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More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site. This time reminiscing back to 2006 when Coldplay performed a cover of 'Perfect Day' by Lou Reed:   Isle of Wight Festival 11/6/06 This was an incredible day all round. Richard Ashcroft and I watched the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in the afternoon then he played just before us in the evening. We played a cover of 'Perfect Day' by Lou Reed. GB   More on this here [thanks fixed]   Meanwhile, head over to Coldplay's MySpace where you c

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

‘Thank you everyone for waiting for us’ are Chris Martin’s first words to the already fired-up Nokia Isle of Wight Festival revellers. Clearly, most people are actually here to see this English world-wide sensation anyway. But Chris and the other members in Coldplay don’t care. They know where they’re from and they also know who got them where they are right now; at the pinnacle of musical superstardom.   There’s no big fuss. Coldplay take to the stage, the audience is ready – flags bearing the

More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site. This time reminiscing back to 2000 when Coldplay supported Muse on a tour of the UK.   More on this here   [thanks lolalola1]  

Media outlets have reported that UK band Coldplay have scrapped their entire upcoming album due to lack of inspiration and in-fighting - however, the reports fail to tell the whole story.   A posting made by band insider, Prospekt, on Coldplay's official website has been selectively edited by some media outlets, with quotes manipulated to imply that the band members were arguing due to tension over the recording sessions.   The correct quote, as posted on their website on June 29, states:   "One

Chris Martin and co talk about their new songs   Coldplay have revealed that their new album, currently being recorded by the band in Barcelona, has a "Hispanic theme". Writing on their website blog, the band sent an update from their sessions which have moved from inital recordings in London to Spain.   "The sights, sounds and flavours of Latin America and Spain have definitely been infused on this album. The band visited Argnentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico earlier this year," they explained.

Since 2002 Coldplay have been global ambassadors for the Make Trade Fair campaign and one of Oxfam's biggest supporters.   They have helped Oxfam to campaign at their concerts all over the world and continued to support the campaign as as they rose to worldwide fame.   Chris Martin and other members of the band have traveled to Mexico, Ghana, and Haiti to meet farmers and see how unfair trade rules affect those in developing countries. The band also traveled to Cancun, Mexico to lobby world lea

More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site.   Clues to find out what you're looking for are here [thanks fixed]   We've been travelling light - an acoustic guitar, a couple of mics, a laptop and some headphones. We're recording in Barcelona - moving from church to church, setting up where we can: in front of the altar, under the pulpit. We've been playing at the feet of archangels. It's an odd scene: a host of saints look down impassively upon four unkept band members, circled arou

Published today on Coldplay's MySpace profile is new blog from Mr Will Champion.   Hello,   We've just got back from Spain where we've been recording some vocals. It was very hot and very beautiful. We returned to find England under water. Is it just me or does it feel like the world is ending? While we are all still here, there is great music to be listened to: Eugene Francis Jnr. Something to lighten up your day whilst contemplating life in a wet suit.   www.myspace.com/eugenefrancisjnr   Love

Coldplay only catapulted to superstardom because of Scottish band Travis' groundwork, their frontman claims.   Fran Healy is adamant his group's hit 1999 album The Man Who helped forge a demand for similar music. He says, "(We) created a playing pitch for bands like Coldplay and the other dozens of groups who came after The Man Who to sell not just hundreds and thousands of records, but millions of records."   But Healy's rant didn't end there as he launched a scathing tirade against politicians

More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site.   Clues to find out what you're looking for are here [thanks fixed]

This week's classic Coldplay clip is Speed of Sound (Around the World), featuring performances from Toronto 2006, Toronto 2005, Glastonbury 2005, MTV Live Leak, MTV Live Day and Amsterdam 2005.   "Speed of Sound" was infamously beaten to the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart by the novelty song "Axel F" by the Crazy Frog. During their performance of "Speed of Sound" at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, Chris asked "Crazy Frog, where are you now?". However, it became Coldplay's first UK Downlo

Singer Chris Martin's 2003 appearance in a slasher film will finally see the light of day on file sharing site YouTube. The Coldplay frontman stars in horror film Slashed, which was made by Northern Irish rockers Ash.   Martin appeared in the movie while touring with Ash, but the film has never been released.   However, Ash bassist Mark Hamilton says, "I'll put it on YouTube. I think people should be quite interested to see a video of Chris Martin getting murdered!"   More on this here [thanks c

Check out coldplay.com for more new content on the Coldplay timeline. The two newly-added pieces are a bunch of pictures from the 'X&Y' album launch gig at London's Round Chapel in April 2005 and a video of Elton John making a guest appearance with Coldplay in March 2003. As ever, follow the little orange stars to find them...   More on this here [thanks doritji]  

Last week Miss Lavigne dropped by Jo Whiley's Live Lounge and delivered a song that sounds suspiciously like Coldplay's "The Scientist"!   In Avril's hands, one of Coldplay's best ballads is rendered truly tepid, and dare we say ... a little pitchy? Perhaps we're just partial to Aimee Mann's take.   We're not anti-Avril, but between this and her mawkish take on "Imagine" (hasn't Darfur suffered enough?) we're thinking girlfriend should stick to the mall punk.   Listen to the cover here  

More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site.   Clues to find out what you're looking for are here   [thanks lolalola1]

This week's classic Coldplay clip features the Moses Promo Video which comprises a compilation of shots and scenes from the Coldplay Live 2003 DVD, together with the performance of Moses, a track so far only ever played live. VH1 labelled it "Moses - Version 3 by Coldplay".   Amidst the nicely edited concert montages on this cut (from the 2003 DVD), we also get glimpses of the lads lounging backstage, a little jokey guy-on-guy action and a peek at Martin's jump shot. The actual performance of 'M

Coldplay are slowly narrowing down the material for the follow-up to 2005's X&Y.   According to the band's official website, the group assembled in late June to sort through the songs they've been working on with producer Brian Eno in a five-hour, no-holds-barred meeting.   "Brian drew up a list of all 25 pieces of music that have been worked on during this session," the June 29 diary entry from "Prospekt" says. "The four band members, Brian, Markus (Dravs) and I all shared our thoughts on e

RollingStone.com - The Smoking Section: Special Live Earth London Edition, Backstage Reporting   Rolling Stones' Smoking Section was backstage at Wembley Stadium (or “Wembledon,” as the Tap’s Nigel Tufnel dubbed it), to suck up all the dirt at the London leg of Live Earth. Here is their report after bumping into Coldplay's Will Champion:   When we walked out into the VIP bleachers, we ran into Coldplay drummer (and one of the nicest dudes in the music biz) Will Champion, who had a tattoo on his

Coldplay's Clocks has been chosen as number 1 of the top 750 of itunes music store in the Netherlands for the first part of 2007. The track beat 'Angels' by Robbie Williams and 'Under The Bridge' by Red Hot Chili Peppers. You can see the full list here [thanks JW Slijm]   Meanwhile Italian fans have voted Clocks as the 'most beautiful song', ahead of Fix You and The Scientist. See the full Italian list here [thanks coldpatrix].   You may remember back in December 2006, Coldplaying.com fans from

Friday, 29th June 2007   One aspect of the recording process that I'll never get used to is tension.   Tension is an inherent part of recording. Without tension, there's no focus. Without focus, the work becomes shoddy and ineffectual. Tension means that people actually give a shit. I myself am not very good at dealing with tension. That's why I only spend short periods of time in the studio. I dip in and out. I'm too thin-skinned to thrive in the studio atmosphere.   If you place six strong-wil

More content has been added to the new Coldplay.com site today.   Clues to find out what you're looking for are here   [thanks lolalola1]

By the wonders of all-the-rage social networking site Facebook, Worldview's Oliver has recently been socialising with some longlost pals from his schooldays. Among the topics of catch-up conversation were the exploits of fellow ex-school and bandmate Guy Berryman. Apparently he's now knocking about in some stadium rock outfit called Coldplay.   But it seems Guy hasn't forgotten where it all began, playing in teen band Time Out with Oliver and some other pals. The group gets a mention in his Wiki

The extension now has the bid ending July 4. As of Thursday, Terra Firma had received acceptances for 3.53 percent of EMI.   The extension comes amid continued speculation that longtime EMI suitor Warner Music Group Corp. could submit another bid rivaling the Terra Firma bid. Among the artists recording for London-based EMI are Norah Jones and Coldplay.   New York-based Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a significant Los Angeles presence, with its Burbank-based Warner Bros. Records, Los Angele

London, June 27 (ANI): If there’s one band that Justin Timberlake is desperate to perform with, it would be British band Coldplay.   The Sexy Back singer insists that Coldplay are the ‘modern Beatles’, and that’s why he would give an arm and a leg to duet with them. And, even in the band Timberlake knows just who he wants to jam with – Gwyneth Paltrow’s hubby Chris Martin. "Coldplay are the modern Beatles, so I’d love to do a duet with them — especially Chris Martin," The Sun quoted him, as say