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As we reported back in May and Mid-June, Coldplay were featured in a documentary last Sunday for the South Bank Show. In case you missed it or want to watch it again, you can see the full episode in five parts via YouTube, and you can also find download links via filesharing sites here, at the Multimedia forum. Here's a recap of the documentary:   Chris Martin abides by the bizarre ritual which stems from an incident in the group’s early days when his bandmates punished him for sacking their dr

Back in 2002, the Crocodile had a perfect storm of a show, and not-yet-Seattlest was lucky enough to be in attendance for a bill whose lineup still gets followed to this day.   The earnest indie rock of Mellowdrone, followed by the Brit-rock-with-tender-voices of both South and Elbow prompted Seattlest to spend more on merch at that show than has been spent since.   As album release cycles go, they all still tend to hit Seattle on tour around the same time (Elbow two weeks ago, Mellowdrone soon)

Back in 2002, the Crocodile had a perfect storm of a show, and not-yet-Seattlest was lucky enough to be in attendance for a bill whose lineup still gets followed to this day.   The earnest indie rock of Mellowdrone, followed by the Brit-rock-with-tender-voices of both South and Elbow prompted Seattlest to spend more on merch at that show than has been spent since.   As album release cycles go, they all still tend to hit Seattle on tour around the same time (Elbow two weeks ago, Mellowdrone soon)

'Chris Martin came across the image and said he wanted it for a Coldplay LP cover'   I did this [image] for the fashion magazine Dazed and Confused in the late 1990s. They wanted something with a technological feel, something all white. As a photographer, you try to do stuff that hasn't been done before, which is virtually impossible, so I suggested taking a shot with a three-dimensional scanning machine.   These devices use technology that was developed for American air force pilots, to get th

Translated Article   The beautiful North American actress Gwyneth Paltrow will come next to her two children, Apple and Moses, to our country accompanying to her Chris husband Martin, singer and leader of the musical group Coldplay, and although all speak perfect the Castilian, the blonde demanded a bilingual “niñera” to avoid any disadvantage.   Paltrow already had been of visit in Argentina accompanying to one of her ex’s, the ladyies man and talented actor Brad Pitt, when this one filmed, in

SPIN's Dan Reilly this week has compared Coldplay's new single to Bon Iver in his log-cabins-and-vocoders phase, which isn't too far off the mark.   But from a dance-centric point of view, what's most striking is that 'Midnight', with its atmospheric synthesizers, Göttsching-like guitar pings, and abdomen-massaging bass, is just one four-to-the-floor kick drum away from being an Innervisions track, essentially. (Apparently, it was produced by Jon Hopkins, who previously provided "Colours and Ad

Insider sources suggest iPod manufacturer paid for celeb baby's fruity eponym as 'ultimate product placement'   Showbiz Super-Scooper Larry Lieczelott dropped an A-bomb on the entertainment world today when he told a group of reporters that he possessed "reliable information from a very trusted source" that Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin were "'handsomely paid" to name their first child 'Apple' in order to promote the computer giant of the same name.   Apple's glamorous mom, the still slinky a

Coldplay still hasn’t found what it’s looking for. The biggest rock band of the ’00s, the British quartet aspires to be as big as U2, reports Star Tribune.   But the group’s sold-out concert Friday at Xcel Energy Center was like one step forward and two steps back. The show wasn’t as consistently exciting as Coldplay’s first Twin Cities arena concert in 2003 nor as visually dazzling as the group’s 2005 effort.   Friday’s 95-minute concert lacked momentum, urgency and depth. The key culprit was t

In the last leg of its North American tour, Coldplay delivers an invigorating show from beginning to end, with bright lights and lots of confetti, writes Star Tribune magazine in a review of Coldplay's show at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN last night (10 August). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from these shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (10th - Friday) and here (11th - Saturday - tonight) onwards now. Thanks to everyone who has contributed with tweets, photos, rev

Ten years in the cold is enough. Time to warm up and rock out the stadiums. Scottish stadium rockers Simple Minds have turned out to be one of the comeback stories of the year, selling out arenas and winning new fans with its acclaimed album Black And White 050505.   Maybe Coldplay is the stadium standard these days for the super-size anthem.   But take nothing away from Simple Minds' frontman Jim Kerr who can still hit the mark with those emotive highs and of course, sidekick Charlie Burchill

Ten years in the cold is enough. Time to warm up and rock out the stadiums. Scottish stadium rockers Simple Minds have turned out to be one of the comeback stories of the year, selling out arenas and winning new fans with its acclaimed album Black And White 050505.   Maybe Coldplay is the stadium standard these days for the super-size anthem.   But take nothing away from Simple Minds' frontman Jim Kerr who can still hit the mark with those emotive highs and of course, sidekick Charlie Burchill

The music world had something for everyone in 2006. London pop critic David Smyth directs last-minute shoppers towards the year's stand-out CDs...   With no Coldplay or James Blunt to swoon to this year, Britain's mums had to make do with the next best thing. Snow Patrol's Eyes Open (Polydor) had Gary Lightbody's tender voice, nonthreatening guitars and plenty of hummable tunes. It quietly overpowered the Arctic Monkeys hype to become 2006's biggest seller.   Close behind was James Morrison with

LONDON - Starcom has won the £32m media planning and buying account for EMI Records after a five-way pitch, including incumbents Carat and Media Campaign, as well as MindShare and the7stars.   The account is currently split between Carat and Media Campaign. The agencies have held the account since 1997.   The record company is home to artists including Coldplay, KanYe West and Robbie Williams.This is the second win this month for a regenerated Starcom, under the stewardship of chief executive L

Aaaah, don’t they make great dads. Showing yesterday that they’re up for a spot of fun with their kids are Chris Martin and Michael Douglas.   Coldplay frontman Chris, in trademark black combats, treated daughter Apple to a day at London Zoo. Dressed all pretty in pink, she was soon playing on the climbing frames.   But I hope Chris doesn’t get in trouble when mum Gwyneth Paltrow sees this pic of Apple with a lollypop in her hand – I can’t imagine they sell macrobiotic ones at the zoo.   Source

Top celebs from across the country are heading to London's Leicester Square tonight for the premiere of the long-awaited Glastonbury festival film.   They're all going to be there tonight. Kate Moss, Coldplay, Jarvis Cocker, the Gallagher brothers, Rolf Harris.   And they'll all be on hand to witness the unveiling of the Julien Temple-directed film of the fest – a project that began in 2002 when Glasto guro Michael Eavis was pondering bringing the festival to a close.He wanted a record of the ev

Top celebs from across the country are heading to London's Leicester Square tonight for the premiere of the long-awaited Glastonbury festival film.   They're all going to be there tonight. Kate Moss, Coldplay, Jarvis Cocker, the Gallagher brothers, Rolf Harris.   And they'll all be on hand to witness the unveiling of the Julien Temple-directed film of the fest – a project that began in 2002 when Glasto guro Michael Eavis was pondering bringing the festival to a close.He wanted a record of the ev

Film and pop stars are furious over a new website that can publish details of celebrity sightings within minutes - with a map showing where the star was spotted.   Popular gossip site Gawker.com's "stalker map" uses the Google map service to plot the location of the famous face as soon as possible after the tip comes in. Some readers even send in details of their sighting straight away by phone e-mail and extra staff have been employed to sift through the messages, so close to real-time tracking

GWEN STEFANI [pictured], JAMIE FOXX, 50 CENT, DAVE MATTHEWS, COLDPLAY, SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS and BONO all star in the new thirty-second ad for the One campaign to fight extreme poverty and AIDS.   The spot, which also features actors TOM HANKS, GEORGE CLOONEY, CAMERON DIAZ, PENELOPE CRUZ and BRAD PITT, debuts Wednesday exclusively online at aimtoday.com.   One was founded in 2005, and includes an international coalition of over two million people and seventy of America's leading humanitarian and ad

Bolton fans eagerly anticipating the new series of Ricky Gervais's TV comedy Extras may feel at home when it is shown later this year.   In a new plot line, Andy Millman, the hapless would-be actor played by Gervais, writes his own sitcom and sets it in a Bolton factory.   The town [birthplace of Coldplaying.com's webmaster no less] appears to be becoming the choice location for comedy shows since Peter Kay set Phoenix Nights in Farnworth. Sadly, the crew and cast of Extras, which is to feature

The Pet Shop Boys, Lily Allen and the Scissor Sisters are the latest celebrities to pledge their support for a campaign set up in memory of tragic Brit Lucie Blackman, who was murdered in Japan.   The stars have recorded messages for the Lucie Blackman Trust website, started by Blackman's father Tim after the 21-year-old vanished while working as a hostess in a Tokyo nightclub in July 2000. Her dismembered body was found in a cave in the remote fishing village Miura in February 2001, after a sev

Coldplay, Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones and U2 set for new video   Iggy Pop, The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake have teamed-up to appear in a Johnny Cash video. The artists are among a host of 36 celebrities who all make cameos in the clip for 'God's Gonna Cut You Down'.   They join Hollywood actors Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper and Chris Martin, who also appear. The video, which is taken from Cash's recent album 'American V: A Hundred Highways', sees

Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley [pictured with Will Champion] has championed live music throughout her career, especially on her Live Lounge slot.   People have tuned in to hear artists' cover versions of contemporary hits such as Jamie Cullum's much-discussed rendition of Pharrell's Frontin' and Arctic Monkeys doing Girls Aloud's Love Machine.   You can catch the mother-ofthree's new show, In Live Music We Trust (Wednesdays 9pm-10pm), or her weekday show (Monday-Fridays 10am-1pm). Her new album, Live Lou

They called him 'Vinyl' Blair and he cut records for some of the biggest names in the music world across four decades.   But the man who worked with bands from the Beatles to Coldplay is helping another high-flying act after his death. For £3500 collected from mourners, including stars, is helping the East Anglian Air Ambulance as its fund-raising soars to £3m a year with the doubling of its helicopter fleet.   Chris Blair spent more than 36 years as a respected sound engineer at EMI's famous Ab

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.

England's Mystery Jets, the latest on the NME's cute band alert list, has just secured a North American release on StartTime International for their US debut EP Flotsam And Jetsam (679/StarTime), as well as a few select tour dates to introduce the band to America. Flotsam And Jetam will be out on April 11.   The band is currently on an NME Awards tour, opening for We Are Scientists, Artic Monkeys, and Maximo Park. Considering that Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, and Kaiser Chiefs once opened for same