A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour

2002–2003 concert tour by Coldplay

The A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour was the second concert tour undertaken by British rock band Coldplay. It was launched in support of their second studio album A Rush of Blood to the Head. They performed a total of 151 shows across Europe, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Between 21 and 23 July 2003, the band filmed Live 2003 at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney.

Most of the tour included at least one supporting act on each concert, with English singer Richard Hawley opening all performances held between 19 and 28 June 2002. Except for the show at Rome's Valle Giulia (which had the Music), all dates from 30 June to 12 July included 1 Giant Leap. while the third European run featured Idlewild. In 2003, Ron Sexsmith opened for the band from 21 January to 9 February. He was succeeded by the Music starting from 24 February. As Coldplay returned to Europe for a fourth leg, Feeder was chosen as their support and Ian McCulloch additionally guested in the United Kingdom. The last North American run counted with Eisley, who were joined by Damien Rice on 25 May, and Sexsmith between 27 May and 13 June. During the tour's final months, Coldplay went to Asia, Oceania and Latin America: the first two continents had Betchadupa, while Mexico featured Jumbo.

The 2002 shows contained a rough 50/50 split in material from Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head. The official tour in 2003 focused on songs from the second album, as well as many unreleased tracks. For example, the future Live 2003 song "Moses" and "Fix You" B side "Pour Me" were introduced during the tour. Other new songs included future X&Y b sides, "Gravity" & "Proof", "Your World Turns Upside Down", which would later become a completely different song called "The World Turned Upside Down" as another b side to "Fix You", and an unreleased piano ballad called "A Ladder to the Sun". Coldplay also made a habit of covering other artists on the tour, often as outros to their own songs. Covers ranged from a tongue in cheek excerpt of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" to the Louis Armstrong classic "What a Wonderful World". Coldplay also regularly covered Echo & the Bunnymen's "Lips Like Sugar" in its entirety, in homage to Ian McCulloch's role as a mentor during the recording of A Rush of Blood to the Head. The musical introduction to the concert featured selections from Brian Eno's Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks.

In total, the tour grossed $27,152,888 from 854,424 tickets sold. Pollstar also reported that Coldplay sold 341,201 admissions in 2003, which placed them at number 42 on the list of most attended tours of the year. Rolling Stone Australia ranked the shows at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion among the best in the venue's history in 2024.

+List of 2002 concerts, showing date, city, country and venueDate (2002)CityCountryVenue19 June Edinburgh Scotland Queen's Hall20 June LiverpoolEngland Mountfield Hall22 June London Royal Festival Hall24 June Bath Bath Pavilion26 June Truro Hall for Cornwall28 June Pilton Worthy Farm30 June Werchter Belgium Festivalpark Werchter2 July Stockholm Sweden Göta Källare3 July Ringe Denmark Ringe Dyrskuepladsen5 July Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall7 July Rome Italy Valle Giulia9 July HamburgGermany Große Freiheit 3610 July Cologne Kultkomplex Cafe12 July Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall2 August ChicagoUnited States The Vic Theatre6 August Boston Paradise Rock Club7 August Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts10 August Washington, D. C. 9:30 Club12 August New York City Bowery Ballroom14 August Minneapolis First Avenue16 August Boulder Fox Theatre18 August San Francisco Bimbo's 365 Club20 August Los Angeles El Rey Theatre27 August Paris France L'Olympia29 August London England London Forum4 September SeattleUnited States Paramount Theatre6 September Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre7 September ParadiseLabelled as Las Vegas in promotional material. The Joint9 September San Diego SDSU Open Air Theatre10 September Los Angeles Greek Theatre16 September Baltimore Pier Six Pavilion17 September Boston FleetBoston Pavilion19 September Wantaghname=NYC Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater21 September Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre24 September Chicago United States UIC Pavilion4 October Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre5 October NewcastleEngland Telewest Arena7 October Birmingham National Indoor Arena8 October Nottingham Nottingham Arena11 October Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena14 October Brighton Brighton Centre15 October Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre17 October Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions18 October Port Talbot Wales Afan Lido Leisure Centre20 OctoberLondonEnglandWembley Arena21 October23 October Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Centre25 OctoberDublinIrelandPoint Theatre27 October3 November Brussels Belgium Forest National5 November Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam6 November Paris France Zénith de Paris8 November CologneGermany Palladium10 November Munich Kulturhalle Zenith12 November Montpellier France Zénith de Montpellier15 November MadridSpain La Riviera16 November Barcelona Razzmatazz18 November AssagoLabelled as Milan in promotional material. Italy FilaForum20 November Berlin Germany Arena Berlin21 November Copenhagen Denmark Valby Hallen23 November Stockholm Sweden Hovet Ice Hall24 November Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum6 December Tokyo Japan Liquid Room8 December Los AngelesUnited States Universal Amphitheatre9 December London England Royal Albert Hall27 March LilleFrance Zénith de Lille30 March Paris Zénith de Paris31 March FrankfurtGermany Jahrhunderthalle2 April Münster Halle Münsterland3 April Düsseldorf Philipshalle5 April Böblingen Sporthalle6 April Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion9 April Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico10 April MadridSpain Palacio Vistalegre11 April BadalonaLabelled as Barcelona in promotional material. Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona14 April ManchesterEngland Manchester Evening News Arena16 AprilLondonEarls Court Exhibition Centre17 April20 May EdmontonCanada Shaw Conference Centre21 May Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome23 May Vancouver General Motors Place24 May GeorgeUnited States The Gorge Amphitheatre25 May Bend Les Schwab Amphitheater27 May Boise Bank of America Centre28 May WheatlandLabelled as [[Sacramento, California AutoWest Amphitheatre30 May Mountain ViewLabelled as San Francisco in promotional material. Shoreline Amphitheatre31 MayLos AngelesHollywood Bowl2 June3 June San Diego Cox Arena5 JuneMorrisonLabelled as Denver in promotional material. Red Rocks Amphitheatre6 June9 June Chicago UIC Pavilion10 June Cleveland Tower City Amphitheater11 June Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre13 June New York City United States Madison Square Garden20 June RomeItaly Centrale del Tennis24 June Fano Piazza XX Settembre27 June Kristiansand Norway Idrettsplassen12 July Byron Bay Belongil Fields21 JulySydneyHordern Pavilion22 July24 July Auckland New Zealand Auckland Showgrounds26 July ChelmsfordEngland Hylands Park17 August Weston under LizardLabelled as Staffordshire in promotional material. Weston Park3 September São PauloBrazil Via Funchal4 September Rio de Janeiro ATL Hall7 SeptemberMexico CityMexicoPalacio de los Deportes8 September

+List of 2002 cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reasonDate (2002)CityCountryVenueReasonRef. (References)25 June Portsmouth England Portsmouth Pyramids Centre Unknown
+List of 2003 cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reasonDate (2003)CityCountryVenueReasonRef. (References)28 March Strasbourg France Hall Rhénus Illness 5 June Albuquerque United States Tingley Coliseum Unknown

+List of reported boxscores, showing city, venue, attendance and gross revenueCityVenueAttendanceRevenue Boston Paradise Rock Club 650 / 650 $5,500 Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts 810 / 810 $7,372 Washington, D. C. 9:30 Club 1,102 / 1,102 $11,571 Minneapolis First Avenue 1,272 / 1,272 $14,554 Boulder Fox Theatre 625 / 625 $21,875 Seattle Paramount Theatre 2,857 / 2,857 $78,568 Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre 8,700 / 8,700 $254,700 San Diego SDSU Open Air Theatre 4,425 / 4,798 $118,369 Los Angeles Greek Theatre 6,138 / 6,138 $167,790 Baltimore Pier Six Pavilion 3,860 / 4,400 $110,010 Boston FleetBoston Pavilion 5,137 / 5,137 $146,130 Wantagh Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater 9,181 / 14,029 $265,324 Toronto Air Canada Centre 6,061 / 6,061 $161,673 Chicago UIC Pavilion 5,456 / 8,000 $163,680 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena 15,096 /15,160 $428,838 Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam 9,765 / 9,765 $287,683 Orlando Hard Rock Live 2,800 / 2,800 $90,960 Coral Gables UM Convocation Center 5,947 / 5,947 $194,764 Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall 2,915 / 2,915 $88,864 Charlotte Grady Cole Center 2,900 / 2,900 $83,340 New Orleans Saenger Theatre 2,534 / 2,534 $88,690 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater 3,127 / 3,127 $96,145 Austin Frank Erwin Center 4,731 / 6,290 $141,930 Grand Prairie NextStage Performance Theater 5,952 / 6,333 $208,320 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Music Hall 2,263 / 2,263 $73,548 St. Louis Savvis Center 4,329 / 5,024 $126,752 Kansas City Memorial Hall 3,128 / 3,153 $95,040 Denver Fillmore Auditorium 3,600 / 3,600 $108,000 Phoenix Dodge Theatre 4,781 / 4,781 $139,960 Ottawa Corel Centre 7,790 / 8,578 $171,736 Montreal Bell Centre 11,784 / 12,414 $333,765 Wallingford careerbuilder. com Oakdale Theatre 4,833 / 4,833 $157,760 Camden Tweeter Center 6,874 / 6,874 $198,353 Pittsburgh A. J. Palumbo Center 3,536 / 3,810 $107,234 Detroit Fox Theatre 4,787 / 4,787 $141,585 Indianapolis Murat Theatre 2,516 / 2,516 $77,708 Duluth Gwinnett Civic Center Arena 7,084 / 7,084 $238,560 Nashville Ryman Auditorium 2,179 / 2,179 $74,086 Columbus PromoWest Pavilion 2,300 / 2,300 $64,400 Louisville Palace Theatre 2,695 / 2,695 $84,110 Minneapolis Target Center 8,146 / 9,481 $231,786 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena 15,504 / 15,636 $495,989 Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre 4,497 / 4,500 $113,132 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome 9,012 / 9,844 $247,768 Vancouver General Motors Place 11,955 / 13,628 $313,200 Bend Les Schwab Amphitheater 5,200 / 5,200 $182,000 Boise Bank of America Centre 2,408 / 3,100 $72,864 Wheatland AutoWest Amphitheatre 8,500 / 8,500 $197,733 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 20,217 / 21,895 $583,740 San Diego Cox Arena 9,333 / 9,333 $324,322 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre 18,188 / 18,890 $617,778 Chicago UIC Pavilion 8,728 / 8,728 $310,943 Cleveland Tower City Amphitheater 8,334 / 8,334 $229,600 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 16,328 / 16,328 $324,707 New York City Madison Square Garden 15,774 / 15,774 $582,760 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 10,482 / 10,500 $441,297 Sydney Hordern Pavilion 10,410 / 10,500 $438,266 São Paulo Via Funchal 5,642 / 5,642 $146,065 Rio de Janeiro ATL Hall 7,750 / 7,750 $165,110 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 39,408 / 39,408 $1,088,216Total 422,336 / 442,212 (95.5%) $12,536,523