A Head Full Of Dreams

Coldplay have had a massive night at the Brits, winning two awards and performing Hymn For The Weekend! While Coldplay were only nominated for Best British Band and British Album of the Year, Adele obviously took the best album leaving Coldplay with the award for best British band!   To kick off the show, Coldplay performed Hymn for the Weekend without Beyonce. Instead Will performed Beyonce's 'oohs' and 'ahhs' and quite frankly, was better than Queen Bey herself. To top it all off, the band to

Coldplay’s new five-track Kaleidoscope EP is out now to download and stream worldwide (the CD and vinyl versions of the EP will follow on August 4). Click to listen on Spotify or Apple Music / iTunes.   The band have also just premiered a new lyric video for Miracles (Someone Special), a collaboration with Detroit rapper Big Sean, which you can watch now below. The video was directed by Ben Mor.     The EP was produced by the band’s long-term collaborators Rik Simpson and Daniel Green, toge

Coldplay's upcoming seventh album. A Head Full Of Dreams is "really beginning to shine", according to the band's producer, Rik Simpson.   On his latest blog post, the award winning sound engineer seems to be beaming with excitement and general positivity, during the recording phase of the record.   So I just got back to London from another very productive recording session in LA.   The album is really beginning to shine I think. Beyond that I can say no more, people will have to wait and

In less than 12 hours since the pre-order of 'A Head Full Of Dreams' was made available and the release of Coldplay's comeback single, 'Adventure Of A Lifetime', Coldplay have already reached the top of the iTunes album chart in the UK!   The pre-order of 'A Head Full Of Dreams' is also positioned at #3 in the U.S. and #1 in Portugal. The first single, 'Adventure Of A Lifetime' climbed to #3 in the UK iTunes single charts. 'AOAL' is also at #6 in the U.S. and #3 in Portugal.   We'll be keeping

Coldplay posted the animated "Flower of life" symbol of their Facebook and Twitter pages earlier today, confirming they were behind the mysterious poster, which popped up in the London underground on Friday. The December 4th date on the advertisement is believed to be the album release date (no confirmation, as of yet).     We're encouraging fans to report sightings of these posters. DieProspekt on the forums has set up a thread to keep track of all the cities in the world, where the 'AHFOD'

Davide Rossi and Rik Simpson are confirmed as producers for Coldplay's next album, A Head Full Of Dreams. Davide helped to create Viva La Vida, arguably Coldplay's most successful song to date. Rik has been a long term producer for the band and has worked with the guys in the studio for their previous three albums.   Let's delve into more background information on these influential figures in Coldplay's music.   Rik Simpson   Rik Simpson, also known as Rikademus is a GRAMMY award winning p

Coldplay's first single from the 'A Head Full Of Dreams' era made it's live debut this evening on TFI Friday in the UK.   The host of TFI Friday, Chris Evans entertained Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy in the chat portion of the show by performing a series of funny tasks, such as attempting to play the banana piano (See below) but Chris just couldn't work it out!!     The band performed at the end of an intriguing show and as the flower of life beamed onto the surface of the stage, Coldplay were

Today, Album Artists released the latest paintwork by Chris Martin on original A Head Full of Dreams. This was made before the release album artwork by Pilar Zeta.   This picture below, you can see the AHFOD paintwork attached which was taken during the making of the collage in Coldplay's studio called the Beehive.     Visit here for more Coldplay and Pilar Zeta artworks. To buy the AHFOD paintwork, you can email at [email protected].

Two months ago, we announced the world exclusive on A Head Full of Dreams by Pilar Zeta. Today, we are thrilled to share the unseen artwork done by two members of the band: Chris Martin & Will Champion. The artworks are being sold to raise funds for the Treehouse to help disadvantaged children in London.   [gallery size=large" link="file" columns="5" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="51637,51638,51639,51640,51641,51642,51643,51644,51645,51646,51647,51648,51649,51650,51651" orderby="rand]

Tomorrow, August 7, Coldplay will be playing a private show from a secret location that will be broadcasted for SiriusXM listeners. Here's all the information you need to tune in: If you already have a SiriusXM account, the show will be streamed on The Spectrum (channel 28) at 6:00 pm EST. Here is a time converter you can use to determine when the stream will start in your timezone! If you don’t have a SiriusXM account, you’ll need to create a free trial for listening online (which you

If you have ever been to a Coldplay concert or simply followed our #AHFODTour social coverage, you may have noticed the intro video at the beginning of each show. Many fans have asked what is the secret to featuring in this video? Debs Wild has given us the inside scoop on how to star in the esteemed introduction!     The intro video is a unique attribute of this tour and succeeds in exciting the crowd before the lead into 'A Head Full of Dreams'. Ever since the launch of the #AHFODTour in M

Coldplay have a busy day Friday with an appearance on the Graham Norton show and a show at the London Palladium! The band are expected to debut their new single 'Everglow' on the Graham Norton show. See below for details on how to Listen/Watch Friday's shows: Live at the London Palladium If you happen to live in the UK then you can listen on Absolute Radio or TuneIn.   For anyone who lives outside of the UK you can listen on Streema!     When is the Show? You will be able to listen live

Coldplay have announced their involvement in this years iHeartRadio Festival lineup! The news has excited many fans, who are anticipating the live return of the British band. Their appearance is scheduled before the Global Citizen festival concert in New York, on 26th September, making it the next event on our calendars. Coldplay's slot at the 2015 iHeartRadio Festival will take place between 18th-19th September The band return to the MGM Arena in Las Vegas for the second year running (20

Jon Hopkins, the producer and musician, who has been working with Coldplay during their past three studio albums, will not have involvement with the British band's upcoming seventh album, 'A Head Full Of Dreams'.     Coldplay have been seeking help from the likes of Norwegian producers, Stargate and the expert string arranger/composer, Davide Rossi for the record, which is set to make fans "shuffle their feet a bit".   In an interview with factmag, Jon Hopkins tells them that he hasn't bee

Coldplay's lead guitarist was very enthusiastic at the prospekt of their upcoming releases. 'A Head Full Of Dreams' is expected to be the first single from the same titled seventh record and Coldplayzone have documented a meeting between fans and Jonny Buckland, alongside Will Champion.   Drummer, Will was inspired by the culture and atmosphere of vibrant India, from when the band traveled over to shoot their upcoming music video.   You can read the article from our friends at Coldplayzone.it

Source - Ultimateclassicrock.com (Thanks Jc90 for the forum post)   Legendary session singer, Merry Clayton could play a part in Coldplay's upcoming album, 'A Head Full Of Dreams'. Merry is famous for those backing vocals in The Rolling Stones classic, .   Unfortunately, Merry Clayton was involved in a severe Los Angeles car accident last year and had to have both legs amputated. Things took a turn for the better though, when she was asked to use her incredible voice by Coldplay "in the summ

On the eve of the release of their seventh LP A Head Full Of Dreams, Coldplay stopped by BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge to perform an acoustic version of the album’s disco-pop lead single “Adventure Of A Lifetime.” The band performed 2 songs, Christmas Lights and Adventure of a Lifetime at the St John at Hackney Church in London.     Jonny Buckland’s cascading guitars were still intact, but for this outing Chris Martin’s piano provided most of the song’s heft, and the band got an assist from Annie

Coldplay performed a heart-warming acoustic set at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, as they paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attack.   The scheduled Tidal concert was postponed, following the tragic events in France, the same evening. Coldplay kept solidarity though and played a live acoustic set in front of the grateful fans, who made the trip for the original concert.   The setlist included a portion of a new 'A Head Full Of Dreams' track, presumed to be 'Birds'. Fitting in with a

Chris Martin joined his buddy, Zane Lowe in the Beats1 studios, for an Apple Music exclusive first play of Coldplay's new ballad from 'A Head Full Of Dreams'.   You can listen to the fifth track from the band's forthcoming album, below: // < ![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js

Ever since the dawn of Coldplaying.com 18 years ago, fans have been hunting their attics, bargain bins and auction sites to find unreleased Coldplay tracks. Over the years we have had some success! In 2006, a fan stumbled across Ode to Deodorant, a previously unheard track from a demo cassette by 'The Coldplay'. Back then, the band was pretty much unheard of.       Until this year, Ode to Deodorant had never been published and was only given to friends, family and record labels. Since 2006, Od

Coldplay have announced a limited edition cassette of the Live in Buenos Aires album alongside an exclusive fanzine all about the Butterfly Package.       The double cassette is limited to 1000 copies worldwide and the Butterfly Zine is limited to 1500 copies. The fanzine contains interviews from Mat Whitecross, Kristjana S Williams and Rick Simpson plus photos from Matthew Miller and an intro from Dave Holmes, Coldplay's manager.        The Butterfly Package is now available to buy on CD, V

Seems like we won't have much longer to wait for new Coldplay material, as Davide Rossi, the string arranger/composer on 'A Head Full Of Dreams' dropped a hint that Coldplay's new project is "about to be released":     This suggests a 2015 release, which had been largely predicted by you, in a recent poll:   Mobile link   (function () { var opst = document.createElement('script'); var os_host = document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https:" : "http:"; opst.type = 't

In a shock announcement on BBC Radio 1, Coldplay's Chris Martin told Zane Lowe, who congratulated the band on winning his single of the year competition for Magic, that Coldplay's seventh album, the follow up to Ghost Stories will be called A Head Full Of Dreams!The interview on BBC Radio 1 started out with Chris Martin and Zane Lowe looking back at Magic and Ghost Stories, just like they did back in May during a more personal and emotional interview. Chris said the whole group was 'reinvigorate

This morning we woke up to some exciting news - Oxfam announced that Coldplay will be donating an exclusive live recording from their performance at Glastonbury to a live Glastonbury album, Oxfam Presents: Stand As One - Live at Glastonbury 2016.   Coldplay will make history this month by headlining the main stage at Glastonbury - the largest festival in the world - for the fourth time in a row. Alongside other artists including Muse and Foals, they’ll be contributing a song recorded during the

Pilar Zeta has been revealed as the artist working with Coldplay on the 'A Head Full Of Dreams' theme. The band also revealed what could be the album artwork for their seventh album, following on from the poster shenanigans the other day:   (Click here to view the animated video from Coldplay's Facebook page)   To give you some background information on the artist you'll get used to hearing about over the course of the new era, Pilar Zeta is an Argentinean artist, graphic designer and fashio