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Coldplay kicked off the North American leg of their world tour at Scotiabank Place last on Monday night, and it sure didn't take long to turn into a joyous singalong as the four band members were caught up in a swell of some 13,000 voices, reports the Ottawa Citizen.   By song three, singer Chris Martin had every man, woman and youth in the stadium belting along as he bashed an upright piano. After the processional Life in Technicolour and the rocking Violet Hill, two songs from the latest chart

Coldplay.com have interviewed the makers of the new Strawberry Swing video explain how they worked their magic. They asked Kenny, one of the Shynola team, to tell us how they made it. Here is the interview...   Hello Kenny, how are you? Great, thank you. I'm eating a yogurt.   How did you come to be involved with the Strawberry Swing video? We were approached one day, with what was an unusual, but rather intriguing brief - namely, make a video for a song that wasn't really going to be released,

Had British foursome Coldplay performed at the Xcel Energy Center in July as originally scheduled, we would have witnessed the band at the beginning stages of a world tour, fueled by nervous energy and excitement, reports Twin Cities.   Instead, the band postponed that July show to allow more time for pre-tour production and stopped by the X on Friday night for a confident and competent performance for a crowd of 16,153. Ever-affable lead singer Chris Martin apologized for skipping out this sum

To take a phrase from Coldplay's latest album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, they didn't get to heaven but they made it close last night at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.   The British quartet, perhaps the heirs to U2's "greatest rock band in the world" moniker, wowed the sold-out crowd during the first of a two-night stand at the venue as part of their current North American tour.   Whether it was the giant balls suspended from above that showed up-close images of the group, confett

In a up close and personal, exclusive invitation only concert, one of the biggest bands in the world played to one of their smallest audiences in years.   500 lucky fans, industry executives, and friends of Coldplay including Jay-Z and Beyonce had a chance to see the London four piece in a intimate setting. Being one of the lucky ones to get in, it was rather amazing to see Coldplay perform to such a small crowd gathered at Hammerstein Ballroom, a venue that can hold close to 4,000. The concert

The cast for the forthcoming biopic movie about Joy Division's Ian Curtis has been confirmed.   The film, "Control", is based on "Touching From A Distance", the 1995 book by Deborah Curtis, Ian's wife.   It was today announced that Sam Riley, a relative unknown, will play the part of Curtis, while German actress Alexandra Maria Lara will star as his lover Annik Honore. The movie is directed by renowned music photographer and promo direcor Anton Corbijn, who is famed for his work with U2, Nirvana

After we haven't seen her for months, little Apple finally steps out again in New York City with Gwyneth Paltrow on Monday morning.   After spending some time in Spain to shoot a commercial ad for a wine company, Gwyneth has now travelled to NYC with Moses and Apple, to present the Star Award to Aerin Lauder at the Fashion Group International's Night of Stars on Thursday Night.   In addition, Gwyneth joined one of her best friends, ex model Helena Christensen, at the Hollywood screening of Babel

Apple Blythe Alison, 3, and brother Moses Martin, 18 months, were spotted hitching rides in London on Wednesday.   Apple received a piggyback from their nanny, while an unidentified man gave Moses a shoulder ride.   Dad Chris Martin, 30, is hard at work on the next Coldplay album, due out next year, while mom Gwyneth Paltrow, 35, focuses on Spain...On the Road Again, her new reality show with chef Mario Batali, also making its debut in 2008.   More on this story here and here [thanks madxy]  

LONDON - When Hollywood's golden couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, had their first child, it was a girl. When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had a baby, and Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin had a baby, they also were girls.   Coincidence? Perhaps not.   Research from the London School of Economics indicates that physically attractive couples are 36 percent more likely than unattractive couples to produce a girl as their first child.   Read the full article here

Apple on Tuesday announced the iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Countdown, a thank you offering to its music fans in 21 countries around the globe that have combined to purchase nearly one billion songs from the iTunes Music Store.   As the company marks its way to the one billion, the iTunes shopper who download every 100,000th song will receive a prize package featuring a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card, the company said.   One lucky grand-prize winner who downloads the billio

The iTunes Store in the UK has introduced a sale across some of its most popular album releases.   The sale was introduced last week with a non-functioning link on the front page of the website, this link has now been enabled allowing music fans to choose from among 95 albums at just £6.99 each.   Titles include offerings from The Streets, Coldplay, The White Stripes, Oasis, Nirvana, The Chemical Brothers, Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys. The collection features those albums that have pro

A lawyer for Apple Computer on Wednesday defended the company‘s right to use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store and in a series of TV advertisements for iTunes, despite objections from the Beatles‘ Apple Corps recording label.   The British company, started by the Beatles in 1968, argues Apple Computer has infringed on its territory by entering into the music business, and is seeking to force Apple Computer to drop its apple logo from iTunes and pay unspecified damages.   Anthony Grabine

A lawyer for Apple Computer on Wednesday defended the company‘s right to use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store and in a series of TV advertisements for iTunes, despite objections from the Beatles‘ Apple Corps recording label.   The British company, started by the Beatles in 1968, argues Apple Computer has infringed on its territory by entering into the music business, and is seeking to force Apple Computer to drop its apple logo from iTunes and pay unspecified damages.   Anthony Grabine

Shop assistants in New York prefer Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple to her father Chris Martin - deeming her much more "polite".   The Coldplay rocker has been criticised for behaving rudely to store clerks on a recent shopping trip in New York while his three-year-old daughter was praised for her friendly attitude.   The pair were browsing in the Ink Pad boutique when the tot began talking animatedly to those around her. A source tells the New York Post's PageSix.com, "She was so cute, speaking

Angelina Jolie's adopted son, Maddox, has been voted as the cutest celebrity kid in the US magazine, Life and Style.   The four-year-old, born in Cambodia, came top of the class as the best looking child, beating Sean Preston, the son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, into second place. Maddox's cute looks and Mohican haircut meant he was a cut above the competition, though whether siblings Zahara and Shiloh Nouvel challenge him for the mantle of cutest kid in the future remains to be seen.

The hoopla around the birth of Tom and Katie's brand new kitten (Suri!) may be the most watched celebrity nativity of our time: Tom's going to eat the placenta! She has to suck a pacifier! But they are hardly the first celebrities to have the birth of their child right smack in the center of the media spotlight.   6. Apple Blythe Alison Martin May 14, 2004   Hippy-dippy Gwyneth Paltrow planned to have baby Apple at home, but was advised against it by her midwife, so she and husband Chris Martin

The hoopla around the birth of Tom and Katie's brand new kitten (Suri!) may be the most watched celebrity nativity of our time: Tom's going to eat the placenta! She has to suck a pacifier! But they are hardly the first celebrities to have the birth of their child right smack in the center of the media spotlight.   6. Apple Blythe Alison Martin May 14, 2004   Hippy-dippy Gwyneth Paltrow planned to have baby Apple at home, but was advised against it by her midwife, so she and husband Chris Martin

Apple Martin proves she's a chip off the old block as she performs for her mother Gwyneth Paltrow while walking down the street together in L.A  

"Something about being saddled with an utterly retarded name seems to make celebrity offspring a little precocious. Infant Apple Martin, the progeny of Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin is already cruising Friendster in search of online companionship..."   Read the article here.   Pisstake? Possibly. Harsh? Definately. I'm sure they'd love to hear your comments!

She's not even two-year's-old but Apple Martin is already proving to be a real daddy's girl.   Gwyneth Paltrow [pictured] and Chris Martin's cute-as-a-button toddler has followed in the Coldplay frontman's footsteps and cut her first CD. And she's even got her first celebrity fan - supermodel Helena Christensen.   A source reveals: "Chris and Gwyneth are close to Helena and got together with her to celebrate her birthday, which falls on Christmas Day. Chris loves making people personalised music

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are making a cheesy calendar of baby Apple, with pictures of her in a field of... Apples.   The tribute sees Apple, two, and baby brother Moses in woodland surrounded by cartoon animals. The weirdest shows Apple amid dozens of Red Delicious.   Actress Gwyneth, 34 today, and Coldplay star Chris, 29, asked their nanny to design the tribute. A source said: "They wanted a different calendar - so Apple is portrayed as 'nature girl'."   Source: thesun.co.uk

A lawyer for Apple Computer Inc. today defended the right of the company to use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store and in a series of TV advertisements for the Web site, despite objections from the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. recording label.   Apple Corps is suing Apple Computer in London's High Court, claiming that the U.S.-based computer company has broken a 1991 agreement in which each agreed not to enter into the others' field of business.   The British company, started by the Beatles

A lawyer for Apple Computer Inc. today defended the right of the company to use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store and in a series of TV advertisements for the Web site, despite objections from the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. recording label.   Apple Corps is suing Apple Computer in London's High Court, claiming that the U.S.-based computer company has broken a 1991 agreement in which each agreed not to enter into the others' field of business.   The British company, started by the Beatles

The news that the bass player Andy Nicholson has dropped out of Arctic Monkeys, on the eve of a tour of North America, adds another dramatic twist in the tale of Britain's newest supergroup. A statement posted on the band's website on Monday revealed that Nicholson, 19, was suffering from "fatigue following an intensive period of touring".   "The band have been on a European tour, which concluded last week," says Ian McAndrew of Wildlife, the management company to which Arctic Monkeys are signe

The news that the bass player Andy Nicholson has dropped out of Arctic Monkeys, on the eve of a tour of North America, adds another dramatic twist in the tale of Britain's newest supergroup. A statement posted on the band's website on Monday revealed that Nicholson, 19, was suffering from "fatigue following an intensive period of touring".   "The band have been on a European tour, which concluded last week," says Ian McAndrew of Wildlife, the management company to which Arctic Monkeys are signe