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There are many types of Coldplay fans and there are hundreds of ways for us to show our enthusiasm for the band we love! Some build up as many MP3's as possible of every single live performance, rare, b-side etc.. Others stalk the band outside their studio at the bakery (naughty!) And some others show their appreciation on every single Coldplay related website, forum and Facebook page online! The following fans are devoted collectors of every released Coldplay CD whether its in a form of a singl

Name: Moses Bruce Anthony Martin Birthday: April 8th, 2006 Famous for: Being the second child and first son of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Siblings:Older sister Apple Blythe Alison Martin was born in May 2004. Her naming sparked much debate with the reason for the choice being that Chris liked it, it was wholesome and had biblical connotations. Name meaning: If tradition follows, Moses' middle names are Bruce and Anthony after Gwyneth and Chris' fathers, but this

The year 2006 has seen the coming of babies to many big name celebrities. Coincidentally Hollywood saw the coming of 5 new baby boys and 5 new baby girls !   Donald Trump and Melania Knauss - baby boy Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin - baby boy Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes - baby girl Brooks Shields and Chris Henchy - baby girl Don Johnson and Kelley Johnson - baby boy Shaquil O’Neal and Shaunie Nelson - baby girl Adam Sandler and Jackie Tittone - baby girl Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - baby gir

Chris Martin   Title: The Nice Storm   Tagline: Don’t get mad, get even-tempered.   The Pitch: Chris Martin [Macaulay Culkin] has it all - successful band, a beautiful wife [Kirsten Dunst], a baby named after a fruit and he’s even been voted the World’s Sexiest Vegetarian by PETA. if that isn’t enough, what is? Oliver Stone’s nine-hour epic strikes at the heart of what drives this remarkable man, whether it be campaigning for Fair Trade, drawing on his hand in felt-tip, combing his hair forward

In a world awash with celebrity merchandise, you have to hand it to 50 Cent. It seemed that every star endorsement had been tried - dolls, scent, clothes, books, even coffins - but Fiddy's come up with the 50 Cent dildo. His dream is to produce a sex toy modelled on himself: big but not so big that his female fans' boyfriends will object. It's still a, ahem, pipe dream, but, if it goes into production it's likely to get a better response than Get Rich Or Die Tryin', the singer's film (out this w

Wearing a black scarf over her head, Gwyneth Paltrow, 34, and her hooded husband Chris Martin, 30, pick up their 3-year-old daughter Apple on Friday from a daycare facility in Santa Monica, California.   More on this here [thanks Dyermaker89]              

Let's pretend we're at Hollywood High, circa 2023 — and pity the poor teacher who's taking attendance. Apple? Banjo? Coco? Shiloh Nouvel? Suri? Pilot Inspektor? Kal-el? Moxie CrimeFighter?   Wait a minute. Is this a classroom or a superhero convention?   As you've no doubt noticed, for the rich and famous these days, naming babies has become an exercise in creativity. Or is it a competitive sport — a great, big "Can you top this" contest? Once upon a time, most stars gave their kids nice, down-

The Gawker Stalker, a Google-tooled invention that makes celebrity sightings in New York oh-so-easy, is under attack by stars, who have always treasured their relative anonymity in the Big Apple. (That also is kinda laughable since it seems half the paparazzi shots that end up in popular tabloids originate from New York.)   CNN reported that celebrities fear for their privacy and safety, calling the site rife with "dangerous information." The site feeds on the notion that everyone can be a papar

It was always one of the more unlikely passions in politics. But Gordon Brown's famous love of Arctic Monkeys, the Sheffield band who became an overnight phenomenon, is apparently not what it seemed.   Put on the spot by a men's magazine, the Chancellor proved unable to name a single track from their debut album beyond insisting that 'they are very loud'.   And he confessed his favoured listening was actually Coldplay - the band music aficionados love to despise for their middle-of-the-road soun

More reviews of Coldplay's latest single, Charlie Brown, have surfaced online in the past week - most of them have a release date of circa. 19th March, however the official site has listed Charlie Brown in their recordings section as being released on 3rd February. Very confusing! Anyway... we'll have some more Mylo Xyloto album reviews from March, in the meantime here are the latest Charlie Brown single reviews you may or may not have read yet... [discussion in the Charlie Brown sub-forum here]

There's a lot of gloomy, end-of-times talk in the record business these days about the death of the industry. Fewer and fewer new acts break through every year, and the ones that do never seem to have any staying power, writes the Charlotte Observer.   But that paradigm doesn't apply to Coldplay, which plays Charlotte's Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Friday. At a time when “gold is the new platinum,” this British quartet still moves tonnage that recalls the industry's glory days. Last year's “

Coldplay did its fans a big favor by holding Tuesday’s concert indoors at Time Warner Cable Arena during the hottest week in recent memory. That decision was probably dictated more by the glow-in-the-dark nature of the production than the temperature, writes Sound Bites - a music scene blog affiliated to the Charlotte Observer, in their review of last night's Coldplay show at the TIme Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC (3 July). Catch up on more on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the s

As we skip over Coldplay's postponed Tampa show at Ford Amphitheater, reviews are still being written about the band's last show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Charlotte. This latest review is courtesy of The Examiner:   So it's been two, almost three, days since Coldplay rocked the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre this past Friday, and I'm finally writing about. Why now? Well I've been trying to come up with the right words to explain just how amazing this show was. When I attended the sh

Since the release of Midnight and the official remix earlier on when the clocks struck 12 AM, a massive mark has been left on the charts as Midnight has hit #1 in the ITunes chart of over 53 countries!   (Thanks to Rezaditya on Twitter for this image)   Most of the sales for Midnight came from downloads as an instant grat track people who pre-ordered Ghost Stories on ITunes received. Another portion was from regular downloads on Midnight on its own and others were for the official remix of

The country's poshest residents are paying the price for their affluent ways. Environmental monitors have revealed that Chelsea is suffering serious damage - from pollution by Chelsea tractors.   The discovery that the borough - which has generated more 4x4s than it has spawned Gianfranco shops or Joseph outlets - has been hailed as poetic justice by environmentalists.   Chris Martin, the frontman of British band Coldplay, a supporter of fair trade and all things 'green', got people talking last

On Friday afternoon, under the blistering Illinois sun, responsible for a heatwave that has killed 24 Chicagoans this summer, 3,000 people paid $25 apiece (plus $5 parking) to watch Chelsea train and listen to the announcer’s words of love. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was less ecstatic: “This is a training session where not much will happen.”   And so, to the ear-splitting backdrop of Coldplay being blasted through the stadium’s clearly perfectly functioning PA, the lovestruck 3,000 watched Ch

On Coldplay’s latest album, “Mylo Xyloto,” the British quartet traces the story of a desperate couple running from the unnamed bad guys. “From underneath the rubble,” Chris Martin intones, “sing a rebel song.” But that’s just a bunch of malarkey. There’s not a lot of rebelliousness in Martin and his affable bandmates. Exactly the opposite. Inclusion is the big theme at their concerts, and so it was Tuesday in the first of two shows at the United Center, writes the Chicago Tribune in a review of

Coldplay continued its North American tour in support of the platinum-selling album Mylo Xyloto with the first of a two-night stint at Chicago’s United Center on Tuesday, and the band wasted no time in letting the audience know they were in for an evening of sensory overload, writes Fender magazine in a review of Coldplay's two shows at the United Center in Chicago this week (7-8 August). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from these shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (7th - Tues

Brits try hard to stay up close and personal with their fans   Even after several million albums sold, British art-rockers Coldplay are still conflicted about their status as an arena act, and that's one of their most endearing traits. On the one hand, front man Chris Martin and his bandmates do everything they can to maximize the big rock spectacle, the grand theatrical gesture and the musical bombast.   On Tuesday, the first night of a two-night stand at the United Center, the musicians came o

With their fourth studio album firmly entrenched on the charts, Coldplay easily filled the United Center with fans for their two-night concert stand this week, a far cry from their last relatively intimate appearance at The Metro.   The enthusiasm we saw from the Chicago stop on their worldwide Viva la Vida tour is arguably a testament to Coldplay’s longevity: ponder all you want about the quality of the music, but a whole lot of people still like the band. The 90-minute set mainly drew music fr

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.

Gwyneth Paltrow and hubby Chris Martin seem to be intent on giving their children unique names.   The pair named their firstborn daughter Apple and now rumour has it that they have picked an equally - if not more - unique name for the second tot. Should Gwyneth give birth to a baby boy this spring, the couple are likely to call him Sophocles, the Daily Star reports.   Sophocles is the name of a Greek playwright who wrote famous tragedies some 2,500 years ago. It is believed that Gwyneth is indee

Number 1 in 36 countries, a punctuation innovator and an incorrigible flirt, Coldplay's Chris Martin is featured in an article in the January 2009 edition of Q Magazine which hit the shelves recently.   How was 2008 for you? [Confusing the issue already] See we've just been trying to finish this EP, Prospekt's March, so we're completely in the same zone that we were the last time we spoke to you.   You mean, with your head in your hands with worry, mere weeks before you had a Number 1 album in 3

Thanks to gise_honey for posting pictures of Chris Martin playing football in Argentina, during the recent Latin America Tour. You can see the images here   Chris Martin is currently on holiday in LA with his family, as the paparazzi recently found out.    

Gwyneth Paltrow is expecting a boy with her Coldplay frontman husband Chris Martin, it has been claimed.   Sources close to the star say the couple's second child will be a brother for the pair's 20-monthold daughter, Apple. A friend said: "It's definitely a boy."   Gwyneth's mum, actress Blythe Danner, says she is over the moon at becoming a granny again. She told American magazine In Touch: "I don't know how much more excited I could be." And she said her daughter was a great mum. She added: