Coldplay will hit the road, kicking off their Viva La Vida World Tour, on June 29th. The band will trek the Earth North America, Europe and Japan into 2009. More than fifty shows are planned for North America, followed by gigs in Europe and the U.K.

Coldplay will play free concerts in London (June 16th at the Brixton Academy) and New York (June 23 rd at Madison Square Garden). Ticket info on these shows will be available at www.coldplay.com.

“Last time we ended up doing 150 shows; we’ll probably end up roughly the same,” Coldplay manager Dave Holmes told Billboard Magazine.

Tickets will be priced in the $50, $65 and $85 range. “You’re not going to see us coming out with $125-$150 tickets,” Holmes saus.

Here are the North American dates for Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Tour:

June 29: Philadelphia, PA; Wachovia Center

July 2: Washington, DC; Verizon Center

July 3: Hartford, CT (XL Center)

July 5: Detroit, MI (The Palace of Auburn Hills)

July 6: Cleveland, OH (Quicken Loans Arena)

July 8: St. Paul, MN (Xcel Energy Center)

July 9: Kansas City, MO (Sprint Center)

July 10: Oklahoma City, OK (Ford Center)

July 12: Phoenix, AZ (Jobbing.com Arena)

July 19: Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Garden Arena)

July 21: Sacramento, CA (ARCO Arena)

July 24: San Jose, CA (HP Pavilion)

July 27: Pemberton, BC (Pemberton Festival)

July 29: Edmonton, AB (Rexall Place)

July 30: Calgary, AB (Pengrowth Saddledome)

August 1: Winnipeg, MB (MTS Centre)

August 3: Omaha, NE (Qwest Center)

August 4: Chicago, IL (United Center)

October 20: Montreal, QC (Bell Centre)

October 21: Ottawa, ON, (Scotiabank Place)

October 26: East Rutherford, NJ (Izod Center)

October 29: Toronto, ON (Air Canada Centre)

October 30: Toronto, ON (Air Canada Centre)

November 3: Boston, MA (TD Banknorth Garden)

November 11: Atlanta, GA (Philips Arena)

November 18: Houston, TX (Toyota Center)

November 19: Dallas, TX (American Airlines Center)

November 21: Denver, CO (Pepsi Center Arena)

November 22: Salt Lake City, UT (Energy Solutions Arena)