Coldplay News

We're close to hitting 1,000 votes for our latest poll, in which we asked you to rate 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' as an album title for Coldplay's LP4. So far the results are as follows (below). You can continue to add to the results by voting here.   Coldplay hope to continue the success of their first three albums. Parachutes, the band’s first album, sold 9.5 million records. A Rush of Blood to the Head upped the ante set by the band’s debut, by selling 11 million copies. X&

Rolling Stone have summarised their Coldplay reports today. Here's what they told us:   Coldplay revealed to us that the title of their new album was Viva la Vida, which you all found to be amusing. Chris Martin and Co. later changed the album title to Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends, which you all still found to be amusing. We also went inside the studio with the band to hear and preview their opus.   Amazon have updated their product page for Coldplay's new album. You can pre-order t

On a Saturday night in late February, Coldplay are in their North London headquarters, listening to mixes of new songs. After spending months writing and recording with producer Brian Eno, the band is now painstakingly wrapping up its fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends. A few weeks ago, Eno jetted off to work on U2’s new disc, leaving Coldplay to mix, record overdubs and argue over which tracks to include. “I heard a Bono quote once that said, ‘Bands shouldn’t break up over

Coldplay fans around the world are getting used to the new album title 'Viva la Vida Or Death And All His Friends'. Early poll indications suggest that it has been well received, certainly better than 'Viva la Vida' on its own.   To add your vote, click here   A full report from Coldplay’s studio sessions for 'Viva la Vida Or Death And All His Friends', is expected at end of the week and may contain a tracklisting and dates for a possible single release or standalone track. Meanwhile, if you ar

'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends' is confimed as the new Coldplay album title.   Prospekt has updated the new entry today on coldplay.com and has added quotes around BOTH titles which suggests that the title is "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends", following the strong possibility that their original post was misinterpreted.   What do you think of 'Viva la Vida Or Death And All His Friends'? You can now discuss the real title of the album in the forums here [thanks BostonSportsT

Check out the 2008 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Portland, Maine March 19, 2008 Album should be finished by the end of the week. I'll write up a tracklisting once we've finally decided what it's going to be. Prospekt. PS - The actual title of the album is... 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends' We're finalising the tracklisting today.    

We've been asking you what you think of Coldplay's latest album title, Viva la Vida. So far we've had hundreds of votes and counting, and there have been mixed results, both on the poll below and on the forums. There have been plenty of interesting comments. Some of them are below:     I personally love Viva La Vida. To be honest, WHATEVER it was called someone would have hated it and said it's cheesy [thanks Fixed]   It reminds me of Live's 5th album...Ed Kowalczyk wanted to call it 'Ecstatic

At the UKMIX site's latest UK album/single release schedule, which appears to be usually quite accurate, Coldplay's first single will be '42'.   No date is given for the release but it is beyond the week of 19th May 2008, which ties in with the release of the new album 'Viva la Vida' on 16th June.   More on this here [thanks DefDazz]  

Coldplay may have decided on 'Viva la Vida' for the name for the fourth album as far back as March 2007, Coldplaying.com can reveal.   'Viva La Vida' can have different meanings, and is translated into various phrases, depending on the language and culture. The first meaning that comes to mind of any Spanish speaker when hearing "Viva la Vida" is 'Live Life' or 'Live The Life'. A reverse translation of 'Long Live Life' would be 'La Vida Vive', or 'the life lives on'.   But for those born and rai

Coldplay’s fourth album, due out on June 16th [uK], June 17th [uS], will be called Viva la Vida.   Singer Chris Martin chose it after seeing the phrase, which means “long live life,” on a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who endured polio, a broken spine, and chronic pain for decades. “She went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said ‘Viva la Vida,’” says Martin. “I just loved the boldness of it.”   Of course, Frida Kahlo will not be th

Four more screenshots from Coldplay's new website have been revealed today, which you can see here [thanks BigFatNoises]   In them, they have added a link to their Bebo site (now owned by AOL by the way) and also a short description of their 'Coldplayer Widget', which can be added to external websites to get the latest Coldplay news and information direct from the site. The tour dates revealed yesterday remain unchanged.   We are now rotating new Coldplaying.com banners based on the new designs

Check out the 2000 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Pilton Fete 2000 (1st Sept) The Pilton Fete is Michael & Emily Eavis's thankyou to the village for letting millions of people trample all over at Glastonbury time. Jay Z is playing Glastonbury this year (2008) and I think that's the best idea since Radiohead in 1997. Anyway we played the fete and we were not too shit. CM   More on this star here onwards [thanks Stefan-C8]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates,

Check out the 2008 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Coldplay - Pemberton Festival! July 27 - Pemberton, BC On sale Friday, March 28 at pembertonfestival.com   More on this star here onwards [thanks Stefan-C8]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay    

New images of Coldplay's new website have surfaced via their official web designers, SlenderFungus.com. In them, are confirmation that the album title has already been announced, as well a forthcoming signed Lithograph competition.   There is reference to lyrics from Yes! and image references to Death And All His Friends, Chinese Sleep Chant, and 'Viva La Vida' which was part of the short film previously seen during Coldplay's chronology timeline. There is also an article awaiting us from Chris

From this week’s NME:   Have you launched a new era of contemporary stadium rock?   [Matt Bellamy] “I hope there’ll be other bands coming through that’ll play large concerts. The old-school ’80s bands like Bon Jovi and U2 seem to be dominating that area and I think it’s time some other bands came through and had a go. I’m sure Coldplay will have a go when they come back, and there should be other bands coming through who can do this kind of thing…”   From The Daily Telegraph:   Being involved in

Coldplay's LP4 now has a release date of 16th June 2008, according to HMV's online catalogue. It was previously advertised as 19th May.   ----------------------- Hi, You asked us to let you know when Coldplay : Prospekt was ready to pre-order. Good news! Coldplay : Prospekt has just been added to our catalogue, so you can be the first to get your order in now. Coldplay : Prospekt CD £8.99 Free Delivery Release date: 16-6-2008 Number of Discs: 1 Catalogue Number: PRERELCD Label: PARLOPHONE --

Coldplay are today reportedly being paid a whopping £1.2million ($2.4million) to play the Summer Sonic festival in Japan later this year. If they gig for 75 minutes on both nights, they will trouser a jaw-dropping £8,000 ($16,200) a minute.   News of their payday has been spreading around the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. One industry insider there said: “They say there is no money left in the industry but this shows the cash is still there for the top acts. It’s like football or

Billboard.com has learned that Coldplay, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jay-Z and Nine Inch Nails will headline the first-ever Pemberton Festival, set for July 25-27 in Pemberton, B.C.   The festival is produced by Live Nation and Good Boy Productions. Live Nation Canada CEO Shane Bourbonnais will spearhead LN's efforts on the event. Good Boy Productions is a joint venture between Coldplay manager Dave Holmes and Depeche Mode manager Jonathan Kessler.   Also on the bill are My Morning Jacket

Check out the 2006 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Talk Remix by Stuart Price (The thin white duke) This is a wierd song for us, why I don't know... but we like the remix much better. Also Stuart's remix of Mr Brightside is just about the best thing ever. CM   More on this star here onwards [thanks 15simon]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay    

...from the new issue of Q magazine:   Q: In the past, you've baulked at the 'elder statesman of rock' tag.   MS: It just doesn't feel really appropriate to me. Or deserved. I don't think in terms of that. Y'know, Chris Martin is a great friend of mine and I think of him as a contemporary. We do the same thing. I don't think of him as someone who is...I don't even know how old he is. [Thinks] He's...31? He's...30. Which makes 18 years between us. But I don't think about it. Does the make me hope

All three Coldplay albums are featured in the UK's top 20 biggest selling albums of the 21st century. A Rush Of Blood To The Head is 7th, X&Y is 9th, and Parachutes is 12th. You can discuss this news here. The blurb is as follows:   7 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD – COLDPLAY Coldplay’s 2000 debut Parachutes was one of the most impressive ever, spinning off the hits Shiver, Yellow and Trouble, and selling nearly 2.4m copies. The anticipation of follow-up A Rush Of Blood To The Head was intensi

Coldplay have switched their Summer Sonic tour dates around. The new dates are as follows:   August 9th, Osaka, Maishima August 10th, Tokyo, Marine Stadium   Tickets on sale May 24th. More on Coldplay at Summer Sonic here [thanks fix_the_scientist & mimixxx]  

We're still looking for that elusive new album release date and new summer tour dates for both Europe and the US. All the dates this time round can be compared to 6/6/05, which of course was when X&Y was let loose.   Here are just a few important dates from three years ago. By this time in 2005 Coldplay had announced all their summer tour dates and had already played a secret gig in London, and were half way through their set at The Troubadour. And that was all for a June 6th release.   Cold

Check out the 2004 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   In 'Shaun Of The Dead' - 9/4/04 Will had turned into a zombie so Chris and I decided to do an interview to raise awareness. Guy didn’t turn up… (JMB)   More on this star here onwards [thanks kmm1482 & mimixxx]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

Check out the 2004 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   10 December 2004 - Garden State "Don't Panic" It's not that often that I find myself listening to movie soundtracks but this one was so great and it was a great film. Zach Braff is a talented man and a lovely chap. Our songs aren't on many films but it was an honour to be in this one. Also it might be the only time we get to be on an album with Nick Drake. WC x   More on this star here onwards [thanks kmm1482 & mimixxx]   Read the