After the first play of it they made it freely available from Coldplays website from 12:15 pm ( GMT +0) for a week before it became commercially available on the 6th of May.
They confirmed that “Violet Hill” would be the first single , with a date of 29 April 2008 for it to get some airplay.
Out in late 2008 “Lost!” was the single that got a lot of attention but there was a new version with Jay-Z called “Lost+” that came out around the same time.
Before wrapping up recording they took a bit of a break to go on tour in Latin America in early 2007 , wrapping up the Twisted Logic Tour while performing in Chile , Argentina , Brazil and Mexico.
In October 2006 ,Coldplay started working on their fourth studio album Viva La Vida or Death and All his friends with that album being produced by Brian Eno.
In Feburary 2006, Coldplay picked up two Brit Awards: Best Album and Best Single.
In September, the band put a new take on How You See the World with some reworked lyrics on the War Child Help!: A Day in the Life charity album.
Then on August 28th 2005, Coldplay performed Speed of Sound at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami.
And in July 2005, they played at Live 8 in Hyde Park, playing Bitter Sweet Symphony by the Verve with Richard Ashcroft on vocals.
Coldplay released X&Y in June 2005 in the UK and the rest of Europe.