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In a spin-off article from Coldplay's official interview recently, Music Radar are reporting that Chris Martin says that being sued for alleged plagiarism has inspired him to become a better songwriter.   Last December, guitarist Joe Satriani sued Coldplay, claiming that the group lifted "substaintial original portions" of his 2004 composition If I Could Fly for their recent Grammy-winning song Viva La Vida.   Coldplay have denied such allegations, and Martin says that he has tried to turn a neg

Have you ever loved a song to the point of ridiculousness but no matter how hard you try, you just can’t understand the lyrics? What was the artist thinking when writing your favorite tune? More Than Words, a weekly column at Examiner (dot com), helps to delve a little deeper…   Yellow, Coldplay (Parachutes, 2000)   During a concert in Massachusetts, Coldplay lead vocalist Chris Martin discussed the song “Yellow” - about how it introduced the band to the US, how great it was to get such a positi

Coldplay made their third stop in the Washington D.C. area in the last 9 months on the Viva La Vida tour at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA.   The grammy award winning quartet is on the last leg of their tour before a much deserved rest. The concert started out with two opening acts: The Howling Bells, an austrailian/british band and Pete Yorn. Both had their moments but were no where near the calibar of Coldplay.   Around 9 p.m. Coldplay started off by blasting "Magnificent" by U2 followed by cl

Coldplay's Wednesday night show at Virginia Beach Amphitheater still has folks talking. Here's a review from Daily Press reporter Matthew Sturdevant:   Coldplay energized a packed crowd (though not sold-out) Wednesday night at Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater. The band’s leader, Chris Martin, delivered the perfect amount of upbeat, positive energy throughout the band’s performance. Even glum economic conditions seemed blasted away, if briefly, when canons shot confetti butterflies in

School is just about out for the summer, but on Wednesday night, Coldplay gave a lesson at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater on how to put on a fantastic show. Pencils sharpened? Fresh sheet of paper? Here we go, reports Hampton Roads (dot com).   1. Keep your show full of surprises. Secretly set up small stages in the middle of the crowd and even in the lawn seats, so that when the lights go low, you can run to your predetermined little island and sing a few songs. Do some covers

The New York Times music critic Jon Pareles has called them "the most insufferable band of the decade." And indeed Coldplay has its detractors, who stand right alongside its legions of dedicated fans.   But they don't really matter -- the band has always beaten them to the punch in the self-critical department. Bassist Guy Berryman once told Rolling Stone, "Most of the time, we just feel like losers." And as the band was accepting one of its most recent Grammys, singer Chris Martin wryly dubbed

Chris Martin caught up with Coldplay.com earlier today. In the interview, Chris confirms that the video for the song 'Strawberry Swing' has already been finished and will be released in the summer, and also talks about the unfinished track 'LeftRightLeftRightLeft' which apparently is still in eight formats. Hardly surprising then, that we haven't heard it yet!   Here is the online interview which you can also discuss at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks Zeya].   Hello Chris, how are you?

Put Coldplay's three 2009 Grammy Awards and front man Chris Martin's marriage to actress Gwyneth Paltrow aside for a minute, reports The Washington Examiner.   Coldplay has just proven -- once again -- that they're not caught up in all the traditional rock-and-roll egoism. Late last week, the band members announced those who attend the "Viva La Vida" summer tour will receive an exclusive live CD, "LeftRightLeftRightLeft," free of charge. "Playing live is what we love," the British alt rock quart

Coldplay are still touring hard in the US in support of not only fourth album, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends and latest EP Prospekt’s March, but now also the live CD LeftRightLeftRightLeft, all the while preparing for ANOTHER album that is supposed to hit shelves later this year, reports Pretty Much Amazing (dot com). Here's their online review of the new CD, along with some fan mini-reviews:   Chris Martin is really trying to squeeze as much as he can from his band, because wasn’t i

It was a rock n’ roll radio station, but when it found itself on the cutting edge of the media consumers, Absolute Radio took the opportunity to reinvent itself, reports the Economic Times.   As Clive Dickens, Chief Operating Officer, Absolute Radio says: “We see ourselves as a digital entertainment brand that has a radio station attached!” In its home market of the UK, 75% of homes have broadband, and close to 20 million people — 33% of the population - are online everyday, spending an average

Coldplay, Monday night at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Pelham, Alabama. Review rating: Four out of five stars.   Who: Coldplay, four British pop-rockers who've enjoyed great success and endured scathing criticism. Some regard their music as exquisitely accessible; others slam the band as U2 lite.   When and where: 9:15 p.m. Monday at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Pelham. It's been six years since Coldplay performed in the Birmingham area.   Turnout: Ticketholders came close to fi

Near the end of Coldplay's show tonight at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Pelham, blizzards of paper butterflies came hurtling from the sides of the stage, reports al.com blogs. Soon enough, the lower part of the audience was engulfed in the pretty confetti, which provided a joyful, glow-in-the dark accompaniment to "Lovers in Japan."   I'm a sucker for any concert that uses well-designed visuals as an exciting adjunct to the music (Flaming Lips, anyone?) and Coldplay's 9:15 p.m. show gave

In the April 2009 issue of Entertainment Law & Finance, three partners in the Intellectual Property Group at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP take a look at the role that "amateur musicologists" have played thus far in the copyright battle stemming from Satriani's lawsuit against Coldplay for copyright infringement back in December. Here are some quotes from said article:   -- What makes this case unique is the lively debate that it has prompted, which will likely impact how this action and similar i

When it comes to live concerts, it doesn’t get any better than Coldplay, reports SaportaReport.   I’m still energized from Coldplay’s concert at the Lakewood Ampitheater Sunday night — my second Coldplay concert in six months — with its combination of fabulous music, wonderfully artistic touches throughout the show and, of course, the magnetism of lead singer, songwriter, performer Chris Martin.   Martin and the band exemplify the best in rock-‘n’-roll artists. Numerous times during the performa

Dear Chris Martin: Thanks for the show on Friday night. It was excellent. But before I go all gushy with praise -- which I will, I promise -- I should tell you that I was dreading your concert, reports New Times (Broward).   Ever since I first heard your band in the early Aughts, I thought Coldplay was Too Cool For School. Removed. Passionless. Johnny Buckland's almost cyborgian fusillade of shimmering chords had something to do with it, as well as Guy Berryman's cold, efficient handling of his

Confetti paper butterflies. Giant yellow beach balls (dropped during “Yellow” — get it?). Super high-definition live video. Friday’s opening night of the last leg of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida tour in West Palm Beach was an Olympics-esque spectacle, complete with five orbs dangling over the band’s heads that served as screens for more state-of-the-art camera work, writes the Rolling Stone today. Here is their article:   Coldplay are playing big sheds for this summer stretch — about 16,000 fans fill

You've probably heard by now that, there are now four groups claiming Coldplay plagiarized them, the latest being Yusuf Islam, who says 'Viva La Vida' swipes part of his 1973 song 'Foreigner Suite.' Here is the full promised interview with Will Champion in which he talks about the new plagiarism claims, courtesy of Hampton Roads (Virginia) ahead of Coldplay's show on Wednesday May 20th at the Verizion Amphitheater in Virginia Beach...   By now you've probably heard of a little band named Coldpla

After supporting bands like The Killers, Placebo, and Snow Patrol, the Australian bred London transplanted Howling Bells have their musical sights set on conquering the new world, as the Howling Bells members Juanita Stein, Joel Stein, Brendan Picchio, Glenn Moule recently signed with Nettwerk Music Group to be their North American label, writes The Deadbolt (dot com).   But with their career quickly on the rise, the Howling Bells received another huge boost on the touring circuit as they'll soo

Bands, like politicians, need to get re-elected every so often. Take Coldplay, who staged a campaign stop of sorts for 16,000 people on Friday night at Cruzan Amphitheatre, west of West Palm Beach. There were remarks, confetti, balloons and presents: The band sent attendees home with a free concert CD, reports The Sun Sentinel (dot com).   Likewise, the appearance of singer Chris Martin's wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, could have come from a political playbook. Paltrow made an entrance befitting

It's no small accomplishment to make a sea of 16,000 people feel like an intimate audience in a small club, but that's what Chris Martin and Coldplay did at West Palm Beach's Cruzan Amphitheatre on Friday night, reports the Miami Herald.   Joking, charming, and leading blissful singalongs, Martin and company made the opening night of their U.S. tour into a celebration of the feel-good power of pop music. The sentimental peak came when the group ventured into the middle of the crowd to lead them

Perhaps the most lovely thing about Coldplay’s gloriously cordial “Viva La Vida” tour opener at West Palm Beach’s Cruzan Amphitheatre — and there were many — is that the band knows exactly what they are, and aren’t.   Chris Martin and company seem to have accepted that they are not edgy or dangerous, but pretty much nicely square guys from London who love straight-ahead, pretty pop songs like “Yellow” and ”Viva La Vida” with a dash of unabashedly big, anthemic songs with sweeping choruses. Thei

Despite being the adored, much analyzed and fantasized about lead singer of one of the planet's biggest rock bands, Chris Martin of Coldplay is practical, even humble about his role, writes the Miami Herald. Sitting on the floor of a rented house in Los Angeles, enjoying the California sunshine and the taste of the strawberry he's just finished, Martin is deliberately and charmingly low-key.   ''It just comes from pure gratitude at being given this job, particularly in a period of time when musi

Coldplay.com talked to Juanita Stein from Coldplay's latest support act. With Howling Bells set to open at all the North American shows from May 15th to June 21st, they called up the indie-rockers' frontwoman for a natter.   Hello Juanita, how are you? I'm good, thanks. I'm in New York. I got here a few days early to catch up with some friends and hang out in New York for a bit, before meeting up with the guys in Florida.   Have you had fun in New York? Yeah, it's been great. We had a really go

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin doesn’t know if Michael Stipe will be on hand when Coldplay returns to Atlanta Sunday, but having R.E.M.’s lead singer sit in with Martin’s band back in 2005 was “a front man’s wet dream,” Martin says.   One might imagine the admiration goes both ways, considering the triple-Grammy-winning, multimillion-selling success of Coldplay’s latest album, “Viva La Vida.”   The extended tour that began almost a year ago to support the album brought Coldplay to Atlanta last N

Elbow have announced that they will support Coldplay on several US tour dates this summer. The Mercury Prize-winning band will also play a handful of headlining shows during the North American jaunt.   They'll kick things off with their own gig in Los Angeles on July 22 before teaming up with Coldplay in Wisconsin three days later. They'll hit cities including Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte and Atlanta, before concluding the tour in Tampa, Florida on August 9. The band are supporting their most re