Coldplay Going On Tour - Hide Your Children

Right back attcha, Chris!

Living La Vida on the road.

Hold onto your twin sweater sets, people! Coldplay has just announced that they're going on tour. The moody Brits will kick off their North American stampede July 10 in Portland, Oregon.

So far, 14 dates have been set, which is good in the event that you either want to 1. see the band in concert or 2. (and more likely) make sure you're nowhere near the affected area.

If you fall into the first camp, or the second, here are the tour dates:

July 10: Portland, Ore. (The Amphitheater at Clark County)
July 11: George, Wash. (The Gorge Amphitheatre)
July 13: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
July 16: San Diego (Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 18: Carson, Calif. (Home Depot Center)  
July 21: Dallas (Superpages.com Center)
July 22: Houston (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
July 24: Maryland Heights, Mo. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
July 25: East Troy, Wis. (Alpine Valley Music Theatre)
July 29: Toronto (TBD)
Aug. 3: Mansfield, Mass. (Comcast Center)
Aug. 6: Raleigh, N.C. (Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion)
Aug. 7: Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)  
Aug. 9: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheatre