Coldplay News

cooperowen.com will be holding a Rock Legends auction on the 25th September which includes:   Lot 48: A microphone and album flat signed by members of Coldplay.   An album flat Coldplay A Rush of Blood To The Head signed Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland and Guy Berryman, in different marker pens, together with a Coby CM-P22 microphone signed Chris in blue marker pen. The microphone is accompanied by a colour photograph of the singer after signing the microphone.   Commission bids can be placed on

Remember, it's 'The Sun' after all... personally I think it's rubbish but who knows.   I have some chilling news for Coldplay fans - Gwyneth Paltrow is to sing on the band's third album.   Oh dear, the name Yoko Ono springs to mind. The Oscar-winning actress has convinced fiancé Chris Martin to let her record backing vocals and is even taking singing lessons. Gwyneth enjoys singing and has actually impressed critics in the past with her voice, performing with Huey Lewis in the movie Duets three

If you have been to a recent Coldplay show in South America, we want to hear from you. Reviews of the shows are currently in short supply so if you want to write a review for the site, please send them in to me at [email protected]   We would be very happy to hear your views!   Ian 8)

An Australian schoolteacher has been threatened with legal action by a member of rock band Coldplay after mistakenly taking the taxi he had booked.   Jacqueline Hall, from Brisbane, was accused of deliberately taking drummer Will Champion's cab when it pulled up outside her home in Kennington, south London. Champion's solicitors sent Hall, 31, a letter accusing her of a criminal act after she dropped a written apology through the musician's letterbox.   "To be called a criminal is terrible," Hal

Coldplay have announced plans to release a live CD and DVD package called "Coldplay Live 2003" on November 11.   The double-disc set was recorded on July 21 and 22 at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. The DVD features 90 minutes of material, including two tracks previously unreleased in North America. The first, "The One I Love," was a B-side on the U.K. single for "In My Place," and the other, "Moses," is new.   The DVD was shot with nine cameras on 16 mm film. The package will also con

Before Coldplay began rehearsing "The Scientist" for the VMA Awards, frontman Chris Martin was told that a good chunk of the song had to be cut off at the end to save time.   At the conclusion of the first run-through, Martin was signaled when to end. "How much time have they taken off of it?" he asked incredulously, then laughed. "Why don't we just come out and bow without playing a note?"   Drummer Will Champion caused Martin to start laughing during one of the six takes of the song by shiftin

Pop star Justin Timberlake is planning to join hands with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in a musical partnership.   According to website Ratethemusic, the duo mutually admire each other, and have been raving about the other's musical prowess. Coldplay has also performed cover versions of several Timberlake tracks during festival performances this summer, while Justin, at last week's MTV Video Music Awards revealed that he listens to Coldplay every day.   The twosome, who were spotted together a

If you haven't heard yet, Coldplay scored 3 out of 3 awards on Thursday at the VMA Awards 2003 - Radio City Music Hall, New York.   They later on performed 'The Scientist' as well and dedicated it to Johnny Cash.

For those who haven't seen the behind the scenes clip of the making of the video to 'Speed Of Sound', you can view it here [thanks vamm842]   The video promo for "Speed of Sound" was shot on a Los Angeles sound stage over 22–23 April 2005. Shooting took place on large sets backed by large LED displays. The performance based video was helmed by Mark Romanyak, who was responsible for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and Jay-Z's "99 Problems".   The video earned 4 nominations at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards

The video for the new single, The Scientist, is now in circulation on UK TV channels.   It was shot between September 30th and October 3rd in Surrey and London, and is directed by Jamie Thraves, the man behind the videos for Goldie's 'Temper Temper', The Verve's 'Lucky Man' (US version) and the legendary video for 'Just' by Radiohead.

MTV AWARDS: You can now vote for Coldplay in 4 categories in this years MTV European Music Awards in Barcelona on November 14th.   The 4 categories are, BEST UK ACT, BEST ROCK, BEST NEW ALBUM, and BEST GROUP.   Visit http://ema.mtv.co.uk/ema2002 to cast your votes.

The new track is called "The Scientist" and guitarist Jonny Buckland says that they didn't spend a lot of time working on the track. It's not that they're lazy – the song is just that good.   Johnny says, "The most fun tracks to record are the ones that come quite quickly, you know, and come together quickly. 'The Scientist' was one of those. Chris wrote the melody and the piano part in an afternoon one Sunday and I heard it and I thought it was amazing. And the next day we went in and recorded

Coldplay Scribbles Scribble 5 8 October 2002   Just when I thought that I didn’t get enough Coldplay in my system...something new pops up and totally makes me scream like a bleep...man oh man! This week is so good! Ah!   The miscellaneous parts comes now...please enjoy the insanity.   (KINDA SAD) RANT: There’s a program that’s taped in the Bay Area in California called Live At The Fillmore, in which a local TV station showcases and does a video expose on up-and-coming bands that play at The Fill

Coldplay have been shortlisted for Best Group and Best Album for ‘A Rush of Blood To The Head’ as well as Best Rock and Best UK & Ireland Act at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards.

Coldplay have announced details of their new single 'The Scientist', the fourth track from their new album.   The song, the second to be lifted from 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', is released on 11th November 2002.   It will be backed by two new songs, '1.36' and 'I Ran Away'.

New "A Rush..." reviews and Coldplay interviews coming soon to this site... please check back shortly...

If you're are interested in Fan Videos of Coldplay in San Diego on 9/9/02, please contact Michael at [email protected] who will advise you on availability.   Screen shots below:  

Coldplay competition up and running at www.synthesis.net.... win a vinyl copy of the album and other goodies.

According to Coldplay's Official Website, the band has been nominated for two MTV Asia awards, one for Favorite Rock Act and the other for Favorite Video (In My Place). The awards ceremony will take place on January 24th.   You can vote for 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' as the best album of 2002 over at VH1.com. They're up against Nelly, No Doubt, Bruce Springsteen, Pink and Eminem. Be sure to vote!   Canoe is reporting that Coldplay has tapped Toronto singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith to open up 1

http://www.easytoplease.net/images/contest_big.gif   We are giving Coldplay fans a chance to win tickets to very exclusive Coldplay Sound Check parties.   Winners will receive 2 passes to a private party where the band will play 2-3 full songs and they will do a proper meet and greet-picture taking / autograph session plus they will get a pair of tickets to the show. Second place winners will receive a Coldplay prize pack which includes a limited edition vinyl banner, a copy of Rush on vinyl, a

Official announcement as of a few days ago.   X&Y (the album) due out June 6 on Parlophone (UK/Europe) and June 7 on Capitol (North America).   Speed of Sound (single) due out May 23 (again, probably the 24th in the US if they even release the single here).   No artwork as yet; see coldplay.com for more (and more timely) details.

Now that the competition is closed! What was the answer? Here it is:   Safety EP - release date - 18/May/1998 /\ 1560 days in between \/ arobtth - release date - 26/Aug/2002

Gwyneth Paltrow's boyfriend Chris Martin wants to set the record straight once and for all -- there will be no wedding. Even though last month G.P. was spotted wearing a ring on her engagement finger and fueling rumors the two would soon have rice chucked their way, the Coldplay front man swears that he has no intention of getting hitched to the actress.   "We are not getting married," the 26-year-old singer told Virgin Radio. "Everything that is written about Steven Spielberg [he was rumored to

Coldplay is working on a live DVD of backstage, onstage and "stupid stuff," according to the band's bassist and de facto cameraman, Guy Berryman.   "We want to make it good, not do it for the sake of doing it," Berryman says. "I know a lot of bands go, 'Oh, let's just do a DVD,' and get a film crew and they film it and record music and stick it out. I'd like to do something a bit more interesting than that."   Berryman, the man behind the camcorder, has been gathering footage as the U.K. band to

Coldplay were joined onstage by Ash star Tim Wheeler on the last date of their North American tour at the Chicago UIC Pavillion.   The bands who have been touring together have been inseparable throughout and even formed a supergroup at the Echo Lounge in Atlanta during a tour break, playing cover versions until the early hours.   Ash singer Tim Wheeler appeared onstage for Coldplay's new forthcoming single 'The Scientist', playing guitar and singing backing vocals.