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Storytellers: Coldplay Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the melodic rockers present a night of storytelling and music. They perform and reveal the inspiration behind hits such as Clocks, Yellow, The Scientist, In My Place, Fix You, Speed of Sound, and Til Kingdom Come, the song they wrote for Johnny Cash   Tuesday 29th January at 18:00 on Biography   Mad For Music Five-part series telling the story of how music has played an important part in the lives of five people dealing with menta

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From Coldplay.com:   To celebrate the release of our album in the UK today, we're doing a bunch of BBC radio interviews which we thought you folks might like to know about. First up, we're on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show from 12noon today, which you can listen to online here. Then, we're off to Radio 2 to appear on Steve Wright's show, which you can hear here from 2pm. Finally for today, we'll be on Radio 4's Front Row programme from 7.15pm tonight, here.   Then tomorrow, we're on Steve Lamacq's BBC

Coldplay's UK arena tour 2008 may be a distant memory, but new photos of various concerts have been published online by photographer Peter Hill.   A few of his photos are below, to see them all visit his website here. The photos are from the following venues: Sheffield Arena, Birmingham NIA (x3), Liverpool Echo Arena, Glasgow SECC (x2) and the London O2 Arena.    

Coldplay's UK tour has sold out within minutes of going on general sale.   Pandemonium hit ticket outlets as switchboards were jammed and websites were forced to shut down, as demand for tickets outstripped supply.   If you are still looking for tickets for the London, Newcastle and Manchester shows, click on the google ads on this page or here for details of tickets still on sale for all venues.

Tickets for Coldplay’s winter UK tour have gone on sale this morning (May 30th) and more dates have already been added. The band's UK dates – their first for three years – begin with three nights at the NIA in Birmingham on December 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The tour will also take in shows in Glasgow, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester and London (third date added on 16th December). Due to overwhelming demand a second date in Belfast (19th Dec) has also been added after tickets for the first date at the

Coldplay (Music) Killer Album. The essential tracks from an all time classic album. Starting: 14:00 on Monday 12th December. Duration: 15 minutes Showing on Q.   Coldplay (Music) Starting: 14:00 on Thursday 15th December. Duration: 15 minutes Showing on Q.   CD:UK (Music) Lauren Laverne, Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts present the music chart show, with performances from Coldplay and Westlife. Starting: 11:30 on Saturday 17th December. Duration: 1 hour Showing on ITV1   Storytellers (Music) Weeks

Top of The Pops Christmas Special (Music) Starting: 14:00 on Sunday 25th December. Duration: 1 hour Showing on BBC 1.   Coldplay (Music) Starting: 15:00 on Sunday 25th December. Duration: 1 hour Showing on VH2.   Coldplay (Music) Starting: 11:00 on Monday 26th December. Duration: 1 hour Showing on VH2.   Top Tunes of 2005 (Entertainment) Starting: 23:00 on Monday 26th December. Duration: 1 hour Showing on The Music Factory.   Coldplay Live (Music) Starting: 00:00 on Tuesday 27th December. Durat

Coldplay (Music) Starting: 18:00 on Wednesday 25th January. Duration: 30 minutes Showing on Biography Channel.   Coldplay: MTV Live (Music) Starting: 20:00 on Wednesday 25th January. Duration: 1 hour Showing on MTV Hits.   Coldplay (Music) Starting: 00:00 on Thursday 26th January. Duration: 30 minutes Showing on Biography Channel.   Coldplay (Music) Starting: 09:00 on Thursday 26th January. Duration: 30 minutes Showing on Biography Channel.   Coldplay Vs. Keane (Music) Starting: 09:

Coldplay (Music) Starting: 12:00 on Saturday 31st December. Duration: 30 minutes Showing on Q.   Coldplay: MTV Live (Music) Starting: 19:00 on Saturday 31st December. Duration: 30 minutes Showing on MTV UK.   The Essential Tracks of 2005 (Music)   VH2 brings you the pick of this year’s songs, featuring the likes of Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis and more.   Starting: 12:00 on Sunday 1st January. Duration: 4 hours and 30 minutes Showing on VH2.   Coldplay (Music

This just in from Coldplay.com:   Good morning. We have a few upcoming television performances to tell our UK-based readers about. They are as follows...   Tonight: Performance on Later with Jools Holland on BBC2 at 10pm (2 songs) Oct 10th: Performance on Later with Jools Holland on BBC2 at 10.10pm (more than 2 songs) Nov 13th - Performance of Lost! on 4Music, time tbc (repeated on Channel 4's T4 on Nov 15th and 16th) Nov 20th - Coldplay Special on 4Music, time tbc (repeated on Channel 4's T4 o

From Coldplay.com:   Good afternoon. Those of you in the United Kingdom and Europe may be interested to know that a second Coldplay e-shop opened for business today, dedicated to you. Check it out for all your merch needs, including Coldplay grandfather clocks, Coldplay tractors and Coldplay T-shirts*. The existing shop also remains open, serving those of you from the USA and the rest of world.   Click here to enter what you might call the shop foyer, then take your geographical pick.   Anchorm

'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

Coldplay have finally announced the full official tracklisting for their hugely anticipated new album, X&Y and have also given fans a look at what the album artwork will look like.   As previously reported, Coldplay will be releasing the follow up to 2002's 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', album, entitled 'X&Y' on June 6 on Parlophone Records.   Now the band have confirmed the full running order for the 12-track record. It differs from the rumoured running orders that have been circulating

Coldplay have announced the details of their forthcoming single 'Fix You'.   The single will be available in two formats, and will be available from September 5th. An enhanced CD will feature the B-sides 'Poor Me' recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, 'The World Turned' and the video for 'Fix You'. They will also put out a 7 inch vinyl, which will include 'The World Turned' on the B side.   The band recently announced a European tour, where visits to Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Italy and France a

Chris Martin tells Q about the new Coldplay songs we can expect to hear at the festival. "It's all we've been talking about for a year," says Coldplay’s Chris Martin about the band’s headlining slot at the Pyramid Stage on Friday night.   "This concert for us has been the motivation for everything we've been trying to do. It's the most important evening of our lives."   Is he getting over-excited? Not necessarily, because for Martin, Coldplay’s appearance at Glastonbury is the latest in a long l

Coldplay has been nominated for best act in the world today. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Radiohead, U2 and Outkast are also up for the award.   In 2002, Coldplay won the Best Album award for 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head'. Chris Martin picked up the award, adding that he had about twelve bowls of Coco Pops to settle his nerves before attending the show.   The Q Awards take place in London on October 4th. More details hereScottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have been nominated for four more gong

Coldplay, the Gorillaz and Natasha Bedingfield are among the nominees for this year's BT Digital Music Awards (DMAs).   The annual event for UK-signed artists recognizes cutting-edge music entertainment delivered through the latest digital technology.   Thirteen of the 18 DMA award winners are decided by fans, who cast their votes online.   Coldplay is nominated for three awards including Best Rock Artist, Best Music Community, and Best Single for "Speed of Sound."   In the Best Single categor

Music fans to help decide who wins online gongs   Coldplay, Radiohead and Bloc Party have received multiple nominations for this year's BT Digital Music Awards, NME report today. Coldplay are up for Best Indie/Rock Act and Artist Of The Year. You can vote here. You can also vote for Coldplaying.com in the Best Unofficial Music Site category here. Voting is limited to once per day.   Taking place on October 1 at London's Roundhouse, the awards focus on digital music entertainment, with online mus

Coldplay's latest hit is an ode to the assets of Mariah Carey. Except you would have had to have been at the China Club on Thursday to hear its one-off performance.   Chris Martin's band was giving a private concert for winners of a contest sponsored by radio station WPLJ, when he was asked about the competition between Coldplay's "X&Y" and Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" for biggest-selling album of 2005. When WPLJ reporter Brad Blanks asked Martin how he felt about having Mariah on his

Coldplay are currently in the U.S for a week of appearances, report coldplay.com.   They will perform on NBC's Conan O' Brien show tonight (7th December) at 11.35© and 12.35 (E). Conan's official website can be found by clicking here   As previously reported, on Sunday 11th Dec they will appear at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show. This is now a sold out event, but there are chances to win tickets. Click here for more details.   Monday 12th Dec sees the band perform on NBC's Jay Leno show

Today is an exciting day for Coldplay fans around the globe; not only have they confirmed free shows in London and New York, but they’ve also unveiled the album artwork to ‘Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends.’   The band have used a classic painting by French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix from 1830 called ‘Liberty Leading The People’ (La Liberté guidant le people). It depicts the a woman personifying Liberty in the French Revolution leading the army in their march over dead bodies ho

Forget Aleister Crowley and his tarot pack, this set of cards devised by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt has been a bigger source of inspiration to frustrated musicians. They are the most famous of Brian Eno's dadaist mind games with music production.   The original (Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas), was a set of cards created by Eno and his painter friend Peter Schmidt, and published as a signed limited edition in 1975. On each card is printed an (often quite abstract) instruction, which is

Listening to the reaction of teens who had attended a screening of Oliver Stone’s new “World Trade Center” movie, Paramount Pictures officials decided to make TV ads just for them.   The promos feature music from rock group Coldplay to get their attention, and have a slogan that relates the Sept. 11 terror attacks to their own lives.   “Every generation has a defining moment,” a voiceover in the ads intones. “This was ours,” words on the screen say.The film - opening nationwide tomorrow - recoun

Forget the album charts or the hard fought ‘Biggest Band In The World’ title, some of the world’s most famous musicians, including Thom Yorke, Chris Martin and Anthony Kiedis, are up against each other for the title of World's Sexiest Vegetarian.   Oh yes, this is the poll the world’s biggest acts have been waiting for. Forget about creating a truly legendary and emotionally resonant album attempting to publicise the plight of the world’s starving millions in the medium of song, as PETA (People