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Today we ask: Was Chris Martin Right To Attack The Paparazzi? Simply question, simple answer: Yes/No. How hard can it be! Vote here   If you haven't seen the video yet, it shows Chris Martin and his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, being hassled by both a paparazzo photographer and the man filming the video, as they try to leave a medical centre in the US city. Chris has a brief tussle with the paparazzo and takes his camera, before the man filming the video yells “Thanks for the video” at the duo.   The

Perhaps those of you who actually have tickets to Friday night's Coldplay show can fill us in — is this something one wears a costume to?   There's nothing particularly scary about Chris Martin and Co.'s ultra-safe brand of rock, but perhaps audience members will be feeling the spook-vibe nonetheless. Either way, if "Viva la Vida" floats your boat (and, admittedly, it's hard not to get jazzed by those uppity string instruments), you'd probably be going to see them no matter what else was going o

Put Coldplay's three 2009 Grammy Awards and front man Chris Martin's marriage to actress Gwyneth Paltrow aside for a minute, reports The Washington Examiner.   Coldplay has just proven -- once again -- that they're not caught up in all the traditional rock-and-roll egoism. Late last week, the band members announced those who attend the "Viva La Vida" summer tour will receive an exclusive live CD, "LeftRightLeftRightLeft," free of charge. "Playing live is what we love," the British alt rock quart

Coldplay is sort of a Nickelback for cool kids (!) - over the last decade the chart-friendly UK quartet has inspired ridicule at about the same rate it has record sales, writes Washington Post in a rather blunt but appreciative review of the first of Coldplay's two shows at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC (8-9 July). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the two Washington shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (8th - Sunday) and here (9th - Monday) onwards now. Thanks to eve

Coldplay made their third stop in the Washington D.C. area in the last 9 months on the Viva La Vida tour at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA.   The grammy award winning quartet is on the last leg of their tour before a much deserved rest. The concert started out with two opening acts: The Howling Bells, an austrailian/british band and Pete Yorn. Both had their moments but were no where near the calibar of Coldplay.   Around 9 p.m. Coldplay started off by blasting "Magnificent" by U2 followed by cl

Remember when it was announced that Coldplay were co-financing a movie? Well, that was almost two years ago, and the fruits of their money's labour will now be seen in the finished product, 'Ashes' a film noir boasting actors Ray Winstone, and co-starring Jim Sturgess, Luke Evans and Lesley Manville. Discussion and comments on the film are at the Coldplay forum now.   The film lists Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman as executive producers. Here's the synopsis: Jamie (

An interesting article about Chris Martin's hypnotic spell recently. Courtesy of HolyMoly (nice of them to use a photo of Chris Martin returning from his uncle's funeral!):   Chris Martin, the sour-faced 'Spider from Coronation Street' lookalike who has been bothering our ears for many years as singer of Coldplay has been speaking to Q magazine, which sounds like a marriage made in dull muso heaven. Thrillingly, he revealed that he feels under pressure to create another hit album, so enlisted th

Above : The last Coldplay visit to Cologne. This time, we may expect to see star shaped confetti! (photo by Getty Images)   Friday 25th April, the date Ghost Stories may get blown open to the public, in live form! Coldplay will play their first show in the six date promo tour in Cologne, Germany. Why should we expect to hear the new tracks? Because historically speaking, Coldplay have performed a setlist that stays pretty much the same, sometimes a few songs switch places and a few tracks are

Coldplay have revealed that Rihanna features on the track Princess Of China from the forthcoming album Mylo Xyloto. The song features the singer's vocals, and Chris Martin revealed it took him some time before he could pluck up the courage to ask her to appear on the track - all this came from an article via The Sun in the early hours of this morning and then confirmed via the official site just hours later.   In just over a year Rihanna has already teamed up with Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Drake, Bri

Every year, music-loving Angelenos flock to KCRW's Sounds Eclectic Evening, a concert event that takes pride in wheeling out some of the best up-and-coming names from the independent music scene.   When past performers have included the likes of My Morning Jacket, Norah Jones, and Coldplay it is easy to understand why the legions of fans turned out in droves for this year's show.   The night's first artist, Bitter:Sweet, stunned the crowd with the Morcheeba-like sexuality of their lead singer, S

Don't tell anyone about this, said Alain Levy, boss of EMI’s recorded-music division, as he unlocked a black Hermès briefcase and took out an unmixed, copy-protected CD of Robbie Williams’s new album, Rudebox 1974, which will be released this autumn.   The 59-year-old Frenchman cranked up the volume and grinned like a proud father. “This track’s mixed by William Orbit, who did Ray of Light with Madonna,” he boasted. “Robbie sings in French at the end of this one, y’know.” Levy and Williams are n

If all there was to Chas and Dave was novelty songs about snooker and Spurs football club then they would have been consigned to the novelty pop bin of musical history years ago.   But instead of drifting into obscurity the Cockney pair, who play the Junction on Tuesday, have seen a renaissance in recent years, largely thanks to a new generation of young fans discovering their music.   The veteran duo say the reason for their recent injection of cool is simply that they know how to put on a good

With 6.1billion people on the planet, climate change is something that should be on everybody's mind. Melting ice caps, rising tides and expanding deserts are just some of the ways the environment is reacting to the tons of daily toxins released into the atmosphere.   But what you may not know is that most of the damage being heaped on our planet is caused by our own hands. Running a car, using central heating and even going on holiday all produce harmful gases and use large amounts of energy.

In may our children's primary school in Islington, inner north London, held a fund-raiser. This was no bingo night.   In a celebrity auction of "time and talents", Coldplay singer Chris Martin agreed to visit a family's house and play a song or two on their piano. A family paid £5000 ($A12,500) for the privilege.   The school was able to put Martin under the hammer because his business manager has a child there. So does Labour's Schools Minister, Lord Adonis, who offered a tour and cup of tea at

When you’re in a cult band that’s just starting to make some noise, getting dropped by a major distributor could silence things really quickly.   That’s the position the four guys in the New Orleans band Mute Math found themselves in last year when Warner Bros., which had distributed their EP, declined to pick up their new disc. In a spasm of do-it-yourself self-reliance, Mute Math decided to turn to what may be the Internet success story of the moment: MySpace.com, the combo blog/e-mail/bulleti

Coldplay's Chris Martin and his actress wife Gwyneth Paltrow once duetted on her hit Cruisin' at a pal's 2003 wedding.   Paltrow's best friend Julia wanted the couple to sing the song, which the actress recorded for her movie Duets, at her reception.   The song, which was a smash-hit in Australia, was originally recorded by Paltrow and Huey Lewis, who played her father in the film.   Source: ContactMusic  

Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda will happily admit to Vangelis and Queen as inspirations, but just don't say a word about Coldplay, writes Grant Smithies.   Luke Buda is gutted. The Wellington musician has just found out that Chris Martin from Coldplay and his missus Gwyneth Paltrow have named their new son Moses.   Buda and his partner called their own son Moses six months ago. "It's awful!" he splutters. "It's so embarrassing! What if people think we chose the name because they did? I feel I n

Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda will happily admit to Vangelis and Queen as inspirations, but just don't say a word about Coldplay, writes Grant Smithies.   Luke Buda is gutted. The Wellington musician has just found out that Chris Martin from Coldplay and his missus Gwyneth Paltrow have named their new son Moses.   Buda and his partner called their own son Moses six months ago. "It's awful!" he splutters. "It's so embarrassing! What if people think we chose the name because they did? I feel I n

Despite being the adored, much analyzed and fantasized about lead singer of one of the planet's biggest rock bands, Chris Martin of Coldplay is practical, even humble about his role, writes the Miami Herald. Sitting on the floor of a rented house in Los Angeles, enjoying the California sunshine and the taste of the strawberry he's just finished, Martin is deliberately and charmingly low-key.   ''It just comes from pure gratitude at being given this job, particularly in a period of time when musi

It's no small accomplishment to make a sea of 16,000 people feel like an intimate audience in a small club, but that's what Chris Martin and Coldplay did at West Palm Beach's Cruzan Amphitheatre on Friday night, reports the Miami Herald.   Joking, charming, and leading blissful singalongs, Martin and company made the opening night of their U.S. tour into a celebration of the feel-good power of pop music. The sentimental peak came when the group ventured into the middle of the crowd to lead them

Bands, like politicians, need to get re-elected every so often. Take Coldplay, who staged a campaign stop of sorts for 16,000 people on Friday night at Cruzan Amphitheatre, west of West Palm Beach. There were remarks, confetti, balloons and presents: The band sent attendees home with a free concert CD, reports The Sun Sentinel (dot com).   Likewise, the appearance of singer Chris Martin's wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, could have come from a political playbook. Paltrow made an entrance befitting

Dear Chris Martin: Thanks for the show on Friday night. It was excellent. But before I go all gushy with praise -- which I will, I promise -- I should tell you that I was dreading your concert, reports New Times (Broward).   Ever since I first heard your band in the early Aughts, I thought Coldplay was Too Cool For School. Removed. Passionless. Johnny Buckland's almost cyborgian fusillade of shimmering chords had something to do with it, as well as Guy Berryman's cold, efficient handling of his

Perhaps the most lovely thing about Coldplay’s gloriously cordial “Viva La Vida” tour opener at West Palm Beach’s Cruzan Amphitheatre — and there were many — is that the band knows exactly what they are, and aren’t.   Chris Martin and company seem to have accepted that they are not edgy or dangerous, but pretty much nicely square guys from London who love straight-ahead, pretty pop songs like “Yellow” and ”Viva La Vida” with a dash of unabashedly big, anthemic songs with sweeping choruses. Thei

When: Wednesday, July 23 Where: The United Center, Chicago   As a concert-minded songwriter, one of Chris Martin’s best moves was to name his biggest hits after colors — or colours, as he might say.   Just ask the 11,000 strong at last night’s Coldplay show, who over the course of the night heard hits of a vivid trajectory: the early highlight was “Violet Hill,” sans the thirty seconds of white noise that precedes it on new disc Viva La Vida; the ultimate peak was a singalong version of “Yellow,

Coldplay's new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' has been given its world premiere on UK radio at midday today (June 3). The track was played on the BBC's Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music, as well as Absolute Radio and Xfm. ETIAW (as its common acronym) has been made available as a digital download at the same time, except in the UK where it won't be released until midnight on Saturday (June 4) to coincide with radio chart figures.   Please vote out of 10 on how you rate the song in our latest