As some of you may heard of this 'little' band called Coldplay has just dropped an album entitled Viva La Vida. Well Coldplay will be touring in support of their new album. So to make this tour special they decided to add a little touch of gold, Santogold that is to their tour. You heard correct genre bending artist Santogold will be opening for Coldplay on their North American tour. Here are some dates:
July
20 New York, NY Central Park SummerStage (headlining)
23 Chicago, IL United Center (supporting Coldplay)
25 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (supporting Coldplay)
29 Montreal, Bell Center (supporting Coldplay)
30 Toronto Air Canada Center (supporting Coldplay)
August
2 Hartford, CT XL Center (supporting Coldplay)
3 Washington DC Verizon Center (supporting Coldplay)
4 Boston, MA TB Banknorth Garden (supporting Coldplay)
Also Diplo and Santogold will be dropping a Mix CD entitled Top Ranking in July. It will contain 35 tracks of remixes, and exclusives. Click the read more for the tracklisting.
Tracklisting
1 - Dub Selection Intro
2 - 3-6 Mafia - Late Night (Unstoppable Mix)
3 - Santogold - Shuv It (Disco D Blend)
4 - Santogold - I'm A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank)
5 - Sir Mixalot - Posse On Broadway
6 - Santogold - Lights Out (Diplo's Panda Bear Mix)
7 - Aretha Franklin - Save Me
8 - Devo - Be Stiff
9 - B52's - Mesopotamia
10 - Gerri And The Holograms - Gerri And The Holograms
11 - Santogold - Anne (Switch Mix)
12 - Santogold - LES Artistes (XXXchange Mix Ft Movado)
13 - Cutty Ranks - Dutty Six Pack
14 - Santogold - Find A Way (Graeme and Switch Mix Ft Kid Cudi) / Lunar Camel
15 - Richie Spice x Ratatat - Marijuana
16 - Desmond Dekker - Shanty Town
17 - Santogold - Guns Of Brooklyn
18 - Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
19 - Tony Matterhorn - Big Belly Guns
20 - Santogold - Get It Up (Radioclit mix Ft MIA & Gorilla Zoe)
21 - Mark Ronson In Studio
22 - Trouble Andrew - Run - Hide
23 - Sister Nancy - Pigeon Rock
24 - Nora Dean - Barbwire
25 - Shinehead - Know How Fe Chat
26 - Clash - Ghetto Defendant
27 - Warrior Queen - Check It
28 - Santogold x Benga - Unstoppable / Night Dub
29 - Shawty Lo x Skream - They Know / Stagger
30 - Santogold - Creator (Mumdance Mix ft Jammer, Badness, Chronik Rage, Slikman & Tempz)
31 - Xray / Turbulence Duplate (Starstruck Diplo Mix)
32 - Barrington Levy - Send A Moses
33 - Prince Jazzbo - Ital Corner
34 - Santogold - Icarus
35 - Santogold x Diplo - Right Brigade (hidden track)