Coldplay News

As previously announced, Coldplay are to be the debut ‘star interview’ when Q Radio launches on Monday June 2nd. In her first flagship QPM show, presenter Samanthi will feature a special interview with Coldplay who this week announced a winter tour, tickets for which go on sale on Friday (May 3oth).   Ric Blaxill, Q Radio programme director, said: “We’re delighted to have a Coldplay interview in the first show which coincides with them being cover stars of the next issue of Q Magazine. We’ll al

Coldplay will be musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 4th (next Wednesday). The show airs at 12:05am on ABC. You can see the official show listings here here.   It is likely that Coldplay will play Violet Hill in what will be their second live performance, following our announcement that they will performing the new single 'Violet Hill' at the MTV Movie Awards on June 1st. The MTV Movie Awards will air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.   More on Coldplay on

Coldplay will play a secret gig in Amsterdam next week on June 5th.   Ticket for this gig are not for sale - you can only win tickets for the gig by uploading a self-made video or picture about why you are the biggest Coldplay fan. There are 20x2 tickets away - you can win tickets by submitting your videos here. For the Dutch-speaking fans you can read the Radiostation webpage rules at http://www.bnn.nl/page/coldplay   Coldplay played in 2005 a secret gig in Amsterdam too and it was broadcasted

Today, Wednesday May 28th - a new issue of NME comes out to sale with the verdict on Coldplay’s forthcoming fourth album, ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’.   See scans of the article here [thanks Coldplay92]   Meanwhile New York Entertainment have bashed The Sun's favourable review of the new album, sarcastically claiming that upon hearing its glorious first tones, all the world's terrorists will lay down their arms and take up baking, channeling their anti-Americanism into the most

The Hour (CBC show) had an exclusive all access interview with Coldplay at their headquarters, The Bakery, last week. They have posted a preview clip on their website and their YouTube channel. Here is their summary:   Airing on Friday June 6, 2008, at 11:00 pm will be The Hour's all-access, exclusive full-hour TV special with UK rock sensation, Coldplay. In this recently shot footage, George was given unprecedented access, with one-on-one conversations and sharing candid moments with one of the

Coldplay will embark on their first European tour for three years, it was announced on Wednesday. The European leg of their tour will take place in September and October before the band return to Britain to play 11 arena dates in their homeland. Coldplay will sweep through venues including September 1 (Strasbourg, France), September 7 (Madrid, Spain), September 22 (Prague, Czech Republic), September 24 (Vienna, Austria) and October 2 (Rotterdam, Netherlands).   Coldplay's tour will also feature

Coldplay are strongly rumoured to be touring France in September - Coldplaying currently has good information for three French dates. Although no official annoucement has yet been made ticket outlets have alread started listing the dates in Strasbourg, Lyon and Paris. Tickets go on sale on June 3rd at 10am local time.   Different websites have the informations online. They are:   Zenith Europe - Strasbourg on Sept 1st - here Halle Tony Garnier - Lyon on Sept 4th - here and here Palais Omnisport

Coldplay have announced full details of a UK tour, set to take place this winter. As the legendary Steve Lamacq is currently announcing on his radio show, Coldplay are playing ten concerts across England and Scotland in December.   The tour kicks off with two nights at Birmingham NIA on December 1, before the group end their trip with a two-night stint at London's O2 Arena, beginning on December 14. The gigs are as follows (and bookmark the following links):   1/12/08 - Birmingham, NIA [discussi

A new remix of Coldplay's Violet Hill, courtesy of prettymuchamazing.com, has surfaced online.   Download - Violet Hill [Cryptonites remix]   Meanwhile, prettymuchamazing has also shared their views on Lost and Life In Technicolor. Here's what they had to say:   “Lost” sounds like more typical Coldplay fare, with a strong piano backbone and Chris Martin’s smooth crooning. However, I cannot confirm whether or not this is the acoustic version of the song (that comes with the album pre-order on iTu

You can now buy two tracks from Coldplay's new album from the iTunes Store. Both Violet Hill and Viva La Vida are available to purchase individually from your local branch of the store. Here are some links...   UK store: Violet Hill / Viva La Vida US store: Violet Hill / Viva La Vida Greek store: Violet Hill / Viva La Vida   (The Greek one gets a mention because they're the highest-placed country from last night's Eurovision which has its own iTunes store. Congrats to Russia, who won.)   If you'

There are no leaks (contrary to spammers) of the new album Coldplaying can confirm, however there are several album reviews starting to hit the www. So far there have been online reviews and even the tabloids have been sharing their information.   Arguably the best reviews have come from fans lucky enough to be invited to the limited number of EMI listening parties around the world - including at headquarters of EMI Spain and EMI Canada, where there was hardcore security, no cellphones, metal de

More dates for Coldplay UK Viva La Vida Tour leg have been revealed today.   The tour includes gigs at the SECC in Glasgow on December 5 and 6. Tickets go on sale soon...   Source: Sunday Mail

Chris Martin and actress wife Gwyneth Paltrow may attract all the media attention over their children Apple and Moses, but he's not the only member of the band who's a proud dad.   Drummer Will Champion and his wife Marianne welcomed twins Juno and Rex into the world on May 7, a little sister and brother to two-year-old Ava-Mae.   Meanwhile, a source close to Coldplay told Insider the British band hoped to tour Australia soon for the upcoming release of their fourth album, Viva La Vida.   More

Star-struck children shone as they sang a special thankyou to Coldplay.   Pupils at St David's recorded their version of the group's hit song Yellow. They wanted to thank the band for its £3,000 gift of a new piano after floods ravaged the Moreton-in-Marsh church school on July 20. The band came to the rescue when they heard all the children's musical instruments had been wrecked.   Twinkling in bright yellow star headdresses and waving mini stars, they sang their hearts out in their touching th

Virgin Radio will welcome Coldplay into the studio on 9th June, three days before the album release. They will be answering your questions on, well anything, so get thinking about what you want to ask them.   Details on how to send in a question for Coldplay (or an individual band member) directly are here. [Thanks Ben Jones @ Virgin Radio]   You can listen to the Virgin Radio station webstream via the Coldplaying toolbar - which you can download here prior to the Virgin interiew. To manually ad

The Zutons think Coldplay will stop their new album reaching number one. The band, from Liverpool, England, release their third album, 'You Can Do Anything', just days before Chris Martin's band release Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends in June.   The Zutons' frontman Dave McCabe says the release is likely to stop his band topping the charts - but insists he doesn't mind. He said: "It means our album can't be number one or number two - there'll be something else out - but it doesn't real

Reviews of Coldplay's new album are starting to find their way on to the www. The latest is The Sun's (UK). Here's what they had to say:   An album by some band I had never heard of landed on my desk yesterday. I think epic is the word. The full title — Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends — should have been a clue. The boys have developed and evolved their songwriting with each of their albums — from Parachutes, released in 2000, to A Rush of Blood To The Head two years later, then X&Y

Entertainment Weekly has printed an article on Coldplay and the new album with a new song slant on some of the songs - from the band's perspective. It outlines Cemetarties Of London, 42 and Lovers In Japan. Here are the excerpts:   "Cemeteries of London" Recorded in a Barcelona church, the album's echoey second track set Viva's somber tone and features the bandmates chanting in unison. "When I imagine the song in my head, I see London in 1850," says bassist Guy Berryman, 30. "A hell of a lot of

Video preview - the secret of songwriting and 'Violet Hill' revealed!   Triple M (Melbourne, AU) have posted the second part of the preview of their interview with Coldplay here. In a world exclusive, Chris Martin reveals the band's secret to writing a timeless Coldplay tune. You'll be shocked!   Triple M will also have a 'MMMassive Coldplay Special' on Monday June 6, where they will be premiering the band's full interview on the radio with a whole lot of extra Coldplay goodies online.   Discus

Pre-order the new Coldplay CD ‘Viva La Vida’ through Amazon.ca and enter to win a VIP trip to see the band in Toronto.   If you have already pre-ordered you have received a special PIN (personal identification number) and a URL to this contest. Simply enter your PIN here and cross your fingers! The concert is on Oct. 30 in Toronto!   Prize Details:   Prize 1: 1 grand prize will include VIP trip and 2 tickets to Oct. 30 show in Toronto, one night hotel accommodation, $500 spending money, round tr

Coldplay’s Guy Berryman has again collaborated with A-ha’s Magne F on his new album “A Dot Of Black In The Blue Of Your Bliss”, which was available as a free download from his MySpace on 22 January. The album was released in the UK on 19 May.   A very special limited edition of the album was available via the internet. Magne hand painted 300 unique covers which together made up one large piece of artwork. Each cover was sent out to the 300 fans who pre-ordered the album, together with a 10″ pict

Grey's Anatomy is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American primetime television medical drama - and a new Coldplay song was featured on it. ABC announced the song as 'Death To All His Friends' but it is in fact the new album track 'Lovers In Japan'. No official announcement was made that this song would be used.   "Lovers In Japan" Lyrics (aka Greys Anatomy Song)   ..we got carry our way over on the rooftops lets get married All of a sudden we just hurry So come over just be patient and d

HMV are giving you another chance to win tickets to see Coldplay at Brixton Academy 16th June.   To enter the competition just fill out your details on the form here.   Meanwhile, the new album is already No.1 on Amazon - after only pre-order sales, three weeks before the album is due to be released. Also after the itunes commercial on American Idol last night Viva La Vida (pre-order) has climbed back from #6th spot to #2 spot, and the song Viva La Vida has come back into the list and stands at

He's a successful pop star now but Coldplay's Chris Martin hasn't always had things his own way. Fourteen years ago the then unknown found himself second best... in the Yamaha Rock and Pop awards.   He was beaten to the gong by Rosabella Gregory, a graduate of the Royal College of Music. Rosabella said: "We didn't know each other well but you could tell Chris was really miffed at not winning."   She is set to release her debut album this summer - and will compete against Chris's upcoming fourth.

Tickets for Coldplay's Summer Sonic appearance (and of course the rest of the festival) will be on sale tomorrow (24th May) at summersonic.com.