Coldplay News

As Coldplay leave Canada until later in the year as part of the Mylo Xylotour, Entertainment Canada will have an exclusive interview with Chris and Jonny that will be airing on Thursday with a promised second part on Friday.   You can catch up with all the latest discussion on this forthcoming interview at the Coldplay forum. We'll do our best to find some multimedia for those outside Canada after the airing. In the meantime, you can read their preview article below which was published today, a

Welshman Eugene Francis Jnr will be releasing 'Hobo Occupation' through Legion Records on November 24th, and as if that's not enough to warm the cockles of your heart, he's also going on a UK/EU/US tour with Coldplay and Todd Rundgren respectively. Currently Coldplay's Manchester, Dublin and Belfast support slots and the remaining two dates in London are as yet unknown. More on Eugene Francis Jnr at his MySpace page here   Here's his Coldplay support schedule:   29/11/08 : UK : Arena, Sheffield

European dates for Coldplay's Summer Tour 2005 have been announced. They will play on/at:   Wednesday 15th June Volks Park, Hamburg, Germany   Friday 17th June Fuelinger, Koln, Germany   Sunday 19th June Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany   Thursday 7th July Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands   Saturday 9th July Coubertin Platz, Munich, Germany   Germany tickets go on sale from Saturday 12th March and Netherlands tickets on sale from Saturday 19th March.

Up-to-date European tour venues for November 2002 have been posted exclusively on this site.   Check them out in the tour section.

Some more reviews of Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends have hit the headlines, days before the album hits the shelves. Here's a Coldplaying recap on the latest ones:   Gigwise have given the new album 4/5, calling the album "A fantastically unexpected and spontaneous comeback...". You can read the full review here.   The Winnipeg Sun gave the album 90% marking and you can read the review here. They said, "On Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay isn't just better; the band

The video for Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall has been out now for over 24 hours and it has been a big hit with the majority of Coldplay fans. So far 56% of Coldplayers have given the video a perfect 10/10 score. If you haven't yet voted, you can do so now. We have a large collection of screen captures to download if you wish to make use of the images for avatars, signatures or other artwork.   More has been discovered about the location of the videoshoot. It was filmed at Millennium Mills, close

Could this be the best evidence yet of a new album release on 29th March?   Meanwhile, Amazon have released information that may indicate a May release, here

Former Liberty X star Michelle Heaton is covering Coldplay’s single Talk to release as her debut solo single.   The pop singer was persuaded to tackle the Chris Martin-penned tune, which went Top 10 in 2005, by Boyzone's Keith Duffy. All money raised from sales will go to charity Irish Autism Action, of which Duffy is an ambassador.   The celebrities have both been working together recently on the judging panel of the Irish version of The X Factor, called You’re A Star. Michelle told Mirror.co.u

Excitement has been growing around the world following the announcement that Coldplay will play a homecoming gig in Exeter in the run-up to Christmas. Full discussion on this Coldplay date can be found at the Coldplay Live forum here onwards. We will have more on the ticket news and availability soon.   As revealed recently through Anchorman on Coldplay.com and the online Exeter Echo, the band will arrive in the Southwest of England for a one-off concert at Exeter Castle on Saturday, December 19

The iconic live album, 'Coldplay Live 2003' was released on November 10th 2003. It featured 12 tracks on the audio CD, including the likes of 'Shiver', 'Yellow' and 'In My Place'. Tunes, such as 'Trouble' and 'Daylight' didn't feature on the official audio CD, only on the DVD release. Another track which didn't make the cut onto the CD version was 'What A Wonderful World', the classic song, originally recorded by Louis Armstrong.   13 years later, Coldplay's version of the popular classic, 'Wha

Coldplay bassist, Guy Berryman loves to experiment musically and since 2008, he has been part of the electronic Supergroup, named Apparatjik, in which Danish born Jonas Bjerre is the lead singer of. Coldplaying.com has followed their musical activities since their formation, including the multi-national band's debut LP release in 2010. Now we are catching up with the other frontman in Guy's life, Jonas, as we seek an update on Apparatjik and his experiences of making music with Guy.     Welco

UPDATE - 19th November @ 7pm GMT: Applications for passes to the the official festive London boat trip next week have now closed. The following members have won a pair of passes for the trip. If you have a ticket but need a guest, or have no ticket and are willing to be a guest, please check the find a partner thread immediately!   We have a special announcement of a Coldplay HQ/Coldplaying boat trip next week in London, on either 25th or 26th November. Here is the official annoucement from Cold

Exclusive Coldplay listening party from the 16th August! Click below. This will only work from the 16th August onwards!   http://www.tidalflow.co.uk/outside/clients/coldplay/rushofblood_lp_click_log.php  

There is plenty to keep you occupied this weekend as far as Coldplay are concerned.   NME have a Coldplay Video interview exclusive here   Saturday, 10am to 1pm (GMT): Coldplay join Jonathan Ross for chat and music on his Radio 2 show. Listen live here   Saturday, 9.30pm (GMT): Coldplay Documentary on Radio 2 titled "Hello, we're Coldplay" hosted by Steve Lamacq featuring interviews with the band and many people involved in their story. Listen live here   Sunday, 2.15am (GMT): Repeat of Coldplay

Coldplaying.com has joined up with CMH Records to offer visitors an exclusive free CD offer, for a limited time only.   The new Coldplay Piano Tribute CD is now out - if you purchase this CD from CMH you will get a free Coldplay String Quartet Tribute CD (and vice-versa).   For full details of this offer please click here

'oh they say you can see your future, inside a glass of water, the riddles and the rhymes'...   Grab your exclusive preview of Coldplay's fantastic new EP 'Prospekt's March' on your own Facebook Profile - full details (and widget) are in the Coldplay forum now right here. So far we've heard Rainy Day, Life in Technicolor ii, Prospekt's March and Glass of Water, with more songs to come.   Instructions: To begin, rub the Glass of Water with your mouse to receive a Riddle or a Rhyme. If you're luck

An extract of the song 'So Sad' has been uncovered, the first song even written and performed by Coldplay, even before the demo 'Ode To Deodorant'.   Relating to a 1998 official video, Debs Wild, editor for coldplay.com said that the song that follows 'So Sad' is 'Panic' divided into 2 different parts (the last one is the last line of the song).   You can download it here [thanks coldpatrix & Debs Wild]

Coldplay have completed recording the video for the new single (heavily rumoured to be Lovers In Japan), Coldplaying.com can reveal.   The video was directed by Mat Whitecross, who you may remember also directed the unofficial Dancing Politicians video for Coldplay’s new single Violet Hill, the mini Amazon-clips and the Rough Cut of Life In Technicolor.   Here's all we know about the new video so far: "Following his hugely successful viral video for Violet Hill, Mat Whitecross has just wrapped t

Coldplay have scooped two prizes at the Q Awards ceremony in London, including best album for Viva La Vida or Death To All Their Friends. Coldplay also won best act in the world today.   Picking up the best album prize, Chris Martin warned the crowd he was going to bore them, before launching into a rambling acceptance speech. At one point, he declared Coldplay were “the greatest band in the world”, before adding bashfully: “U2 are on holiday”.   Welsh star Duffy picked up best breakthrough, whi

After some expensive looking high concept videos for their last few efforts Coldplay brings it back to the basics and where it all started from with their new video “Lost” from the top selling album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.   The video is a performance piece with the band rocking an arena sized audience as Chris displays some creative dance moves then takes off in the middle of the crowd. Good thing Chris isn’t a rapper, he might be chainless after running into a crowd after a

Dutch Guitarist Peter Van Houten (alias Peter Van Wood) has accused Coldplay of plagiarism, in respect of the song 'Clocks', Coldplaying.com can reveal.   The guitarist, who has lived in Italy for several years, is looking for a million Euros from the British band due to plagiarism. According to 83 year old Van Wood, Coldplay’s 2002 single ‘Clocks’ is identical to his song ‘Caviar & Champagne’ which he wrote in 1982. Meanwhile Van Wood has called in a lawyer and seems to have the support of

Coldplay star Chris Martin has made an emotional journey to Scotland for the funeral of his beloved uncle.   He travelled alone to bid farewell to Angus Fleming on Arran. Ferry passengers spotted the rocker on his way to St Molio's Church in Shiskine, Blackwaterfoot, on Friday.   And his band's hit song Fix You was played during the ceremony. Chris, 30, went home after the funeral tea and was so exhausted he slept on the deck of the ferry between Brodick and Ardrossan. Chris said: "I'm very up

Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland appeared yesterday on Canadian TV programme eTalk and confirmed that as of yesterday the band have finished working on some songs that will be released in EP format sometime in March next year.   The full interview is now available via the Much Music website - view all the videos here. More on this news here [thanks Space Cadet]   Meanwhile, during Coldplay's interview on 102.1FM The Edge, Jonny Buckland [pictured] confirmed that the new video for the s

The first pair of tickets for Coldplay's Big Noise Sessions homecoming concert to be sold on Internet site eBay have gone for more than ten times the original price, according to Exeter's online newspaper Express & Echo this morning. The latest discussion on this is at the Coldplay Live forum, where you can read the latest comments here onwards.   There has been anger that more than five per cent of the 500 tickets that were made available for the Mencap event on Saturday are being sold on e

Coldplay singer Chris Martin described last night's Mencap's Big Noise Session at Exeter Castle as 'really great fun'. Chris, who was born in Whitestone, spent the afternoon before the gig with his family while guitarist Jonny did a spot of Christmas shopping, according to coldplay.com, writes the Express & Echo today.   Coldplay were introduced on to the stage by Radio One DJ Jo Whiley and her sister. Whiley helped organise the show with proceeds going to Mencap's work with people with a le