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Check out a brand new Coldplaying LP5 blog entry: #42 finally snaps   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks Corkus]   Well, well, well, a lot has happened in my absence, hasn't it? With all your ever-growing impatience and pestering of the Coldplay.com crew, Anchorman has just checked into rehab and the Oracle is currently on her way to the "loony bin". As for myself and the rest of the roadies? We've been watching the value of the Euro drop as a measure of self-este

Howzat for generosity? Coldplay have emerged as unlikely sponsors for small Gloucestershire village cricket side Slaughters Utd, writes The Sun in the last 24 hours. Bass player Guy Berryman has offered to fork out for new whites and kit for the club.   The band are all keen players. Frontman Chris Martin even used to play for another Gloucestershire side, Great Rissington. A delighted insider at the club said: "It's knocked us for six. Never in a million years did we think we'd have connections

What is it with April 14th and baby talk? Exactly one year ago we reported that Chris Martin might have to start thinking about changing nappies/daipers in the middle of the Viva tour after The Sun reported that Gwyneth Paltrow planned to have another baby.   Well, fast forward exactly 365 days (no leap year this time) to April 14th 2010 and exactly the same headlines are being written. Despite revealing her baby blues torment after the birth of her second baby Moses, it seems that it hasn’t pu

Gwyneth Paltrow enlisted the help of her husband Chris Martin when she had to learn to play guitar in her new movie, Contact Music write today. The actress plays an alcoholic country singer in her forthcoming movie 'Love Don't Let Me Down' and admits she was "embarrassed" when she asked Coldplay frontman Chris Martin - with who she has a five-year-old daughter Apple and four-year-old son Moses - to help her master the instrument.   She said: "He was so helpful, so sweet and encouraging. I mean,

For some reason, April 1 seems to be the day some of the biggest acts on the planet decide to make some of the strangest announcements ever, writes MTV today. Why, just last year, Kid Rock made it known that he had acquired the naming rights to the Detroit Tigers' stadium, Coldplay revealed plans to record an album in zero gravity and Trent Reznor unveiled his Timbaland-produced Strobelight project. Oh yeah, and Björk proclaimed that she was going to be fronting Led Zeppelin, with a full tour bo

Liam Gallagher explained his recent comments about U2 and Coldplay's dress sense in a recent interview with New York radio station RXP and he joked they should go out and buy his own clothing range Pretty Green, which he is currently promoting in the US. [More on this at the Coldplay forum here onwards.]   "I've met Bono before and he's a geeser but someone asked me about fashion and you can see a lot of bands are styled like Coldplay and you know they don't buy their own clothes and you should,

It's no surprise that Kasabian's frontman Tom Meighan is particularly outspoken, given the swagger with which he and his band perform, according to Spinner today. Some might mistake this for arrogance.   He's now spoken out against Chris Martin and Coldplay and, surprise surprise, the criticism is essentially that they're pretty dull. (Never have guessed, eh!). He told Q Magazine, "Chris Martin is all right if you're 35 and feeling sad that your mortgage repayments have gone up."   Surely this i

London: Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, have offended their neighbours with their security plans. The 37-year-old actress and Martin, 32, have become embroiled in a dispute with their neighbors in North London over plans to erect a huge metal fence at the bottom of their garden, reports the Telegraph.   The couple has submitted plans to Camden council for a 10-ft barrier to divide the garden of the house that they bought from actress Kate Winslet and her husband, S

Chris Martin enjoyed some 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' in the week, as he was pictured attending the premiere of the new film by director Mat Whitecross in Islington, central London. Whitecross is better known in Coldplay circles for directing the videos for Bigger Stronger, Violet Hill (Dancing Politicians), Lost!, Lost+ and Lovers In Japan. Here's how the Sun reported the screening:   Andy Serkis turns in an awe-inspiring performance as Ian Dury in new biopic Sex & Drugs & R

Public Image Ltd member John Lydon has labelled music from bands like Coldplay and Radiohead "tosh", according to BBC6 Music News today. The newly regrouped post-punk pioneers PiL kick off their UK tour tonight (15 Dec) at the O2 Academy, Birmingham.   Lydon may live in LA now, but he reckons the UK needs his band and his honesty, more than ever: "Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because it’s so soulless. It just seems pointless. It’s nice, but it’s tosh. I’ve been out of this count

A 27-year-old man from Stockholm who claimed he was a famous rock star managed to swindle nearly 250,000 kronor ($36,300) from unsuspecting victims, reports The Local, a Swedish online news agency. The man operated in the Swedish capital, as well as in Gothenburg and Nyköping, between March and October of this year, the Metro newspaper reports.   Using flawless English, the man would present himself as an international pop star. Sometimes he claimed to be a member of Coldplay [Chris Martin pictu

LONDON: X Factor mentor Dannii Minogue has revealed that she wants Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to perform with Stacey Solomon in the final. Last year, the final three contestants were joined on stage by superstars, with winner Alexandra Burke getting the chance to sing with her idol Beyonce.   Simon Cowell has reportedly raised the bar this series, by convincing Paul McCartney to duet with one of the hopefuls. And it sounds like Dannii is already planning Stacey’s victory, by telling the Da

Simon Pegg has been talking exclusively to the Mirror, in an interview in which he discusses his friendship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Below is the excerpt from the interview, which you can read in its entirity at the Mirror online website now, and discuss it at the Coldplay forums here [thanks mimixxx]   He is a lot more cool though about his A list friends Gwyneth and Chris ‘Coldplay’ Martin. Simon’s wife Maureen was a music PR when they met at a gig at the Dome. Chris had seen Simon

Recently, to celebrate the show's 20th season, there was a contest to create a new character for The Simpsons. Well, the winner has been announced as Peggy Black of Orange, Conn., and the character is Ricardo Bomba, who is quite the ladies' man.   "Rrrri-carrr-do Bomba," Black said, extravagantly rolling the "R's" in Spanish-language fashion. "He's someone that all the women love and all the men want to be."   Bomba will be introduced in the episode featuring guest star Chris Martin of Coldplay.

If you were the guitarist in Coldplay, who would you book to play at your wedding? Maybe you'd try asking your frontman Chris Martin if he'd perform a solo set, or rope in a celebrity pal like Jay-Z or Beyonce.   But not Jonny Buckland, who is so down-to-earth he instead plumped for Daniel Pierce, writes the Sun today, as he wed his longterm girlfriend, jewellery maker Chloe Lee-Evans, in front of close family and friends in London on Saturday. Buckland and his new wife already have a two-year-o

Take That's Mark Owen married long-time girlfriend Emma Ferguson yesterday, and they led their small group of guests - including Mark's bandmates Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Jason Orange, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow and former Take That member Robbie Williams - to a lavish UK reception at nearby Cawdor Castle.   The Take That singer couldn't stop smiling throughout the candlelit ceremony at Cawdor Church in the Scottish Highlands. Emma, 33, kept the 37-year-old s

If you haven't already heard on the messageboard, the makers of The Simpsons have announced they're "tired and, frankly, too rich to care any more" about creating new characters for the award-winning cartoon. So they've asked their fans to do it for them.   The television show's website - thesimpsons.com - is giving viewers one week to come up with a name, catchphrase and description of a new character to be written into an episode to air in January 2010.   Coldplay's Chris Martin will feature i

They've spent hardly any time together recently as the demands of Coldplay's tour and Gwyneth Paltrow's filming schedule have taken them all over the globe. But Now Magazine understands there's a chance of another addition to the family for Gwyneth and Chris Martin, 32.   "Gwyneth's health-conscious at the best of times, but she's been taking the same vitamins she took before she had Apple [five] and Moses [three]," says a source. "The timing would suit her because she's dreading the promotion

Jay-Z loves hanging out with Coldplay singer Chris Martin and his family. The rapper, 39, thinks his children Apple, 5, and Moses, 3, are great. 'I love Chris’ wife [Gwyneth Paltrow]’ he admits. ‘And his kids call me “Uncle Jay”, and I really appreciate that.’   Jay-Z met Chris at a charity event in 2003, and they immediately bonded. ‘We clicked right away and it was like we were instant best friends,’ Jay-Z tells the Sunday Times magazine. ‘He is a fantastic person, very passionate about what h

Gwyneth Paltrow has been branded the Yoko Oko of Coldplay — because she’s trying to convince her husband Chris Martin to leave the band and go solo, writes ShowbizSpy and Betty Confidential online tonight.   The actress apparently feels her hubby will do better on his own. "Gwyneth has outright told Chris that he should consider going solo," a source told Betty Confidential. "She is busy doing all of her projects and she wants him to diversify as well. She doesn’t have a problem with Coldplay, b

It was a stellar night at Zuma restaurant last night, with dinner guests including Shane Warne, Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci from The Killers, and Chelsea's Michael Ballack. But one fellow among all the A-listers was trying hard to avoid the limelight, writes The Sun & This Is London.   The mystery man scurried from the Knightsbridge restaurant into the back of a cab — hiding his face the entire time. Actually, with that military-style cap, jacket and trousers, and the designer facial

Madonna has done it and Jamie Oliver too. Now Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin have become the latest celebrities to spread out into the house next door. After snapping up the property adjoining their London home, the couple are to create a £7million superhouse with 33 rooms, the Daily Mail are reporting this weekend.   Work began last week with builders putting up scaffolding and removing windows. Martin, 32, bought the couple's current home for £2.5million from Kate Winslet in 2004

Once you've reached planet-conquering rock champ status, the pitfalls are few and far between. The Coldplay tour juggernaut, for example, runs like a Rolls-Royce. But this week the lads' private jet packed in, leaving them in a pickle as they kicked off a string of European stadium shows, writes The Sun today in an article reflective of Roadie #42's Herning blog recently.   Continues The Sun, Coldplay's plane gave up the ghost in Denmark but Chris Martin has friends in high places. One phone cal

With or without flu? Paddy Power takes bets on Coldplay and U2 concert cancellations   Irish rockers U2 are the most likely band to next cancel a tour date due to Swine Flu, according to UK bookmakers Paddy Power. The Irish bookmaker began taking bets after it emerged today that Kasabian front man Tom Meighan has been hospitalised in Sydney, forcing the band to cancel their entire Australian tour.   Paddy Power make U2 their 6/4 favourites, closely followed by Coldplay at odds of 7/4 and Britney

Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman has paid $2.65 million for a 2,681-square-foot apartment on the second floor of 79 East 2nd Street, reports Cityfile New York. The best part: He'll be a ten minute walk from bandmate Jonny Buckland, who picked up an Astor Place condo last November. Discussion on Guy's new pad is at the Coldplay forum here [thanks mimixxx]   Jonny Buckland paid $3,400,000 to buy a two-bedroom, 2,107-square-foot condominium unit in a 116-year-old converted loft building in Manhattan’s