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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

Coldplay's singles box set now has a U.S. release scheduled.   The vinyl-only package The Singles 1999-2006, which will feature 7-inch pressings of the band's 14 singles and its 1999 EP The Blue Room, is due on 24th April [official MySpace confirmed]. Fans who preorder the set via the US Coldplay shop will also receive a Coldplay coffee mug.   Also see (news):   [uS] Win Coldplay Signed 'Singles 1999-2006' Box Set | Pre-order [uS] Coldplay Singles 1999-2006: Pre-order Now - Supply Limited

2002: U2 singer Bono and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin back international agency Oxfam's Big Noise campaign to point out corruption in trade agreements with Third World nations.   Read the others here

As AFC Totton prepare to record their FA Vase final song tonight, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal that one team member has a secret rock star past.   In his youth, goalkeeper Iain Brunnschweiler played guitar alongside Coldplay drummer Will Champion in a little-known Southampton band called Fat Hamster."   Brunnschweiler recalled: "We were quite young when we first knew each other, about 12 or 13 years old, and we used to go to the youth activities group at Highfield Church. Will lived in

The pre-order for Coldplay’s vinyl box set “The Singles: 1999-2006″ ends this Friday, April 20th at 3pm EST.   There are only a limited number of the box sets available for this pre-order, so please order soon to make sure that you’re entered into the contest to win an autographed copy of the box set. Supplies are limited on all items. Stock may run out soon and these will not be reprinted. The mugs that were originally offered are no longer available, they are sold out.   To pre-order and for m

A reminder that the North America and Pacific pre-order for Coldplay's 7-inch singles boxset ends on Friday this week (April 20th) at 3pm EST.   Anyone who pre-orders will be entered into a contest to win one of three signed copies of the boxset. Three runners-up will receive a singles lithograph.   Click here to go directly to the pre-order page at the Coldplay official shop.

Luís Figo Foundation is promoting another All Stars soccer match in June 9th, in Alvalade Stadium (Lisbon, Portugal) and Coldplay drummer, Will Champion [pictured], will be one of the players.   According to 'Mais Futebol', Will Champion, who is a personal friend of Luís Figo, said he's very excited and obviously happy about the invitation.   He also said he's already training hard because he knows he'll be playing with big stars and he doesn't want to do bad.   More on this here [thanks Cris_S

From students to superstars in 15 magnificent steps. Review/Article of Coldplay’s Singles boxset 1999-2006 from Q Magazine May 2007.       [Thanks to Nettie for the scans]

Here’s some snippets for the current issue of Q Magazine - out in stores now!   Q’s 50 Essential Tracks To Download This Month. 9) For You Coldplay   Delicate flipside to Shiver and one of Chris Martin and co’s finer non-album moments, dug up for a luxurious, vinyl-only boxset for all their singles. Available on: Single 1999-2006 [Parlophone Album].     The 100 Greatest YouTube Moments   #46The Chris Martin Comedy Hour Keywords: Gervais, Martin   Coldplay’s singer holds his own against Gervais

April 12: Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 67. Musician John Kay of Steppenwolf is 63. Actor Ed O'Neill ("Married...With Children") is 61. Actor Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years") is 60. Talk show host David Letterman is 60. Singer-actor David Cassidy is 57. Singer J.D. Nicholas of The Commodores is 55. Singer Pat Travers is 53. Actor Andy Garcia is 51. Actress Suzzanne Douglass ("The Parent 'Hood") is 50. Country singer Vince Gill is 50. Guitarist Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen is 49. Singe

South America - As an extension to the Twisted Logic tour, Coldplay recently capped off a three week tour in South America.   Once again, Laser Design Productions provided laser effects with its new compact 5 watt air cooled white light diode laser system.   The 11-date tour took in four different venues in Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paolo, Brazil and Mexico City, Mexico. According to Mark Ward, Coldplay’s production manager, “The South American tour was a huge success. The ne

X17 has pictures of Gwyneth Paltrow sporting what some are calling the baby bump. She was out tile shopping this week showing not only her possible baby bump but also some pretty decent sized roots. In Gwyneth's past pregnancies she did not keep up with her blonde highlights because she felt it was unhealthy for the baby. However, we doubt she's expecting - in January, she mentioned that she and Chris were done having kids.   Gwyneth is married to Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin. Together they

Live music to give your day a kick   British-born but New York-based DJ Mark Ronson is live in the 6 Music Hub playing tracks from his forthcoming second album, Version.   Featuring covers of tracks including: Kaiser Chiefs' Oh My God (with guest vocals from Lily Allen), Coldplay's God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, Britney Spears's Toxic and The Smiths' Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before.   More on this here

Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin has reveal how revenge against a school bully was a "pretty sweet" dish.   Speaking to the Sun, the 30-year-old musician told of how he was picked on at the posh Dorset school Sherborne for being, in his own words, "a bit of a swot" that preferred playing the piano and guitar over sports.   While out and about with his Hollywood beauty of a wife Gwyneth Paltrow, who he married three years ago and has two children with, Chris happened to see the boy who made h

Shame on you if you were April Fooled into believing Coldplay had split, following the juicy story that Chris Martin had quit the band to grow watermelons.   Ode To Deodorant certainly wasn't Coldplay's biggest hit to date. EMI don't answer phones at weekend, they only respond to emails. And X&Y was a very very big album of 2005.   More on the April Fools prank here April Fools Report:   Chris Martin has had enough   The world of music was shocked earlier on today when popular musician Chris

Win signed Extras DVDs   The second series of Extras is released on double DVD today – and we have three signed copies to give away. The release includes extra clips, including behind the scenes footage, a video diary and lots more unseen exclusives, as well as every episode in the series.   Series two saw Ricky Gervais’s hapless actor Andy Millman finally secure the sitcom he had hoped for – When The Whistle Blows – but is then forced into making uncomfortable compromises at the behest of the p

Reports X17:   For someone with a reputation for penning such easy-going songs, Coldplay's Chris Martin certainly has a sharp tongue!   Much to the British balladeer's frustration, we spotted Martin leaving with his wife Gwyneth Paltrow after a nice lunch at Ivy On The Shore, with the couple getting in their car separately to prevent the paps from catching them together.   As you'll see in the video, Chris certainly wasn't too happy to see us - sorry Chris, we never meant to cause you trouble! T

Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice, Canadian indie-rockers Arcade Fire and Blur frontman Damon Albarn's new band have been announced as headliners for the Latitude festival this summer.   Though there is some disappointment from fans who had hoped for performers such as Joni Mitchell and even Coldplay, estate manager Hektor Rous, son of the Earl of Stradbroke, said it was not just about the music.   Meanwhile at Glastonbury, acts confirmed for the festival include the Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chi

A reminder that 'The Singles 1999-2006', a boxset containing all 15 of Coldplay's Parlophone singles on 7-inch vinyl, is out this week in the UK.   You can buy it online through the Coldplay official e-shop here, through RecordStore.co.uk here, through Play.com here and through HMV online here.

For any deranged, obsessive, able-to-recognise-the-drummer-in-a-crowd Coldplay completists out there, here's every single and their B-sides collected together in a seven-inch box-set - surely like releasing every deleted scene from Last Of The Summer Wine in a special edition bathtub on wheels.   Fascinating to recall just how soggy-trousered and Radiohead they were on ultra-rare debut 'The Blue Room EP' and to hear them grow from wafty indie shamblebums to arena-teabagging monsters by 'Yellow'.

Chris took his little Apple to pick a toy at the toy store in the Malibu Country Mart on Sunday.   Little Apple's getting big - who do you think she looks more like? Her pretentious actress-mom or her muzak-making dad?       Source: http://x17online.com [thansk Snowshine]

So now we know what Chris Martin has been up to for the past few months – growing his hair.   The Coldplay singer paraded his dodgy barnet as he held up cute daughter Apple on a day out at a fair. Chris and his bandmates have been gigging in South America, trying songs for their next album (er..no).   But he caught up with daddy duties at the fair in LA – stepping in when Apple got scared on a pony and cried. She must have had A Rush Of Blood To The Head.   More on this here [thanks Azlina]  

NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- U2's The Edge announced the Icons of Music Auction to benefit Music Rising on Saturday April 21st 2007 at Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square at 5pm.   The auction event will offer one of the most significant collections of music memorabilia from many of music's greatest legends with proceeds benefiting Music Rising (), a campaign co-founded by The Edge, producer Bob Ezrin and Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz in 2005 to aid musicians of the

A reminder that, until midnight tonight, anyone who pre-orders the 7-inch vinyl boxset from Coldplay's UK/Rest Of The World online store will be entered into a competition. One lucky winner will then have their boxset signed by all four members of the band!   Meanwhile we asked you to vote on whether you will be buying the Singles 1999-2006 boxset. The results so far are as follows (Coldplay fans are divided!):     Cast your vote here

Tomorrow's scheduled release by Coldplay is a boxset simply titled 'The Singles 1999-2006'. It will contain all of the band's well-known hits, as well as some rare tracks. In the United States, buying the set includes the incentive of unique merchandise, including a messenger bag and a mug.   The set will only be released on seven-inch vinyl discs and not on CD, adding to the rarity of the collection. It is set to hit stores on March 26 in the U.K. and April 24 in the United States.   Among th