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Coldplay on Graham Norton show - Friday 30th May A very tounge in cheek title as Chris and Jonny provided Coldplayers with some Friday night humour. The band's appearance on The Graham Norton show was pre-filmed, so we knew beforehand that the interview would involve Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland in addition to the full band performing A Sky Full of Stars live.   A star studded sofa full of guests on the night included : Legendary actor Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt who stars beside Tom in their

As we reported back in early May and mid June, Coldplay are to feature in a documentary for the South Bank Show later this year, and details on the format of the show have been confirmed today, thanks to the official Coldplay site. Here's Anchorman:   We're pleased to announce that Coldplay are to be the subject of an episode of the South Bank Show, the highly-respected arts TV programme. The Coldplay show will be broadcast on ITV1 in the UK at 10.15pm on September 20th 2009. We'll let you know

As we reported back in early May, Coldplay are to feature in a documentary for the South Bank Show later this year, and details on the format of the show have emerged today, courtesy of Music Week.   The band will be seen in discussion with Melvyn Bragg in the autumn as he travels with them for six months, taking in their win at this year’s Grammy Awards, a tour throughout Japan, the Brit Awards and the War Child concert in London, where they performed with Bono, the Killers and Gary Barlow of T

On June 17th, Coldplay will be playing in Barcelona as part of the free show trilogy. The venue is still to be confirmed, but it is rumoured that the capacity will be only 1000.   For those who speak Spanish, here's a exerpt of an online report from MTV Espana confirming the date and details:   Coldplay regresará a Barcelona. Durante su última estancia en la Ciudad Condal, Coldplay trabajó con las letras y melodías del que será el cuarto disco de estudio de la banda, 'Viva la Vida or Death and A

After the Asian Tsunami of Boxing Day, 2004 a group of people got together to support an established project working with differently abled children in Batticaloa, North Eastern Sri Lanka. Through a personal connection to one of the band members, Coldplay got to hear about this fundraising, and donated this disc to raise money to assist these projects. All money raised will go directly to a registered charity in Sri Lanka, called Mencafep, run by Chris and Ranji Stubbs, to further their essentia

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   April 29, 2010 - submitted by Mariana, Mexico Q. Hola Oracle, Como estas? I had the chance to go to the Monterrey gig and while the band was performing Yellow I saw Chris breaking his guitar on the the stage! I wanna know why did he do that? Is it a sort of a tradition for him? BTW I loved the way that the guitars were decorated! Who painted them? Muchas Gracias, Besos! The Oracle replies: Muy buen

Poor Chris Martin. He's been sitting pretty at the top of album and singles charts the world over in recent weeks, and yet he's still suffering accusations from inventive YouTubers suggesting his best-selling songs are rip-offs.   First came a fine piece of self-publicity by Brooklyn indie band Creaky Boards, who suggested Martin had come to see them and copied their song The Songs I Didn't Write for Coldplay's Number 1 single Viva La Vida. No one quite believed Creaky Boards, as it soon emerge

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 17, 2010 - submitted by Beth, Australia Q. O Oracle, In Roadie #42's blog number 98 there is a voice near the beginning when he's looking at the people through the stage barrier and a muffled hello. Is that Mr 42's voice. Also that blog was hilarious! Love from Australia. We eagerly await the bands return! The Oracle replies: No, that's not Roadie #42. It's a live version of Strawberry Swing and

Coldplay are the first band to win the 'Best Alternative' Grammy for two years in a row.   And its exactly a week until the next Grammy Awards for 2004 and Coldplay are up for two Grammy Award nominations for 'Clocks' as RECORD OF THE YEAR and 'The Scientist' - BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO.   The Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center next Sunday, February 8, 2004.

A few hours ago an email went out to the winners of the free ticket giveaway for Coldplay’s June 23rd show at Madison Square Garden to promote the new album, Viva la Vida Or Death And All His Friends. Then about an hour later, another email was sent out correcting the date (the original email said the show was on June 24th).   Tickets will be mailed out to winners on or around June 10th, and when they arrive the lucky concert-goers will find out the location of their seats. There is (at time of

2008 Concert Volunteer Application - Support Oxfam at Coldplay shows!   A reminder that Oxfam America are still looking for volunteers to help out at Coldplay shows in the US - starting THIS MONDAY at the MSG free gig. Fill in the form here for your application. If you wish to apply to more than one concert please fill out one application per concert.   An Oxfam America organizer will respond to you as soon as possible and will send more exact schedules along with other instructions to those vo

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   June 8, 2011 - submitted by Robin van Vliet, Netherlands Q. Dear Oracle, At the Rock Am Ring festival Coldplay performed a new song called Charlie Brown. My question is: who is he, and why has Coldplay dedicated this song to him? Greetings from The Netherlands! The Oracle replies: It's definitely not dedicated to a real person. The only Charlie Brown I know of is the comic strip creation by Charles

EMI Group , the world's third-largest record company, said on Thursday it expected annual profit to rise by around 12 percent after digital music sales soared.   The company, home to artists such as Coldplay and The Rolling Stones, said it had also identified an additional 30 million pounds of annual cost savings.   "Overall, the group expects to report full year revenue growth of close to 4 percent, with digital revenues more than doubling to over 110 million pounds," it said in a statement.  

Digital Spy have reviewed Coldplay's new single, Princess Of China - and have given it full marks - 5 stars out of 5. More discussion on this review is at the PoC sub-forum now. Read on for the review... [thanks Tash]   Digital Spy: Although Coldplay were on a mission to make Mylo Xyloto their most pop-oriented collection of material to date, we were still shocked when it was announced that they were to team up with Rihanna on a track. Partly because the band had never collaborated with another

Following the release of Coldplay's new video in midweek, attention now turns to the digital bundle single release at the end of the month. Here is DigitalSpy's review of 'Life in Technicolor ii'. I don't think they like it. (3/5 stars):   The original 'Life In Technicolor' appeared as a hushed instrumental intro to last summer's Viva La Vida LP. Imbued with a distinct world music vibe, it was an intriguing opener that captured Coldplay at their most serene. The track was revisited at the album'

Tim McGraw has sparked rumours that Chris Martin has been taking influence from country music, after revealing that his wife Faith Hill recently wrote a number of songs with the Coldplay frontman, claim DigitalSpy today.   The two families are known to have become close after McGraw starred opposite Martin's wife Gwyneth Paltrow in the recently-released film Country Strong. "My wife is a huge Coldplay fan, and they spent a lot of time writing songs," McGraw told a surprised Chelsea Handler durin

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow will think twice about renting a romantic getaway home for her and husband Chris Martin after a recent dream break turned into a nightmare.   The 33-year-old star decided to treat Chris Martin [pictured with Paltrow, left] to a two-week break in East Hampton, New York, after he completed Coldplay’s North American summer (2005) tour and rented a palatial ocean-side property without checking it out first.   She recalls, “The place was filthy when we got here. I went to use

Carl Barat has criticised the decision by Coldplay this week to release their new single for free online.   'Violet Hill' has been available to download completely free from Tuesday at coldplay.com, and will be withdrawn on Tuesday, when it goes on general sale. The band had hoped following in the footsteps of Radiohead and Nine inch Nails, both of whom released music for free in recent months, would drum up interest in their forthcoming fourth album 'Vida La Vida'. However, Dirty Pretty Things

Ten days after Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barat criticised the decision by Coldplay to release their new single for free online, they've followed suit by making 'Hippy Son', a song from their forthcoming second album, 'Romance At Short Notice', available to download free.   Barat [pictured] was quoted as saying, "You could say they (Coldplay) were jumping on the bandwagon a bit. You can't escape the fact that big name, big money bands who release their stuff for free are harming the scene

The Pub that launched rock sensations Coldplay and Suede is set to be turned into flats - to the dismay of local residents.   The Falcon Pub, Royal College Street, Camden, which had held rock gigs on its premises since the early 1970s, closed down three years ago to make way for a community centre - but locals had hoped that it would one day be reverted back to its former glory.   Coldplay had their breakthrough there on December 7 1998, after being spotted by record producer Simon Williams and

There are certain things in life that stay with you for the rest of your days. No matter how far you get away from them, the moment you encounter items intractably connected with them, that's it: you're thrown back decades as memories come flooding back. I had such a moment late last year; while Proust had his Madeleine bun, I had an advert. I had my back to the telly, but the music - a full orchestra intoning great dark chords - was enough. "Dah Dah Dah! Dah Dah Dah!" A mixture of terror and ex

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   April 17, 2009 - submitted by Amanda, United Kingdom Q. Oracle - I'm having a shocker of a day at work! Tell me something funny about Coldplay that we don't know, so I can smile and forget my troubles..... Thanking you kindly and hopefully! The Oracle replies: The first time they played Glastonbury, their then Tour manager took them to the wrong gate to load in their gear with very little time to spare. As they were first on that Sun

Thanks to Debs at the official site for the alert:   Hi Some jerk is trying to sell the Mince Spies Cd & 4 Coldplayground fanzines for a ludicrous £1,800! That's like a zero too much! There's no starting bid, that's a buy it nowprice and absolutely unbelievable. He seems to think that it's an investment and the price will go up. I very much doubt it will ever reach this price in value, so please don't think this is a good pension idea. The Cd has been known to fetch anywhere between £100-200

U2 and Coldplay and are strongly rumoured to be headlining the Friday (24th) and Sunday (26th) nights respectively, but there have been question marks over who will bring the Pyramid Stage to a close on the Saturday (25th)... until now.   Rumours that The Rolling Stones are set to headline Glastonbury Festival 2011 alongside Coldplay and U2 have been fuelled after the group's infamous Tongue and Lip Design image appeared on a Somerset website. Fans noticed that the illustration that been posted

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