Coldplay in 2008: Review

Coldplaying Wins Absolute Radio Rock-Off Against Official Muse & Keane Forums Coldplaying beat the official Keane forum in the Absolute Radio Rock-off first round by 62% - 38% after 28 hours of voting: In the quarter-final, Coldplaying was up against the official Muse forum... Coldplaying won by 64% - 36% after 24 hours of fierce voting... and a heavy bout of cheating from the Musers. Absolute Radio didn't fail to spot it and swiped a load of votes from the Muse forum. In the semis, Coldplaying faced the Green Day community and in the closest and best round of the whole competition, Green Day were victorious by 0.2%. They went on to win the comeptition...…

Chris Martin v Dani Filth (Puffer v Puff) British rocker Dani Filth wanted to go head-to-head with Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin in a boxing match. The founding member of extreme metal band Cradle Of Filth branded indie frontman Martin a "sap" saying he would be his first choice to have a fight with. He says, "Probably that c**t Chris Martin from Coldplay. I wouldn't even wait for the bell. "Absolutely everything about him makes me want to puke. He's such a sap, and the way that he wrote that s**t about 'freedom' on his hand was pathetic. If you strongly believe in something you don't write it on your hand with a biro, you tattoo it across your f**king face." We as…

Coldplay opened their support slots to local talent. July started with a competition for aspiring bands. In association with Capital Records, Coldplay started the hunt for six bands to join them at the summer shows in the United States. Support roles are required for concerts in Chicago, San Jose, Philadelphia, DC, Boston and Hartford. Interested acts should visit coldplayontour.com and can apply using YouTube clips of their band at work. The lucky winners at San Jose on 18th July were Picture Atlantic. The full interview with their drummer, Rico Rodriguez, is here Seven days later, and we were in Philadelphia, where Jonah Delso warmed the crowd up. …

Coldplay to play V Festival? Well... no! One Republic had apparently let the cat out of the bag live on Radio One to confirm that Coldplay will be playing at this year's V Festival. It was unconfirmed by official sources, but this news came as a surprise to many, and of course V Festival organisers who have already lined up The Verve and Muse as headliners. It was a surprise. Coldplay didn't play the festival after all. Chris Martin In Kanye West's Upcoming Video 'Homecoming' Kanye West showed no signs of slowing down with releasing singles from his 3rd solo record, Graduation - he was releasing yet another video (his 5th to be exact) for the nostalgia track “…

April Fools! We reported that Chris Martin had been admitted to University College Hospital after breaking his arm playing the popular game 'Guitar Hero'. A black SUV approached the hospital at 5pm yesterday, driven by his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, a hooded Chris then jumped out and quickly entered A&E. According to a hospital source Chris was complaining of a sore wrist and was later Xrayed. The source says: "He was very pleasant and patient, he waited just like everyone else and was cracking jokes about being unable to play a plastic guitar." The singer left the hospital later that evening, ignoring the well wishes of the photographers waiting for him. A rep fo…

Michael Stipe: "A Band As Good As Coldplay Is A Rarity" Michael Stipe started off September by heaping praise on Coldplay, saying a band as good and genial as them is a rarity. He gushed in the BBC6 interview on Saturday: "For me, having been around for 28 years, doing this, I’m thrilled when a band like Coldplay come along. I think great! Here are some contemporaries I respect what they do and they’re really smart fun people great people to be around and they’re very close friends." Elsewhere in the interview, Coldplay revealed that their fifth studio album would be released in December 2009 to cap off an incredible decade for the four-piece. Chris Martin made t…

Davide Rossi Interview: Prospekt's March EP Top violinist Davide Rossi was exclusively interviewed by Coldplayzone.it in which he answered questions on working with Coldplay on their last album 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'. The musician talked also about coming back to the studio, to record the forthcoming Prospekt's March EP. Rossi revealed that the EP would contain three songs featuring his Violectra and the EP itself is a quality release, full of fresh and powerful songs. He said in his interview, "In my opinion... the EP is actually on par with ‘Viva La Vida’. Fans should not expect a 'B-sides' album but instead a unique and equally impressive r…

Coldplay: 'We're less shit than we used to be' October started with Coldplay in familiar defensive mode. Chris Martin said that Coldplay were "less shit than they used to be" in an interview broadcast by Absolute Radio. The singer made the comment to DJ Christian O'Connell after their show in Munich in September. The concert was being broadcast in full on Absolute Radio, which had been re-branded from Virgin Radio. Of the concert, Martin says: "I think our concert is the least shit Coldplay concert at the moment that you could have possibly ever seen. Do you see what I mean? We're better than we used to be." Asked whether the band felt more comfortable playing larg…

July Spills Into August After Flurry Of Interviews The end of July / start of August was one of the busiest couple of days in the Coldplay 2008 calendar so far with three interviews and the release of the new Viva La Vida video. We had to post a review of the eTalk, Much Music and 102.1 The Edge interviews. 'Viva La Vida' Video(s) Released! The Viva La Vida music videos appeared via the official Coldplay site. There were 2 versions: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE]YouTube - Coldplay - Viva La Vida[/ame] | [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mleOmhyTY]YouTube - Coldplay - Viva La Vida alternative video version (Made in The Hague/Netherlands)[/…

June 2008: Your One-Stop-Shop for Coldplay Info! June was so busy that we needed a new calendar.. and Zemy101 and ApproximatelyInfinite duly obliged: And here was a list of those events via Coldplaying and the relevant media websites! JUNE 1: MTV Movie Awards Threads: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44860&highlight=movie+awards http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45557 Site: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2008/ JUNE 2: KROQ Thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45860 Site: http://www.kroq.com JUNE 2: Q Radio Thread: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45220&highlight=…

Coldplay: "Arcade Fire Shaped Our New Album" In May's first NME magazine, Chris Martin talked about the bands new base, where they can avoid the paparazzi he hates. He revealed that Coldplay had hired a new headquarters for the band, specifically designed to deflect attention from the group and help them avoid photographers. Shifting topics Martin explained how Coldplay ended up working with the legendary Eno. "It was Brian's idea," he revealed. "I would often meet up with him for tea and start playing tabla machines...and that just turned into a years worth of production." The band also revealed how Arcade Fire influenced the new album: "After he worked on 'Neon B…

12 Rumoured Release Dates 2008 starts with glossy Coldplay... The Q Magazine article featuring Coldplay hit the shelves in early January and contained some more information on the new album that we didn't already know at the start of the year. The new release date was rumoured to be May/June 2008. Here is what was reported on Coldplaying on 3rd January: Another thing that helped them out of the rut was hypnosis, with the band's new found adventurousness extending to writing music while in an altered state. Some might conclude they've misplaced their marbles, but Martin seems unconcerned. "Everything over this past few months has been about taking off any shackles…

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