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Luxury wins Coldplay contest

The Luxury’s grandiose, arena-sized sound should be right at home on Aug. 4, when the local rock band gets to opens for Coldplay at a sold-out TD Banknorth Garden.

The prized gig comes as the result of the Luxury’s winning ’FNX Radio’s “Open for Coldplay” contest, which drew more than 400 submissions from across New England. The top 15 entries were selected by the radio station, and the three finalists were selected by a public vote in online polls.

Out of the top three, each of which received more than 5,000 votes from fans, Coldplay personally selected the Luxury to join Santogold as an opening act.

“It was a great contest, and the band actually listened to all three finalists,” assured WFNX-FM program director Keith Dakin.

Though Chris Martin did not personally comment on the finalists, Dakin said the Coldplay camp sent the station an e-mail awarding the slot to the Luxury. Naturally, the band members are psyched about the opportunity and support that got them there.

“We’ve had a pretty amazing couple of weeks,” said frontman Jason Dunn. “Once the voting started, we had this outpouring of support from friends, getting the word out, making Facebook pages, e-mailing everyone they knew. It sounds so cheesy to say it’s all about the fans, but this really was.”

Now, it’s up to ticket-holders to get to the Garden early.