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2005 - Performances from some of the world`s most popular and influential bands highlight the conclusion of sixth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif.   About 50,000 people descend on this desert town for the two-day event, which features headlining sets by Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails, plus rare appearances from Bauhaus, Gang Of Four and hip-hop duo Black Star.   Read other random years here

2005 - U2, Alicia Keys, Garth Brooks, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart and the Dixie Chicks are among the artists that perform during a live telethon, 'Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast.'   2003 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel announce their first tour since 1994.   2003 - Dizzee Rascal is awarded the U.K.`s 2003 Mercury Music Prize at a ceremony in London. The 18-year-old MC/producer`s debut, 'Boy In Da Corner,' was released in July by XL Recordings in the U.K.   2003 - Coldplay fro

In case you didn't know, Thomas Dolby has a blog, which is actually quite interesting. Here's a description of a dream he had, wherein Chris Martin of Coldplay comes over to his house with some farm machinery and damages his neighbor's driveway.   I had a hilarious dream last night. I was staying at a friend’s house in the country.   A big truck pulled up towing some sort of agricultural machine with big blades. Out got Chris Martin from Coldplay. He had come to tell me he desperately needed me

In January, Broadway smash Wicked was the top overall performer with 6.5% of all tickets sold and 30.9% of theater tickets sold. Billy Joel was the top concert attraction with 10.4% of the musical performance tickets and 2.7% of the overall tickets.   Following are the category leaders for January:   Top January Events Overall   1 Wicked 2 THQ Supercross 3 Billy Joel 4 Monty Python Spamalot 5 Denver Broncos 6 Houston Rodeo 7 New York Yankees 8 Boston Red Sox 9 The Odd Couple 10 Coldplay   Source

Thumbplay Inc., www.thumbplay.com, a leading online retailer of mobile entertainment content, today announced an agreement with EMI Music, one of the world's leading music companies, to sell music from EMI’s extensive portfolio of artists to mobile users.   Members who sign up for Thumbplay’s direct-to-consumer mobile content offering will have access to ringtones from EMI’s vast catalog of current and catalogue artists, including 30 Seconds to Mars, Babyshambles, The Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, D

Ever since Coldplay burst their way onto the scene just over six years ago, steadily transforming into global superstars, whenever the latest sound-alike has come along they’ve been thrown into the same ‘spin-off’ league as the likes of Keane, Athlete and Embrace.   This is bound to happen with Touriste.   But when, in a rather crowded Purple Turtle in Camden, set opener ‘Your Move’ is filled with keys and a stomping rhythm very much reminiscent to that of ‘The Scientist’, it’s hard not to see w

Chris Martin should be a comedy star, according to Ash frontman Tim Wheeler. The Coldplay singer has been urged by 'Goldfinger' rockers Ash to widen his career and seek acting roles after impressing them with his appearance in their unreleased horror movie 'Slashed'.   Ash singer Tim Wheeler said: "He was the best thing in it. He's a really, really good actor. He could be really strong in comedy."   Ash's 2001 movie also starred Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl, 'Play' hitmaker Moby and actor

Following yesterday's release of the 'Slashed' footage, Tim Wheeler tells Coldplay.com about their appearance in Ash's discarded film, which instead makes up the Alternative video to their new single. Here's the official interview:   Good afternoon. A few years ago, Chris and Jonny were persuaded to star in Slashed, a horror movie made on the road by Northern Irish band Ash. The film never saw the light of day and has since become the stuff of legend. But now, Ash have decided to use some of the

He is the powerhouse producer behind some of the biggest acts around. Will Timbaland's new collaborations with Björk and Chris Martin push him higher? By Angus Batey   Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, the most in-demand music producer in the world, is tired. But the task of staying awake is made easier because, right now, Mosley is doing something he really enjoys: talking about how great he is.   "I don't think about other people," he says, with supreme diffidence when asked which other producers he mig

Pop star Justin Timberlake motivates himself to go onstage and perform in concert by listening to the British band Coldplay, reports ContactMusic.   The My Love singer is getting ready to tour again to promote his latest album and says he has specific pre-show rituals he likes to follow. He explains, "I still get excited to go on stage. I stretch so I don't hurt myself. "I had a rule on my last tour that I couldn't go until I heard the song Clocks by Coldplay.   "You know the house music they pl

Justin Timberlake religiously listens to music by Coldplay before he performs on tour, claiming it enhances his stage performance.   The Sexyback singer says he plays the band's song Clocks and also does mild exercise before every gig. He says, "It turned into a superstition because, after I heard that song, I felt like it would be a good show."   More on this story here

Jive Recording artist Justin Timberlake debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with hissophomore release FutureSex/LoveSounds. Selling more than 684,400 copies inits first week, Justin Timberlake becomes the #1 Pop Artist, secures the #1 R&B album and reigns as the best selling solo male artist debut of the year.   FutureSex/LoveSounds becomes the biggest pre-order album in iTunes history and breaks the all time record for one week sales of a digital album with sales of 66,698, ac

On Saturday I asked for your help to solve the riddle of the mystery character on the front of CHRIS MARTIN’s T-shirt.   The COLDPLAY frontman was snapped wearing a mock-up of the Time magazine cover naming then New York mayor RUDI GIULIANI Person Of The Year 2001. However, it wasn’t Rudi in the picture.   As ever, loyal Bizarre readers have come up with some suggestions. One, who claims to be close to the Martin family, called to say that it’s actually a picture of Chris’s dad ANTHONY, which w

The Times Online have written an article entitled: LA Notebook - The mystery of Coldplay's publicity strategy. I still don't think they like Coldplay. Here is an excerpt from their article:   Chris Martin, of Coldplay, is a right old plonker, isn't he? There he was, in an interview with 60 Minutes after the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, explaining a sign on his studio wall that reads: “ALWAYS KEEP MYSTERY - not many interviews.” It wasn't clear if Martin had planned to reveal this edict (one of

As you know, it's been taking prospekt an unusually long time to upload the tracklisting to Coldplay's new album "'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.' In light of this it has been decided that it can mean only one thing, Prospekt has got lost on the way to Coldplay.com.   Now can you - an avid Coldplayer, Get to Coldplay.com to find out the tracklisting and tell the world of coldplay fans what said tracklisting is! As you can see, Prospekt is lost along the way, if you come across him, f

Coldplay are still one of the biggest bands in the world right now, enough so, that when they come to town, it's always newsworthy, reports martiniboys.com in an online article this weekend.   While I'll conceal my own personal feelings towards the band (I think you can guess), I have to grit my teeth and admit that Coldplay are still one of the biggest bands in the world right now, they go on to say. So I couldn't in good conscience ignore it. For those who don't know, Coldplay play a non-offen

Oasis' heir apparent: British band is set on conquering North America   Tom Meighan is talking about the difficulty for British bands in breaking through in North America. I know this because that's explicitly what I asked him about. If I were going only on what's coming out of his mouth, it would be a little trickier to figure out.   "It's really hard, man," Meighan says. "Unless you're fucking Coldplay or U2 and wanna fuckin' have sex with whatever, like Bono does for world peace or whatever,

Lotto punters will buy a million tickets an hour today in a £75million EuroMillions frenzy.   Camelot's figures have shown that tonight's draw is heading for record sales sparked by the giant jackpot. A spokesman predicted sales would be up 200 per cent, adding: "We've got the champagne on ice and are looking forward to the possibility of writing out our biggest-ever cheque."   Nobody has won the Euro- Millions draw since August when one person walked away with £39million. The jackpot has now

We have been asking for your comments on a recently published list of the top 10 Coldplay singles by web magazine, The Celebrity Cafe. Check out all your feedback at the messageboard. Read on for CelCafe's Coldplay countdown. They don't appear to be a fan of the Viva La Vida era with videos for Violet Hill, Viva La Vida, Lovers In Japan, Life In Technicolor ii and Strawberry Swing all missing out...   Coldplay is the band that everyone secretly loves to love. The vocals of Chris Martin are in

The full results of the top 100 Greatest Albums Ever (as declared by Irish musicians) is found in the current issue of Hot Press - and each day we'll reveal a little more of the list on hotpress.com.   Take a look below to see how the list is shaping up, and keep checking back to find out how it progresses!   79. Coldplay - Parachutes   More on this here [thanks Ondes Martenot]

The full results of the top 100 Greatest Albums Ever (as declared by Irish musicians) is found in the current issue of Hot Press - and each day we'll reveal a little more of the list on hotpress.com.   Take a look below to see how the list is shaping up, and keep checking back to find out how it progresses!   79. Coldplay - Parachutes   More on this here [thanks Ondes Martenot]

In their most recent issue, In Touch has listed who they think the luckiest kids in the world are. ere’s a recap:   #10~ Sam Sheen, the daughter of actors Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, is a girly girl who gets whatever she wants, including makeup and a pony!   #9~ Brooklyn Beckham, the oldest son of David and Victoria Beckham has always been given the royal treament including his godfather… Music royalty Elton John…He and his brothers have a $200,000 fort in their backyard and Brooklyn has

More excellent reviews of Coldplay's concert at the Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON (30th July 2009) have been posted at the Coldplay Live forum, that didn't quite make the main review article in time this morning. Here is part one, of just some of the many:   Okay I had the craziest day ever yesterday. Got up early, drove to Toronto, shopped, got ready, and then we went to the venue... Well we were staying at the hotel there but we had to get our VIP ticket things... at first they wouldn't give them

As promised and further to part 1, here are more excellent reviews of Coldplay's concert at the Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON (30th July 2009) have been posted at the Coldplay Live forum, that were written after the main review article was published. We'll have a third part shortly, in the meantime here's the second part, of just some of the many:   Coldplay saved our house. Literally. We got back from America yesterday morning (my dad drove all night) and arrived to see the pipe in our fridge had

As promised and further to part 1 and part 2, here is the third installment of more excellent reviews of Coldplay's concert at the Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON (30th July 2009) have been posted at the Coldplay Live forum, that were written after the main review article was published:   I went to the concert yesterday, it was my first concert. my friend and i had seats in 525, which weren't all that bad because it was near the middle. the daisy kitty louis band was a bore, not a great act to start