Kicking off their tour on May 17th in Atlanta, GA, Coldplay will be playing 16 US dates. Will they be playing in your town? The British formed band will than head for Canada for a few dates. On April Fools Coldplay came out with a statement on their site saying  that they plan to record their next album not in a traditional studio, but on a modified Boeing 727 aircraft, in zero gravity.

“Later this year, the band will board a modified Boeing, which can provide zero gravity for periods of 20-25 seconds at a time,” a statement on the site read. “Wearing self-designed outfits based on early Russian cosmonaut suits, they will be joined by producer/collaborator Brian Eno, who will use custom-made ‘heavy’ microphones to record the sessions on a 1969 analogue cassette player.”

“We’ve been searching for the right environment to record the perfect snare drum sound for many years now,” Chris Martin added, “and I’ve just got a gut feeling that zero gravity is the place to do that, y’know?”

[via mtv]

There is only a handful of dates that you will be able to see Taylor Swift and Keith Urban together, will they be in your town? The two musicians have clashing tour dates. Below are the dates they will be touring together:

June 5th – Cincinnati, OH – US Bank Center
June 6th – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
June 7th – FT. Wayne, IN – Memorial Coliseum
June 27th – Des Moines, IA  – Wells Fargo Arena
June 28th – Moline, IL – Mark of the Quad City’s
June 31st – Boston, MAL – TD Banknorth Garden
August 1st – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
August 8th – Kansas City, MO – Sprint  Center

These are the dates we have so far, and you can see more on Taylor Swifts MySpace. They may possibly play a few more together, POSSIBLY!

I don’t know if you can believe it or not, but the above picture is me at 16, jamming out of course. Today’s music marketing topic is getting booked at music venues. It’s easy, it’s a pain in the ass, and it’s somewhere in between. Some venues will want your demo, so if your a small band you could rule yourself out right there. Non sense! Get a decent video of the crowd loving your stuff with the band jamming and you will be set (it can be a YouTube video). If you want to plan your own tour you can, using places like Local Band Network and others. However, booking yourself takes a lot of time and motivation at the national level. Best thing I can recommend is to get someone to do your booking for you. Partner with a few other bands that you personally like and tour. As i told you before, talking to people at your shows is the most powerful tool to get somewhere with your band, it’s the same for booking shows. Get your live show down and play as many house party’s as you can, there is no better way to get your music out than word of mouth.

Any other suggestions or ideas that you know of for getting booked as a smaller band? Comment Below.