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Fuji pictures & setlist.   A massive music festival that has been likened to an Asian Woodstock kicked off Friday at Japan's Naeba Ski Resort.   This year's edition of the annual Fuji Rock Festival is being touted as the best yet, with nearly 200 musical acts from around the world set to perform on 10 different stages during the three-day event. The lineup – the most star-studded in the festival's history – includes both international acts as well as Japanese, Chinese and South Korean artis

Speculation is mounting down under that veteran Aussie promoters Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg are co-ordinating simultaneous stadium concerts in support of the country's bushfire and flood appeals.   Word is that the 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground and the 45,000-plus capacity Sydney Cricket Ground will host concerts on March 14, while unconfirmed reports suggest the likes of Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, Jimmy Barnes, the Veronicas and a reunited Midnight Oil could be a

Coldplay and Gorillaz lead the nominations list for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 with five each. The 12th annual event will be held Nov. 3 in Lisbon and will be broadcast live on MTV in Europe and the United States. Other acts with multiple nominations include Gwen Stefani with four and 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Green Day, U2 and James Blunt with three.   Coldplay is named in the best group, best rock act, best song ("Speed of Sound") best album ("X&Y") and best U.K. & Ireland act categor

It might not mean another British pop invasion, but England is swinging these days more than it has in years with world-beating acts including Coldplay, Gorillaz, Kaiser Chiefs, Girls Aloud, balladeer James Blunt and the hot new band Arctic Monkeys.   Rock elders Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Oasis still record and tour with enormous success but the vibrant pop scene is embracing a wide range of new acts, even those from across the Atlantic such as Scissor Sisters, the Killers and Arcad

Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends was the best-selling rock album of 2008, according to Billboard's year-end survey.   The British band's fourth studio effort sold 2.15 million copies and finished second overall only to rapper Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, which moved 2.88 million copies to land in the top spot. The next biggest-selling rock release was Kid Rock's 2007 outing, Rock 'n'Roll Jesus, which finished the year at Number Four with more than two million copies sold, desp

It's been quite a day for rather unique news stories. It seems like just about every major artist has chosen April 1 as the day to foist major announcements upon the world. It's almost as if they were playing some sort of elaborate joke or something.   Coldplay took to their site to let it be known that they plan to record their next album not in a traditional studio, but on a modified Boeing 727 aircraft, in zero gravity. "Later this year, the band will board a modified Boeing, which can provid

Four of the five biggest selling albums of 2008 so far have been recorded by British artists, new figures show.   Amy Winehouse tops the list with 'Back To Black', which has sold a total of 3.67million copies in the last six months. The album, which was originally released at the end of 2006, has sold nearly 10million copies worldwide.   Second in the list are Coldplay with 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends', which has already sold 2.67millions copies since it was released last month.

Despite their singles being released a good two days before; bookies still have the X-Factor winner as their favourite to get the infamous Christmas number one spot.   Amongst other releases Mary J. Blige returns with the smooth Be With you, Coldplay release Talk [pictured] and Eminem’s massive When I’m Gone is also on shelves. Will those chart veterans be strong enough to deny the X-Factor winner his debut (Christmas) number one, we don’t know. Tomorrow the shops will be selling Shayne’s hurrie

Since 2002 Coldplay have been global ambassadors for the Make Trade Fair campaign and one of Oxfam's biggest supporters.   They have helped Oxfam to campaign at their concerts all over the world and continued to support the campaign as as they rose to worldwide fame.   Chris Martin and other members of the band have traveled to Mexico, Ghana, and Haiti to meet farmers and see how unfair trade rules affect those in developing countries. The band also traveled to Cancun, Mexico to lobby world lea

Next year's Glastonbury Festival is still over six months away, but already the rumor mill is buzzing about potential headliners. Three big names are being bandied about: Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and the reunited Blur, reports Music Radar.   Current speculation is that Coldplay would headline the Pyramid Stage on Friday 24 June, with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - a longtime 'must-get' for festival organizer Michael Eavis - topping the bill on Saturday night and Blur - whose big

Coldplay, Pearl Jam, U2, and R.E.M. are among the artists donating tracks to a new benefit album for Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese humanitarian, pro-democracy leader.   The new album, snappily entitled ‘For the Lady: Dedicated to Freeing Aung San Suu Kyi and the Courageous People of Burma’ has been arranged to raise awareness of Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been imprisoned (many times) by the Burmese government.   The record features previously released songs by Co

More of music's biggest acts, including U2, Coldplay, Beck, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, have been added to MTV, VH1 and CMT's disaster-relief special, "ReAct Now: Music & Relief."   Norah Jones, Bon Jovi, Fiona Apple, Elton John, Jewel, Jon Stewart, George Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Big & Rich, Hank Williams Jr., Emmylou Harris, Buckwheat Zydeco, Sugarland, Allen Toussaint and Chris Thomas King have also been added to the show, which will air Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. (Due to the

Coldplay won't play any new material at their summer headline festival slots, reports are suggesting today. The band are booked to headline 15 major events including Glastonbury and T In The Park, but it’s all come too soon to promote their long-awaited fifth album. You can discuss this latest news now at the Coldplay forum [thanks coldplayisawesome]   Coldplay, who are due to put out their long-awaited fifth studio album later this year, are said to be holding off on performing any new material

Chris Martin and co talk about their new songs   Coldplay have revealed that their new album, currently being recorded by the band in Barcelona, has a "Hispanic theme". Writing on their website blog, the band sent an update from their sessions which have moved from inital recordings in London to Spain.   "The sights, sounds and flavours of Latin America and Spain have definitely been infused on this album. The band visited Argnentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico earlier this year," they explained.

NME have posted a recap of yesterday's article on Coldplay's drummer Will Champion denying that the band have ripped off any other artists for their music, following Yusuf Islam's (formerly known as Cat Stevens - pictured) suggestion that they ripped off his song 'Foreigner Suite' for their own hit 'Viva La Vida'.   Furthermore, Coldplay are being sued by guitarist Joe Satriani, who has accused them of plagiarising his song 'If I Could Fly' for the song. However, Champion has insisted that the b

Coldplay have given a rare insight into the democracy at work within their band - revealing that they were deeply split over the offer to play The X-Factor, according to the Q Magazine, who will publish a new Coldplay article in their Q306 edition that is out tomorrow (29th November). Speaking for an exclusive cover story interview in their new issue that hits UK newsstands on Tuesday, Chris Martin explained how the band come to their decisions. [Full discussion on this new show is at the Coldpl

Coldplay's Chris Martin has told NME that the band are striving to write their "masterpiece" with the follow-up to 2008's 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Jady]   The frontman, speaking in the new issue of NME, on UK newsstands today (January 12), or available digitally, spoke about new songs including 'Princess Of China' and 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall', before admitting that he thinks the band can better their previous

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

Chris Martin has admitted the song 'Fix You' on the group's new album is a copy of Elbow's track Grace Under Pressure   The group has already confessed their new disc X&Y is heavily influenced by electronic stars Kraftwerk, with Jonny Buckland saying, "We've never so directly stolen off anyone before. We've never paid for our plagiarism."   Martin has warned fans Fix You will sound very similar to those who have listened to British band Elbow's 2003 album Cast Of Thousands.   He says, "Fix Y

Coldplay after their visit to Chile: we'll be back with a massive show"   In a meeting with the press Coldplay thanked their Chilean fans and told why they didn't show any new songs in their concerts. Coldplay is not a band of lots of risks... in their music or their words.   "What do you think about the chilean public?" asked in a meeting with the press, yesterday in the Hyatt Hotel. "Fantastic, we're used to a lot more disgusting, this have been really great" Says Chris Martin, the frontman of

Coldplay have ruled out the possibility of playing a triumphant stadium tour when they return to their native England, because they first want to master anthemic rock in the same vein as Bon Jovi.   They feel their sound is not yet big enough to fill huge, open-air venues - despite delivering a highly-acclaimed performance at the London leg of Live 8 earlier this month.   Chris Martin is quoted as saying, "I think all of us feel like when we next come to England - when we next come home - we onl

World Cafe, August 8, 2008 - One of the most successful and popular bands of the decade, Coldplay made a name for itself with a string of introspective pop hits.   But its new album marks a step in a different direction. With Viva La Vida, Coldplay expands its repertoire as Chris Martin's distinctive falsetto coexists with greater orchestration and more varied pop and rock sounds.   Hear the interview with Coldplay here as it stops by WXPN's World Cafe with David Dye. You can discuss this interv

Pictures from the latest Blender magazine, featuring a 2005 music review of Coldplay have been added to the gallery here   More on the scans here [Thanks dajrekshn]

Coldplay isn’t all about Chris Martin as Michael Cheang finds out after chatting with the band's drummer.   When this writer first found out that an exclusive interview with Coldplay in Singapore last week was confirmed, I was ecstatic. I couldn’t wait. Then I found out that I was going to be interviewing not Chris Martin, but the drummer, Will Champion.   Ok, well, that’s like getting to interview the Beatles, but getting Ringo Starr. It’s still not too bad. Well, it turns out that talking to C

From students to superstars in 15 magnificent steps. Review/Article of Coldplay’s Singles boxset 1999-2006 from Q Magazine May 2007.       [Thanks to Nettie for the scans]