Coldplay News

Here is a picture of Chris Martin attending the Brian Eno “Luminous” Installation at Selfridges in London.     Chris Martin, Brian Eno and Alannah Weston attends an installation entitled Luminous, by sound and light artist Brian Eno, at Selfridges in central London.Brian Eno Illuminates, John Adams Conducts: Going Out in London   Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) — Visitors to Selfridges department store should be careful if they wander down to the basement looking to buy a television.   From tomorrow, in th

Coldplay will take camera in hand to record their visit to Chile.   With a view to record the tour as part of the X&Y promotion, they may choose at a later date to include the footage in a future release.   The three Chilean coldplay shows will have a capacity of 5200 people and they will play new material. Chile is the first country of the Latin American Tour which also include Agentina, Brazil and mexico.   More on this here [thanks Loretín]  

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, an old pal, sang on a backing track for the spoof zombie movie and appeared in a scene on the DVD version.   Simon’s new film also boasts cameos by a string of stars, including Timothy Dalton, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent and Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson. And Cate Blanchett makes an uncredited appearance that only eagle-eyed viewers will spot.   Simon says: “We loved the idea of getting an A-list star to play a role you wouldn’t expect her in. Cate’s a

From today, Coldplay.com is running a series of competitions to win tickets to Coldplay's sold out Latin American shows.   We have a pair of tickets for all 11 gigs. The competition to win tickets to the three Espacio Riesco shows in Santiago, Chile, runs from today until midnight tomorrow (Chilean time). Click http://www.coldplay.com/competitions/?compID=17 to enter.   The competition to win tickets to the three Grand Rex shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina will run on February 15 and 16. The comp

A reminder that Coldplay's March 2006 Toronto show will receive its first showing on British TV this weekend.   The film is on Channel 4 on Sunday night (Feb 11th) from 11.55pm until 1am.

They tell us about Eno, Glasto and Arcade Fire   04 Feb 07 - After the reports of Brian Eno working on the new Coldplay album, the band themselves have spoken to the Music Week on 6 Music about what they're up to.   Frontman Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland both turned up to see the Arcade Fire perform at London's Porchester Hall earlier this week - and both were clearly blown away by the Canadian band. Buckland explained why they wanted to work with Eno, who's previously produced U2, T

Coldplay have announced the support acts for their upcoming Latin American shows. They are as follows:   Feb 14,15,16 @ Santiago Saiko www.saiko.cl   Feb 20,21,22 @ Buenos Aires Brian Storming www.brianstorming.com.ar   Feb 26,27,28 @ Sao Paulo Papas Da Lingua www.papasdalingua.com.br   Mar 3,4 @ Mexico City Volovan www.myspace.com/volovanmty   More on this story here [thanks YoL]

A day of concerts across the globe intended to exceed Live Aid in scale and ambition is to be held this summer to highlight the issue of climate change.   Organisers of the event, scheduled to take place on 7 July, hope to amass a worldwide television audience of two billion people in order to present the message about global warming. The series of co-ordinated concerts in seven cities - London, Washington DC, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and Kyoto - is expected to be announced today by t

Coldplay will meet with superproducer Timbaland to talk about producing their new record   Coldplay is considering joining forces with superproducer Timbaland on their next album, EW has exclusively learned.   ''It would give me a new energy; it would take me to a whole other place,'' Timbaland told EW on Tuesday. ''[Coldplay] are so talented, it would help me as a person. Working with them would be great. It's about the music — not clothes or jewelry, just pure passion for music.'' Monique Idle

Coldplay have confirmed Brian Eno is working on their next album.   The legendary producer and musician is famous for his work with Roxy Music, U2 and David Bowie - and guitarist Jonny Buckland let slip news of the band’s new signing at last week’s Arcade Fire gig. He said: “We feel that he picked us really, rather than we picked him. If you can persuade him to work with you then you must be doing quite well.”   However, frontman Chris Martin was more careful — knowing one word from him can sen

'Part of the Plan' on Swizz Beatz album   Beyonce collaborator Swizz Beatz has worked with Coldplay on his solo album. The track on which the band are involved, 'Part Of The Plan', features on his album 'One Man Band''.   He said: "(It's) just talking. You know how people give a positive message but they sound so way out their realm? "Like it sounds cool, but I can't picture that. In my song, I'm like 'Me and brother arguing to see who pick the mouse up/ I walk by the oven to open the door to he

Coldplay have spoken for the first time about their new album and working with Brian Eno.   The legendary producer recently confirmed he is in the studio with Chris Martin and co, as they look to follow-up their third LP, "X&Y". Speaking in London at one of the sell-out Arcade Fire shows last week, guitarist Jonny Buckland said Coldplay felt fortunate to be working with Eno. "Well, we kind of more feel that he picked us really. With someone like Brian, if you can persuade him to work with yo

Coldplay singer Chris Martin has said it is unlikely his chart-topping band will play at Glastonbury this year.   "I think Glastonbury is bored of us," he told BBC 6Music. "I don't think we can even take a harmonica down there for a good 15 years."   Coldplay were among the headliners when the festival was last held in 2005, but chances of a quick return seem slight. "We might go, but you've got to know when you are welcome and when you're not," said Martin. The Who, the Arctic Monkeys and Bjork

Vote in our current poll: What Is Your Favourite Coldplay Video?   Currently 'The Scientist' has polled the highest number of votes, with 'Fix You' in second. Perhaps more surprisingly, 'The Hardest Part' is currently your third favourite video. Cast your vote [one per day] here   In our previous poll, you have voted 'The Scientist' as your favourite Coldplay song, our biggest site poll has revealed.   Since opening the top 10 poll to unregistered visitors to the site, The Scientist has held on

Chris Martin was seen out and about on his way to a recording studio on Thursday (February 1) - it seems like Coldplay are busy working on the new album.   During his BBC Radio 1 show, Chris mentioned that the other guys were working while he was taking over the DJ job - in addition, it was reported a few months ago that the guys have invested in new London headquarters to record their 4th studio album in.                     More on this here [Thanks gise_honey & Flying Sparks]

We've just been given some more TV transmission times for the live film which was made at Coldplay's Toronto show in March 2006.   Canal J in France will be showing the gig on Saturday, Feb 24th and Friday, March 2nd. Meanwhile, Israel's Network Live has the film available on its on-demand HOT VOD cable channel now. A reminder that the UK's Channel 4 is airing it on Sunday, Feb 11th at 11.50pm. We'll let you know as and when we get more.   More on this here

Gwyneth Paltrow [pictured] hasn't played a movie lead since she shot Proof three years ago. Married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, Paltrow's been busy caring for their kids, two-year-old Apple and 10-month-old Moses. In a September 2004 cover story in EW, she hinted that she might be gone from acting for a good long while.   Meanwhile, your husband's recording a record?   Hmm-mmm. Because I heard a rumor that he was taking years off and it would be a long time before we heard a new Coldplay

LOS ANGELES (February 1, 2007) -- Idol schmidle. Despite reports claiming Courtney Love had been asked to join the ever-popular talent search program, and later statements the offer was false, the singer's real news lies across the pond.   Before the judging can even begin on the Simon-Randy-Paula fronted show, Access has exclusively learned the rocker will head to Britain to finish her second solo album with one of Coldplay's album mixers, Danton Supple.   A source close to the star told Acces

Sunday: Super Bowl pre-game festivities kick off at 2 p.m. on CBS with performances from Stevie Nicks and Cirque du Soleil (not together). Then Billy Joel sings the national anthem and Prince behaves at halftime; Coldplay’s Chris Martin appears on HBO’s “Extras.”   Source: http://www.timesdispatch.com/

Second London show starts dramatically   Arcade Fire continued their week of intimate London gigs with their second show at St John’s Church tonight (January 30) and were watched by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.   As previously reported, the band kicked off a week of gigs to showcase new album ‘Neon Bible’ last night (29). Beginning the show right in the middle of the sold out audience, the band performed ‘Wake Up’ without amplification to give the show a unique start.   Moving to the main sta

For the first time, all 14 of Coldplay's singles are to be collected together in a box set. Each single will be pressed on heavyweight 7-inch vinyl and sleeved in its original artwork. The box set will contain five singles which have never previously appeared on 7-inch vinyl.   They include 'The Blue Room EP', Coldplay's rare first release for Parlophone in October 1999, which has been split into two 7-inch singles. The box set will also feature the international singles, 'Don't Panic', 'God Pu

Still debating on who should’ve got the #1 spot for the best song of 2006? What about the #1 Ringtone?   Today, UnlimitedRingtones.com, a leading mobile content provider, released the top 50 most popular Ringtones “The Best of 2006″ list with the Mosquito Ringtone reaching the number 1 spot. The top ringtones list includes primarily real music versions of some of the most popular songs of 2006, which can be found at UnlimitedRingtones.com/Best-Ringtones-2006/.   Real tunes versions of popular po

Hi, this is Will from the band. I’ve sent you this email because the people who run our message board have told me that you are one of the few key members of our online community and We really need your help.   First of all, thank you so much for your continued support not only of our band but also of the website and our general online presence. Secondly we are about to totally relaunch our website and with it, change the way that our fans can interact with us and each other.   Here’s where you

You will be able to purchase the new COLDPLAY X&Y (2007 issue UK issue ‘Latin America Tour Edition’ 2-disc set comprising 12-track CD album including the singles ‘Speed Of Sound’, ‘Fix You’, ‘Talk’ & ‘The Hardest Part’ plus hidden track ‘Til Kingdom Come’ plus BONUS NTSC DVD featuring 6 B-side recordings [as featured on the single releases], 4 music videos and ‘X&Y’ EPK) from EIL.com from 19th February 2007.   Price £ 16.99, USD 32.96, € 25.32.Tracklisting / Additional Info: CD: 1. S

Scissor Sisters and Coldplay have stepped up the fight against global warming by lending their support to a new scheme which allows people to buy carbon credits.   The scheme, which is also being backed by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, plans to use the money raised to invest in alternative energy resources and raise awareness.Global Cool Foundation is the brainchild of music promoter Dan Morrell, who claims: "Global Cool is about buying time and allowing new energy solutions to swing it."   For every