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Part two of chengui's excellent review of Coldplay's concert at the Clark County Amphitheater, Portland, OR, and a meet and greet backstage (10th July 2009) is now available to read online at the Coldplay Live forum. In case you missed part one recently you can recap that here. What follows is part two:   So we all walked back out to the main area (now about 8:30) and were told to meet back by the backstage door at 8:50. We could have gone and found our seats and waited there, but the second op

Chris Martin seems nice. This is something that is written almost every time he does an interview, and was especially prevalent in the coverage last fall when his band, Coldplay, released their latest record, "Mylo Xyloto, writes the Oregon Live in another review of two concerts at the Rose Garden in Portland (24th April). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the shows at the Coldplay Live forum now. Read on for the Oregon Live review article...   USA Today led with how Martin tu

That Coldplay is one the hugest pop bands on the planet is inescapable. The group and its superstar frontman Chris Martin find themselves, a decade-plus into their career, literally having it all: the fame, the fortune (more than 50 million albums sold; packing venues such as the 18,000-capacity Amphitheater at Clark County on a nightly basis), the Grammys (seven), the hot-actress wife and oddly named children (Gwyneth Paltrow; Apple and Moses), writes Oregonlive.com.   That the group has faced

The amazing success story surrounding the new Warner Bros. Records artist Daniel Powter -- who will release his self-titled debut album on April 11th -- keeps growing, thanks to the triumph of "Bad Day," the album's lead-off single. The piano-driven pop track is the best-selling single in the U.S. this week, claiming the Number One spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Already Certified Double Platinum by the RIAA, it is also the most digitally downloaded song on iTunes for the second week in a row

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow elicited a number of gasps in New York this week when the expectant mother was seen downing a bottle of Guiness.   The Oscar-winning actress and her husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, were dining in a New York sushi bar when they left the BYOB eatery and returned with a several bottles of the Irish stout, The New York Daily News reported Thursday.   Paltrow, who has long espoused the advantages of a rigorous macrobiotic diet, did not consume any sushi at the resta

Cleopatra Records is proud to unveil the long awaited solo project by Switchblade Symphony vocalist Tina Root and her solo project Tre Lux. This 12-track collection reflects Tina’s eclectic musical interests featuring inspired covers of Ministry, Coldplay, Duran Duran and Soundgarden among others.   With Tre Lux, Tina showcases her new musical venture which is an extension of the dark sounds Switchblade fans are accustomed to. “Switchblade Symphony was a beautiful catastrophe of ideas and melody

Looking back at 2008’s major releases, it is safe to say that British rockers Coldplay had one of the biggest albums of the year with “Viva La Vida.” The album has the most paid download sales of all time, and it generally received favorable reviews. They had one of the most memorable iPod commercials in recent memory that got everyone back aboard the Coldplay bandwagon once again. Coldplay were never strangers to success, but with “Viva La Vida” it became cool to like Coldplay once again. Well,

NEW YORK -- The musician whose favorite color is that of an eggplant has been voted the world's "Sexiest Vegetarian" by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.   Prince is tied for the honor with Kristen Bell, who said she'd rather have brussels sprouts than meat any day. The runners-up in the annual PETA poll include Natalie Portman, Nicollette Sheridan and Joaquin Phoenix.   Last year, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and "American Idol" season four winner Carrie Underwood shared the top

NEW YORK -- The musician whose favorite color is that of an eggplant has been voted the world's "Sexiest Vegetarian" by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.   Prince is tied for the honor with Kristen Bell, who said she'd rather have brussels sprouts than meat any day. The runners-up in the annual PETA poll include Natalie Portman, Nicollette Sheridan and Joaquin Phoenix.   Last year, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and "American Idol" season four winner Carrie Underwood shared the top

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

Despite heavy rain and powerful winds, attendance figures were strong at last weekend’s back-to-back concerts by Coldplay and Andrea Bocelli at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, reports Digital Production Middle East.   Italian classical soloist Andrea Bocelli drew a crowd of 11,000 on Friday, March 27, while British four-piece Coldplay and American rockers Mercury Rev attracted 15,000 punters the following night. Production crews were forced to endure wet-weather and high winds in the lead-up and d

US music lovers are fuming about copy-protected CDs but in the UK they are rare. Is it because the record labels trust us - or fear us?   If you only read blogs, you could have believed that last November all CD buyers were convulsed with fury over Sony BMG’s use of copy-protection software to prevent people ripping some 50-odd CDs - from internationally known artists such as Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys and Santana - to MP3s. True, some bloggers were, but in the UK it was a non-issue: none of the

Do people still buy Q Magazine? We're not sure - are people still interested in paying for a publication that only ever seems to put REM and U2 on the cover and then fills up its insides with interviews with Bob Geldof?   Still, however deathly dull Q Magazine is these days there's always the Q Awards - the event that seems to have overtaken both the Brits and the NME Awards in terms of rock stars getting drunk and showing themselves up a lot. The Q Awards take place at the end of the month and,

It seems that Q Magazine's latest article on Coldplay is a hot topic at the moment, just look at all the sub-headlines that are sprouting up all over the internet because of its publication. Instead of reading those, we've transcribed the full interview for you, so read it in it's entirity and make up your own headlines. Enjoy...!   The neutral observer of any big awards ceremony will notice that how late an artist arrives is directly proportional to their fame. On the Monday afternoon of the Q

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has revealed he is preparing for a downturn in income with the collapse of the world’s money markets.   In an interview for next month’s end of year Q magazine (published at the end of November), Martin said sales of albums and tickets were likely to be down as people tighten their belts. But he has avoided any great collapses in his own personal wealth because he has no shares, he explained.   “In honest terms, it probably means that you sell five per cent less t

British megabands U2 and Oasis are having to be kept apart at the Q music awards later this month (30th Oct 2006), because the organisers are terrified of a spat breaking out between the rival rockers.   The two bands are both up for the Best Act In The World Today gong - but after Oasis star Liam Gallagher branded Coldplay's Chris Martin "a plantpot" at last year's bash, the bosses behind the event at London's swanky Grosvenor House fear the worst should Oasis not take home the coveted gong.  

When Monday night's benefit for grassroots environmental network Friends of the Earth was announced weeks ago, it sold out instantly, with tickets for the evening at London's Koko club soon being snapped up on eBay for outrageous prices.   It was clear why: Although the stripped-down acoustic bill included sets from indie talents Kate Rusby and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, the evening was all about Radiohead.   Rusby's sterling set, including a beautiful cover of the Richard and Lind

When Monday night's benefit for grassroots environmental network Friends of the Earth was announced weeks ago, it sold out instantly, with tickets for the evening at London's Koko club soon being snapped up on eBay for outrageous prices.   It was clear why: Although the stripped-down acoustic bill included sets from indie talents Kate Rusby and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, the evening was all about Radiohead.   Rusby's sterling set, including a beautiful cover of the Richard and Lind

Radiohead arrive in the chandeliered splendour of Blackpool's old ballroom in an odd sort of limbo. The grand millennial melancholy of OK, Computer was greeted like a latter-day Sergeant Pepper in 1997.   The contrary about turn of its successor Kid A's icy electronic soundscapes aided the impression that they were rock's new leaders. But ever since 2003's Hail to the Thief fumblingly tried to merge Radiohead's anthemic and experimental extremes, their sure step has faltered a little.   While th

Radiohead arrive in the chandeliered splendour of Blackpool's old ballroom in an odd sort of limbo. The grand millennial melancholy of OK, Computer was greeted like a latter-day Sergeant Pepper in 1997.   The contrary about turn of its successor Kid A's icy electronic soundscapes aided the impression that they were rock's new leaders. But ever since 2003's Hail to the Thief fumblingly tried to merge Radiohead's anthemic and experimental extremes, their sure step has faltered a little.   While th

Long, after the ignominious death of so-called "art rock,'' the English quintet Radiohead gave a 2140 performance Friday at Berkeley's Greek Theater that was the aural equivalent of a modernist painting by Salvador Dali or Jackson Pollock.   For almost two hours, in an outdoor show where the thick fog seemed to be a special effect, this band showed its softer, dreamier side with its own version of clocks melting -- ambient, spacey music that sounded like soundtracks to films not yet made, bathed

The boredom caused by endless hours on the tour bus and a succession of anonymous hotel rooms are well known problems, but rock stars on tour now have something else to grumble about: the environmental impact.   Thom Yorke, singer with Radiohead, yesterday hit out at the "ridiculous" use of energy by such events, and threatened to stop playing far-flung destinations if steps were not taken to reduce carbon emissions.   He said: "The way that tours are structured now and the way it works is a rid

Coldplay is the biggest rock band on the planet by almost every rubric: The polite English quartet's latest record—the misty, Brian Eno-helmed Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends—sold more than 700,000 copies in its first week as other respectable rock acts struggle to crack half that, writes Indy Week.   2008's best seller, Viva La Vida has since been certified double platinum in the States while moving nearly 8 million copies worldwide. And now, the band is in the midst of a string of 30

RALEIGH -- The easy points of comparison for Coldplay are Radiohead and U2, both of which certainly apply. But if you want to get beyond sonic similarities and consider Coldplay's broader place on the landscape, the group's current stature resembles no one so much as 1970s-era Elton John -- someone else who commands a lot more respect now than he did in his prime, writes the News & Observer.   Tastemakers put Coldplay down as a denatured version of Radiohead and U2. But four albums and a dec

Considering that album sales have been down in four of the last five years and are off by 2 percent from 2005, it might seem like faint praise to trumpet that Rascal Flatts pumps the biggest sales week of 2006.   But an opening week of 722,000 copies for "Me and My Gang" genuinely entitles Rascal Flatts to bragging rights. The opening tally is the biggest since Mary J. Blige Mary J. Blige rang 727,000 copies when "The Breakthrough" arrived during Christmas week 2005 and the largest week by a co