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A day of concerts across the globe intended to exceed Live Aid in scale and ambition is to be held this summer to highlight the issue of climate change.   Organisers of the event, scheduled to take place on 7 July, hope to amass a worldwide television audience of two billion people in order to present the message about global warming. The series of co-ordinated concerts in seven cities - London, Washington DC, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and Kyoto - is expected to be announced today by t

Enjoy talking to people? Love Coldplay? Then campaign for Oxfam at the Coldplay concerts this year. If you're not afraid of a bit of hard work, Oxfam want volunteers to help at the following gigs:   07.07.05 Arnhem, Netherlands 09.07.05 Munich, Germany 14.07.05 Six Fours La Plages, France 02.08.05 Toronto, Canada 03.08.05 Montreal, Canada 04.08.05 Hartford, CT, USA 06.08.05 Boston, MA, USA 07.08.05 Camden, NJ, USA 09.08.05 Cincinnati, OH, USA 11.08.05 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 12.08.05 Indianapolis, O

Coldplay were in Brisbane on Monday night and the Gold Coast's SEA FM crew of Paul, Moyra and Baggsy were lucky (or respected) enough to be the only Queensland radio station to interview them backstage.   "We were there for the sound check and (lead singer) Chris Martin and Guy Berryman are the most down to earth people you could wish to meet," said Paul.   Martin said he hoped to head to the Gold Coast for downtime after the show. Keep your eyes peeled boys and girls because the cool looking du

Brit Awards, Grammys and platinum discs are all very well but Chris Martin has finally been given the accolade he covets most – a Blue Peter badge.   The Coldplay frontman was given a gold version of the honour in a surprise presentation by show host Konnie Huq. Chris, who works tirelessly for the charity Make Trade Fair, was thrilled.   Speaking exclusively to me backstage at Earls Court, where the band played a triumphant show on Thursday, Chris said: "I’ve always wanted a criminal record and

Goldfrapp have announced news of an extensive European tour with many of the dates being in support of Coldplay.   The duo will 22 dates across the continent in October and November will eighteen of the gigs supporting Coldplay.   The full European dates are: (Supporting Coldplay - *)   Hamburg – October 22 Berlin – 23 Antwerp, Sports Palace – 26* Oberhausen Arena – 28* Copenhagen, Forum – 30* Oslo, Spectrum – 31* Madrid, Aqualung – November 4 Barcelona, Razzmatazz – 5 Stockholm, Globe – 7* Leip

Goldfrapp frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp has branded Coldplay star Chris Martin as "insane" after observing his starry behaviour on tour.   Goldfrapp, who supported "the Clocks rockers" last year (2005), was stunned to discover Martin would fly home between gigs in his private jet. She says, "We supported Coldplay and Chris Martin used to fly home on his jet, go home, write songs then fly to the next gig.   "I thought, 'What? Are you insane?'"   More on this here  

Coldplay are starting to regret naming their fifth album Mylo Xyloto - because their foreign fans can't pronounce the cryptic title, that is according to IFP, Just Jared, GossipCenter and Contact Music today.   Contact Music continues: Coldplay have shied away from defining the meaning of the title ever since its release last October, with frontman Chris Martin insisting the group simply "invented two words that you couldn't even Google". But the world-famous British band is now beginning to see

Gorillaz have been confirmed to replace U2 as Friday night headliners at Glastonbury Festival next month. Coldplay, Led Zeppelin and Dizzee Rascal had all been rumoured but it’s Damon Albarn’s cartoon collective that will fill the slot.   The group- which is likely to include guests like Mos Def, Kano, Shaun Ryder and De La Soul- have only played a few full live dates until now. Gorillaz made their live comeback at the Coachella festival in California and then played two shows at the Roundhouse

The government has announced a range of new initiatives to help British music acts break into the American market.   These include making new research into the US market available to UK music companies and developing a website highlighting the latest British music. Other moves include a broad programme of gigs showcasing UK musicians. The measures come ahead of the South by South West music festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, which this year hosts its largest ever British presence.   "From the Be

The British government will make the surprising step of refunding the VAT paid on the new Band Aid 20 charity single and the newly released Live Aid DVD meaning an approximate £8 million extra will go to the charity.   The surprise announcement was made by Sir Bob Geldof yesterday (November 7) at the official launch of the official DVD of the Live Aid concert that took place at the Odeon Kensigton, West London. A statement from Geldof reads:   “In a remarkable gesture and one that is wholly in

Rihanna and Coldplay teamed up at the Grammy's last night to perform three songs between them. They played a medley, which consisted of We Found Love (Rihanna only); Princess of China (Rihanna and Chris Martin) and Paradise (Coldplay full band), to a rapturous audience, writes ContactMusic in a mini-review of Coldplay's Grammy performance on Sunday night. Below is the rest of their article and a collection of Coldplayer reviews of Coldplay's performance. Sadly Coldplay won none of the three Gram

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There are Nine days until Grammy nominees are announced.   Grammy voters may be challenged when it comes to naming a best rock album at the 2009 ceremony, which is set for Feb. 8. The reason: Three-time winners of the best rock album Grammy, the Foo Fighters, will not have a release in contention this year.   How much does Grammy love the Dave Grohl-led band? The Foos will be performing at the Dec. 3 nomination announcement, so you can bet the act will get nominated for a single or two. But the

Music's Biggest Night has finally arrived, with the Grammy Awards taking place tonight, February 8th, in Los Angeles.   During the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, trophies will be handed out across all genres to recognize some of year's best music. The event also features highly anticipated performances by U2 and Mary J. Blige; the Gorillaz and Madonna; Kanye West and Jamie Foxx; Faith Hill and Keith Urban; Jay-Z and Linkin Park; Mariah Carey and the Hezekiah Walker & Love Fellowship Choir; Chris

Madonna, Goldfrapp, Pet Shop Boys and the Buick Project will be preparing speeches for the Grammy Awards early next year.   The Grammys have three categories related to dance music. Best Dance Recording was first awarded in 1998, though early winners seemed a bit wobbly with Cher (‘Believe’) and the Baha Men (‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’) marching up to the stage to collect their trophies. It wasn’t until 2003 when a separate dance category was created that the Grammy’s seemed more comfortable with t

Coldplay's "Clocks" is one of the five tracks nominated for the Record of the Year Grammy, but it was nearly left off the band's 2002 album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.   As soon as frontman Chris Martin played his bandmates "Clocks," everyone knew it was special, but they didn't think they had time to include it on the LP. "We already had 10 songs for the album," said Ken Nelson, who produced the record, "and then Chris came in late one night and wrote 'Clocks' on piano." (click more)As with

Coldplay, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends." The latest from the British rockers debuted at No. 1, and will surely end up as one of the top-selling rock albums of the year.   Grammy possibilities: Look for Coldplay to rack up the nominations. The band already has four Grammy trophies on its mantle, including two best alternative album wins, but has not yet scored an album of the year nod. If that's going to change for the band, "Viva La Vida" is the album that will do it.   Turning

Coldplay and Rihanna have been busy rehearsing for the two acts' duet at this year's Grammy Awards on Sunday (12th February). Coldplay will perform 'Princess Of China' with Rihanna at the ceremony and according to Phil Harvey – it should be one of the stand out performances of the night.   "Chris and rihanna just rehearsed princess. Absolutely beautiful. PH," he said on Coldplay's Twitter account earlier this weekend (10th February). Both acts are also due to attend this month's BRIT Awards and

Coldplay have won the first of seven possible Grammy Awards, coming in the category 'Best Pop Performance by Group' for their single Viva la Vida. Phil Harvey has just twittered: best pop performance by group for viva la vida - at least we're not going home empty handed :-)   George Carlin won best comedy album Grammy for "It's Bad for Ya," a recording of his last HBO special. It was the late comedian's fifth Grammy Award. His daughter, Kelly, accepted on his behalf, saying she'd take better car

Coldplay won the 'Best Rock Album' For Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends at today's Grammy Awards, making it three Grammys so far.   "We're not, of course, the heaviest of rock bands -- you may have noticed," frontman Chris Martin said. "We're kind of the limestone of rock bands. Not as hard, but still charming."   There was also some reunion news during the broadcast. Before presenting Coldplay with best rock album, the members of Blink 182 announced they were getting back together afte

Coldplay won the song of the year award at the 51st Grammys on Sunday for their hit "Viva La Vida."   It was the second award of the evening for the group after they had earlier picked up the best pop performance by a duo or group for the same track. "Viva La Vida" -- taken from the album of the same name -- was Coldplay's first US number one single. "Thank you and sorry for blatantly recycling the Sergeant Pepper album," Coldplay drummer Will Champion said after collecting the award, in comme

A reminder that you can still vote for your favourite Coldplay video to feature on UK's Channel 4 programme. For all the details please go here.

LOS ANGELES - Green Day may be 22 years old but that doesn’t mean the band has grown up. And just because they have eight studio albums, three Grammy Awards and a handful of number one hits doesn’t mean they follow the rules, either. “Las Vegas! Get off your (expletive expletive)!” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong instructed just moments after he stepped onto the stage on Friday. “Stand up! Stand up!”“ This is not a (expletive) slot machine, this is a (expletive) Green Day show!” he yelle

On Thursday morning I had to go into the city before work to pick up some dress pants & some dress shoes because I had a business dinner that night that I’d only found out about the day before. So I’ve gotten into the city about 10am & rushed around to find pants & shoes which I did, so went over to Borders books to have a look around, I’ve walked out & gone to cross the street at the intersection to head over to the Myer shopping centre.   I’ve crossed the street & as I’ve g