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Check out the 2007 section of Coldplay.com for a new star...   You can discuss this star here [thanks amsterdam528]  

EMI showcases iconic vinyl artwork with Art Vinyl   EMI Music UK today announced a deal with innovative designer frame manufacturer Art Vinyl to sell vinyl copies of a selection of its classic albums presented in a special ‘frame plus vinyl’ package.   Creating a value around the visual aspect of album artwork, the deal extends the concept of record sleeves as art in their own right. Classic albums from the likes of Pink Floyd, Coldplay, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Gorillaz and Blur are ava

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

With the European release of SingStar for the PS3 just around the corner, SCEE’s semi-official blog Three Speech has revealed that the online SingStore will launch alongside the game on the 7th of December.   While the game features 30 new songs, Sony has announced that the SingStore will offer 44 additional downloadable songs at launch, with some being existing SingStar PS2 songs and some being new.   The tracks will cost 99p ($2) each. You can expect some new tracks from the Manic Street Prea

A Guitar once owned by rocker Noel Gallagher and autographed by a host of pop stars is up for sale - for just £795.   The Takamine electro-acoustic guitar bears the signatures of the Oasis songwriter, Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin and lots of other top artists like members of rock group Idlewild, Ms Dynamite and Lou Rhodes.   All the artists signed the guitar after appearing alongside Manchester rock band Oasis at the Oxfam Make Trade Fair concert in October 2002. The guitar was auctioned on

Having already secured a deal with EMI Classics, the celebrity endorsement of Myleene Klass and recorded an exceptional debut album, Kindred Spirits are definitely a choir to look out for this autumn and this is your chance to win your very own copy of the album which is being released on 3rd December.   A choir with a difference, Kindred Spirits features over 20 members aged between 6 and 14 and the choir embraces the diversity of 21st Century Britain, featuring children one would see in any cl

Coldplay, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Soul Asylum, Lenny Kravitz, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews, The White Stripes and Green Day are just a few of the Grammy winning artists who will be featured on a new rock CD honoring the 50th anniversary of the Grammy Awards.   In celebration of the award ceremony’s golden anniversary, the recording Academy is planning a series of seven discs, each concentrating on a specific genre of music.   They’ll release discs dedicated to contemporary R&B

Check out the 2005 section of Coldplay.com for a new star...   Chris and I delivered the single to Steve Lamacq at Radio 1. We were nervous about the reaction, especially the texts and emails. I’m sure they hide the bad ones… JB   You can discuss this star and previous stars here.  

Head over to Coldplay.com to check out a brand new addition to the timeline. During gaps between drumming duties, Will has put together an intriguing short film made up from over 600 pictures taken in the studio. Pictures like these:     Once you’ve watched it, check out Prospekt’s latest journal entry, which he posted last week giving the latest update on the band’s new album.   Among the other recent additions on the timeline, head to 1999 to hear rare audio footage of Coldplay chatting to S

More than 100 celebrities — including Kanye West, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Evanescence’s Amy Lee, the Beastie Boys, Bright Eyes, Cobra Starship, Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz — have signed on to create personalized lunchboxes for an online auction to benefit a pair of hunger-relief organizations: the Food Bank for New York City and South Africa’s Lunchbox Fund.   The auction will go live on December 7 at midnight at TheLunchboxAuction.org and run through December 21.   Other stars participa

Coldplay's Will Champion talks to The Rhythm Studio about the new album, life on the road and his beloved Saints...   How’s work on the new album going? It's going very well. We have our own studio now which is great because it means we can go in at any time of the day and we don't have to worry about wasting time in an expensive studio. We've been writing and playing for most of the year now and have been recording for about 2 months... so far!   What was the inspiration behind recording in va

Speculation is growing that Coldplay's latest release - no not the album - but a short video of a collection of stills is actually a hidden message with details of the forthcoming record.   Messages that have been discovered so far are hand signals from Chris Martin that reads similar to "viva la vida", which roughly translates in to "Live the Life". This is backed up by lip readers that say Will Champion says the same thing. This may have links to Spanish influences, recently announced as part

Music biz buzz is that Coldplay will come out of self-imposed exile to headline the Main Stage at next year's T In The Park 2008 festival.   Chris Martin wants to unveil the next studio album - the first since X&Y in 2005 - at Balado. They'll follow up with a European arena tour. An insider said: "Two years ago, Coldplay staged their own open air gigs at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow.   This time, they want to be part of the whole summer festival vibe and T In The Park would be automatic cho

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Pop stars beware. The new owners of major record label EMI have warned artists they could be dropped if they do not work hard enough for the company.   Guy Hands, chief executive of private equity group Terra Firma, which agreed to buy EMI in May for 2.4 billion pounds ($4.9 billion), has written a memo to staff calling for "fundamental change" in the way it does business.   "There is no reason why we should not be more selective in whom we choose to work with," Hands wr

Check out the 2000 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Trouble Video 1 UK 26/10/2000 Terrible video. Good song, great director. BUT never let the singer come up with the concept CM   You can discuss this star here onwards [thanks Joyhannah]  

Someone on the forum said Chris looked old these days. Well if this photo doesn't prove you wrong... he looks exactly like he did in 2003. This photo was taken just a few days ago [thanks nevaehdreamz]  

Coldplay is nearing completion of its fourth album, due in the first half of 2008 via Capitol. "It feels like a very dense record," reads a post on the band's Web site. "There are so many melodies and colors packed into a relatively short space (42 minutes)."   The post says two new songs, 'Famous Old Painters' and 'Glass of Water,' are now in the mix, joining previously announced songs such as 'Lost,' 'Cemeteries of London,' 'Violet Hill,' 'Poppy Fields,' '42,' 'Yes!,' 'Leftrightleftrightleft'

Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   25th Feb 1999 - 1st Steve Lamacq Session We were really nervous about playing - the idea of so many people listening to us play live on the radio was so alien. GB   You can discuss this star here onwards [thanks o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o]  

Chris Martin has marked the first time he heard his band on Xfm as one of the finest moments in Coldplay’s career so far, via a journal entry on their official website.   Martin reveals the exactly moment that Coldplay first heard themselves on air on 104.9 Xfm, at exactly 3.45am on April 18 1999, via a journal timeline which displays written excerpts, pictures and videos at www.coldplay.com. The written excerpt says: “18th April 1999 Me & Tim hear Brothers and Sisters at 3.45am in the morn

Coldplay has announced a further two songs via Prospekt, 'Famous Old Painters' and 'Glass Of Water'. As always, the Wiki pages have been updated to reflect the updates.   Friday 26 October 2007 - London The self-imposed deadline looms and new songs have arrived. Famous Old Painters and Glass Of Water. It's as if the pressure is a catalyst. The pressure to finish has triggered a new writing surge. However, the deadline still stands...   With two new songs to explore and record, there's a lot of e

Coldplay's bass player loves street style. His fashionista wife is an old romantic. So what happened when they set up home together?   A dream home doesn't materialise overnight, as Jo and Guy Berryman know. It took them two years to find an Edwardian mansion, then a year to bring it back to its former glory. Yet now they're living there, it feels as though they've been there for ever.   Despite their 13-month-old daughter Nico, this is a grown-up house with a groovy rock 'n' roll edge. Former

A columnist for FOX News, who has seen about half an hour of footage from The Golden Compass, expects that the film will "without a doubt be the big holiday smash hit for which Hollywood is so desperate".   The columnist also mentions hearing the possibility that UK band Coldplay might contribute to the film's soundtrack. If true, then it would appear likely to be played over the closing credits of the film similar to the use of songs in the soundtracks to New Line's previous film trilogy, The L

Kaiser Chief Ricky Wilson yesterday revealed his tactics to deal with superstarencounters - being grumpy.   The frontman says he’s so shy when he bumps into other celebs that he starts moaning in a bid to look cool.   Ricky said: I do get a bit starstruck, it’s not like I can’t speak but when I meet famous people I moan. I think it makes me appear cool and blasé. We were talking to Coldplay yesterday and Chris Martin asked me how relations within the band were. I went, ‘Mm, you know. All right I

Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   Blue Room - EP 25/10/1999 This is our first release on Parlophone Records. David Doublit’s photography was used for the cover, and the EP really spurred us on to make a full-length record. GB   You can discuss this star here onwards.  

Check out the 1999 section of Coldplay.com for a new star.   XFM Brothers & Sisters - 18th April 1999 Every time since this, I turn the radio off if any of our songs comes on, but this first play we got was pretty special, so we listened. But I still got that weird feeling you get when you hear your own answerphone message. CM   You can discuss this star here onwards.