Ohio at Palace Theatre, December 7 in Sugar Loaf, New York at Lycian Center, December 9 in Texarkana, Texas at Perot Theatre and December 28 in Newberry, South Carolina at Newberry Opera House.

JOAN OSBORNE! JOAN OSBORNE! JOAN OSBORNE!

We have a special item on Joan Osborne’s upcoming tour posting before 11 am (PDT).

During the first 90 minutes of biz we also updated the schedules for Perpetual Groove, Nine Inch Nails, The Bureau, Willy Porter, Tony Rice, The String Cheese Incident, Lynam, Billy Harvey and Better Off Dead.

But that’s just the start of another exciting romp through the land of fresh concert data. Don’t miss your Midday Update, coming up around 12 noon (PDT), from Pollstar.com!