Coldplay News

There are raised eyebrows in the Oasis camp over Coldplay’s decision to release their new album on a Thursday.   Coldplay hope their upcoming Viva La Vida will topple Oasis’ 11-year reign with Be Here Now as the fastest-selling British record. But the Manchester band’s team believe Coldplay are stealing their idea to do it. Be Here Now sold almost 700,000 copies in the first three days of sale in 1997. Oasis [Pictured, Noel Gallagher] released it on a Thursday — rather than the usual Monday — w

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told RollingStone.com that the band has "some tricks up our sleeve" for its upcoming North American tour, which kicks off on June 29th in Philadelphia.   Martin said that along with a "mini-acoustic set," the group also has "some visual things, some technical things, some emotional things, some audience-participation things, some gymnastic things -- the only rule is no flying."   As for what will make the set list, Martin joked, "We're gonna play a nine-hour set an

British rockers Coldplay, arguably the biggest band in the world right now, are releasing their fourth studio album: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. To celebrate, Amazon are giving you the chance to win the ultimate Coldplay experience: they'll fly you and a friend to New York and give you tickets to see Coldplay perform live at Madison Square Garden on Monday 23rd June 2008.   Runner Up Prizes: a limited number of lucky runners up will receive a Coldplay tour bundle, including a sign

Artwork and video extras now fully unveiled   The extras which fans have been helping to unveil on the official Coldplay site by entering the Brixton and MSG contests are now fully unlocked. Click here (Brixton) or here (MSG) to check out exclusive 'Viva La Vida' artwork and live videos from Coldplay's 2006 tour.   Meanwhile, On Friday June 27th, Coldplay will appear on NBC's Today Show at 7am ET. Fans are encouraged to come along to the plaza for the live performances. Viewing is on a first-com

Coldplay are to launch the all-new Q Radio as studio guests when the the station debuts its revamped schedule, it was confirmed today.   The band's appearance - on June 2- comes just days before the band release their fourth album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. Coldplay will be appearing on the new QPM show hosted by former XFM presenter Samanthi at around 7pm.   Coldplay will also be the cover stars of the July issue of Q, which is out on June 1. You can read the band's track by tra

Coldplay team with Apple for latest ad slot   A new Apple iTunes ad featuring music from Coldplay’s forthcoming ‘Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends’ aired on US TV this week, reports MacWorld.   The 30-second spot was filmed by director Mark Romanek and was broadcast between segments of American Idol last night, it features a clip of the band performing the new single from the album. A graphic element on the TV clip declares: “Viva La Vida Coldplay, exclusively on iTunes.”   Apple has on

Coldplay have confirmed that they will be playing a third free show in June, to add to the previously-confirmed gigs in London and New York. On June 17, the band will play the Espacio Movistar in Barcelona, Spain. Details of how to get tickets will be announced on the official site soon.   As previously announced, Coldplay are also set to play free shows in London and New York. The band will perform at London's Brixton Academy on June 16 and New York's Madison Square Garden on June 23.   Offici

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says the band members have been looking forward to their U.S. tour for a year and a half — which is how long they've been working on their new album, Viva La Vida. The disc comes out June 17th (US), and the band plays a free show at New York's Madison Square Garden a week later.   When you're in the studio, do you think about how the songs will sound live? The knowledge that you're going to play something live has a huge influence on whether or not you record it. Y

The BBC has been testing a new service called SoundIndex, which lists the top 1,000 artists based on discussions crawled from Bebo, Las.fm, Google Groups,iTunes, MySpace and YouTube. The top five bands according to SoundIndex right now are Coldplay, Rihanna, The Ting Tings, Duffy and Mariah Carey , but the index is refreshed every six hours.   This is somewhat similar to Songkick's "Battle Of The Bands," which we covered in March. Songkick uses different data - MySpace, Amazon and blogs - to de

Coldplay.com has now been updated with the new official video for Violet Hill, which you can view here.   The war based dancing politician version is also on the site here.   Coldplay’s video for "Violet Hill," the first single from the band’s upcoming album, Viva La Vida, has been added to the highest rotations at MTV (Big 10), VH1 (large), MTV2 (Elite 8), mtvU (summa cum laude) and MTV Hits (Power). It will be the first video ever to receive a simultaneous premiere on MTV, VH1 and The N. Lens

Check out the 2008 section of Coldplay.com for a new Prospekt entry.   It’s ten years today since a cardboard box filled with 500 copies of the Safety EP arrived on my doorstep from the manufacturer. I sold the first copy to my room-mate at university for £3. It took over a year to sell (or give away) the remaining 499. One of those copies found ti’s way to Ms Debs Wild, then of Universal Records.   And that’s how all this got started...   Prospekt   More on this here onwards [thanks Lore &

'Viva La Vida' will have to sell well...   The pressure for Coldplay’s new album ‘Viva La Vida’ to succeed has intensified after it was revealed that their record label EMI’s market share in America has fallen to its lowest level for half a decade.   So far in 2008, releases by EMI artists have accounted for 8.8% of sales in America - with just one album featuring in the American top-40 this week, according to the Times. EMI is currently undergoing a major restructuring operation following its t

Check out the 2005 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Acoustic session for The Edge in Toronto - 10 May 2005 Playing Toronto is one of life's biggest buzzes I think, and this time was no exception. We had a police horse escort, which I enjoyed so much I now get one everywhere, even just nipping down the shops. CM   More on this star here onwards [thanks IneedYou23 & Lore]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

On June 17th, Coldplay will be playing in Barcelona as part of the free show trilogy. The venue is still to be confirmed, but it is rumoured that the capacity will be only 1000.   For those who speak Spanish, here's a exerpt of an online report from MTV Espana confirming the date and details:   Coldplay regresará a Barcelona. Durante su última estancia en la Ciudad Condal, Coldplay trabajó con las letras y melodías del que será el cuarto disco de estudio de la banda, 'Viva la Vida or Death and A

Three years on from the stadium-conquering X&Y, Coldplay are once again braving the critics and public.   Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, which is released in mid June, is the band’s fourth release, sonically guided by the production genius Brian Eno. The band talk you through the album, track by track. Here's Life In Technicolor and Death And All His Friends:   Life In Technicolor: Glorious instrumental. Originally a full song with lyrics, but when described by a stranger as an

Play.com have posted a new video interview with Coldplay online, in which the background music is the studio version of Lost! - track three on the new album.   You can watch the video here [thanks - DAN -]   Coldplay return with Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, an album that sees the band emerge from the success of 2005's 'X&Y' with the same hunger that has gained them global success ever since 2000's 'Parachutes'. Lead single 'Violet Hill' contains trade mark catchy piano hooks, a

Coldplay’s video for “Violet Hill,” the first single from the band’s upcoming album, Viva La Vida, has been added to the highest rotations at MTV (Big 10), VH1 (large), MTV2 (Elite 8), mtvU (summa cum laude) and MTV Hits (Power). It will be the first video ever to receive a simultaneous premiere on MTV, VH1 and The N.   Lensed by acclaimed director/visual artist Asa Mader, “Violet Hill” premieres on VH1, MTV2, MTV Hits, mtvU, MTV Tr3s and The N on Monday, May 19th, and on MTV’s “TRL” on Wednesda

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland were interviewed by WXRT (Chicago radio) about the new album. The interview aired online in two segments on May 15th. Here is an excerpt from the interview:   Chris: I think Jonny was sick of hearing the sound of a piano everywhere so he decided to raise his musical middle finger to his own singer. Am I right in saying that Jon? Jonny: uh...I don't think you're completely right Chris: But I'm quite right though Jonny: No, I don't think so Chris: You're saying I'm

The first leg of the band's world tour officially kicks off July 2 in Washington, DC, and currently encompasses nearly 30 dates across the US and Canada through November.   In the midst of the trek, Coldplay will jet to Japan Aug. 9-10 for the Summer Sonic Festival. Last month, Coldplay announced it would play a free show at New York City's Madison Square Garden June 23 to preview "Viva la Vida." Hopeful concert-goers can sign up at the band's website to win tickets, and one lucky fan will also

Coldplay have posted a satirical politically-charged video on their official YouTube channel, entitled Dancing Politicians. The video is directed by Mat Whitecross who also directed Bigger Stronger. The real video to Coldplay’s new single Violet Hill will officially be available from Monday 19th May shortly after 11am (GMT).   Don't forget, Coldplay will perform “Violet Hill” at the “2008 MTV Movie Awards,” which airs live on June 1st at 8:00pm/7c from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City,

Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue’s contribution to Coldplay's new album has not been featured in their new album. It was left out because lead singer Chris Martin decided that it did not fit the mood of the album, thesun.co.uk reports.   Martin said: “Kylie is awesome. She’s like ‘Girls Aloud’ rolled into one. I took apart the song she did with us, like a Corby trouser press.”   The bassist added that the album is somewhat political. “There’s this slightly anti-authoritarian viewpoint that’s

Coldplay have two new entries in this week's US singles top 40 charts. The title track 'Viva La Vida' signs in at 15, becoming the highest new entry of the week, while 'Violet Hill' debuts at 40.   Coldplay's album "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" recently went up for pre-order from Apple's iTunes store, and those who made the pledge for the album got immediate access to the title track. Viva La Vida (individual track), is now available for purchase on iTunes at a price of €0.99. The

In a brave move, Coldplay have gone down the mobile path to release their latest album.   It's a sign of the times. With digital sales escalating and CD sales dropping, artists are increasingly having to come up with new and interesting ways to hone in on music sales. Coldplay's much-anticipated single Violet Hill along with their album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends will be released via mobile phones.   3 mobile customers will be the first in Australia to get exclusive mobile access

The first leg of the band's world tour officially kicks off July 2 in Washington, DC, and currently encompasses nearly 30 dates across the US and Canada through November.   In the midst of the trek, Coldplay will jet to Japan Aug. 9-10 for the Summer Sonic Festival. Last month, Coldplay announced it would play a free show at New York City's Madison Square Garden June 23 to preview "Viva la Vida." Hopeful concert-goers can sign up at the band's website to win tickets, and one lucky fan will also

Forget “pay what you want.” The new model for the music industry may be “pay it forward.”   Coldplay has become the latest band to discover that giving away your music - even a little bit for a little time - may, in the long run, end up being worth more than the conventional model of only selling it.   To drum up publicity for its new single, “Violet Hill,” which was released last week, the band decided to give it away for a week on its Web site as a free download. On the first day it was avail