by "5" contributor Jeff Kent
Are you a musician? Live anywhere near the Chicago, San Jose, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, or Hartford metropolitan areas? Don't mind that Chris Martin fella too much? Boy, have Coldplay (maybe) got the gig for you!
At the aforementioned stops on Coldplay's forthcoming North American tour, you and your musical combo could very well warm up a sure-to-be-receptive crowd before the British megastars take the stage as scheduled. And all you've gotta do for the privilege is submit a YouTube video of yourself to the requisite radio station-sponsored section of coldplayontour.com and wait with bated breath for the call.
And if you do pass the audition? Why, you'll be joining the likes of Shearwater and Santogold while you're doing it. Not too shabby for a bunch of jokers putting their music on YouTube, though I'm told that's not such a bad way to go these days.
