Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland are visiting Absolute Radio for an interview with Christian O'Connell, which will air on Wednesday 26 October between 6am and 10am. Absolute will have space for a very, very limited number of fans to attend this interview too - and you may be given the chance to put your question to Coldplay. Just submit your question [bY THIS SUNDAY!] including why you're a fan deserving of a ticket! Please note that you must be available to attend Absolute Radio during the day-time of Tuesday 25 October. More details and discussion on this event is at the Coldplay forum now - let us know if you've entered - and subsequently hear back from the station!
Coldplay have broken a pre-order record that was previously held by Adele according to Digital Spy today - the band have become the most pre-ordered act of 2011 with their upcoming album Mylo Xyloto on Amazon UK. The record is the most pre-ordered disc this year so far and knocked Adele's multi-million-selling LP 21 off the top spot. "Despite a gap of three years since their last album, Coldplay are back with a bang," said Paul Firth, head of music buying at Amazon UK. "2011 has been Adele's year, but pre-orders of Mylo Xyloto have pushed Chris Martin's band to the top of Amazon.co.uk's music chart even before release, keeping recent releases from Noel Gallagher and Matt Cardle off the top spot." [thanks Mimixxx]
Noel Gallagher's legendary world-beating days (the ones where he claimed to be a superhero and said bands like Coldplay were akin to "bland, faceless fucking trainee police officers"), are in the past. In fact, he likes Coldplay, Pitchfork write in their online interview with Noel. Noel said to them: "Those were euphoric times for me-- getting divorced is always a f***ing cause for celebration. And I had just met my current wife, who was then my girlfriend. We loved Parachutes, and I still think it's a great album. Liam f***ing hates Coldplay, which made me love them a little bit more. I could appreciate the songwriting. When I heard "Yellow" for the first time, I immediately picked up the guitar and went, "F***ing bastards, why didn't I write that?" I feel that way about a lot of their songs. And, secretly, [Chris Martin] thinks that about a lot of mine, but he never says it in public." [thanks blankshore]
Billboard have updated us on the rebound back up the Hot 100 of Coldplay's latest single following a surge of digital sales: "After "Paradise" soared in at No. 16 four weeks ago, the song dropped to Nos. 33, 58 and 68 in its next three frames. This week, the second single from "Mylo Xyloto," due Monday (Oct. 24), rebounds 30 spots to No. 38. A surge in download sales is largely responsible for the chart jump, as the track flies 53-18 on Hot Digital Songs (55,000, up 104%, according to Nielsen SoundScan). Airplay also contributes to the vault, as "Paradise" spends a third week at No 1 on Triple A and lifts 8-7 on Rock Songs. Further airplay advances, the premiere of its video yesterday (Oct. 19), and the album's arrival could help sustain the song's renewed Hot 100 momentum."
Coldplay and fans at the Today Show performance, Rockefeller Plaza, New York (21st October 2011):
(Photos by natalie-as-in-rose @ Flickr)
(Photos by Official Capitol Street Team @ Flickr)
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