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It wasn't to be Coldplay's night at this year's BRIT Awards, as British rock duo, Royal Blood surprisingly pipped their fellow countrymen to the award for 'Best Group'.   The Mylo Xyloto era of 3-4 years ago proved to be a fruitful time in Coldplay's rich BRIT Award's history. The often understated Ghost Stories album of 2014 has not received as much commercial acclaim as it's predecessor but the band will be hoping for bigger and better things when A Head Full Of Dreams, their upcoming seventh

Beck and Chris Martin performed a beautiful rendition of 'Heart Is A Drum' at the 57th annual GRAMMYs ceremony. Coldplay missed out on all three awards they were nominated for though.   The outstanding duet were the second to last act on the performance sheet for the starry night in Los Angeles. You can watch the exquisite performance from the duo, Chris Martin and Beck below (with thanks to gai)       Coldplay's nominations and the winners   Ghost Stories : ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’. Winne

February 2nd was a busy day of Coldplay news for many years. Let's take a look and see what happened!   2013 : Clocks crowned Radio 6 Music's greatest hit   Read the archived post here, which includes an interview with Coldplay drummer, Will Champion!     2010 : Chris Martin's Viva jackets raises in the excess of $15,000   Chris' Viva era jacket was sold at a charity auction, in aid of the Haiti disaster relief, for just under £10,000!   An eBay auction of pop memorabilia from s

Written by Coldplayfan1294.   There’s something magical about the “Unstaged” performance of “The Scientist.” It doesn’t even seem fair to choose one song as that entire concert was incredible during the MX era. “The Scientist” during a Coldplay set always seems like the meditative, peaceful lull in a set that pulsates with energy. Perhaps that is what is most amazing about “The Scientist” and the impact it has on Coldplay fans.   Aside from the initial outcry from fans when Chris plays the ope

Today is a special day. It marks 15 years since Coldplay supported Muse at the Newcastle University Student Union's concert. The new band on the block, Coldplay, had just released their first single, titled Shiver and were recording the official music video for Yellow on a Dorset beach.   For Coldplaying.com, it was newly formed and created by Ian (Busybeeburns). The archived post you'll be linked to below was the first ever Coldplaying.com article! Nostalgia!!!   According to setlist.fm, the

Coldplay are set for a live return soon upon being announced as a headline act for a new disability-friendly music initiative, organised by BBC Radio 1 DJ, Jameela Jamil. The group which Jameela has founded is called 'Why Not People?' and they seek to give disabled music fans an experience which is level with non-disabled people.   This is what the founder of the organisation, 'Why Not People?' had to say about the upcoming landmark event, which will host the likes of Ed Sheeran and Mark Ronson

Chris Martin was talking to The Sun Newspaper in Ireland in his first interview of 2015. Coldplay's lead singer appeared to be in 'top form, giggling and joking about everything' as he speaks of the year ahead, his phenomenal experience covering as U2's frontman in December, Bono's injury, his musical influences and his quest to find the 'perfect happiness song'   This article is for the purposes of broadcasting news to fans worldwide. If you're in UK/Ireland, please sign up to The Sun+ members

2015 is underway and it could be a defining year for the band, as they are tipped to release their seventh album, titled A Head Full Of Dreams. Not only that but Chris told New York radio station, Fresh 102.7 back in August that the guys will be going on tour, following the release of LP7. We will summarize and speculate on the upcoming Coldplay year ahead!   Fan made artwork by Coldplaying moderator, Batman   A Head Full Of Dreams   We had our first and golden nugget of info from Chris' n

Exactly three years ago, Coldplay started off 2012 in style, with Paradise storming the UK single charts for the top position, for the second time since Viva La Vida reached the number one spot in 2008. The success of Paradise in the UK was largely inspired by the band's X-Factor gamble.   The band were contemplating whether to perform at the X-Factor final in the UK on 11th December 2011. The popular UK show has always split opinions of music fans. Critics of the music talent show dislike the

The frontman of The Killers, Brandon Flowers has admitted there's a huge gap between the two supergroups, U2 and Coldplay, compared with other rock stars of the current musical generation and thinks the band chemistry, along with history is the main reason for the phenomenal success of the two bands.   Brandon Flowers, who is on the verge of releasing his second solo album, the follow up to 2010's Flamingo, feels like The Killers do not possess the drive or chemistry to match U2 or Coldplay.  

Merry Christmas Coldplayers! There are just under 3 days to go until the Christmas Lights will shine their brightest. We have three Christmas crackers we would like to share with you. They each contain a Coldplay treat you can enjoy over Christmas, not a cringy joke in sight! After all, Santa's favourite singer is not Elf-is Presley, it's a certain Mr. Martin!   Christmas Cracker #1   Here's our first Coldplaying Christmas cracker, ready to pull, just grab the other end and....     Here'

The end of the year is nigh and what a fantastic year it has been for Coldplaying.com. We've seen the release of Coldplay's sixth album, Ghost Stories, survived the uncertain period over Coldplaying's future, have experienced some fantastic live shows and have welcomed many new Coldplayers to our community. The Coldplaying Awards is a time for celebration and giving back to our fans who share the great enthusiasm for our favourite band! Where else would you also find an awards ceremony involving

It's due to be a surreal moment later on at the World AIDS Day event (RED) in the Times Square, New York as Coldplay's frontman and 'The Boss', Bruce Springsteen will both perform as U2's lead singer as their own frontman, Bono is still recovering from a bike crash in Central Park, a day after Chris and Bono recorded Band Aid 30.   Both Chris Martin and Bruce Springsteen, who are certainly friends to be relied on are believed to be performing a U2 song each, alongside Bono's band-mates, Adam Cl

Coldplay's Pals, U2 have been talking to The Sun Newspaper in the UK, ahead of their physical release for 'Songs Of Innocence', which conveniently landed on our iTunes libraries from mid September. In a series of statements on artists/bands such as The Clash and David Bowie, Bono explained a further influence Chris Martin had on their latest album.   We know that Chris Martin features on U2's new song, 'Iris (Hold Me Close)' but its now been revealed that Coldplay's frontman has had a larger i

Matt Bellamy, Vladamir Putin, Jennifer Lawrence and an elegant arena at the Ace Hotel Theater for a wonderful Coldplay show in downtown Los Angeles. No, the controversial Russian prime minister wasn't present at the show but Chris Martin dropped an amusing reference about Vlad smoking a cigar while listening to Coldplay on his wireless radio! He also gave some love to the Muse frontman, Matt Bellamy who was a guest at the show. Jennifer Lawrence, who is rumoured to be dating Chris Martin was spo

Ben Miles an acclaimed visual producer and video director who has been an integral part of recent live shows. This is an in depth read about Coldplay's visuals on the mini 'Ghost Stories' tour. Despite the tour being a more intimate affair, the band still needed the expertise of Ben Miles to showcase the band's visuals live on stage, most notably in the Dome City Hall, Tokyo and The Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The stunning visuals you may remember at the Royal Albert Hall were also brought to us by

Chris Martin features on the credits for U2's new album, which has taken the internet by storm this evening, after being released for free to over 500 million iTunes users. Infact, it will be automatically added onto the library of everyone who has iTunes! Chris was originally pictured in the studios with Bono and The Edge at the start of 2013, when recording U2's 13th LP, believed to be 'Songs of Ascent' at the time.The free release of the new U2 album, titled 'Songs of Innocence', has sent sho

The multimedia section on our forums, the well known goldmine for Coldplay fans, was given a boost by the multimedia month we hosted during August, which is part of our monthly contributor contest, where prizes can be won such as Member of the month, deluxe editions of 'Ghost Stories' and sets of 'Ghost Stories' buttons. Everyone wins infact as we have seen a barrage of new Coldplay uploads since the start of August and now Coldplaying.com presents to you, the top 10 Coldplay multimedia posted o

The 10 essential rare Coldplay downloads   Our list of 10 essential rare Coldplay downloads! Rare, acoustic and live tracks which are not available to download via popular media platforms such as iTunes and are not as well known to the majority of fans.   Much of Coldplay's discography is now available to buy and outside the band's 6 albums, there's a ton of fantastic b-sides such as 'I Ran Away', 'Crests of Waves', 'Moving to Mars' and much much more! These following songs on the list cannot

Ice Bucket for a crown? Coldplay's ALS challenge.   We wandered when it was coming but Chris Martin has now completed the challenge set by his now ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow (and Shakira!), who took part in the #ALS Ice Bucket challenge a few days ago while nominating Chris, Stella McCartney and Cameron Diaz.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHsqA7SZgj4   ALS stands for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a form of Motor Neurone Disease. Chris dedicated Fix You at the Royal Albert Hall on the 2nd

The Viva La Vida demos - Pieces of art   The Viva era was a special time to be a Coldplay fan. The band had taken a new approach and production style with the likes of Brian Eno. A lot of buzz was created around the exciting period in Coldplay's history, not just from the album itself but during a random weekend on July 18th 2009, over a year since the release of Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, the demos had surfaced online, to the masses of delighted and surprised Coldplayers! It w

Wish I Was Here soundtrack - Cat Power and Coldplay   We have seen high profile collaborations over the years involving Coldplay, such as with Rihanna on Princess of China and Kylie Minogue on Lhuna and appearing on stage with the band during their recent Ghost Stories show in Sydney. Chris has even shared studios with well known stars such as Jay-Z and most recently Sweedish producer, Avicii. Based on previous collaborations then, Coldplay's new song with Cat Power, the singer/songwriter and

Coldplay set for Landmark shows at the Royal Albert Hall. The start of July is almost upon us. Coldplay will be back in their home country, ready for a show of a lifetime! There will be no giant stadia this time around but instead, a very glamorous and intimate venue, inside the Royal Albert Hall. The stage will be 360 degrees, meaning it will be similar to the stage of the Ghost Stories film in LA, albeit all seated and no gaint overhead screens, which was the main reason Coldplay forked out a

The top 100 Glastonbury performances In the build up to Glastonbury festival 2014, in Pilton, UK, which Coldplay will not be playing this year, British newspaper, The Telegraph have published a list of the best live showings over the course of recent history which will be revealed. Chris Martin, during the Live 2012 film/DVD, admired the festival which runs most years as a "city of cows and tents". Glastonbury 2014 starts this coming week and the main headliners are Metallica, Arcade Fire and K

World Cup 2014 : Kick off imminent! The World Cup 2014 in Brazil, the ultimate international football/soccer tournament, commences this Thursday 12th with the opening ceremony at 2:15 Eastern US time, 7:15 UK time, followed by the opening match just under 2 hours after, with the host nation, Brazil facing Croatia.   Coldplaying Fantasy league Join in the fun with Coldplaying. Texasluvsjonny, one of our moderators, has created the Coldplaying fantasy league for the World Cup via Fifa's off