Coldplay News

Article from NME:   Coldplay have gone glam rock to celebrate the arrival of singer Chris Martin's first baby.   Just days after singer Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow became parents to Apple Blyth Alison Martin, the band's official website www.coldplay.com features an exclusive video by spoof band The Nappies, with the group wearing Darkness-style glam rock wigs.   The track features Martin 'rapping' to Gwyneth and baby Apple, claiming "I'll be there through the thin and the thick / I'm gonna

The Daily Star apologised today for printing “a misleading story” that indicated the band would be leaving EMI, after they had delivered their next studio album, rumoured to be called ‘Prospekt’ and due late 2008. The piece suggested that Coldplay would then follow that up with a ‘Greatest Hits’ LP.   Reports that Coldplay were set to follow Paul McCartney and Radiohead out of the revolving EMI door, have been dismissed as wide of the mark by the label themselves. Yesterday however, NME ran a st

A comprehensive review of Coldplay's concert at the Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX (21st July 2009) has emerged online courtesy of the MIdwest Sport Fans blog. Here is the excellent review...   Last night, as part of a wonderful suite of gifts my girlfriend got me for my recent birthday, I attended my first ever Coldplay concert at the SuperPages.com Center here in Dallas. The headline of this post says that it did not disappoint, but that is a pretty major understatement.   One of the first

Damon Albarn, formerly of Blur and creator of Gorillaz, takes a swipe at Coldplay and Chris Martin in a German MTV interview, calling the Coldplay frontman 'possessed' during the Grammy's performance, amongst other things.   Listen to the full interview and discussion on it here [thanks Ondes Martenot]

Dancing granny Dorian Cowen has become a YouTube sensation after entertaining thousands of fans at Coldplay’s Ricoh concert on 29th May, writes the Coventry Telegraph this week. The 81-year-old, who has worked as a waitress at the Ricoh Arena since it opened, caught the attention of the 40,000 crowd as she danced in the stands during the support acts. Watch her 'performance' at the Coldplay Live forum now [thanks TracieMorgan & Tash]   Pictures of Dorian, who says she has dancing in her bone

Daniel Kitson is a lo-fi romantic. He despises mass culture, drunkenness, X-Factor pop; he celebrates instead the fragile intimacy of fellow geeks who swap painstakingly compiled mix-tapes and dream of locking eyes with the sort of girl who also worries about the popularity of Coldplay.   Read the full article here

Embrace frontman Danny McNamara [pictured] has revealed that he persuaded Coldplay to spend more time on recording ‘X & Y’.   McNamara thought his close friends were rushing things and did the honourable thing and lent a hand.   He told the Coldplay website: “I told him to postpone the mastering and take time off over Christmas to live with what they had. I felt they needed a couple more songs and that the mixes could have been better. They’d just re-recorded the whole album in a month and

Chris Martin had 2,000 people sing happy birthday to him down the phone this week.   Celebrating his 28th birthday, Chris picked up the blower to find fellow rock chum Danny McNamara [pictured] on the other end, during an Embrace gig at Cambridge Corn Exchange. The crowd then roared a fine rendition of 'happy birthday' down the phone at the unsuspecting Martin.   Chris Martin wrote Embrace's hit song 'Gravity'. So really, a little birthday serenading was the least Dan-Dans could do... sneaky Da

After contributing to three different charity auctions in the last quarter of 2006, Coldplay are now featured in the 3rd annual Charity Auction for Sudan with 100 % of the proceeds going to Oxfam, Human Rights Watch and the Save Darfur Coalition.   The Coldplay item isn't listed yet, but other stars contributing are Maroon 5, Bright Eyes, Switchfoot, Kanye West and Tori Amos.   Find out more about the deadly conflict in Darfur and the organisations trying to help its citizens here, also includin

Darius looks set to hold on to his top spot in the UK singles charts this Sunday. Colourblind is outselling Coldplay's new single In My Place, according to mid-week sales figures.   Mad House are in line to enter the charts at number three with their remix of Madonna's Like A Prayer. Gareth Gates' track, Anyone Of Us, has moved down to fourth place, followed by Will Smith's Black Suits Comin' in fifth.   Go out and buy the UK single now!!

For a guy who makes every effort to play the role of bulletproof rock god, Justin Hawkins [pictured left] has remarkably thin skin.   Of course, you probably wouldn't know that based on his public persona: a carefully balanced amalgamation of Axl Rose's debauched dark side and Freddy Mercury's refined pomp. As the spandex-clad, siren-voiced frontman of British hair-metal enthusiasts the Darkness, Hawkins spends a good deal of time making headlines in his homeland. But lately he's become more tha

Coldplay will perform on Le Grand Journal on Wednesday 10th, not Tuesday 9th, as was reported back on August 23rd. The reason for the change is a production alteration.   Coldplay are still due to perform live on French TV but a day later, on the talk show Le Grand Journal, found on the channel Canal+, according to schedules found on Clap Production. The TV show is live from 7pm (French time) to 8:50pm, and usually live acts are on at around 8pm. Although, Coldplay plays at The Bercy at 8:30pm t

Sir Bob Geldof has confirmed plans for a second Live Aid concert, which will take place on July 2nd.   The Sun claims that the concert will be called Live 8, as a reference to the G8 summit of world leaders in Scotland on July 6th.   Previous rumours suggested that Geldof is hoping to sign up acts such as U2, Coldplay, Madonna and Robbie Williams for the event.   A source told the newspaper, "Geldof has taken on one of the biggest projects of his life with this - but it's a brilliant idea. He's

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was thrilled when Chris Martin offered him a trip in his private plane - until he saw the aircraft menu.   Coldplay had chartered a jet from Lisbon, Portugal, back to London following the MTV Europe Music Awards last November, and had enough room for the American band. However, Martin's clean-living lifestyle left carnivorous Grohl missing his meat meals.   He says, "It sucked because it was all vegetarian food and you couldn't smoke, so it was like, this is lame

Coldplay is putting the finishing touches on its fourth studio album, an as-yet-untitled project set for an early summer release via Capitol. A summer tour of North America and Europe will follow.   "We're just about finished," band manager Dave Holmes tells Billboard.com. "They're in the final mixing. They'll start mastering, and away we go." Typically light on hyperbole, Holmes is enthusiastic about the new project. "I think it's their best album," he says. "They've really delivered. It's a fa

Speaking to Billboard, Coldplay's manager Dave Holmes has hinted at the tour itinery for the band into 2009.   Following the conclusion of the first North American leg, the group has international touring on tap through early October, after which it begins another round of North American dates. In 2009, Coldplay will play European stadiums and might even play such venues in North America next year "if we can do the business," manager Dave Holmes tells Billboard.   Read the full article at Billbo

The Q magazine interview recently released mentioned the name of a great Italian musician and an excellent violinist - David Rossi.   Rossi is currently a member of Goldfrapp and has known Coldplay since their support during the Twisted Logic Tour. Davide Rossi worked on Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends and his work is featured in seven songs of the new album. Violet Hill, first single released by the band on iTunes, features a soundscapes intro-like, which originally was an

On December 1, Yahoo! will simultaneously premiere Coldplay's exclusive performance for the "Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music" program in the US and 11 other countries including Spain, Canada, U.K., France, Italy, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, New Zealand and US Espanol.   Taped in New York at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the private concert was filmed in front of 300 lucky Coldplay fans and is available only on Yahoo! Music. The exclusive performance features current and past hits as

December 5th, 2007   In 2004…Band Aid 20’s re-recording of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” topped the U-K singles chart. The new Band Aid featured Paul McCartney, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, U2’s Bono and members of Radiohead, among others.   Source: MTV.ca

Sydney band Decoder Ring has been chosen as Coldplay support act for the Australian leg of the Viva La Vida tour.   Decoder Ring spends their time equal between recording albums and soundtracks. Their 2004 album ‘Somersault’ doubled as a soundtrack for the film of the same name. The band has been recognised more by the film industry than the music industry with awarded from the AFI’s and the Jackson Hole Film Festival.   150,000 tickets have been sold so far for Coldplay’s 11 Australian shows an

Embrace are chart toppers again - after help from Coldplay.   After a three-year wait for a new album, Out Of Nothing is released this week, hot on the heels of Top 10 single Gravity, which was penned by Coldplay's Chris Martin. You can read the full article here   Also see the "Out Of Nothing Come Embrace" article here

Chris Martin and the rest of Coldplay were sitting outside here yesterday, having a cheery meeting over a pint in the sun.   However, I was far too embarrassed to take a photo at the time so you'll just have to take my word for it.     [thanks Mark McLaughlin]

Who was responsible for the derogatory Coldplay poster that was put up during the Brits ceremony? Well, now we know...   “This evening at 10:00 pm dr.d hit a billboard bang opposite the Brit awards, the British music industry’s annual self-congratulatory love-fest. For all their talk of fair trade, presumably Chris Martin and the other boys in Coldplay do not mind performing at a heavily policed event sponsored by Mastercard from which the people who actually buy their CDs are excluded. They als

Coldplay will perform its first arena show in Iowa Friday at Wells Fargo Arena, in support of its latest studio album, 'Viva la Vida or Death and All Its Friends.' The album marks a different sound for the band, said guitarist Jonny Buckland, writes Metromix Des Moines.   "The process of it sounds like a new start," Buckland said during a phone interview from his London home last month. "Obviously, there's going to be lots of links to previous music, but working with Brian (Eno), it was a fresh

The Des Moines Register blogs interviewed Jonny Buckland yesterday by phone. The full interview will be online prior to the June 12 show at Wells Fargo Arena. In the meantime, here is their online article with an extensive preview of topics discussed:   Yesterday, I interviewed Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland over the phone. He seemed like a cool guy, all laid back with his British accent, chilling at his home across the pond. We recorded the interview, but there was some sort of interference