Coldplay News

On October 25th, two sisters from Alabama known as The Pierces will release a new EP, Love You More. It was produced by Guy Berryman [pictured] alongside Coldplay producer Rik Simpson, so Coldplay.com got in touch with Catherine from the band to find out a bit more. The Pierces are also offering Coldplay fans a free download of their To The Grave track, which you can get here.   Hello Catherine, how are you? I'm very well, thank you. We arrived in London two days ago and so far we are miraculou

Following today's announcement that Coldplay and The Killers are to play a one-off gig at London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire together in aid of the War Child charity on 18th February, Coldplay.com have just announced that the War Child ticket sale moves to 5pm (GMT) tomorrow instead of noon. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good evening. We've just been alerted that our batch of 200 tickets for the War Child show will now be available from 5pm tomorrow (Thursday), rather than 12noon as previ

Further to yesterday's tour schedule news from various sources, official word has now been published. Coldplay.com has informed us as follows:   Good afternoon. Due to scheduling reasons beyond Coldplay's control, some dates on the UK tour have had to be repositioned. The dates which have moved are as follows...   - Dec 7th show in Sheffield will now take place on Nov 29th - Dec 5th show in Glasgow will now take place on Dec 9th - Dec 10th show in Liverpool will now take place on Dec 7th - Dec 1

Following yesterday's announcement that Coldplay and The Killers are to play a one-off gig at London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire together in aid of the War Child charity on 18th February, Coldplay.com's batch of 200 tickets were depleted in only 120 seconds (give or take) shortly after 5pm (GMT) today. Here's Anchorman's twitter: "Crikey. Seems our War Child tickets were snapped up in under two minutes. The lottery opens tomorrow."   If you missed out, you can still apply to buy tickets through W

EMI, which was the first major label to move away from DRM-protected music, has reported significant increases in digital sales of some of its most popular titles since the move.   Since EMI removed DRM-protection from its catalogue, it has witnessed a 115% increase in digital sales of Coldplay’s album, Rush of Blood to the Head, and a 272% increase in digital sales of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.   The writing is on the wall for major record labels unless they downsize and move into new

NME, estranged followers of the Coldplay story, have labelled the band's second album 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' one of the darkest albums ever made in a feature on their website today.   Talking about the album, they describe the sophomore album as: "Featuring burning cities, wars and dead romance, Coldplay's second effort wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs."   However, it's not all doom and gloom. In their 'do's and don'ts list of second albums' they've packaged the album as a successful pro

The nominations for this year's BRIT Awards have been announced at a ceremony in London tonight (January 18). And among the finalists for the industry bash are Coldplay with a classic album award.   As this is officially the BRITs' 30th anniversary, a special award is going to the Best British Album of the last three decades, with Coldplay, Keane, Oasis, The Verve and Travis all in the running. Here's Anchorman with the details from Coldplay.com:   Good evening. We're very pleased to report that

Despite its faintly melodramatic title, The Guardian's list of 1000 albums to hear before you die isn't meant to be definitive, nor is it meant to be one of those Greatest Albums Of All Time lists. It's supposed to be more of a miscellany, an eclectic collection of interesting albums, (including Various Artists compilations, which usually don't get into those kind of lists).   In an attempt to get as wide a spread of music included as possible, all artists were limited to one entry each. Coldpl

Coldplay has replaced the Christmas song on their MySpace player with ‘Bigger Stronger’, which was the opening track on Coldplay’s first release for Parlophone, 1999’s ‘The Blue Room EP’.   This is the same recording of the song that appeared on the band’s self-financed demo ‘Safety EP’ in 1998.   More on this here  

The Coldplay will put 52 lots under the hammer, beginning tomorrow (Friday) at 5pm UK time, and the full catalogue of all the items up for sale has been released today and can be downloaded now (21Mb file). You can discuss the contents of the catalogue and each other's wish list at the Coldplay forum here onwards!   From December 18, the band will begin the "End of Decade Clearout Sale" on auction website eBay to help raise money for the charity Kids Company. They will sell everything from instr

Coldplay are reportedly heading in a new direction with their fourth album - with a rocky edge to their music.   It seems frontman Chris Martin was so excited by their new sound that he got Embrace pal Danny McNamara to listen in. The musician, who penned the official World Cup 2006 anthem, told the Daily Star: "Chris gave me a sneak listen to some of the new tracks and they blew me away.   "They are very experimental and much more out-there than what you would expect - they are breathtaking.

Coldplay tracks 'Famous Old Painters' and 'Lukas', as well as an old track called 'Until The Water Flows Over' (better known as Solid Ground) have all surfaced online this week in MP3 instrumental format.   Famous Old Painters is a song written during sessions for Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, but was ultimately left off the album. The song came about around October 2007 when it was introduced alongside Glass Of Water in Prospekt's journal on October 29, 200

Multi-platinum selling band Simple Plan recorded their version in Canada. On the other side of the world, young 11 year old guitar prodigy Yuto Miyazawa laid down his guitar solo in Tokyo, Japan. In Ireland, the lead singer from the critically acclaimed band Sweet Jane recorded her vocals at a Dublin studio. And somewhere in between—at Singapore's Ocean Butterflies Studio—over 40 artists from all over the globe did their part by recording an Asian themed version of Coldplay's "Fix You" to benefi

This just in from Anchorman:   Good morning. Coldplay's new single, Life In Technicolor ii, is released here in the snowy UK today. The track is available on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle. The B-side of the 7-inch is a new track, The Goldrush. As well as that song, the digital bundle features Life In Technicolor ii (Live @ The O2, London). Click the links below if you'd like to buy it...   - 7-inch from HMV.com - Digital EP from iTunes - Digital EP from 7 Digital

A reminder that Coldplay's new video for Life in Technicolor ii will premiere tonight on 4Music and Channel 4 (UK). Coldplay earlier announced that the track would be Coldplay's next UK single.   The track will be released on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle on Monday February 2nd. The B-side of the 7-inch will be The Goldrush, a song which is previously unheard, unreleased and unperformed. As well as that track, the digital bundle will contain Life In Technicolor ii (Live @ The O2, London). Here

According to online TV sources, Coldplay's new video for Life in Technicolor ii will premiere next week on 4Music and Channel 4 (UK). Coldplay earlier announced that the track would be Coldplay's next UK single, and it was rumoured that the video would premiere on Monday 11th Jan on the official site (which may still be the case).   The track will be released on 7-inch vinyl and digital bundle on Monday February 2nd. The B-side of the 7-inch will be The Goldrush, a song which is previously unhea

Coldplay's music video in support of their new single 'Lovers in Japan' has officially been released worldwide via the Parlophone YouTube channel at midnight on Wednesday 4th November (GMT, EST-5). You can watch the video .  The eagerly-awaited fourth video of the 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' era is now officially released on the internet, following the three previous single videos (Violet Hill, Viva la Vida and Lost!), and not only that, the song will be aired on radio stations

Coldplay and Rihanna's studio hookup "Princess of China" has been made available for listening pleasure thanks to an early stream of the song via iTunes. If you can't get iTunes then there are various streams available via YouTube and Soundcloud already. Princess of China is already trending on Twitter just hours after its first listen. What did you think of the song? Let us know in the Princess Of China - sub-forum now - don't forget to vote in the 1-10 sliding poll when you've heard the song!

This is a letter from Chris Martin, which was posted tonight from Rotterdam at coldplay.com, outlining the tracklisting for the forthcoming 'Prospekt's March' EP, and some more information on the Lost! EP, which will involve a collaboration with Jay-Z.   Discuss this news here [thanks DannyIG]   Oct 08 Rotterdam   Dear Coldplay fans and friends...   First of all, thankyou for the incredible year you have been giving us so far; from asking for our songs on the radio, to buying an album, to comin

Just as he is on the football field, music aficionado Trevor Pryce could become a recording-industry...   Trevor Pryce's first music purchase was a Sesame Street record. More than 10,000 purchases later, the NFL star's nowhere near done. The former Broncos lineman has parlayed that fascination into the Outlook Music Company. The recording label launched by the 31-year-old in 1998 now boasts several bands - and might even have a hit on its hands from St. Louis indie rockers, Autovein.   The highe

The billionth song Speed of Sound was purchased as part of Coldplay’s X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan and as the grand prize winner he will receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth generation iPods and a $10,000 gift card good for any item on the iTunes Music Store. In addition, Apple will establish a scholarship to the world-renowned Juilliard School of Music in his name to commemorate this milestone.   “I hope that every customer, artist and music company executive takes

Coldplay's 'Talk' was a winner last night at the Grammys as Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix won the Best Remix category.   The Best Remix category has been around since 2002, with previous winners including Jacques Lu Cont (for No Doubt’s ‘In My Life’) and Roger Sanchez (for No Doubt’s ‘Hella Good’).     Best Remix   Mary J. Blige – Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix) Tiefschwarz & Tracey Thorn – Damage (Buick Project Remix) Beyoncé – Deja Vu (Freemasons Club Mix - No Rap) Coldplay – Talk (

More online reviews of Coldplay's video for 'Life In Technicolor ii' have surfaced, as well as new reviews of the new B-Side 'The Goldrush'. If you haven't heard Coldplay's newest track, Parlophone have not long ago added it to their YouTube channel. You can listen to it here.   Dougal Wilson, who has spent the last few years solidifying himself as one of London’s most interesting directors, recently released this video for Coldplay’s Life In Technicolor II. I know the puppet thing has been don

What makes a perfect festival anthem? A great, soul-stirring melody? A simple lyric that everyone can sing along with?   Or is it simply a question of timing – that glorious, unplannable collision of time and place, when a band catches a wave of mainstream exposure, and find themselves playing for a 50,000-strong crowd on the very day their album rockets to Number One? Whatever it is, some tracks never fail to spark utter mayhem when unleashed at festivals.   See Q's top five, including Coldplay

Tackling the States remains a huge slog. For many bands it still means a souldestroying two-year tour around the toilet bowls of middle America doing ten radio interviews a day with Oklahoma's answer to Simon Bates. The toil nearly broke Oasis, and has finished off many of a more fragile nature. Last week Lily Allen postponed the second leg of her American tour, complaining that the country was "boring".   However, for some lucky (or canny) bands, a possible shortcut to American success has eme