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It's no secret that Coldplay, one of the biggest bands in the world, has a lot of haters. However, in July of 2000, the band just released their debut album 'Parachutes' and had nowhere near the amount of fans they had today. In fact, Coldplaying.com was not launched until December of that year and even then, it only had a handful of members.   Parachutes received high praise from major critics and universal love from the press. In a contemporary review of the album, Michael Hubbard of musicOMH

Chris Martin wears an impish grin, a cross between a kid just let out of school for the summer and a dog newly liberated from his kennel.   At first glance, the reason could be the french fries he’s scarfing down at an outdoor chicken eatery or perhaps his 9-year-old son Moses’s fresh flag-football team victory. But ask a few questions about Coldplay’s seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, out Dec. 4, and the answer blossoms like a rose.   “That this is our job after 16 years of being together

The full scans from Coldplay's special feature in this week's Q Magazine are up! Special thanks go to newscoldplay.tumblr.com.   Within the colourful article, there are tons of memorable quotes, from Chris Martin and even a few from Noel Gallagher. The frontman of Coldplay also compares his career path to that of superstar footballer, Lionel Messi!   Q Magazine finalized their article by rating 'A Head Full Of Dreams' 4 stars out of 5. They praised the colour and energy of the album but were

Chris Martin appeared on two Australian radio stations during their Monday morning, chatting to them about a range of topics and while on the subject of Chris lending a helping hand to Ricky Gervais, Chris surprisingly revealed that Coldplay's previous history with the comedian goes back to when they were all working regular day jobs!   Yes, the man who later went on to star as David Brent in the British comedy classic, 'The Office' employed a certain Mr Champion, as a doorman (at a bar)! The o

'Viva La Vida' is the best song to wake up to, according to music streaming service, Spotify and Scientific studies! 'Strawberry Swing' was also recently named on a top 10 list of the most relaxing songs ever, so while Coldplay aren't conquering the charts right now, they're topping a lot of other lists!   Read the full article here (Thanks Gai)

On this momentous day, Marty McFly and Doc are due to arrive in their DeLorean, where they will be greeted by a sky full of cars! Not quite though. Flying cars are a distant dream while there aren't any hoverboards in sight (comon, segways don't count!). Virtual reality glasses did feature in the film though and we could all be using them at one point, with some lucky ones being able to try them out last year, while watching 'A Sky Full Of Stars' during 'Ghost Stories Live 2014'.     If you'v

Coldplay's frontman has presented the ex-Oasis man, Noel Gallagher with a Q Award, earlier this afternoon. The 'Heat Of The Moment' singer won the 'Best Album' award for his recent record, 'Chasing Yesterday'.   The pair have been good friends, even back in Noel's Oasis days when and that time when so he could hug the Oasis guitarist. With Noel being....Noel though, he's never been afraid to direct criticism to his buddy. In the most recent case, he told Chris to "stop crying his heart ou

Chris Martin's good friend and comedian, Ricky Gervais has enlisted his fellow Brit for the new David Brent film soundtrack. The film is currently in the pre-production phase and is set to be filmed at the end of the year. As part of the musical backdrop, he will record many songs which have already been heard during the cult comedy classic, 'The Office'.   If your intrigued to hear what a David Brent song sounds like, watch below:     The news comes from Ricky Gervais' post on Twitter, wh

claxson on the Coldplaying multimedia forums has very kindly re-uploaded a bunch of old school Coldplay concerts (Audio recordings). The list is growing larger by the day and there are some real gems in there. Some haven't been seen since the time of the concert and go as far back as 1999!   We've been listening to the old school concerts and have picked out some of the highlights, placing them on our Youtube channel. These live renditions have a different feel to them from many other performan

Before Coldplay's outstanding concert at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, their frontman attended a talk on a whole range of spiritual subjects, including yoga, karma & tranquility meditation. Chris explained how the latter influences his concentration at live concerts, while we know the singer has been practicing Yoga for a very long time.   Christa, from our moderating team was in attendance at the New York talk and she gave us a summary of what happened:   "Ok, so I am going to

Coldplay's GRAMMY winning track and second single from 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' has been voted as the fans favourite from said album.   The Coldplaying.com site wide poll had been running since 21st August and over 1,300 of you voted! 'The Scientist' ran 'Clocks' very close indeed, with 263 votes (20%) but the latter of Coldplay's timeless anthems secured first place, amassing 290 votes (22%).     Now, a look at how Clocks has evolved over the years, through Coldplay's live performanc

We've added a new site-wide poll, as we ask you, What's the best track on Coldplay's second album, 'A Rush Of Blood The Head'?. The highly rated record was unleashed on August 12th 2002, when the first copies were released in North America. LP2 hit European shelves two weeks later (as was often the case back then).   'Politik' and 'The Scientist' were the popular choices in previous polls but we haven't had one for this album in a while, so we'll really see what tracks have stood the test of ti

For every band, espicially those with a discography as large as Coldplay's, there are certain songs which fans remain critical of. 'Sheikwonder' in the Coldplaying community decided to make this a discussion and find out your 'Worst Coldplay Songs'. We've compiled the responses into a top 5 countdown.   Bear in mind, some of these songs have love/hate relationship with other fans, so they could top some fans favourite lists too.   Without further ado, here's the critical countdown (Chris, you

Chris Martin on Piano or Guitar? It's a tough question but it's one which has been discussed within the Coldplay community. The lead singer of Coldplay has rocked out a countless number of stadiums across the world, with his guitar, during songs like 'God Put A Smile Upon Your Face' and 'Charlie Brown'. He's also penned some of the band's greatest hits on the Piano, with the likes of 'Clocks' and 'Fix You'.   Based on the discussion, Piano is slightly ahead of Guitar in popularity! (Thanks to '

A rare archived video from 2002 has appeared on Youtube this week. While the generosity of Coldplay's lead singer has been on show lately, via his work with Global Citizen and Oxfam India, he has always being at the forefront of famous charity campaigns. The video we've posted (courtesy of AP Archive), shows Chris Martin at the launch of Make Trade Fair, on April 11th 2002, talking about the campaign and performing a cover of Jimmy Cliff's, 'Many Rivers to Cross'   https://www.youtube.com/watc

NME have shared their take on the meaning of Parachutes to celebrate the 15th anniversary. Their article includes nice pics of our favourite band when they were just starting!   You can read the article, via our forums (Thanks Coeurli)   Here's a gallery of the band, from the 'Parachutes' era, compiled from the NME article:                       If you haven't voted already, you can choose your favourite track from 'Parachutes', 15 years on:   Mobile link   (

Following the media spotlight on Chris Martin's trip to India last week, we've been chatting to Oxfam India, who teamed up with Coldplay's lead singer, to raise awareness on the pressing issue of global poverty. You can read the interview in full, below.   The Interview - with Oxfam India   Hi Oxfam India, thank you very much for your time to chat with Coldplaying. We are so excited to hear about interesting stories and insights from you about Chris Martin's last week visit.   We know

Koval Bhatia is the founder of 'A Little Anarky', a New Delhi based digital video agency. They have worked with many major brands including Ford, Nestlé and Harley Davidson among others. They are made up of a 20 plus team of "anarkists" but their founder Koval was lucky enough to be in attendance when Chris Martin performed at the Summer House Cafe. This marked the first time a member of Coldplay had played in India. We were fortunate enough to get a chance to interview Koval to get a first hand

There are not many musicians, let alone celebrities, who do as much work for charity as the lead singer of Coldplay. Chris Martin signed up to be a curator of well renowned charity, Global Citizen earlier this year, when he made a determination of eliminating global poverty by 2030. A very big statement and since then, Chris has wasted no time in his hands-on approach. Joining forces with The Global Poverty Project, the British frontman had been touring India for the whole week, guided by famous

Coldplay are known for their melodies, rather than the ability to make dance floor fillers but with such a large appeal in the world of music, many DJ's have attempted to make their own mark on the band's work.     Let's take a look at the top 5 Coldplay remixes. Where will the Junkie XL remix of the Kraftwerk inspired 'Talk' end up?   View the top 5 countdown and a huge list of Coldplay remixes here! (A big thanks our forum moderator, Batman) --------- The Coldplaying app It's h

The chief executive of Kids Company has stepped down, after a UK government ultimatum which was proposed earlier on today, stating the withholding of £3 million, until the highly regarded Camila Batmanghelidjh stands down as the charity's chief executive. We understand that the government's ultimatum is related to financial mismanagement of public funds.     The charity has close ties to Coldplay, who have performed live shows at 'Under One Roof' a couple of times to raise profits for them.

The past 24 hours have been exuberant for many Coldplayers, as news broke of Chris Martin performing at a Cafe/Bar in New Delhi, India! Not only did footage of the intimate solo performance appear online but rumours of Coldplay appearing in India for the first time, were rife. It's believed that the British band could choose the Indian capital as a venue for their next tour. Here's a summary of everything we know, in a nutshell: The Coldplay frontman performed at the Summerhouse Café in New

Ahead of headlining Glastonbury for the first time on June 28th 2002, the nervous four piece, Coldplay were anticipating what was probably their most important live date in their careers. Publicly, opinions were split on the British band. Their first album, 'Parachutes' was a huge success but they had their critics, such as Alan McGee, who labelled the band as "bed-wetters". The band did not have any doubts in their ability though and so much so, they decided to perform a set with eight new song

During a Q&A session with Coldplaying.com, Coldplay's lead singer revealed that two music videos for hit single, 'Paradise' had been filmed then scraped! Hype Williams is believed to have been the director of at least one of those videos, before Mat Whitecross filmed the iconic video we all know and love, for the 'Mylo Xyloto' track.     'Paradise' is Coldplay's most successful music video, with almost 400 million Youtube views! The 2011 single was Chris Martin's favourite music video to

Mat Whitecross, who directs many of the band's music videos, including 'Paradise', has documented his experience of filming Coldplay's recent musical, with the Game of Thrones cast. The very popular TV series is currently in the spotlight for it's end of season shock, last night.   The article, titled 'Winter Is Humming' can be read via the link below.   Click here to read the 'Making of "Game of Thrones: The Musical" (Thanks to gai for posting)   The new snaps: