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Sir Bob Geldof has launched a bitter attack on this summer’s ‘Live Earth’ gigs, calling them “just an enormous pop concert”.   The head of Live Aid has criticised the multi-national concerts organised by climate campaigner Al Gore for failing to secure any tangible solution to the issue. He rants, ”I hope they're a success. But why is he actually organizing them? To make us aware of the greenhouse effect? Everybody's known about that problem for years. We are all fucking conscious of global warm

During the most recent season of "South Park," there was a particular episode in which the character of Al Gore visits South Park to spread awareness about a beast named "Manbearpig."   The episode was a spoof that Al Gore was chasing something that didn't even exist, poking fun at his global warming campaign. It also implied that Al Gore was desperate for attention and had no friends.   On Feb. 15, Gore's announcement about the "Live Earth" concert showed that Gore has friends after all. A lo

Mary J. Blige, with a successful comeback, a best-selling album and a leading eight nominations, looks poised to emerge from the Grammy Awards as the night's big winner.   But then again, Mariah Carey was in much the same boat last year. And look what happened to her. Carey led the nominations in 2006 for her "The Emancipation of Mimi" album, yet won only in the R&B categories, not the coveted Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year categories. U2 was instead the big winn

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - If the organisers of the music industry's biggest awards show have their way, the Grammys will become a brand that represents musical achievement year-round.   In the last three years, the Recording Academy in the United States has revamped its Grammy sponsorship strategy, moving from one-year financial commitments to long-term deals with companies that have music-focused marketing efforts, says Evan Greene, the group's chief marketing officer. This year, for the first

This year's leading Grammy Award nominees have more in common than you might think, but on paper, this year's Grammy powerhouses couldn't seem more different.   Lil Wayne is a street-wise rapper from New Orleans who offers wild glimpses of a wide range of scenes of urban life in America on his chart-topping album "Tha Carter III." Coldplay is an artsy rock band from England that offers well-heeled takes on international inspiration - from "Lovers in Japan" and "Chinese Sleep Chant" to "Cemeterie

Every Grammy Awards show promises a certain measure of unpredictability, but tonight's could be one for the ages. Rapper M.I.A. is due - both to perform live and to deliver her baby - while the show's leading nominee is erratic New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne. He has eight nods, while Coldplay are next with seven and Kanye West, Jay-Z and Ne-Yo have six apiece.   And this year's Grammys boast some unique collaborative performances. McCartney will have Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl drumming behin

They made a pact never to be pictured together but now Gwyneth Paltrow is planning to walk the same red carpet as husband Chris Martin – to scotch rumours that their marriage is in trouble, the Daily Mail have reported.   Gwyneth, 36, has agreed to present an award at the US Grammys next week, where Chris, 31, will be performing with Coldplay. ‘If Gwyneth has her way, she will appear hand-in-hand with Chris,’ says a source. ‘She wants it to be a two-fingered salute to rumours about their marriag

If you’re planning on watching the Grammy Awards this weekend, here’s a little nugget of information you might find interesting: You technically own part of a record company whose artist is up for Album of the Year, report tamethebear.tv.   Coldplay is a front-runner for this year’s Album of the Year, among other nominations, for their energetic and potentially plagiarized single, “Viva La Vida.” But here’s the thing: We all have a vested interest in how Coldplay fares this Sunday.   See, EMI, t

There are plenty of Coldplay Grammy reviews and its virtually impossible to print them all, so we'll bring to you some of the best (or intriguing) ones. Here's Washington City Paper blog:   I’m pretty much happy to ignore this year’s Grammys completely: Kokayi didn’t win, Stevie Wonder suffered the indignity of sharing a stage with the Jonas Brothers, and I won’t even get started on the bizarre Chris Brown/Rihanna incident that took place the night before the ceremony. But there’s one moment of

On this momentous day, Marty McFly and Doc are due to arrive in their DeLorean, where they will be greeted by a sky full of cars! Not quite though. Flying cars are a distant dream while there aren't any hoverboards in sight (comon, segways don't count!). Virtual reality glasses did feature in the film though and we could all be using them at one point, with some lucky ones being able to try them out last year, while watching 'A Sky Full Of Stars' during 'Ghost Stories Live 2014'.     If you'v

Of note is a blog covering one man's quest to meet 500 celebrities. It's a simple goal, with all the quirkiness of a Dave Gorman project and has to date proved rather successful. Greeting the 500's Julian has already had Coldplay's Chris Martin pop round for a brew, and caught up with Jonathan Ross and Neil Kinnock to name a few.   Chris was an absolute star. I congratulated him on the recent announcement made by him and Gwynneth and we chatted about the bet and how I needed 100 handshakes to wi

The silent tension inside the cavernous Staples Center built with every calculated pause, writes Derek Stahhl for the me.com website. "And the Grammy for Song of the Year goes to... Coldplay for 'Viva La Vida!'" The award, given for songwriting, was the English band's second of three wins that night for their album "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends."   But in another part of the city, 52-year-old guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani sat appalled - too upset to watch the show on television - as

Coldplay's Guy Berryman has apparently had to drop out of the Flora London Marathon after injuring his hip.   The bass player asked the band to reschedule their tour around the big race, the Sun reports, but he has now had to pull out after hurting his hip during training. "I don't know if it will ever be quite right again," he said.   Speaking of the Viva La Vida tour, if you missed out on Miami Coldplay tickets, you've got another chance. More tickets have just been released for the British ro

The Sun newspaper [15/04/2008] reports that not many rock stars could run a marathon - buy Coldplay's Guy Berryman completed the gruelling London course in less than four hours. Impressive by any standards.   Gordon Ramsay may have pipped him to the line - but he trounced Ronan Keating!   Meanwhile, alyssa created this superb drawing of Guy. More on this here  

Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman spoke with La W Radio Colombia on the work of the band and the show that will bring Coldplay to Colombia. Below is the roughly translated article of the Colombian article found online. You can hear the full audio interview in the Multimedia forum here [thanks SueDeNimes]   Guy Berryman told The W that in terms of spectators in the world, Europe is a major public North America is a little louder, but definitely in Latin America are the most lively and noisy audience,

Guy Berryman has one of the best jobs in the world: he plays to stadiums full of adoring fans, has sold 50 million records and yet is still able to sit unrecognised in a London pub and nurse a pint on a lazy Sunday. To mark the release of the band's fifth album Mylo Xyloto, Guy talks to GQ Magazine about partying with A-ha, his obsession with Leica cameras and the schoolboy errors of disco style... (Full discussion on this article is at the Coldplay forum now. [thanks Skuze23])   GQ.com: What's

Performing in Coldplay — performing in the world’s biggest band — could get comfy. Too comfy, even.   For bassist Guy Berryman, though, the nightly thrill is intact. Even after all the massive stadium shows, all the mega festivals, stepping on stage still brings a tingle — that rush of blood, you might call it. “I don’t get nervous anymore. But I still get that great sense of excitement,” he says. “I love that moment right before we go on, that anticipation of the lights coming down. It never ti

Playing in huge arenas before thousands of people has been known to alienate musicians seeking to establish a connection with their audiences, but Coldplay has taken steps to keep things on a human scale.   "Our relationship with the audience is really quite intimate at the moment, because if you bought a ticket way in the back, we'll be coming out to you," bass player Guy Berryman says from home in London, before starting the U.S. leg of a tour that stops in Hartford Saturday.   Indeed, shows o

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

Coldplay will regroup in the studio to begin cutting material for a fifth album. ‘‘The plan, in an ideal world, is to have something finished by the end of 2009,’’ says Guy Berryman, in a recent online interview.   That would mark a notably fast turnaround for a band that’s been known to take its time between records, including three-year gaps between each of the band’s past three albums. And fans even got a treat in the interim: the recent release of ‘‘Prospekt’s March,’’ an eight-song EP featu

Coldplay.com have caught up with bassist Guy Berryman amidst thunder and lightning leaving Dubai in the latest of their exclusive online interviews. In it, Guy discusses Chris Martin's mad dash across the Sydney Cricket Ground, all the photos he has taken, and the latest on soundchecking some of the older songs. Read the interview below. More discussion on this interview is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   Hello Guy. How are you? I'm good, thanks. I'm in a car on my way to Dubai airport. W

"Guy Berrymans’s new camera may look antique, but it isn’t. It’s actually the new Lieca M8. They’ve got a retro look about them but are about the most coveted cameras around. Guy must be really getting into photography at the moment, because this is a hardcore camera. They retail for about £3000 and I’d give my left nut for one."   Guy uses a 35mm Summicron ASPH zoom lense and it looks like the folks over at flickr are practially salivating over this cool piece of kit, as it take stunning pictu

Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest celebrity to offer her advice on how to get in shape after having a baby.   The wife of Coldplay main man Chris Martin and mother to Moses and Apple has given full backing to going to the gym as the way for new mums to shed any unwanted weight.   Gwyneth said that she found it hard to lose weight after first baby Apple was born in 2004 and only started making headway when she returned to working out regularly."It's all lovely when you are pregnant; but when you are

Gwyneth Paltrow took her little daughter out for a Halloween trick-or-treat stroll in the New York City area TriBeCa. Mom could've scared anyone, even Chris, as she sported a bunny mask, Apple was dressed as Alice in Wonderland.   [Thanks Flying Sparks and gaston70]        

Gwyneth indroduced her young daughter to one of the finer things in LA - shopping!   Gwyneth took Apple to pick through the racks at Maxfield's on Melrose on a sunny Saturday. Wonder if Gwynnie picked up a designer blanket for her daughter's third birthday next month?   Read the full article here