Coldplay News

Planetrock.com.au sat down for an exclusive interview with Coldplay's Will Champion and Guy Berryman.Stay tuned for the full video interview, but they've given us a little taster to keep you going - Will and Guy discuss Coldplay's brand new single 'Violet Hill': here [Thanks Gary]   Meanwhile, Take 40's UK correspondent caught up with a couple of the boys from Coldplay recently as they geared up to release their new single 'Violet Hill'. We'll have the full interview online for you in the coming

Blender magazine is giving you the opportunity to ask Coldplay's Chris Martin any question you want. Look for the answer in a future issue of Blender. You can submit your question here   Don't forget, following news that Coldplay will be performing on Today on June 27th 2008, the show has announced that they will be airing questions fired to the band. You can now submit your questions online here.   Curious about the meaning behind their new album? Do you wonder what they do before a show? E-mai

Check out the 2008 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends is now available to pre-order from iTunes Stores worldwide. What's more, anyone who pre-orders will be able to download the album's title track, Viva La Vida, immediately.   More on this star here onwards [thanks Lore]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

So far... 4% of the puzzle has been unlocked.   Keep up with progress here. No idea what we're talking about? Then click here [thanks ravrat, Jpw48, Zemy101 & BostonSportsTD].   We have unlocked the following pictures (in order): 1. Reign Of Love & 2. Cemeteries Of London     P.S. Those who have seen and/or heard 'Life In Technicolor' please keep it to yourself until it's been officially unlocked... thanks!

This week's edition of NME is now available, and with it Coldplay's vinyl 7" single. Here's a excerpt from the magazine article:   Chris Martin said the sales figures for their first three albums can't be topped, so the group decided that they didn't need to make "big songs" on Viva La Vida.   "We thought, 'We can't possibly get any bigger, let's just get better," Martin told NME. "We're actually a bit scared because we've taken the safety off this time. It's not like we've got any songs on the

Coldplay and ESPN have signed a marketing deal that will have the rock band promoting soccer and the sports network promoting the band's new album.   The marketing campaign announced Wednesday will use Coldplay's music in promotions for ESPN's coverage of the Euro 2008 soccer tournament, which is scheduled for June 7-29 in Austria and Switzerland. ESPN has also agreed to incorporate music from Coldplay's new release, "Viva La Vida," into game and studio production. The CD is due out June 12.  

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" recently went up from pre-order from Apple's iTunes store, and those who make the pledge for the album will get 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 new album comes with an acoustic version of the new song "Lost!" When you pre-order, the title track will download immediately and you'll receive an additional acoustic version of "Lovers In Japan

Triple M (Melbourne) has an exclusive interview with Coldplay, to talk to them about the new album Viva La Vida. Soon you will be able to see the exclusive video interview, but for now here's a sneak peak with some audio and photos.   Download the interview here and here [right click, save target as]   More on this story here [thanks be my green eyes & eFlat]  

Last week’s phenomenally successful free single download was just the start, claim Coldplay management and label.   Coldplay have not finished with surprises in the run-up to the release of Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, with a “significant major initiative” planned around another single [42 maybe?] taken from the album on May 21. With the band recording additional material that did not make the album’s final cut, Parlophone is also promising a treat for fans, with a number of other

Free with this week's issue of NME magazine comes a 7" single and a stunning new track from Coldplay. Featuring 'Violet Hill' from the forthcoming album 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends', plus the never-heard-before (until-yesterday) track 'A Spell A Rebel Yell', the vinyl release is a world exclusive.   See this week's NME magazine for the first new interview with Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland, plus the iconic new photo shoot done by NME with all four band members. Just to

Coldplay will announce a new marketing campaign later this month, which their manager says will have “a huge global reach”. Dave Holmes, the band’s long time partner, said the idea was “pretty significant” and that he couldn’t “afford to have it get out.”   Holmes’ announcement comes after it was revealed that the band’s new single ‘Violet Hill’ was downloaded 2 million times for free from their website. The single, which has now been released as a paid-for digital-download, was available to dow

2 million people downloaded Coldplay’s new single ‘Violet Hill’ while it was available as a free download, it's been revealed.   The song, which is the first off the band’s new album ‘Viva La Vida’, was uploaded onto the band’s website last Tuesday (April 29th). Had the song been chart eligible it would have outsold last week’s Top-40 four times over. The song, which was released officially on digital-download today (May 5th), is no longer available to download for free.   As previously reported

Coldplay's new vinyl single B-side song 'A Spell A Rebel Yell' will get its debut play on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio One tonight, from 7pm (BST), according to the station, and The Sun. More on this here onwards [thanks Vector]   As far as I can see All time and circuitry Is wrong   As far as poetry Sit down and sing to me A song   It's/Cos' all I want in this world All I want in this world Is for you to come home   A spell a rebel yell A spell   Soldier come home to me You've been away from

US visits to Coldplay.com increased 1,800% since the band's new single, Violet Hill, was released for free online, Hitwise said after comparing the daily US visits for April 29, 2008 versus April 27, 2008, MarketingCharts reports.   On April 29, 2008, the day the single was released on Coldplay.com, the website ranked as the most visited website among the Bands and Artists category. A little more than 1 out of every 40 visits to Bands and Artists category went to Coldplay's website.   Two days

Radiotimes.com has announced an exclusive broadcast of Coldplay's new video for the forthcoming single, Violet Hill. It will be broadcast on UK's Channel 4 on May 13 at 11.05pm.   Coldplay recently arrived in Sicily, Italy to shoot the video for the first single, Violet Hill, taken from Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. It was originally thought that only 'Prospekt' was present in Italy, but Italian media has confirmed that it was the whole band, ready to film a video for the first sing

The Los Angeles Times has posted an interesting article, using Violet Hill as a starting point for comparisons between Coldplay and U2. Here's what they wrote:   In their most starry-eyed moments, partisans of Coldplay have envisioned the English band as a potential successor to U2's throne. Well, the group has taken at least a small step in that direction. Its new album "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends," which comes out June 17, was co-produced by Brian Eno, a principal player in U2's

Carl Barat has criticised the decision by Coldplay this week to release their new single for free online.   'Violet Hill' has been available to download completely free from Tuesday at coldplay.com, and will be withdrawn on Tuesday, when it goes on general sale. The band had hoped following in the footsteps of Radiohead and Nine inch Nails, both of whom released music for free in recent months, would drum up interest in their forthcoming fourth album 'Vida La Vida'. However, Dirty Pretty Things

In this week's NME magazine, Chris Martin talks about the bands new base, where they can avoid the paparazzi he hates. He has revealed that Coldplay have hired a new headquarters for the band, specifically designed to deflect attention from the group and help them avoid photographers.   Shifting topics Martin explained how Coldplay ended up working with the legendary Eno. "It was Brian's idea," he revealed. "I would often meet up with him for tea and start playing tabla machines...and that just

A 30-second clip of the forthcoming promotional song 'A Spell A Rebel Yell' is available online. You can listen to the clip for a limited time here.   The lyrics sung by Chris Martin in the clip are as follows: 'It's far, it's poetry / Sit down and sing to me a song / 'Cause all I want in this world...'   A free Coldplay 7-inch vinyl single will be given away with the issue of NME that comes out on May 7. The vinyl will include 'A Spell A Rebel Yell', and won't be available anywhere else. Kris

What happens when great art mixes with the Google homepage? We discover more Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' artwork, that's what.   iGoogle, the new service from the world's leading search engine, Google, has opened up the world to Coldplay's new artwork for the fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. Included in the images are Cemeteries Of London, Postcards From Far Away, Lost!, Reign Of Love as well as lyrics for some of the new songs.   Below are some newfound captions, but click h

Coldplay’s new single 'Violet Hill' was downloaded for free by over 600,000 people in the 24 hours since it was made available at 12.15pm on Tuesday (April 29).   In the first 12 hours it was downloaded by 300,000. This figure doubled overnight as other countries logged on to Coldplay.com, the source of the free download. The single will be available free for a week and will then be released as a paid-for digital single on May 6.   Meanwhile, Last.fm have been keen to point out that the Coldpla

Chris Martin calls the rapper the best musician on the planet...   Coldplay front man Chris Martin has defended rap star Jay-Z's scheduled appearance at Glastonbury. The choice of Jay-Z as the headliner for the festival has been much criticised - something Martin describes as "embarrassing". Speaking on BBC Radio 1, Martin who has previously worked with Jay-Z said that Coldplay didn't need to headline the festival because Jay-Z was "the best musician on the planet".   "I find it pretty embarrass

Radio 1 have posted online photos of Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland when they popped by with the world exclusive of their new single Violet Hill. They brought in the band's new single personally for its world exclusive on Jo Whiley's mid-morning show. You can see all the pictures here   You can see the exclusive video of Coldplay in the studio, courtesy of Jo Whiley's YouTube channel, here [thanks mimixxx]        

Coldplay Shop in the UK have revealed the full extent of the tracklisting for the new album, 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'. This includes Chinese Sleep Chant and The Escapist.   The album will be available from June 12 in both Gatefold Wallet (limited edition) and Jewelcase Version. The tracklisting is as follows:   More on this here [thanks Stefan-C8]   Tracklisting: 1. Life In Technicolor 2. Cemeteries Of London 3. Lost! 4. 42 5. Lovers In Japan Reign Of Love Lov

Coldplay have revealed that they will play a free gig in Barcelona. Speaking to Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, frontman Chris Martin revealed that the band were set to announce details of the show soon.   Coldplay had recently announced that they would play two free gigs in June, one in New York and one in London around the release of new album 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends'.   "We're doing a concert in Madison Square Garden for free, which no one's ever done before because it costs, lik