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With EMI losing Paul McCartney, Radiohead and The Rolling Stones in quick succession, and with other acts on the label, such as Robbie Williams, threatening to go on strike, it wasn't looking good for the famous imprint earlier this year.   Throw in the fact that EMI has been hoovered up by a private equity firm, and that a lot of the "music" people at the label had either jumped or been pushed, and there was speculation about its continuing existence.   Terra Firma (the new owner of EMI) had it

Coldplaying's friends over at Rolling Stone's the Smoking Section report further on Coldplay in New York...   The Strokes kicked off their U.S. tour in grand style in New York -- you'll dig the new light show and, finally, encores! In the house were friends and family, including the dudes in Coldplay.   CP fans freaked after Chris Martin declared at the Brit Awards, "We won't see you for a long time," fueling speculation that the band might split up. But Martin assures the SS that the end is not

Gary Lightbody has said that he wants to become as successful as Coldplay and U2 in the coming year. According to Contactmusic, the Snow Patrol frontman wants to build on the band's current popularity and take a step up to the next level in 2010. He said: "I see U2 in a class of their own, Coldplay in the next tier down and us and a ton of bands in the tier below them."   Although the group received an encouraging crowd response as last-minute headliners at this year's V Festival in Chelmsford a

The Indie rock group Snow Patrol has another hit with their new album “Eyes Open,” featuring the songs “Hands Open,” “Chasing Cars” and “You’re All I Have.” The group uses creative and unique lyrics with hypnotic music to create a successfully poignant album.   This is one of the reasons why Snow Patrol has been dubbed as the darker version of Coldplay. The lyrics are honest and open, which allow the songs to be powerful and emotional. Though Snow Patrol has just become successful, the group ha

The Indie rock group Snow Patrol has another hit with their new album “Eyes Open,” featuring the songs “Hands Open,” “Chasing Cars” and “You’re All I Have.” The group uses creative and unique lyrics with hypnotic music to create a successfully poignant album.   This is one of the reasons why Snow Patrol has been dubbed as the darker version of Coldplay. The lyrics are honest and open, which allow the songs to be powerful and emotional. Though Snow Patrol has just become successful, the group ha

With heartfelt rockers Snow Patrol now on the road with Coldplay as their latest support act, the official site asked frontman Gary Lightbody how it's going...   Hello Gary, how are you? Hey there, am grand thanks.   Where are you? On our way from Texas to the show in Des Moines, Ohio tonight.   How have the first few days of the tour with Coldplay been? They've been great. We've been treated really well and they have a lovely crew that are being great with our crew. Also they are kicking ass e

Snow Patrol, the emotive indie U.K. outfit fronted by the lanky, tender-voxed Gary Lightbody, return with their fourth album, Eyes Open, May 1st.   The follow-up to 2004's Final Straw -- boosted by the Coldplay-esque single "Run" -- was crafted with longtime producer Garrett Lee over the course of a year in the band's country of Scotland, and in a renowned little house at a dramatic location on the Irish coast."We were staying in this place called 'The Roundhouse,'" drummer Johnny Quinn says of

The original version of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" (the latest single from their new album, Eyes Open), is plenty beautiful, but there isn't really anything to distinguish it from heaps of other pretty, soaring love songs.   This remix, courtesy of a mysterious entity called the Hey Team, turns the track into something else. It's even more beautiful, but it's also kinda fucked up. It begins with fluttery beats and a wisp of ambient background noise, swells on a pulsing undercurrent, and then,

Challenging each other to football is one way to level the playing field. So the crews and musicians of Coldplay and Snow Patrol are engaged in a series of soccer games on this tour. Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody describes the games as round robins in which both sides have won and lost. Despite inequities, the games put both groups on an equal footing, writes canada.com today.   As he notes, it's rare for a headlining band such as Coldplay to take an interest in its opening act but he also says t

A reminder that he actor/director has announced the track listing for the soundtrack to his upcoming film, The Last Kiss. Will it be as highly regarded as the one for Garden State?   Actor/director/producer Zach Braff is at it again with the announcement of the track list for his upcoming flick, The Last Kiss. Braff announced the track list for the album on his official website and Coldplay ['Warning Sign'], Snow Patrol, Athlete, Aimee Mann, Imogen Heap, Fiona Apple, Amos Lee, and a crooning cre

Playing to screaming fans at a free gig in the middle of the day in one of the capital's most impressive venues might not be the most risky way of introducing your new album. Better be good then...   Fortunately for Snow Patrol they haven't got the attention of the world, God, and his dog detailing every note and jaded falsetto every time they release an album, a la Coldplay.   Having been round the block several times with their shoe-laces undone as great record after greater record has passed

Playing to screaming fans at a free gig in the middle of the day in one of the capital's most impressive venues might not be the most risky way of introducing your new album. Better be good then...   Fortunately for Snow Patrol they haven't got the attention of the world, God, and his dog detailing every note and jaded falsetto every time they release an album, a la Coldplay.   Having been round the block several times with their shoe-laces undone as great record after greater record has passed

To Turn Winston Churchill's famous comment about Clement Attlee on its head, Gary Lightbody is a modest man with a lot to be immodest about. Since the release of Last Straw in 2003, the unassuming Irishman and his band Snow Patrol have scaled the Olympian heights of rock music, selling more than two million records, touring with U2 and being widely hailed as the new Coldplay.   Yet the group's singer and main songwriter remains refreshingly free of pop star swagger, and seems to have checked hi

To Turn Winston Churchill's famous comment about Clement Attlee on its head, Gary Lightbody is a modest man with a lot to be immodest about. Since the release of Last Straw in 2003, the unassuming Irishman and his band Snow Patrol have scaled the Olympian heights of rock music, selling more than two million records, touring with U2 and being widely hailed as the new Coldplay.   Yet the group's singer and main songwriter remains refreshingly free of pop star swagger, and seems to have checked hi

The closure of Edinburgh live music club The Venue has prompted calls in the Scottish Parliament for more action to preserve popular culture.   Scottish Socialist leader and Lothians MSP Colin Fox has tabled a motion, regretting the sale of the Calton Road venue for redevelopment as flats, offices and an upmarket delicatessen, and calling on the Scottish Executive to take a lead in protecting cultural venues from "the worst ravages of developers".   Mr Fox said The Venue had long been a suppor

The closure of Edinburgh live music club The Venue has prompted calls in the Scottish Parliament for more action to preserve popular culture.   Scottish Socialist leader and Lothians MSP Colin Fox has tabled a motion, regretting the sale of the Calton Road venue for redevelopment as flats, offices and an upmarket delicatessen, and calling on the Scottish Executive to take a lead in protecting cultural venues from "the worst ravages of developers".   Mr Fox said The Venue had long been a suppor

20/04/2007: Chris Martin coming through backdoor at the Arclight cinema, presumably for the Hot Fuzz screening.   19/05/2007: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin outside of Katsuya in Brentwood. Also saw Taye Diggs inside. Tyson Beckford and Michael Rosenbaum at Area.  

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

I never thought I'd say it — as a diehard crank who will rant and rail about nasty tickets who push ahead in movie queues, frosty boutique bimbos, and sullen baristas — but Coldplay's Chris Martin is too nice.   Exhibit one: Late in the band's show at Oakland Arena on Jan. 31, Martin thanked the makers of his pants. The designers, who call themselves — get this — the Nice Collective, were in the audience, and they apparently rated a shout-out — along with the Guerilla News Network, Johnny Cash

LAS VEGAS – Sony tied its consumer products closer to the Internet by adding a small gizmo that hooks its Bravia TVs directly to the Web. The company also announced a redesigned TV, and several more high-def products.   Sony began its CES 2007 performance here on Sunday with a violin recital from Sony BMG recording artist Joshua Bell, then followed with the real highlights: the biggest of which were several scalable internet solutions that embrace high definition content.   Sony displays conti

SONY and Bertelsmann, the partners in the SonyBMG music label, are preparing to retain investment banks to examine a deal that would see the German company sell its €1.5 billion to €2 billion (£1 billion to £1.37 billion) share.   Sony is expected to use Goldman Sachs, amid expectations that Bertelsmann will rely on JPMorgan — although Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank are still hoping to be involved.   The operation, which handles song copyrights for Robbie Williams and Coldplay, would attract i

More on 'Live Earth' coming thorugh...   U2, Coldplay and Scissor Sisters are among the top acts being tipped to appear at a concert to raise awareness about global warming later this year.   A series of concerts are being planned for July 7 in London, Washington DC, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and Kyoto where organisers hope to amass a worldwide television audience of two billion people in order to present the message about global warming.   The event is being branded SOS and the London

Getting the biggest bands in the country to play Sound Relief was always going to be enough to draw big crowds, report The Age. But when the show's co-promoters Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg realised that two of the biggest rock bands in the world, Kings of Leon and Coldplay, would both be in the country on March 13 to play arena shows in Melbourne and Sydney, the stars had aligned in more ways than one.   The stage was set for the clash for the heavyweight rock world championship. Before K

Over 120,000 people have attended the Sound Relief fundraising concerts in Sydney and Melbourne to help aid victims of devastating fires and floods in Australia, reports the NME.   In Sydney, Coldplay played their earliest festival slot in years, kicking off the event just after midday as the temperature edged toward 30 degrees. The band opened with 2000 hit 'Yellow', unleashing a cache of giant yellow balls and confetti into the crowd. Frontman Chris Martin acknowledged how much the day meant t

Coldplay have opened Sydney's Sound Relief concert, with singer Chris Martin making an extraordinary dash through the crowd.   After a six song set, which included a duet with John Farnham, Martin leapt off the stage and ran half the length of the Sydney Cricket Ground to greet fans at the back of the event.   Martin embraced a number of fans, high fived people as he was running along and briefly took refuge on one side of the stadium, before returning into the crowd and clambering back on to th