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The American Music Awards just got a bit more British, adding Coldplay and Leona Lewis to its performance line-up, according to Billboard. The two join a bevy of previously announced performers, including Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, the Pussycat Dolls, Taylor Swift and Annie Lennox.   The fan-voted extravaganza, as previously reported, is set for Nov. 23, and will be broadcast live for the East Coast from the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Voting is underway now at the AMA website, a

An interesting article has been published by defamer.com.au of Australia over Coldplay's performance last week on US television's Saturday Night Live:   Whether you take or leave Coldplay mostly depends on your taste for their brand of overproduced nursery rhymes and moody rock-star glowering. But what of the megaband's performance this past weekend on Saturday Night Live, with frontman Chris Martin bounding through Studio 8A like a sort of atonal Bono?   What of that insistent pitchiness and th

From midnight tonight (EST), Mick Boogie and Terry Urban present Viva La Hova, the Jay-Z/Coldplay mash-up project and Coldplaying.com grabbed a moment with Mick for an exclusive interview to explain what it's all about.   If you love Jay-Z and you’re not into Coldplay, this is for you. If you love Coldplay, but don’t mess with hip-hop, this is for you. If you love all good music, this is definitely for you. As they began piecing together the correct verses to match the correct beats, it became c

Guy Hands' Terra Firma has admitted that there will be no quick fix for EMI as the private equity group set out in stark detail the financial and operational challenges facing the ailing music company that it bought in a highly leveraged £4bn deal just before credit markets turned, report Financial Times.   New revelations about the former culture at the record company behind Katy Perry and Coldplay included news of a £700,000 annual taxi bill - the largest account with a prominent London cab co

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

Reviews for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, are still trickling in over four months after its release. Here's one from a blogger at edublogs.org:   Chris Martin’s declarations that they had “thrown away all [their] tricks” and “tried to find new ones” is sure to have raised many eyebrows from critical circles, many of whom would have tagged Coldplay as a band devoid of imagination. Well, it turns out that their inspirations had been dormant all of this time, b

EMI, the music company behind Coldplay and Katy Perry, made a loss of £757 million in the year it was acquired by Terra Firma, run by Guy Hands, amid heavy restructuring costs, financial charges and a collapsing music market, report The Times.   The losses were accompanied by a frank annual report, with a introduction written by Lord Birt, the former Director-General of the BBC who now advises Mr Hands, comprising "a forthright presentation of problems" and "the absence of rosy assurances about

Where is the love? Coldplay has it   Centric, The Agency of Change, believes that the Oracle of Coldplay.com fame is artificially intelligent, and that Coldplay spread more love than, well, love itself. Here is their article:   I may be the only one here thinking that you never see the word l-o-v-e in business discussions. You don’t hear it in meetings or in elevators. And that’s a shame because if you think about it, love matters. And it makes me angry when companies who have the love but don’t

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

Here's an interesting article from the media source who only hours earlier had been so proud about running an exclusive Coldplay ticket competition. That same evening, they write an unfavourable report on the show at the Q Arena:   Coldplay, who many rock critics have tabbed as the next U2, headlined the the Quicken Loans Arena tonight and drew a crowd that I would estimate at about 17,000. The band that hails from Britain failed to answer the lingering questions that I had about about the band.

There's no escaping Joe the Plumber these days. Not even at a rock 'n' roll show.   Less than a week after you-know-who found himself at the center of the final presidential debate, the non-licensed tradesman from Holland, Ohio, was mentioned indirectly a couple of times when the British quartet Coldplay performed Tuesday night at The Q. "You live in the most important state . . . at the moment," frontman Chris Martin told concertgoers, referring to Ohio's pivotal role in the upcoming election.

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 will begin another North American tour tonight in Ottawa, Ontario, in support of the latest album, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. While fans are likely to sing along to every word Chris Martin utters during the tour, they'll have some new lyrics to memorize when Coldplay's Prospekt's March EP arrives from November 19th. Coldplaying.com members have already celeb-spotted Coldplay in Ottawa (click the links for more information):   I was driving to work this morning around 8:4

British rockers Coldplay emerged from this month's Q Awards with statues for best album and best act in the world today. On the eve of a major U.S. tour, the recognition makes them look like a band at the absolute pinnacle of success, reports canada.com.   That may be true, but you won't find frontman Chris Martin patting himself on the back. In a phone interview, the mild-mannered 31-year-old was modest about the band's achievements, generally chalking them up to the superior talent of people l

In the world of experimental and abstract music, there are no more than two degrees of separation between Brian Eno and everyone else. This is the man who, after all, is credited with inventing ambient music, and his influence is deep and wide.   But Eno, 60, is also the man who produced or co-produced some of history's biggest pop and rock albums, including U2's "The Joshua Tree" and the best-selling album of 2008, Coldplay's "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends."   Eno, born in Suffolk

Reviews for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, are still trickling in over four months after its release. Here's one from fredericksburg.com:   "Viva la Vida" translates as "live the life." What a title for an album that matches the epic proportions expected from a group like Coldplay! On "Viva la Vida," released this past June, Coldplay offers a new sound that will truly shock old fans. This time, frontman Chris Martin isn't always singing in his falsetto about

Despite their successful musical trajectory and chart-topping albums, Starsailor have always shied away from the glamour of the music industry. In an interview for the media, they talk about Coldplay and their success:   Starsailor were one of the first bands to pioneer the sound that was later adopted by Coldplay and Snow Patrol. I ask how he feels about that. "In terms of Coldplay, to be fair, they came out around the same time. It would be rude of us to say you copied our sound," he laughs.

Music producer Markus Dravs has worked with many notable musical artists on several significant albums, among them: Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible; Brian Eno’s Nerve Net; and Bjork’s Homogenic. Recently he worked with Coldplay on their highly anticipated album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).   Coldplay is one of the world’s most popular rock bands. Since coming together in 1998, they’ve sold 35 million albums. Their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), was selected by

The Northern Star, the all student-produced, independent media from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, has produced an article claiming that Coldplay's Chris Martin is not deserving of rock 'god' status. You can reply to the author here. The article reads as follows:   Sure, Coldplay might dominate Billboard charts and receive wide-critical praise, but is front-man Chris Martin the rock and roll god he’s made out to be?   If he is, I will gladly go to the rock and roll gallows as

An interesting story of the evolvement of Coldplay's studio recording of 42 has been published by a former Rolling Stone employee. Read the full article below:   Earlier this year, I flew to London to visit Coldplay as they put the finishing touches on their new album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, for a short profile.   Chris Martin and friends welcomed me to their cozy studio/clubhouse in a tiny section of North London near all of their houses. They were still debating which songs

From Nov. 3 in Detroit through Nov. 26 in Phoenix, El Paso’s own Sleepercar will be touring with one of the biggest bands in the world: Coldplay. While media and fans may not grasp any connection between the two, having either band talk about the other makes the situation perfectly clear. There’s a long history of love between Sleepercar founder Jim Ward and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman.   “I first met them on tour with At the Drive-In; we both played t

Oasis’ guitarist Noel Gallagher has praised Coldplay, comparing a song from their new album to the Beatles, report Gigwise today.   Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph, Gallagher said his opinion of the band differed greatly from his brother, Liam. "I listen to ‘Violet Hill’ and it's like The Beatles,” Gallagher said. “I just think Chris Martin is a great songwriter. Liam fucking hates them - thinks their stuff sounds like Annie Lennox, but Liam can be a fucking idiot sometimes."   Gallagher also

They sang I Predict A Riot — but Kaiser Chief frontman Ricky Wilson couldn’t have predicted what would happen when he met rival band Coldplay.   For he made a fool of himself by moaning that he was busier than Chris Martin’s hit group. Leeds lad Ricky bumped into them at a recording studio. He confessed: “Whenever bands get together, all they do is moan about how busy their touring and promotional schedules are. I did the same when I met Coldplay. I felt such an idiot, because they looked at me

Although he’s pals with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 31, Noel says the rest of Oasis hate his band.   He admits “I’m not in a band full of Coldplay fans, there’s only me – the others hate them – and U2. I think they’re a bit insecure because Coldplay and U2 sell more records than we do. I like them. Chris fascinates me, even though he’s proper posh. I don’t think I’d be Gwyneth Paltrow’s cup of tea, though. I swear too much.”   Read the full Noel Gallagher interview here

Back in late July we posted news that Coldplay would be returning to South America for the Viva La Vida tour in March 2009. This news came courtesy of 'Revista Veja', a Brazilian Magazine. The original article has been translated, as follows:   Viva La Vida topped the charts in 36 countries. Presently, are Coldplay the biggest band? Yeah, we're the biggest ones today - but in a very limited sense. Just because U2 and Green Day didn't release any record this year. It's like winning a golf tournam