Oasis and Coldplay tribute bands Noasis and Coldplace have embarked in a war of words with each other ahead of this Sunday’s outdoor Jedi Festival. The two tribute acts have followed in the footsteps of their idols, by both claiming they will steal the show at Southport’s Victoria Park, writes ItsGoodToBeFree.com.

Shane Crofts aka Chris Martin said, “We don’t like to blow our own trumpet, we leave it to the crowd to decide how good we are – but we have played all over the world. We’ve played with Bob Geldof in Malta and in the Dominican Republic. Noasis are bound to say they are better but we think that we are. There is a football cage at the festival so maybe we can decide it there.”

James Cropley aka Noel Gallagher hit back saying, “They can say they will steal the show but they won’t be successful. We will blow them out of the water. We don’t know who is headlining yet but put it this way; I wouldn’t envy anyone that’s on after us.”

Liam Gallagher has spoken many times about his distaste for Coldplay and lead singer Chris Martin. In 2003 he slammed Chris for restating his anti-war views at a Teenage Cancer Trust benefit show.

He said, “When Coldplay did this gig they banged on about the war, that’s wrong. Chris Martin shouldn’t be using this cause to bang on about his own views on the war. If him and his gawky bird want to go banging on about the war they can do it at their own gigs. That lot are just a bunch of knobhead students – Chris Martin looks like a geography teacher. What’s all that with writing messages about Free Trade on his hand when he’s playing. If he wants to write things down I’ll give him a pen and a pad of paper. Bunch of students. These gigs are about kids who have got cancer, they’ve got to fight a war every day of their lives. That’s what we’re all here doing this for.”

More on this at the Coldplay forum here onwards.

Pictures of Coldplay at Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX, USA (21st July 2009)

Pictures by teknolust1 @ Flickr

The stars were shining at Coldplay's Saturday-night concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Spotted backstage coming and going throughout the show and at the VIP afterparty were Tom Cruise, Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin and, of course, frontman Chris Martin's wife Gwyneth Paltrow, writes E! Online.

Meanwhile, director Jon Favreau hosted the Iron Man sequel wrap party last night for about 400 people at new celeb hot spot Playhouse in Hollywood. Favreau spent most of the night playing DJ. No surprise, but "he played a ton of Michael Jackson," according to one partygoer.

The flick's cast wasn't spotted at the bash, but that's no biggie. Big wrap parties are more for the crew than the stars. And remember last week how I told you that it appears Vanessa Minnillo is getting along just fine since her split from Nick Lachey?

Well, Mr. Lachey is doing OK, too. He was seen yesterday afternoon hanging with a group of four girls and two guys at the Water Club's pool in Atlantic City. A source said, "Nick was very friendly and left a nice big tip."

More photos of Coldplay at Home Depot Center, Carson, CA (18th July 2009):

Pictures by u2soul @Flickr

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has spent an amazing £1m on drugs and enjoyed every minute of it, he told an Italian newspaper and the 42-year-old also labelled Chris Martin from Coldplay an 'idiot' after he claimed not to have taken drugs and slammed the rival band and U2 for using concerts as stages for 'rock politics'. [discussion]

At the peak of the Britpop era, Noel and brother Liam's hedonistic excesses were well known and their partying was legendary. Gallagher once revealed he had taken cocaine at a Downing Street reception in a toilet reserved for the Queen.

In his interview with Corriere Della Sera, he said: "I look at Chris Martin who says he has never taken drugs in his life and I think he is an idiot. "Doing drugs is the most beautiful thing about being in a rock band. "Up until 1998 I must have spent £1m on drugs then I stopped because it is bad for your health, brain, life and for people around you. But while you use them - except for heroin which kills people and which I have never tried - as you lot (Italians) would say 'Mamma Mia'."

Turning to bands who used concerts to get across a political message, Gallagher stormed: "We get on the stage and play. I have been to loads of concerts where bands don't play they just talk about politics. At a U2 or Coldplay concert there is always a message about poor people or people dying from hunger. OK, but can't we just have a nice evening? Do we always have to feel guilty?"

Gallagher - who with the rest of Oasis met Tony Blair several times at the height of their fame - also spoke of his own political views and said: "I grew up with Labour in opposition. "I heard their policies on education and minimum wages and I thought they were right. Then they got into government and wow, I got to know them. Then as time passed they became like all the others - it was like when you find out Father Christmas doesn't exist. I don't vote any more - anyway it doesn't matter as nothing will change."

Oasis are due to play three concerts at Wembley Stadium this week and will end their current tour in Milan on August 30.

Coldplay at Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium (3rd July 2009):

Pictures by purefm @ Flickr

Chris Martin has ruled out launching a solo career. He insisted that he is committed to remaining in Coldplay and would only release a solo record under exceptional circumstances. "It would probably mean I've been dumped by my wife and I desperately need the money," he told The Sun.

"Hell would not only have to freeze over but be skated over and completely closed up. The Pope would have to declare it didn't even exist. I cannot think of anything worse."

Martin confirmed that he has already started working on the group's fifth studio album, but has found time to enjoy himself too. "The main thing I do on tour is write, then go watch The Wire," he said. "Maybe it's because I'm about to turn 33, but I just feel hungry to write all the time. I think the next album will be quite stripped down and based upon a story idea."

Coldplay were recently reported to be experimenting with a jazz and rave sound for their next record. Meanwhile, Lionel Richie says Coldplay are the act he would most like to collaborate with. The 'Dancing on the Ceiling' hitmaker says he is a massive fan of Chris Martin's band and they are top of his collaboration wish-list. He said: "I love Coldplay. Those are the guys I would most like to do something with."

Coldplay at the New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA (10 June 2009):

Pictures from the Times-Picayune

Coldplay were named the most powerful Brits in a new survey published by Forbes magazine Wednesday. They arrived on the list this year with a debut at the 15th spot, following a sold-out world tour and a smash hit album Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends.

The top ranking is based on income over the past 12 months as well as web references, press clippings, broadcast mentions and major magazine covers devoted to the celebrity, Forbes said.

Superstar actress and humanitarian advocate Angelina Jolie has unseated talkshow diva Oprah Winfrey as the world's most powerful celebrity. Oscar winner Jolie, 33, one half of the Hollywood golden couple dubbed Brangelina with Brad Pitt, earned $US27 million ($32.89 million) between June 2008 and June 2009. Her earnings and "famous face," Forbes said, were enough to dethrone media maven Winfrey, who earned $US275 million. Jolie, who came in third last year, is known for balancing her movie career and work as a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency with her ever-growing six-child family with Pitt.

More discussion on Coldplay's inclusion is at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks mimixxx]

Producer Kleerup has revealed that he wants to work with Coldplay's Chris Martin because he pities his late sexual development, reports DigitalSpy today. The Swedish star admitted that he admired Martin for getting together with actress Gwyneth Paltrow after losing his virginity at a late stage.

Speaking to DS, he said: "I think Coldplay are really, really good. I could never listen to Travis or U2 but I heard a story that Chris Martin was always a really shy boy and didn't have sex until he was 21 or something. I just thought, 'Aw go on, have Gwyneth Paltrow, have everything, you poor dude'. My company is called 'Bully the Bullies' so I believe in supporting the underdog."

The star, whose Robyn collaboration 'With Every Heartbeat' went to number one in 2007, added that he is keen to team up with Amy Winehouse. "I'd really like to work with her - we could do something a bit more synthesized to get away from the whole soul Motown sound. Her voice and my sound would be a good combination," he said.

Kleerup's self-titled debut album was released yesterday.

Source: Digital Spy

More pictures of Coldplay' show at DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI (2 June 2009):

Pictures: by ashleylouwho @ http://ashleylouwho.livejournal.com/

Here is Oasis singer Liam Gallagher as you have never heard him before, digging out his soul and discussing fashion, Coldplay, Susan Boyle and the joys of Twitter in a startling face-to-face interview with CityLife journalist David Sue. Here's what he had to say about Coldplay in an interview with MEN CityLife, and in particular, their dress sense:

"These days, all the geezers in bands wanna look like women. Like, why's everyone in bands wearing braces? If you're gonna wear braces, try buying a pair of jeans that fit. The worst dressed band have got to be Coldplay. What are those uniforms about? My kids have got play outfits that are better than Coldplay's. I mean, if you're gonna win a Grammy Award, don't turn up looking like binmen! Disgraceful. Make a bit of effort, I say."

To illustrate this point, Liam has turned up for today's meeting looking like a walking billboard for his Pretty Green label; dressed head-to-toe in rakish mod attire (green parka, floral neckerchief, Sta-Prest trousers and blue desert boots) which he himself had a hand in designing.

"For me, music and fashion have always come together," insists Liam. "It was the Roses and the Mondays that first brought those things together for me. Before they came along, bands all looked like sweaty rockers, like Guns N' Roses, it was all very gloomy. But then The Stone Roses came along and brought this big splash of colour. It was the music and the fashion, it came as a package.

"With Pretty Green, it's all about my personal tastes. I'm not trying to make a massive statement about men's fashion and I'm definitely not gonna appear on TV with Gok Wan. I know Gok Wan pretty well, he's alright. I know him through the missus. But I won't be appearing on his show. Or Lorraine Kelly's. No chance."

More on this at the Coldplay forum here onwards.

Rolling Stone's Smoking Section are still recovering from their crazy Memorial Day weekend which included a visit to Coldplay's... well, smoking section. Here's their report:

On Friday night we all went to GuyStock -- a BBQ and beerfest thrown by Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman [pictured] -- that is certain to become an annual tradition. GuyStock was legendary.

The Coldplay guys are so goddamn nice that they invited the SS to come to one of their gigs on the East Coast, so the following day we joined Fab and our other favorite drummer, Matt Romano (who was the bedrock at DylanFest), on a field trip to Connecticut! We rolled with Coldplay to Teterboro Airport in Jersey, hopped on the band's (modest) private plane, sucked down a few Becks', and rolled over to the Comcast amphitheater to watch Coldplay's gig.

We've seen the band play about a dozen times over the years (mostly while we were doing a Coldplay cover story a few years back), but the quartet were truly incredible in Connecticut. We've never seen a band engage the crowd like they did. They were running around the whole venue, playing a few songs towards the back of the shell, and racing up to the lawn to give a special treat for those in the cheap seats.

(Thanks to Vicki and Franksy for hookin' it all up!)

Guy Berryman at Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach:

Pictures: SPIN

More photos from Coldplay's show in Camden, NJ (26th May 2009)

Pictures by jared polin

Brian Eno's claims to fame include musician, producer and artist. Now he is hoping his latest work -- an art installation on the Sydney Opera House -- will encourage artists to tackle global warming, reports Reuters today.

Eno, who describes himself as a "non-musician," is curating Luminous, a new annual festival of music, art installations and talks organized by the Opera House as part of Sydney's music and light festival, Vivid.

As well as playing with other musicians in a series of three concerts, the former Roxy Music keyboard and synthesizer player has designed a lighting display to project onto the sails of the Opera House every evening during the May 26-June 14 festival. Eno said he hoped the events at Luminous, which include a discussion with environmental legal group Client Earth, would encourage artists to make people think about climate change.

"Artists have become so lazy in articulating their corner," Eno told Reuters in an interview at the Sydney Opera House. "But artists can create a sense of what is cool and what is not, what is acceptable, exciting, timely... I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming."

Eno, 61, has become renowned for putting forward his views on issues ranging from war to the climate and for experimenting with both art and music. Over the years he has worked on albums with U2, David Bowie, David Byrne, Talking Heads and Coldplay. His eclectic and frequently ambient electronic music has appeared in films such as "Trainspotting," "Velvet Goldmine" and "Heat."

But he also likes to come up with new words to describe cultural patterns, acknowledging that at breakfast he invented a new word -- ontin, meaning the ostensible usage of something -- which he has already used a few times to much bewilderment.

Eno said he coined the term "ambient music" to describe a genre of low-volume music that modified people's perception of the surrounding environment and that had yet to be classified. "Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it," said Eno. "That is when I find a term to describe it."

While his musical career has made him a celebrity, Eno studied art and has always pursued artistic ventures.

On show in Sydney is his work, "77 million paintings," which involved cutting up 300 of his hand-drawn images and projecting them in a gallery. The work has already been seen in Venice, Milan, Tokyo, London and San Francisco.

Eno said he wanted his art to make people stop and think. "I try to make things seductive and inviting enough for people to want to surrender themselves to them ... and stop being yourself for a little while."

Gwyneth Paltrow loves dancing the night away - and always makes sure her husband Chris Martin's tracks are played to get her on her feet, according to various media sources today.

The Shakespeare In Love star shared her favourite tunes with fans on her website Goop.com - and reveals dancing to Coldplay song Strawberry Swing is a sure fire way to put her in the party mood. The actress writes, "Gwyneth Paltrow is not a music expert but is an avid listener and knows how to get down."

And she also persuaded Coldplay's former manager Phil Harvey and celebrity DJs Samantha Ronson and Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein to pick their top tracks for a night on the dancefloor. Paltrow adds, "For anyone in the mood for a spring dance party… I thought I would ask some super cool music experts for their ten favorite party tracks and thought the combined lists would make for a pretty great night. Looks good to me. Get your mother lovin’ dance shoes on..."

As well as Coldplay, Paltrow also picked her pal Beyonce Knowles, The Strokes and The Killers for her ideal playlist.

Chris Martin has paid tribute to the Grecians at Exeter City ahead of the club's victory parade through the city following their promotion in the English football league. Chris, who grew up in Whitestone, near Exeter, says he is delighted with City's achievement.

Chris, whose parents still live in Devon, has written a blog on the Coldplay.com heaping praise on the club. Under the heading: Chris's Hometown Club Wins Second Successive Promotion, Chris wrote: "We just wanted to congratulate Exeter City on their fantastic achievement of winning promotion to League One."

In other news, MTV News has published an article entitled 'Here’s Who Should Sue Coldplay'. According to MTV, whether you agree with the recent plagiarism accusations, they thought it would 'be fun' to make a lighthearted list of artists and individuals who could be suing Coldplay on general principle. You can read the article with a pinch of salt here at their online newsroom site.

When Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow named their first child Apple, their unusual choice caused quite a stir. And while many find it easy to remember such a distinctive name, British pop star Robbie Williams found himself a little monikor-challenged recently.

The former Take That member made his gaff after having invited Coldplay around to his home on Los Angeles for a game of football. Vocalist Chris' actress wife was reportedly unimpressed when the cheeky 35-year-old referred to the couple's four-year-old daughter as another fruit entirely.

"I asked her, 'Hey would Melon like some apple," the Stoke-on-Trent-born songwriter confessed to the Sun.

London, April 14 (IANS) Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is so happy raising her two children that she plans to have another baby. The Oscar winning actress is married to Coldplay’s lead vocalist Chris Martin and has a three-year-old son Moses and a daughter Apple, who turns five next month.

“At first I thought Okay, that’s it, I’m done, no way will I have more. Then my son turned two and you think, Oh, I don’t want this to be the last two-year-old I have. Maybe I’ll do one more,” Paltrow was quoted as saying by thesun.co.uk.

“Motherhood enriches your life in the most incredible way. My children have given me a real life. They’ve opened up a new world to me. I never feel lonely, I never feel I don’t know what my purpose in life is any more,” she added. Paltrow is set to star in “Iron Man 2″.

Gwyneth Paltrow found a luxurious LA pad in which to escape the rat race - only to discover it was playing host to the pesky blighters, the Mirror writes today. The A-list actress thought she had located a haven for her family and burst into tears when told that the furry vermin had taken up squatters rights there.

Eek, we'd have run for the Hollywood Hills. Typical of soft-hearted Gwyneth, 36, when she called in pest control she insisted that any rats were gently removed from the property and not harmed in any way. Ahh! She had been left to find a place in LA for summer, when hubby Chris Martin finishes the first leg of Coldplay's world tour.

He has agreed to look after their children - Apple, four, and three-year-old Moses - while Gwyneth works on Iron Man 2. She thought she had found the ideal home, until one of her advisers saw the rodents in the garden of the empty property.

A friend of the star tells the Mirror: "Gwyneth wanted everything to be perfect. She was so excited about moving to LA with the family and to be closer to her actress mum, Blythe Danner. It will be the first time in ages that she, Chris and the children will be living together as a family. "But her stomach turned at the thought of rats running around. She didn't want her homecoming ruined by those horrible creatures. She wanted to cancel the contract, but Chris calmed her down. Instead they searched for an expensive rat catcher - not just any old rat catcher. Being an animal lover, Gwyneth didn't want the vermin harmed, just removed."

The treatment worked and last week Chris and Gwyneth put the finishing touches to their summer retreat. She should count herself lucky - many women find a rat sharing their beds, not just their back gardens...

Source: Mirror

Meanwhile, if you don't like rats either, maybe these photos will improve your Coldplay Karma...

Coldplay's Guy Berryman has apparently had to drop out of the Flora London Marathon after injuring his hip.

The bass player asked the band to reschedule their tour around the big race, the Sun reports, but he has now had to pull out after hurting his hip during training. "I don't know if it will ever be quite right again," he said.

Speaking of the Viva La Vida tour, if you missed out on Miami Coldplay tickets, you've got another chance. More tickets have just been released for the British rockers' May 15 concert at Cruzan Amphitheatre, including a package of four lawn tickets for $99, at livenation.com.

Mattresses, a trampoline and a dinosaur... Removal men shift Chris and Gwyneth's things as they rearrange / relocate to LA

When a family calls in the removal men, it gives nosy neighbours a chance to gawp at the contents of their house, reports the Daily Mail. And in the case of famously private Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, you could forgive neighbours for being especially curious.

Carrying items out of the high-profile couple's London home, the removal company's haul included a trampoline, a mattress and various large packages of furniture. They also lifted out a large model dinosaur and toy horse, which presumably belong to the couple's two children, Apple and Moses. The workers also loaded a guitar case, emblazoned with Chris's band name Coldplay, into a waiting lorry.

Gwyneth, 36, is going to spend the next few months in Los Angeles filming Iron Man 2. Chris will be away for some time too, touring the States with Coldplay. The couple have long split their time between homes in the UK and the US, but recent reports suggested the film star wanted to move back to her native country.

After her recent detour to New York, where she had dinner with her friend Madonna, a mutual friend said: 'Gwyneth told Madonna she’s planning to stay in America for six months. ‘Madonna’s delighted. Since she moved back to New York, Madonna has been working on getting Gwyneth to leave the UK for good.’

But the star's spokesman Stephen Huvane said: 'They are not moving house - just removing and replacing some things.' He added that the superstar couple will continue to live a transatlantic life. 'Gwyneth has always lived in the U.S. half of year and the U.K. the other half. She will be working on Iron Man 2 for the next three to four months in Los Angeles and then she usually spends her summer in New York.'

Scots scientists have revealed that facial barcodes allow us to recognise celebrities like Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Human faces contain "barcodes" that help us recognise each other, Scots scientists have revealed via STV.

Experts at the University of Stirling claim that facial features - including eyes, lips and eyebrows - can be organised into black and white horizontal lines. The resulting codes operate much like the barcodes found on supermarket items, allowing people to recognise one another.

The scientists carried out the study by manipulating famous faces such as Chris Martin, actor Marlon Brando and Hollywood star George Clooney. They discovered that all the necessary information for identification is contained in the lines of the eyebrows, eyes and lips.

Professor Roger Watt, of Stirling University, and Dr Steven Dakin, of University College London, analysed a variety of natural images - such as flowers and landscapes - and found that faces are unique in conveying their useful information in horizontal lines. In one experiment the researchers turned the facial features of Godfather actor Marlon Brando into a barcode. They found that when his face is squashed or stretched, viewed from an angle or cast in shadows, Brando is still easily recognisable because the barcode representation remains relatively unchanged.

The researchers believe their discovery could improve face-recognition software and contribute to advanced CCTV cameras. The study may also help explain the human ability to see faces where they do not exist - for example in clouds or in flames.

Dr Dakin explained: "Exposed skin on our forehead and cheeks tends to be shiny whilst our eyebrows and lips and the shadows cast in the eye sockets and under the nose tend to be darker. The resulting horizontal stripes of information are reminiscent of a supermarket barcode. To improve face recognition software, we need to look towards biology and see how we have solved the problem.”

It's been announced today via the official site... that Coldplay are to boldly go where no musicians have gone before, by recording in zero gravity. Later this year, the band will board a modified Boeing 727 aircraft, which can provide zero gravity for periods of 20-25 seconds at a time. Wearing self-designed outfits based on early Russian cosmonaut suits, they will be joined by producer/collaborator Brian Eno, who will use custom-made "heavy" microphones to record the sessions on a 1969 analogue cassette player.

"We've been searching for the right environment to record the perfect snare drum sound for many years now," Chris Martin told Coldplay.com, "and I've just got a gut feeling that zero gravity is the place to do that, y'know?"

However, in an online poll 96% of you voted instead for Brian Eno to do a skydive with Alan McGee with only one parachute. More on this mile high story at the Coldplay forum here [thanks cold_love23]

Now then, now then. Chris Martin has done a bit of Jimmy Saville-style fixing it for his family, according to The Sun today. The Coldplay frontman introduced his dad Anthony to Grease star Olivia Newton John while the band toured Down Under, satisfying a lifetime ambition for his old man.

Chris said: “When I was a kid my dad would make me listen to Olivia Newton John in the car all the time. He’s always been a massive fan and the main reason he comes on tour with us to Australia is on the off chance she might be there and he’d get to meet her. And for the first time, on this trip, she was and I set up a breakfast for them. My dad said to me afterwards, ‘Son, you made a lifelong dream come true for me’. “That was so cool to hear from him. It may have taken 32 years but I felt so happy and proud.”

More on this article at the Coldplay forum here onwards.

Coldplay have now met the Australian band that supposedly inspired their fashion sense, reports the Courier Mail. After the group's blue, green, red and purple jackets drew Wiggles comparisons at last month's Grammy Awards in LA, lead singer Chris Martin chatted with three of the original Hot Potato singers - Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook and Anthony Field - after Coldplay's Acer Arena gig last week.

Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple, 4, is said to be a huge fan of the kiddies' group. Coldplay also incorporated The Wiggles' song Fruit Salad into their set on the night.

More on this at the Coldplay forum here onwards.

Coldplay Front man Chris Martin stepped down the from stage and behind the bar in one of Auckland's hippest bars to make cocktails. After Thursday night's concert for 12,000, Martin went out on the town with kiwi support singer Hollie Smith.

The pair have struck up a strong friendship, and her boyfriend TV and radio presented Clarke Gayford says they plan to keep in touch. The band signed a thank-you card for Smith and gave her an expensive champagne before the group headed out to Mea Culpa on Ponsonby Rd after Thursday night's gig. Gayford says Martin jumped at the chance to mix some cocktails with Smith behind the bar. "You don't often find people that are genuine," Gayford, 32, said. "He's like any other decent Kiwi guy. He was down-toearth ... really lovely."

More on this at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks laurazstar]

The Pet Shop Boys have revealed they loved writing a single for Girls Aloud — because it meant they got one over on Coldplay. The veteran duo wrote the Girls’ last single The Loving Kind and they reckon it gives them bragging rights over Chris Martin and co., the News Of The World reported yesterday.

Singer Neil Tennant told Rated: “Chris Martin [pictured] goes on and on about how much he loves Girls Aloud, but that he’s not good enough to write a song for them. Well, we HAVE written a song for them. So it’s 1 - 0 to the Pets, thank you!”

More on this article at the Coldplay forum here [thanks mimixxx]

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has turned down an offer from Neighbours producers to make a cameo appearance. According to fansite Perfect Blend, Martin, who is currently touring Australia with Coldplay, was given a choice of three dates by producers but was unable to fit the appearance into his schedule.

"He's a mad Neighbours fan, but unfortunately it just didn't work with the schedule this time," a spokeswoman for the soap said. Meanwhile, professional wrestler Dave 'Batista' Bautista filmed a cameo role earlier this week with the soap while in Australia on a promotional tour.

But Chris still got some time with his Ramsay St favourites at his belated 32rd birthday bash after the band's show at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. He had invited Neighbours cast members Jackie Woodburne, Alan Fletcher, Ryan Moloney, Kym Valentine, Stefan Dennis and Carla Bonner to the party. The soap stars attended the show as guests of the band before being shepherded to a secret location for the party, which was a traditional Aussie barbecue, with a selection of fish and chargrilled vegies for Martin, who calls himself a piscetarian.

Chris Martin's attempts to discuss environmental issues with Noel Gallagher fell on deaf ears when the Oasis frontman said that he "genuinely couldn't give a fuck". Gallagher told the Coldplay singer that his immediate environment was all that occupied his mind and everything else was "not [his] problem".

The singer, who recently fuelled speculation that he is to release a solo LP, said in a Talksport interview: "I actually couldn't give a fuck about what's going on outside my family: me, my missus, my two kids and my mam, and her parents...that's it, for me. Other than that, it's not my problem, but that's not to say you shouldn't care about it! You should all care about it, but I just like to look after my own."

Gallagher added that the thought of James Blunt gives him a migraine when questioned on his views that flying is bad for the planet. "James Blunt is bad for the environment that surrounds my fucking head here," he added.

More on this story at the Coldplay forum here onwards.

Despite everyone jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, there are some real flaws in this whole micro-blogging craze, especially when it comes to following celebrities. As Exclaim! recently found out the hard way, not everyone out there Twittering is who they say they are, like, for example, the individual who owns the Twitter account twitter.com/Brian_Eno.

Following our story earlier this week, “Brian Eno And Alan McGee Have Angry Exchange On Twitter Over Coldplay,” Brian Eno himself emailed Exclaim! to inform them he has no connection whatsoever with the above Twitter account and is in no way engaged in any “Twitter-fest” with one-time Creation Records head Alan McGee. In fact, Eno [pictured] says he isn’t even signed up to Twitter. Here’s what an obviously annoyed Eno had to say to Exclaim!...

You published, as did many other sites, the exciting news that I was engaged in a twitter-fest with Alan Mcgee. I'm not. I'm not signed up to twitter. Alan Mcgee is arguing with someone, but it isn't me. You might think it boringly bureaucratic to check your facts, but it's nowhere near as boring as the several hundred conversations I'm now going to have with people who will eagerly ask me how the argument I'm not having with Alan Mcgee is going. Perhaps I could refer them to you? Brian Eno

More discussion on this news at the Coldplay forum here onwards.