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More questions answered by The Oracle...   September 8, 2008 - submitted by Matt, Australia Q. Is it true the song Green Eyes was written about a cat? The Oracle replies: It isn't true no. I think maybe someone is pulling your leg, unless you are pulling mine. It was actually written about 2 people, one of whom is Jonny.   September 8, 2008 - submitted by vinny, Ireland Q. What does 'NO ME LLORES' mean on Chris' guitar? The Oracle replies: Online translators throw up many variations but the actu

Coldplay's growing domination of the global music market was confirmed today after the announcement that their latest album, X&Y, was the bestseller in 2005.   The British band, fronted by Chris Martin, have recently made a major breakthrough in the US, and already claimed the biggest selling digital album of the year award across the Atlantic.   Here are more links from around the world:   Ireland Online | BBC News | Scotsman | Reuters | Irish Examiner | Monsters and Critics | In The News

Splendour in the Grass organisers and Coldplay's official site have put the rumour mill to bed and announced Coldplay will be headlining the July festival's 2011 line-up. In their only Australian show confirmed to date, Coldplay will lead a slew of other UK-based artists in what will be a Britrock-dominated festival.   The event will be held at Woodfordia in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland between July 29-31. Going? The latest discussion on the now-confirmed Splendour In The Grass date is

There is now online at Coldplay.com an interview with Dougal Wilson, the Life in Technicolor ii video director, who regails us with tales from the puppet video. You can discuss this interview at the Coldplay forum [thanks Cris_Santos]   The Life in Technicolor ii video debuted on UK's 4Music on 20th January and it is now available via Parlophone's official YouTube channel and also Coldplay's website. You can see it in the first post of the LiTii thread here and you can find download links here,

The Johannesburg leg of Coldplay’s South African tour will fall on Yom Kippur and many Jewish fans have already voiced their dissatisfaction, according to the IOL website today.   Yom Kippur, which is also known as Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar. Jews traditionally observe a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, with most of the day spent in synagogue services. Irate fans voiced the unhappiness on social networking sites like Twitter. One of the mor

Should Chris Martin be worried about Jonny Buckland?   Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland has admitted that he would give music up for the chance to play for his favourite football team Tottenham Hotspur, NME report today.   The lifelong Spurs supporter made the confession when asked by the club's official magazine, Hotspur, during an interview if he would trade his multi-million selling rock star life for the chance. "I wanted to be in a band from age 11," he joked, "but I wanted to be a footbal

Coldplay's show in Toronto in July has not only had a new venue announced, the date has also changed. More discussion on this show and the build up to the ticket scramble next month at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards [thanks rchop]. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good afternoon. We can now confirm that the venue for Coldplay's previously-announced Toronto show in July is the Rogers Centre. The show has also moved back a day to 30th July. Tickets go on sale from here on Monday 9th Mar

Exclusive: Bosses at Coldplays record label Capitol are baffled by frontman Chris Martin's claim the band is running a two-for-one promotion on its new album.   Chris Martin [pictured] told British newspaper the Daily Mirror the band wanted to encourage fans to pay for LP Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends, by offering a deal to those who download it online. He claimed that for every track that a fan downloads, they will get to choose another one free.   Martin told the newspaper, "Buy on

EMI might not be in good hands but it will remain with Guy Hands. His company Terra Firma will hang onto EMI after a last minute funding raise has saved it from the evil clutches of Citibank. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   EMI chief Guy Hands has raised £105 million to keep the Citibank wolves from the EMI doors. EMI’s parent company Terra Firma was reported to owe Citibank £120 million this month but Citibank but the £105 million of new investment has settled t

Coldplay's lable EMI is struggling to persuade its investors to stump up £360m to secure its future until 2015 amid scepticism about what the future holds for the music industry, which has been hit hard by illegal downloading and a collapse in CD sales, The Guardian are reporting today. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum here onwards.   Industry insiders say that investors are divided over whether to back an audacious attempt by Guy Hands, boss of EMI's owner Terra Firma, to drum u

A Latin American tour announcement moved a step closer last night as it appears that Vevo (a reputable source given that they control Coldplay's video channel on YouTube) revealed new tour dates online through their own website and mobile site. While the venues are the same as those previously rumoured back in mid-August, there are still discrepancies over the dates (see screenshots below/after the jump).   There has been no official word yet on the exact dates, but the countries most likely to

Nokia today announced that US shipments of the Nokia N91 multimedia device started. Optimized for mobile music consumption, the Nokia N91 provides an unparalleled experience, with a 4GB hard drive, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, wireless LAN support, dedicated music keys, and easy PC synchronization with Windows Media Player.   * The Live8 content available on the Nokia N91 includes the following tracks: Paul McCartney and U2, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", U2 "Beautiful Day", Coldplay "F

Coldplay have just finished their mini-gig live on British television. The setlist, crammed into 45 minutes, was:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Viva La Vida 42 Trouble (with reference to the helicopters overhead!) Lost! Yellow (acoustic) Fix You Lovers In Japan (with butterfly confetti)   You can see photos of the gig here and here [thanks mjseeley & wonker]   More on this gig here onwards. For those in the UK who missed the performance on TV, it will be repeated on Fr

Coldplay popped in to Jo Whiley's Radio 1 Live Lounge segment (Thursday 22nd December). They perfomed Speed Of Sound, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Talk and White Christmas.   You can listen to the show online and hear the boys chat in between songs with Jo - click here   Watch this space for information on a special Christmas video, taken from the Radio 1 Live Lounge session with Jo Whiley. The show was filmed and it will be broadcast on Christmas Eve on Sky ( press the red button to access i

Coldplay's forthcoming concert at Liverpool's new Echo Arena scheduled for 10th December has been moved forward to 7th December, according to an email thought to be from SeeTickets. Both Echo Arena and Coldplay.com have not yet confirmed this change. Here the purported email announcement:   Due to scheduling reasons beyond our control some dates on the Coldplay UK tour have had to be repositioned. The show in Liverpool has now been moved from the 10th of December to the 7th of December. Your tic

The video for Coldplay's new single Lovers In Japan will be premiering on iTunes stores around the world from Friday 31st October, coldplay.com can exclusively reveal.   It was directed by Mat Whitecross, in London. Those of you in America will even be able to download it free of charge from iTunes for a week. The video will feature the new Osaka Sun mix of the song. Lovers In Japan, which will be Coldplay's 4th single from the new album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, had been rumour

Coldplay's new video for Lovers In Japan is now available on iTunes, and will be offered as a free download for the next week.   The eagerly-awaited fourth video of the 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' era is finally 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 worldwide from November 4th.   The LiJ video, which was leaked on YouTube several times within hours of

Coldplay's lyrical hunt, before the release of Ghost Stories last year, has been nominated for a Webby Award, while the interactive music video for Ink has received three nominations alone!       For info on how to vote, read the excerpt from Coldplay's official websitec below: Voting open for People's Choice awards now ood evening. We're very pleased to report that Coldplay have been nominated for four awards at this year's Webby Awards (which is something like the online world's equi

Coldplay's mesmerizing show in Australia! The band set the bar even higher once again earlier today in Sydney, Australia, as Coldplay completed their penultimate venue of the Ghost Stories tour in style!The event was streamed live via a radio broadcast posted by the official Coldplay page yesterday. The main setlist, minus the second encore was only 13 songs long, which puzzled many fans who were listening in, until after A Sky Full of Stars to which the radio broadcast had ended! Little did we

Further to Virgin Radio's exclusive competition announcement that we reported on Coldplaying yesterday, there is good news for those who don't win - Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio) will be broadcasting the Munich concert on 26th September in its entirity. Here is their announcement:   Christian has devised a cunning prize plan: a behind the scenes tour backstage; sit in on their soundcheck; watch the gig; and fly back to the UK with the band. To my innocent eyes, it seems the only downsid

UPDATE: If you're going to buy Mylo Xyloto or buy it for someone else, now is the time to do it ahead of the UK album chart countdown on Sunday! The links posted by Anchorman are the cheapest around and are a good place to start! MX number one again? It's down to you...   Coldplay are battling with the UK’s leading solo artist (Adele) to top the UK artist albums chart this weekend with just several dozen sales separating the two artists. Adele's latest album 21 remains in the lead in pursuit of

Coldplay have gone straight to number one in the UK with their fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto, which sold 208,000 copies in its first week, according to the BBC this evening. The album, which was withheld from streaming service Spotify, outsold the rest of the top five put together. It notched up the second highest first-week sales of the year so far, behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way, which sold 215,000 copies in May. [Discuss this and other latest MX chart news from around the world in the Cold

Coldplay is currently at No.1 on Billboard's latest ranking of top-grossing tours with a hefty box office total ($99.7 million) reported from the 2012 North American and European legs of the world tour supporting "Mylo Xyloto," the band's fifth studio set released last October. The tour launched that same month in Europe and continued through the end of the year, but did not resume in 2012 until mid-April with the kick off of the first North American leg.   Billboard continue: Edmonton hosted th

Check out Coldplay's official MySpace profile - www.myspace.com/coldplay - to see its natty new look and to read the first ever MySpace blog written by a member of the band. The official MySpace will also be rotating the songs on the MySpace player at the beginning of this week, so check back to hear which four tracks they've gone for.   Head over to coldplay.com to check out the new content which has been adding to the timeline. Last week, it was a bunch of pictures from the 'X&Y' album lau

Earlier this week another Coldplayer, Mari*ColdplayLover*, was lucky enough to meet Coldplay outside the Bakery/Beehive during a visit to North London. You can now see pictures of her with most of the band (Chris, Jonny, Will and Phil) at the Coldplay forum and also after the jump. The pictures are from this Monday (18th October).   There was no pictures of Guy who disappeared inside during photos. Jonny Buckland sported a heavy beard sparking the nickname "Seaman" from messageboarders.   Duri