Coldplay News

According to Ananova, Chris Martin has said the new Coldplay record is about "getting things done now" and "a fear of dying."   He went on to say, "The record's about how you must do things now because time is short. Whether it's falling in love or stopping evil global corporations, you've got to do it now, not put it off. Part of the driving force behind that is fear of dying. Obviously, the other part of that is just fear of losing my hair. It's good to feel life is short, because that makes y

In 2004... Coldplay’s Clocks was named Record of the Year. OutKast won Album of the Year at the GRAMMYs for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.   Beyonce won five awards, including Best Female R&B Vocal and Best Contemporary R&B Album for Dangerously in Love.   Source: MTV

Feeder have spectacularly rubbished all comparisons made between themselves and the wave of mellow bands on the circuit such as Keane and Coldplay.   Speaking to Gigwise, drummer Mark Richardson said Feeder’s more restrained sound should not be pigeonholed with such bands.   Clearly a bit fazed, he said: "It's fucking shit to be honest. This band’s been around three times longer than Coldplay, and much longer than Keane, who don’t have guitars in their songs. Comparisons put you in a box, boxes

Coldplay fans who camped out for two nights have been snapping up tickets to the first gig by the band in their home town of Exeter since 2000. Fifty people had waited outside the HMV shop since Tuesday for the £50 tickets which which went on sale today at 0900 GMT. Coldplay will perform to an audience of just 500 fans, at Exeter Castle on 19 December, to raise money for Mencap. You can watch a video of the queues online at the BBC website (UK only).   Coldplayers Mary Maguire, 22, and Karen Cha

Festival fever is already setting in as our summer diaries start to fill up, report mirror.co.uk.   The line-up for Carling 24 in London on April 28 and 29 was announced yesterday with Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Ordinary Boys, Dir ty Pretty Things and Ian Brown already confirmed. Log on to carling.com at 10am next Tuesday for tickets.   Meanwhile, Coldplay have announced they will play their only live show in Europe this summer at the Isle of Wight Festival on June 11, with the Foo Fighters head

Designs to turn Liverpool's most successful music studios into a set of apartments offend the eye, according to the city council's planning committee.   The studios are the largest recording studio outside London and have attracted names such as Pulp, New Order and Coldplay. Councillors said they were concerned about the loss of Parr Street Studios and want plans for its transformation to be reviewed.   The city's most prominent actors, artists and musicians have demanded Parr Street studios be

According to the man from the independent record label that discovered him, Coldplay's Chris Martin was little more than a "gibbering fool in a tank-top with Leo Sayer hair" when he first started out in the music business. Unfortunately for the label, Martin's global celebrity, his glamorous relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow and his nascent taste for macrobiotic food only blossomed after he had jumped ship and signed his band with industry giant EMI.   It is a leap made all too often by the hot

'Shaun Of The Dead' star Simon Pegg has fulfilled a life-long rock ambition by jamming with his musical idols Chris Martin and Echo And The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch.   The British actor, 34, was invited to drum for the superstar pair after visiting the Coldplay frontman, a pal, in the recording studio - and he describes the experience as remarkable.   He says, "Echo and the Bunnymen was the first live band I ever saw so for me it was a huge treat to meet him. I just went into the studio t

As if the anticipation of seeing Coldplay live wasn’t reason enough to head to the concert venue early, now X&Y concert-goers across America will rock out to Filter TV during the 90-minute pre-show and 30-minute interval between the opening act and Coldplay. Filter TV kicks off at the New England Dodge Music Center in Hartford, CT, on August 4.   The first ever presentation of its kind features videos by Filter-approved bands, from established artists like Rilo Kiley, Supergrass, Hot Hot He

If you want to see Coldplay live at Glastonbury this year then you have one more chance to grab entry - cancelled and refunded tickets for this year's festival will be resold to the public on Sunday, April 17 at 9am. Those hoping to purchase a pass for the event must ensure that they are registered via the official Glastonbury website by Friday, April 15.   "The number of tickets available is expected to be quite limited, because these are returns, not a second batch," a statement on the festiva

Halifax native Buck 65, R&B newcomer Divine Brown and indie soul star Massari are the final acts announced for the April 2nd Junos in Halifax.   The group joins previously announced performers Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas, Bryan Adams, Michael Buble, Nickelback, Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene and Hedley.   The Junos will be broadcast (7-9 p.m., CTV) from the Halifax Metro Centre with Pamela Anderson as host. There is also an eTalk red carpet pre-show beginning at 6:30 p.m.   More on

Coldplay were recently nominated for four Brit awards - Best Album, Best Group, Best British Single and Best Live act - and for the British Single category voting has re-opened for new voting each day until 13th February. Please make your vote count for Coldplay in round SIX (the final public round) at the Brit Awards website here   On each day from Monday 9 February 2009 to Friday 13 February 2009, you can still vote to save your favourite single but during this period one single will be elimin

Music fans who illegally download songs from the Internet are being targeted by record companies using new software.   File-sharers visiting Web sites such as Kazaa will receive emails warning them that they must stop - or face legal action.More than seven million people in the UK are thought to be illegally downloading music.   The action is being taken after a huge slump in record sales which has shaken the music industry. Sales of albums are down 32 per cent in the past year, while sales of s

From Paris Hilton's sizzling TV ad to the Olsen bag-lady look, people.aol.com count down the fashion successes, spectacles and slipups of the year.   At number 10, politically minded Coldplay frontman Chris Martin provoked questions about the tape on his fingers and lines on his hands.   The tape draws the eye to the equals sign, which pays homage to his pet cause, fair trade.   More on this here

With her supporting run on Coldplay's current tour recently wrapped, Fiona Apple has begun rolling out dates for another headlining tour, with three shows announced thus far. The dates are:   May 6th in West Palm Beach, Florida May 7th in Orlando, Florida May 9th in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina   Read more general music news here

Details on when the new single 'Speed Of Sound' will be aired on radio are here

Coldplay's 'End Of Decade Clearout Sale' will get underway on December 17th (this Thursday!) on eBay and will include items such as instruments, stage equipment, costumes from the 'Vida La Viva' tour and platinum discs. If you want a sneak preview to some of the items, Coldplay have posted a couple of pictures on Twitter as they sort out the items in their new studio (pictures are also after the jump). The photos include pedal boards, guitars, cases and a mountain of posters.   If you want to ta

Whereas Trent Reznor’s eBay-powered, Nine Inch Nails yard sale came with little fanfare (aside from a tweet that they’re “just clearing out some storage spaces for a new beginning”), Coldplay have one-upped the T-Rez by breaking out their autograph-ready Sharpies and turning the idea into a charity event, writes TwentyFourBit this morning.   In a news post on their official site, Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, and Will Champion (who are all apparently involved in a beard growing con

First pictures of Moses, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's second child, have surfaced online.   You can view them here [thanks Alex22]

The first wave of musicians got into town Thursday, and celebrity spotters were out in force. One cab driver insisted Anderson had arrived on an Air Canada flight but officials said the bombshell wasn't scheduled to touch down until Saturday.   The show is fast turning into an international spectacle. Juno broadcaster CTV announced Thursday the show has been picked up by several MTV stations, including ones in the U.S., Italy, Portugal and China. In the U.K., music fans will be able to view the

Coldplay's new EP out in places across the globe today   Coldplay's brand new Prospekt's March EP is released today in many countries across the globe. The EP features six new songs, plus two reworked versions of old ones (the Lovers In Japan Osaka mix and Lost+). The EP is available on CD, vinyl and download. At the same time, a two-disc Viva La Vida (Prospekt's March edition) has been released, featuring both the album and the new EP.   If you'd like to download either the EP or the Prospekt'

Wikipedia.com featured earlier today four brand new song titles in the probable tracklist of Coldplay's forthcoming album - 'Forward In Time','The Let Out Cry', Double Sunset, Snow Covered Window and Sleeping On The Minefield. As these tracks have not been confirmed by Prospekt it is highly likely that they are hoaxes, fabricated by one of Wiki's many thousands of 'fixers'. More confirmed news here at Coldplaying as and when we have it.   Meanwhile, keep up to date with the current status of LP4

From the creator of "How Lights Go Out" comes another product of too much free time. Fix The Scientist mixes the old with the new to create a stunning Coldplay masterpiece here   [thanks alvin.ping]

10. 'Fix You' Coldplay(2005) These British softies apparently didn't get the memo that 'Dawson's Creek' had been cancelled when they wrote this weeper. Luckily, the producers of 'The O.C.' love syrupy ballads, and frontman Chris Martin managed to outwhine the show's mighty Cohen.   Read the full list here

Fix You with a re-vamped version of 'Poor Me' is due out on September 5th according to wikipedia.org. The single cover as seen here is also available there in larger format.   The music video for Fix You was shot at the end of two concerts on July 4 and July 5, 2005 at Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England. The concertgoers doubled as extras for the video shoot, which required two takes on each day to complete.   [thanks BurningGradius]