Coldplay News

"Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) gives Coldplay a fourth week atop European Top 100 Albums, but there's a new leader on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" (Topdog/Atlantic/Warner Music) moves up 2-1, trading places with Estelle's "American Boy" (Homeschool/Atlantic), featuring Kanye West.   Coldplay leads the way again in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Switzerland, Greece and the Belgian region of Wallony, and moves back 2-1 in Holland. "V

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored the top British writer and publisher members of the PRS at a special ceremony held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday, October 11, 2006.   Hosted by ASCAP Senior Vice President, International Roger Greenaway, the gala dinner and awards presentation honored those PRS writer and publisher members whose repertory is licensed by ASCAP and was among its most performed works in the U.S. during 2005.   "We're ve

People who enjoy living in areas which focus on community and charity work may want to look at flats to rent in Camden, after the area has received backing from Coldplay.   As we reported recently, Coldplay have donated £1million to the South London charity Kids Company, which provides practical and emotional support to children who come from deprived families in the city.   The band's donation will help fund the opening of a new centre in Camden, a place where individuals searching for flats to

"We hope to have something together by January 2007. We're going to make sure with our new album that everyone remembers why Coldplay are one of the best bands in the world." ~ Guy Berryman on Coldplay's 4th studio album   What do we know about the 4th Coldplay studio album so far? The highly anticipated album is set to be released in late 2007, and there is already evidence that material has been written. At a charity gig on Monday, 27th November 2006, Chris Martin performed a four-song set, i

This Saturday’s Coldplay concert will be carbon neutral, with organisers helping to fund a wind farm in New Zealand to offset all energy consumed in putting on the event.   The show is being held at the Emirates Palace hotel on the same night as Earth Hour, when lights will be turned off in buildings around the world, including the UAE, to promote energy conservation. The organisers estimate that the show will generate around 600 tonnes of carbon dioxide.   Because of the practical difficulty of

'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

He's more used to gracing the stage and singing the lyrics to his band's hit track Yellow. But here's a reminder that Chris Martin will be performing in a very different kind of yellow, when he makes a guest appearance on the global phenomena The Simpsons. The official Coldplay site has a new behind-the-scenes video of Chris Martin recording his appearance here and there is also a new video interview with Chris at the Coldplay forum, where he talks about how they came to be in Springfield.   The

For the German national holiday the radio station WDR 2 wanted listeners to vote for the 200 best albums of all time.   On the 3rd October WDR 2 announced the list and played one song of each album. Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head made it up to no.89. The winner..."Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd (a collage of that album, made up of the other 199 albums is below.)   The radio station chose to play "Clocks". The whole list and more information in German here. Discuss this list here [than

UPDATE: Coldplay have just announced these details via coldplay.com!   More details of Coldplay's Australian tour in November are emerging ahead of the official announcement expected, according to sources including the Herald Sun, the Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and the NZ Herald today.   Dates cited by these sources include Auckland (November 10th), Melbourne (13th November), Sydney (November 17th) and Brisbane (November 21st), with additional dates in these cities to be tagged on depending

Coldplay were interviewed on 60 Minutes last night, and as a part of the interview, reporter Steve Kroft wandered around the band's studio, making mention of a list of band rules hanging on the wall. The camera looked at the list ever so-briefly.   The folks at Bumpershine have luckily freeze framed it, and transcribed the rules. Here they are:   1. Albums be no longer than 42 minutes, 9 tracks. 2. Production must be amazing, but with space, not overlayered, less tracks, more quality, groove and

Coldplay's headline set at Thursday's BBK Live festival in Bilbao, Spain, will be broadcast live and in full on the EITB (Euskal Irrati Telebista) website, according to their announcement today.   The 6th festival of Bilbao BBK Live kicks off on Thursday, July 7th and continues until dawn on Saturday July 9th at the Kobetamendi (Kobeta mountain) location. Those unable to attend this year will be able to view some of the concerts via eitb.com's live streaming facility - including the headline set

New pictures of Coldplay enjoying window shopping (and a touch of litter picking in between phone calls) can be seen here   [thanks mimixxx]

In honuor of the upcoming GRAMMY awards show the Recording Academy is releasing a 22-track record featuring the nominees for this year’s Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album.   The album, out on January 22nd, features the Coldplay track Charlie Brown and tracks from other artists like Bruce Springsteen, The Black Keys, Gotye, Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, H

In a move that would undoubtedly make Queen guitarist Brian May blush with pride, it’s been reported that Coldplay have now also becoming space fanciers. The band are going cosmic during their latest album recording sessions, says The Sun today, following Roadie #42's last blog. Frontman Chris Martin stunned his crew this week by asking them to build him a model solar system in the band's new studio.   I wonder if he's been enjoying TV starman Doctor Brian Cox's recent series as much as I have?

Don't take any "hot" tips from Coldplay's Chris Martin. Not only did he lose his deathmatch versus Bono, he is £10,000 out of pocket after backing Australia in the World Cup. Chris, who is touring Down Under, had great faith in the Socceroos - until they got knocked out by Italy.   He admits: "I lost a lot of money because I gambled on Australia getting to the semi-finals. If you play with that much passion, you deserve to do well. England need a bit of that Aussie passion. We need to be thinki

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin showed his continued support for the new US president in London today (January 28th), report Gigwise.   The singer was pictured wearing a handmade Barack Obama armband as he left the BBC Radio 1 studios. Chris, who performed on the radio station this afternoon, began wearing the badge on his right arm last year during the new president's election campaign. In an interview before Mr Obama's election victory, Martin said he thought the politician had the ability to “

Coldplay's Chris Martin will performing ANOTHER acoustic session in London on Thursday 29th January, this time at Capital Towers (Capital Radio). Here's the information that has just been released:   We've held some pretty amazing sessions inside Capital Towers over the last few years, but ladies and gents, they don't come much bigger than this one. Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin will be performing at Capital on Thursday 29th and we're giving you the chance to be there!   We've got seven pairs

Chris Martin has told NME Radio he is planning to watch Blur's reunion gig at London's Hyde Park next July.   Speaking to NME Radio's Neil Cole yesterday (December 10), Martin reminisced about the first time he saw Blur live, when the band supported REM in 1995. He said: "I saw them play before REM in 1995 and it was incredible. It was so incredible, in fact, that there was steam coming from the moshpit and I'd never seen that before. And I thought: 'God, not only do they play great music but th

Wrapping up their U.S. tour and preparing for a string of dates abroad, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland dropped by the Rolling Stone office in New York to field a barrage of random questions from the staff.   Martin, ready for whatever we threw his way, went on about everything from his childhood taste for Phil Collins (his first album was But Seriously) to riding in Wayne Coyne's pickup when Coldplay performed in Oklahoma. "His life there is extraordinarily weird and

More news on Coldplay's 'Gravity' can be found here on the XFM Online website.

Chris Martin is planning to retire next year. The Coldplay frontman doesn't want to become an aging rock star and is keen to quit music before he feels too old, AHN and ContactMusic are reporting today.   He said: "I'm 31 now and I don't think bands should keep going past 33. So we're trying to pack in as much as possible. Up until the end of next year, we'll just go for it in every sense. I don't believe in time off. We've still got our own hair, we can still fit into our musical trousers and w

Chris Martin - who is well-known for his charity work - has been using his skills to help out at a temporary shelter for alcoholics in London.   A source at the shelter, run by the Crisis charity, told Britain's Daily Express newspaper: "Chris has been doing their plumbing for them. He does this every year, for free. Apparently he's quite a dab hand with it all."   Chris - who is married to Hollywood beauty Gwyneth Paltrow - is keen to remain anonymous. A Crisis spokesperson said: "We have 7,000

Kanye West is hard at work on his next album, Graduation, tentatively due in late 2007 via Def Jam. The artist tells Billboard the likely first single from the album will be "Homecoming" featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin, who recently guested on a track from Jay-Z's comeback album, Kingdom Come.   One collaborator from West's 2005 album Late Registration who will be returning for Graduation is multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion. "We'll be working together again on the new project," West promises. "

Coldplay'S Chris Martin is set to become "the voice" for his childhood idol John Farnham, penning songs on the Australian singer's first album in two years. Martin and Farnham thrilled crowds with a duet of Your The Voice at Sydney's Sound Relief concert for Victorian bushfire victims this month.   Farnham's manager Glenn Wheatley revealed Farnham's iconic anthem was the first song Martin learned to play on guitar after its massive success on the UK charts years ago. "They were almost in awe of

Could Coldplay be the next U2?   Both bands have lobbed a steady barrage of megahits at America from across the pond. A charismatic, socially conscious frontman leads each group. And they share a penchant for rock with an expansive scope and an emotive core.   When Coldplay performed last night (Tuesday) at Riverbend Music Center, the British group demonstrated its most striking similarity to its Irish predecessors: The ability to forge an intimate connection with individual members of a thousan