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New Coldplay article from Spin Magazine, who talk about the new album and Phil Harvey.   Trampolines, imaginary 16-year-olds, and decisions, decisions, decisions. For the world's biggest band not called U2, there's just no rest for the bleary. An exclusive look behind the scenes of Coldplay's new album.   In a slightly sketchy part of north London, a cockney blonde whom we'll call Myrtle smokes a cigarette in the driveway of the plain white-fronted former bakery that serves as recording studio,

When a band gets as big as Coldplay—and no group to emerge this century is bigger—it is tempting to attribute the achievement to some form of artistic compromise. So cynical have we become that we think it nearly impossible for artists to reach the top of their field strictly on their own terms. Judging by the critical consensus on such current megastars as 50 Cent, Norah Jones, and, yes, Coldplay, a person might reasonably conclude that each of them is holding something back, consciously repres

Scotland's hospitality industry last night hit out at plans to target tourists by imposing a "green tax".   Tourism chiefs, the business community and environmental groups are considering introducing a £5 charge per person. Amid increasing concern about pollution from transport, the voluntary levy would allow "eco-friendly" tourists to offset carbon emissions generated in travelling here and support green projects, such as growing trees.   The approach has been popular with environmentally-con

Scotland's hospitality industry last night hit out at plans to target tourists by imposing a "green tax".   Tourism chiefs, the business community and environmental groups are considering introducing a £5 charge per person. Amid increasing concern about pollution from transport, the voluntary levy would allow "eco-friendly" tourists to offset carbon emissions generated in travelling here and support green projects, such as growing trees.   The approach has been popular with environmentally-con

Following the news that Jennifer Aniston is to wed Vince Vaughan this summer, revelations have been exposed that the ceremony could be held at 43-acre Californian estate owned by none other than reigning queen of chat-show TV, Oprah Winfrey!   Should the couple decide to go ahead with recent plans, it will allow them to invite 500 of their personal friends and family, along with celebrity acquaintances, George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow and, of course, Jen’s former Friends co-stars, to name a few.

Blog article courtesy of nzhelgahume.blogspot.com:   This week we say the Coldplay concert in Ottawa, and it was incredible.   The band has always been a little special to me, since I initially discovered them during a trip to Italy in 1999. It was a full year before they hit Canadian shores, so I got to look cool by being "the first to know" about them. ;-)   Nonetheless, I was immediately struck by their semblance to another famous British band, Radiohead, who at the time was going off on a fa

Eugene Francis Jnr and the Juniors are supporting Coldplay on the first half of the UK tour. Coldplay.com called up Eugene after the first night in Sheffield to find out a bit more about his band.   Hello Eugene. How was the first night of the tour? It was perfect. I'm here with Pete the tour manager now and we're just reliving it. We were just saying how smooth everything was and how lovely all the Coldplay crew were.   Was it busy when you were on? Maybe I'm bigging ourselves up here but I'd

With Viva La Vida collaborator Jon Hopkins about to start another run of shows supporting Coldplay, the official site thought it was time to find out a bit more about him...   Hello Jon, how are you? Hi, I am well, though a bit jetlagged. Currently in Miami, I arrived in the US in time to DJ at the Atlanta show last night and have my first live support in Kansas tomorrow night.   You've already played some dates with the band on this tour, have you enjoyed them? It's been amazing, I think I've

Dreamy US popsters Mercury Rev are supporting Coldplay on their current tour across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. Coldplay.com called up frontman Jonathan Donahue to find out how they're getting on. Here is the interview:   Hello Jonathan. How's the tour going? It's going really, really well. Obviously the shows are all sold out and they've had really enthusiastic crowds, but we're having the time of our lives as well. We're being treated really well by everybody a

Coldplay.com spoke to Jim Ward from Coldplay's latest support act. WithTexan alt-country dudes Sleepercar beginning their run of dates supporting Coldplay in Detroit tonight, they called up frontman Jim Ward to find out a bit more about them.   Are you excited about your shows with Coldplay? Yeah, I am for sure. I've been friends with those guys for a long time and we've tried to do shows before, so I'm glad it's happening now. I feel that it's the right time.   Where did you meet them? In the h

Typically, when movie studios set out to market an adult drama about a historic event, they write off teenagers.   But when Paramount Pictures executives first screened director-producer Oliver Stone's upcoming release, "World Trade Center," for a test audience last month, they realized there was nothing typical about selling a movie about 9/11.   Teens who were just children when the Twin Towers fell said in a focus group attended by Paramount marketing staffers that the movie strongly resonate

Seeing how he seems like a genuinely humble and all-round decent human being, let’s assume that Chris Martin is as horrified as anyone at the way things have unfolded, writes Vancouver's straight.com.   Imagine setting out to create something new and boundary-pushing, a reinvention, if you will, of a band that’s easily become the biggest success story of its generation. That’s what the boys of Coldplay did with 2008’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, a record that found them, for the f

Albury's Lisa Mitchell may well be the new Joni Mitchell, going on last night’s Australian Idol performance. Singing Coldplay’s See You Soon, flanked only by her guitar and a cello for depth, Mitchell wowed the judges.   “Bring on Tuesday night,” Mark Holden said. “I want to hear a Lisa Mitchell original. The guitar playing was reminiscent of an early Joni Mitchell: I could have listened to you for another hour or hour and a half.”   Holden said Mitchell always divided her audience. “Some people

Coldplay do not "deflower virgins" while on tour. The clean-living band insist their backstage antics are limited to changing their clothes and they never take advantage of groupies like a lot of rockers.   Guitarist Johnny Buckland [pictured] said: "There's sort of a whole heap of things that we do before the show. "Obviously we get changed, we do a bit of singing, play the guitar and just sort of relax for a bit before. But we don't deflower any virgins or anything like that."   Meanwhile, fro

"It’s been shit" were the three words Coldplay’s Chris Martin used to sum up his BRITs experience. On stage at the War Child concert at the renamed O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Chris was upfront about the disappointment of walking away from the bash earlier in the evening without a single gong – despite being nominated four times.   As soon as Coldplay’s set was over, Gwyneth joined her hubby backstage where the couple schmoozed with Bono, The Killers, Natalie Imbruglia and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tenna

'The Nine': More mystery, music, and montages   I watched The Nine for the second time this week on ABC.com. Definitely go there if you want to see seven of Jon Lovitz's Subway commercials!   The show's still moving slowly, but I've never been one of those people who needs answers right away, at least on TV. (Whereas I need to know what I'm eating for dinner right now!) I like that we don't know what happened between Felicia and Lucas (something sexual? maybe?) and I like that I can't put my fin

Coldplay's love affair with Australia has resulted in all three of their albums, including the debut Parachutes, leaping back into the top 30.   That's it!

Perhaps you have heard that sore loser Joe Satriani has sued Coldplay, asserting they stole their song "Viva La Vida" from his royal show-offness, writes MusFormation.com.   Today, Coldplay denied Satch's allegations that they ever would listen to his (I mean, these guys hang with Eno, they got no time for guitar masturbation albums, when they could be listening to the guitar solo in "Baby's On Fire"), in a Federal Court. While I think the Players will easily win this case, I have outlined ho

When Chris Martin decided to sign Girls Aloud as support for one of Coldplay’s summer shows, he used a special booking agent – his missus. The singer called each of the girls individually to ask if they would open for his band at Wembley Stadium on September 18.   And in case Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle had any doubts about how serious he was, his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, chipped in on the phone.   When Chris was on the blower to Cheryl, Gwynnie to

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has defended celebrities who choose to give their children unusual names.   Martin, whose own children with Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow are called Apple and Moses, said “a name is just a noise”. He also said that if the parents were happy, then they shouldn't be concerned about what others thought.   "People make a big fuss over names. Names of babies, names of albums, names of bands,” he told Blender. "There's nothing weird about calling your baby Chewbacca

While Gwyneth Paltrow is busy promoting her new fitness DVD and chain of gyms, her husband Chris Martin has been keeping himself busy, too. The 31-year-old Coldplay frontman performed at the NRJ music awards in Cannes last week where he met up with former Mis-Teeq singer Alesha Dixon.   One mole remarked: ‘We didn’t know Chris and Alesha were friends but they were getting along famously, so much so that Chris offered her a ride home on his private jet.’ The 30-year-old Strictly Come Dancing winn

I NEED help understanding CHRIS MARTIN’s T-shirt.   It’s a mock-up of the Time magazine cover naming then New York mayor RUDY GIULIANI Person Of The Year 2001 — but that’s not Rudy in the pic.   It looks like a blend of TERRY WOGAN, GEORGE BEST, DIRK BENEDICT and DAVID HASSELHOFF.    

Even rock stars get tired of talking about themselves eventually. Case in point: Chris Martin. The 32-year-old Coldplay frontman has spent the last year being interviewed by reporters far and wide about the band's gazillion-selling, chart-topping, Grammy-winning album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, writes the Winnipeg Sun.   And now that the awards are shelved, the sales are tabulated and the Britrockers' lengthy world tour is finally wrapping up in September, the last thing he reall

Can you name the songs these Coldplay lyrics are from?   (A) You and me are drifting into outer space   (B) We're part of the human race and All of the stars and the outer space   © Look at earth from outer space Everyone must find a place   (D) The future's for discovering The space in which we're traveling (E) Look up, I look up at night, Planets are moving at the speed of light   (F) Hundreds of years in the future It could be computers Looking for life on earth   (G) You can climb a ladder u

NEW YORK -- With some 20 million albums sold worldwide, it's clear Coldplay has its share of fans. What surprises singer Chris Martin is all the people who actively hate the band.   Coldplay doesn't inspire much ambivalence.   "Everyone tells me it's very healthy," Martin recently told The Associated Press. "It's very depressing, but it's very healthy. We always have this bubbling level of vitriol."   Both sides have renewed the debate with the release of "X&Y," the band's third album. The d