After Coldplay’s performance at this weekend’s Grammy Awards, the band will return to North America in July to launch its summer tour in Portland. Coldplay plays Raleigh’s Walnut Creek Amphitheater (or TWCMP@WCA) Thursday, Aug. 6. Tickets go on sale February 13. Valentine’s Day gifts, for real. …

Also, this Coldplay Blog update is intriguing: Brian Eno recently ejected Chris Martin from the studio so as to capture the band’s instinctive instrumental reactions to new Martin vocal takes. Martin seems OK with it, as he’s apparently down the road working on a new project in a different studio?