For one night only – Coldplay at the Emirates Palace

Coldplay, the world’s biggest-selling musical act for 2008 has confirmed that they are heading to the UAE for the first time as part of their current world tour, and will play a spectacular gig at the impressive Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi.

The one-off show from the award winning foursome comes as the final stop on the world tour for their critically acclaimed fourth album, ‘Viva Le Vida’ which has earned the band three Grammys at this year’s Grammy Awards.

Emirates Palace is an experience in itself. A huge and magnificent structure, designed with the greatest attention to detail, this hotel has been constructed directly on the shores of the Gulf on its own 1.3 kilometre stretch of private beach and is a superb, destination for winter sun! It is has fast become the cultural hub of the UAE and over the past year the hotel has played host performances from such names as Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Shakira, Christina Aguilera and Elton John.

After surfacing in 2000 with the breakthrough single "Yellow," Coldplay quickly became one of the biggest bands of the new millennium. The band’s current album “Viva La Vida” is the most commercially successful rock album released this decade and has earned the band seven nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. The rest of the nominations include best rock album, best rock song (Viva La Vida), and pop and rock performance accolades.

Speaking on behalf of Live Nation (Middle East), co-promoters of Coldplay live in Abu Dhabi, Elissa Murtaza, Managing Director commented, ‘Coldplay’s debut performance in the Middle East is set to attract one of the biggest attendances in the UAE. Regional fans of the band have waited a long time for this show and they won't be disappointed. With limited tickets available this is definitely the concert of the year and is not to be missed!'.

So for those who wish to catch Coldplay at this one-off gig better be quick - the concert is predicted to sell out of its 15,000 tickets in record time...

Tickets go on sale 15th February 2009 and are available on timeouttickets.com, ticketingboxoffice.com & boxofficeme.com. A limited amount of offline tickets will be available from Virgin Megastores in UAE.

ITC Classics (itcclassics.co.uk) offers 5 nights at Emirates Palace in a Coral Room on a B&B basis including return flights with Virgin Atlantic and private car transfers, from £1,089 per person, based on two sharing. (Based on December departure).

For more information and reservations, log on to Emiratespalace.com.