Coldplay News

Yusuf Islam, who rose to fame in the 1970s as Cat Stevens, has won a second consecutive award for songwriter of the year in Britain.   The award was handed out during performing rights group ASCAP's annual U.K. awards ceremony Wednesday. The event honors the top British writers and publishers represented by the group. ASCAP collects royalties on behalf of its members from public performances of their compositions, such as on TV and the radio. Rival firm BMI held its awards ceremony last week, bu

EMI is banking on Robbie Williams and Norah Jones being top sellers in the second half of its financial year, with a trading statement from the music giant out tomorrow expected to indicate a sharp drop in first-half sales.   Overall, the company is expected to say trading indicates that full-year sales to the end of next March are likely to be about £2.07bn, compared with nearly £2.08bnin the previous 12 months.   The City is expecting a strong schedule of releases from EMI in the second half

On a recent episode of the hit TV crime show CSI: NY, Detective Danny Messer’s cell phone rang with a familiar tone. “Coldplay?” his partner asks. “Yeah,” says Messer. “It’s called talk — something my girlfriend’s really good at.”   The plug was then followed by more traditional ads for the ringtone during the commercial break. No money changed hands for the product placement or commercials, but revenue from ring tones sold during the one-week offer — at $2.50 a pop — was split evenly between C

Dig out the vinyl, scan the CD collection and scroll through your MP3 player….and then tell us your favourite album.   We're asking everyone to vote for their favourite album of all time. The results will be tallied, and the top ten albums of all time - as voted by Australia - will be revealed in a 90 minute television epic to be aired in December. To nominate your favourite album go to the vote now link on this page, call 1900 966 336 or SMS your vote to 19799222.   Following on from the succe

One week after appearing on the British comedy show 'Extras', Chris Martin finally speaks out about the fact that he was mocked badly by Ricky Gervais and being shown as a selfish pop star on an ego trip.   He said: "At least now people can assume I do have a sense of humour and it's not all about angst and baby Apple."   More on this here

The top ten most popular searches on myspace are:   1) HTML 2) Videos 3) My Chemical Romance 4) Downloads 5) Coldplay 6) Ringtones 7) Dates 8) Music 9) Photos 10) Friends

Coldplay drummer Will Champion and wife Marianne In Hong Kong during their Far East tour, 13th July 2006     [Thanks cpfan50]

Complete Panic ! (NiteKlub Project)   01 - Dont Panic - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, 2000-12-01 02 - You Only Live Twice - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, 2000-12-01 (2/3/4) 03 - Bigger Stronger - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, 2000-12-01 (4) 04 - Trouble - Live fra Vega i Denmark (6) 05 - Shiver - Live fra Vega i Denmark (6) 06 - Sparks - Live fra Vega i Denmark (6) 07 - Spies - Lowlands Festival in Holland on 25 August 2000 (5) 08 - Bigger Stronger - Lowlands Festival in

The Best Of Radio 2 - A round-up of the best music of the last few months along with some juicy DJ faves   BBC Radio 2 has worked its way into the hearts of the nation. It’s now the UK’s most listened to station thanks to its mix of popular and specialist music, features, documentaries, light entertainment and readings.   And now they’re bringing their magic to a 3-CD collection, cunningly titled Radio 2 Presents The Playlist. And it is exactly that: a mouth-watering collection of great songs p

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored the top British writer and publisher members of the PRS at a special ceremony held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday, October 11, 2006.   Hosted by ASCAP Senior Vice President, International Roger Greenaway, the gala dinner and awards presentation honored those PRS writer and publisher members whose repertory is licensed by ASCAP and was among its most performed works in the U.S. during 2005.   "We're ve

You can download Coldplay: Speed Of Sound (KarlG remix) from his site karlgunton.com.   It’s the Coldplay remix that ended the main arena gig at Global Gathering 2005.   And like tk the cat says - hearing Coldplay remixes is like having gin with lucozade! [Thanks tk the cat]

It was with a tear in his eye and a lump in his throat that one-quarter of one of the most famous rock bands on the planet returned to his hometown of Southampton.   Coldplay drummer Will Champion took time out of the award-winning band's hectic schedule to perform a heartfelt honour.   He was invited to Southampton University to officially open a new archaeology building, which holds special significance for his family.   Read the full article here

Chris Martin leaving the Groucho Club in Soho. London, England - 09.10.06   See the pictures here [thanks __therese]

As SOLD on eBay, you can now download Coldplay documentaries, including the 'Origins of Coldplay', 'How It All Began', 'Breaking America' and 'The Future', for free.   Download all twelve parts here   [thanks Nitehawk]

Got Coldplay DVDs but no covers? Don't Panic, you can download the whole set here   [Thanks Nitehawk]

The Coldplaying populous has spoken, and the majority of you are expecting a new Coldplay album no sooner or later than the year 2008. Here are the results so far:     To cast your vote click here. To discuss this poll go here

Taking the mic: Coldplay frontman Chris Martin proved an easy target for Ricky Gervais's mockery in Extras.   Read the full article here [thanks Jenjie]

On November 14, Hip-O Records/Universal Music Enterprises will release Rhythms del Mundo, a collaborative record that unites members of the Buena Vista Social Club with their pasty white musical brethren.   After obtaining permission from the various bands to modify their material, the Cuban collective (under the guidance of arranger Demitrio Muniz) created brand new backing tracks for the original vocals of songs like "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "She Will Be Loved".   Even

Watch the entire episode here   It really couldn't possibly get any worse for Andy Millman. Seriously.   Following on from last week's Down Syndrome debacle, Andy kicked-off tonight's show with a charity video appeal, only to subsequently find his entire BBC sitcom hijacked by a shamelessly self-promoting Chris Martin.   However, the Coldplay front-man's repeated attempts to hawk a forthcoming greatest hits album was really only the start of Andy's problems, as he ended up nominated for a BAFT

The Extras episode featuring Chris Martin airs TONIGHT [Thursday 5th October] on BBC.   In addition to this, you will be able to view the entire episode online tomorrow [Friday 6th October] here   This week is episode 4 of Extras. It will guest star Chris, Stephen Fry, Richard Briers and Ronnie Corbett. Chris has recorded a special version of the theme song just for this episode with Ricky Gervais singing backing vocals. Another surprise guest will make an appearance after the credits so don’t c

Coldplay Fans Say NO to Martin-Timberlake Collaboration, in our last poll.     New poll: When do you think the next Coldplay album will be released?   You can vote here

As you may or may not know, the Extras episode featuring Chris Martin airs this Thursday [5th October] on BBC television.   In addition to this, you will be able to view the entire episode online from Friday 6th October here EXTRAS (BBC2, 9pm)   HAS the Ricky Gervais backlash begun?   Just a short while ago, the Reading-born star could do no wrong. Awards were being given to him willy nilly, and everything he touched seemed to turn to gold. After The Office became a massive success, some ‘expert

Chris Martin and Will Champion from Coldplay stopped by the studios at 1331 Yonge for an interview with Roger Rick and Marilyn on May 10th, 2005.   Click here for unseen pictures.   [Thanks Alex22 & Ladybug]

Wondering what Coldplay have been doing lately, far away from tour life and studio recording? Well, besides watching their little toddlers grow (Chris has two kids with Gwyneth Paltrow, Will welcomed baby girl Ava in April and Guy's wife Joanna had their daughter Nico two weeks ago), at least three of them have been seen out and about recently, while Guy is probably taking care of newborn Nico at home.   Jonny spent an idyllic holiday with girlfriend Chloe Lee-Evans in Hawaii after finishing the

Chris, Johnny & Will were at Emma McGlynn and the Monorails show at the Heavenly Social in London last night.   More on this here [thanks marion100]That has made my day - just been to see Emma McGlynn and the Monorails at the Social in London and guess who was there….. yup… Chris Martin!   I couldn’t hardly believe my eyes. He seemed to dig it but left fairly promptly at the end, I presume to avoid getting mobbed - people had started to notice him. Anyone know if he is a fan? I kinda like th