[2] Before the concert run, they embarked in a series of warm-up shows, which included their first performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and an appearance at the HFStival.

[3] Following the Australian and Asian legs, the band decided to rest for an extended period to produce Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), concluding the tour with a Latin American run in 2007.

"[12] Most of the tour included at least one supporting act on each concert, with English singer Richard Ashcroft opening all the German,[13] Dutch,[14] and Italian performances of the first European leg.

[18] The rest of the tour saw the band visiting Asia, Oceania and Latin America: Youth Group opened in Australia,[19] while Saiko, Brian Storming, Papas da Língua, Volován supported in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, respectively.

The remaining material was mostly from A Rush of Blood to the Head with songs such as "Politik", "In My Place", "Clocks", and "The Scientist", and to a lesser extent "Don't Panic", "Yellow", and "Trouble" being the only holdovers from Parachutes played with regularity.

Likewise, Coldplay's newest compositions during the A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour such as "Gravity", and "Proof" were included as B-sides to X&Y's singles.

[21] Pollstar also reported 608,441 admissions were purchased in 2005, which made Coldplay rank at number 11 on their list of most attended tours of the year.

[6] The band announced a DVD release in March but the film was only shown in television channels like Canada's Much Music, under the name Coldplay: How We Saw the World – Live in Toronto.