Coldplay News

Under New Emi Plans...   EMI will allow its artists, who include Coldplay and Kylie Minogue, to be sponsored by corporate companies, according to reports. The proposals, which could see Coldplay’s new album ‘Prospekt’ released with corporate branding, are expected to feature as part of an extensive shake-up of the company.   Terra Firma, EMI’s new owners, believe the plans would help increase the label’s revenue as it struggles to meet the growth of the digital marketplace. Earlier Today, Guys

Promoters hope so...   Oasis, Coldplay and U2 could all be set for residencies at London’s O2 Arena if the venue get their way.   All three bands are expected to release new albums at some point in 2008 and bookers for the O2 are already said to have made enquiries.   The London Paper reports that Oasis are already in talks about their residency which will follow their seventh studio album in the spring. David Campbell, European Chief Executive of the venue’s promoters AEG, says that all three

XFM and NME are reporting that the new track titles for Coldplay's new album have been leaked online. However their report gives us no new information that Prospekt hasn't already provided. Here is their article:   The names of the tracks that will make up 'Prospekt' have leaked out. There's also a tetative May release date too.   Some online retailers suggest that Coldplay's fourth album, 'Prospekt', will see the light of day in May. This contradicts last week's stories of the band withholding

"Who needs a record company?" That's what essentially what Thom Yorke and his fellow members of Radiohead said last year when they released their path-breaking new album "In Rainbows" on their own after bidding adieu to EMI, the band's longtime record company.   Now another revolt is brewing at EMI. The Times of London reports that EMI recording artist Robbie Williams is withholding his next album to protest cost-cutting by Terra Firma, the British private equity group that bought the London-ba

Coldplay's manager has said the recent changes at EMI could mean the delay of the band's eagerly-awaited fourth album, 'Prospekt'.   Coldplay are said to be upset over the departure of Tony Wadsworth, head of EMI's UK Music Divison, and as a result are now considering their next move.   EMI was recently subject to a £3.2 billion takeover by the financier Terra Firma and thousands of redundancies are expected. Speaking to the Times, Dave Holmes said: "Tony was the reason a lot of bands sigmed to

Robbie Williams is going on strike in protest at the private equity firm that has taken over his record company, as other stars down tools in an artists’ revolt.   Coldplay, one of EMI’s few US chart-toppers, are also prepared to withdraw their labour. Their manager said that the band was considering its options after EMI’s head of music left this week, with thousands more redundancies expected.   The 30-million album selling Coldplay, currently recording new material with Brian Eno, are upset a

Check out the 2000 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   6/7/2000 - First Top Of The Pops We played Yellow for our first appearance on Top Of The Pops. Very exciting for us as we all grew up with the programme. I had lunch next to 'Dot Cotton' from Eastenders in the BBC cafeteria. GB   More on this star here onwards [thanks fixed]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

The Daily Star apologised today for printing “a misleading story” that indicated the band would be leaving EMI, after they had delivered their next studio album, rumoured to be called ‘Prospekt’ and due late 2008. The piece suggested that Coldplay would then follow that up with a ‘Greatest Hits’ LP.   Reports that Coldplay were set to follow Paul McCartney and Radiohead out of the revolving EMI door, have been dismissed as wide of the mark by the label themselves. Yesterday however, NME ran a st

Michael Eavis has been dropping more clues as to who'll be playing Glastonbury, with it now looking very likely that Jay Z could be headlining.   Two bands who definitely won't be playing are Radiohead and Coldplay, who both ruled themselves out following enquiries by Glastonbury's organisers.   Eavis told BBC 6Music: “For one thing, the bands aren’t available. Radiohead are doing their own thing and Coldplay aren’t around this year either. All other regular headliners, they just weren’t there b

Reports that Coldplay are set to leave their record label EMI have been dismissed by a source at the label.   Stories have been appearing yesterday (January 8) suggesting that the band only had one more album to deliver following the release of their next studio album, rumoured to be called ‘Prospekt’ and due out later this year. The stories speculated that a greatest hits collection would follow and then the band would be free agents. However, a source at the label told NME.COM today (January

Friends of Coldplay Debs Wild [pictured] and Danny McNamara are amongst a panel of judges to offer one up-and-coming band or artist the incredible chance to play at the Manchester Arena as the opening act at Versus Cancer.   The winner of each week is voted for by Xfm listeners and announced by Clint Boon on Music Response the following Monday evening from 19:00.   Then a panel of judges (including Hacienda DJ and now Director Of A&R at Sony BMG, Mike Pickering, A&R Director of EMI Publ

Coldplay's new album is available for pre-order on play.com and they have put up a release date of Monday 19th May, 2008.   Have a look for yourself here   More on this here [thanks shesawsparks]

Check out the 2002 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   27/2/02 - First Grammy Awards We were nominated for 3 awards and won 'best alternative' which surprised us as Radiohead and Bjork were also nominated. GB   More on this star here onwards [thanks Lore]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

Coldplay are among the world's most popular artists, according to song recognition service Gracenote, the HeraldSun reports.   Coldplay's 2002 album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, which featured Grammy Award-winning single Clocks, was Australia's second most popular album. Coldplay have also taken the 7th place in the top 10 most digitally downloaded artists in Australia.   Gracenote is an internet-based music recognition service that identifies track names, artists and album titles when music is

Coldplay are the next big-name act expected to join the mounting EMI records exodus.   The quartet’s upcoming fourth album could be their last proper studio effort for the struggling label, who have seen Sir Paul McCartney and Radiohead leave in the past year. Coldplay can fulfill their current five-album deal with EMI /Parlophone by issuing a Best Of collection in 2009, thus making the multi-platinum selling act free agents.   A source close to the band said: “There’s so much uncertainty in the

Coldplay, the Spice Girls and other performers signed to the EMI label will be given the option of broadcasting a live concert to screens in dozens of cities. The format would be used to launch new albums, with fans, media and music executives invited to the screenings and given the option of picking up the CD or film of the concert on their way out of the cinema.   A spokesman for EMI confirmed the plans, adding: "This is part of the process of transforming EMI from a record company to a music

Forget Clocks, Chris Martin gazed into a stopwatch to help him unwind and come up with ideas. The Coldplay legend went into a trance in a bid to make the latest album Prospekt even more successful than the last offering X&Y.   Frontman Chris, who has previously admitted he feels under pressure to produce hit records, sought the help of a hypnotist to ensure new LP 'Prospekt' lives up to success of their last one 'X&Y'. He said: "We feel like we have so much to prove and so many ideas tha

As Coldplay enter the final lap of recording their fourth album, they’re mindful of previous pre-release proclamations of greatness - such as, “Our next album is going to be the greatest piece of music ever made,” uttered by Chris Martin towards the end of the campaign for 2005’s 12 million-selling X&Y.   Flopping onto a sofa in the band’s own North London studio, The Bakery, a twitchy Martin is now hell-bent on, “avoiding hyperbole. We’ll keep it factual.”   The band have been working on X

Virgin media are reporting that Coldplay's LP4 will have a release date of May 2008. Their article reads:   At the start of another year, there's much anticipation about what 2008 will bring to the music scene. Here we look forward to the eagerly-awaited long players from some of the industry's biggest names. Expected: May - Coldplay - (Title TBC): Their first album Parachutes soundtracked virtually every student hall when it was released in 2000, while follow-up A Rush Of Blood To The Head enab

Check out the 2005 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   5th September 2005 - Fix You Video The live portion of this video was filmed at the Reebok Stadium over 2 nights - we played the song twice each night, which wasn’t cool!* *[Yes it was, I was there! - Ian]   You can watch the video here. More on this star here onwards [thanks *Becky*]   Read the full chronology, including all Prospekt updates, at WikiColdplay  

Scans of Coldplay's article in February's edition of Q magazine are up. You can enjoy them in full size here.   Meanwhile in the article Brian Eno has altered Coldplay's approach to making music, encouraging them to consider rhythm, experiment with time signatures and, during one eureka moment, transpose Glass Of Water's piano riff onto three different guitars. "It sounded very African, which we liked," says Guy Berryman.   Brian Eno beavers away on Famous Old Painters, employing a gizmo called

There's an interesting mention of Coldplay today in an article on Italian daily newspaper "La Stampa".   In an interview, promoter Giulio Muttoni talks about the city of Turin as a leading venue for international concerts nationwide, and mentions the artists who will perform in town this year, and plans to bring even bigger stars on the next year.   Tokio Hotel, Coldplay, and Italian acts Vasco Rossi, Francesco De Gregori, Antonello Venditti and the Pooh are among the acts planned for 2008 - wh

The Q Magazine that we reported about earlier is now on the shelves and contains some more information on the new album that we didn't already know. The new release date is likely to be May/June 2008. For those of you unable to buy it, we have picked a few bits out;   Another thing that helped them out of the rut was hypnosis, with the band's new found adventurousness extending to writing music while in an altered state. Some might conclude they've misplaced their marbles, but Martin seems uncon

Chris Martin is featured on the cover of the new issue of Q Magazine, a 2008 preview edition. They report:   When we first began compiling details of the releases and events that would shape 2008, it felt very familiar. On the horizon, then, are new albums from such established acts as Coldplay, U2, Oasis R.E.M., The Verve, Green Day, Madonna, Metallica and more. In the case of Coldplay and U2, at least, the scent of re-invention is in the air.   More on this here  

Coldplay fans have been petitioning in their droves for Coldplaying.com's petition to revive the Toronto DVD from the EMI grave, leading up to LP4.   You have given your thoughts on how it has been revealed that the already planned and scheduled Coldplay live in Toronto Twisted Logic Tour DVD won't be released after all. 2480 (and counting) signatures and comments have been registered.   You can sign the petition anonymously. Every signature helps - add to the petition here. Maybe all you want i