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Next year's Coldplay UK stadium tour will kick off in Coventry and local venue the Ricoh Arena thrilled to be hosting the first gig. Marketing director at the event centre Liz Cooper noted the concert held there on May 29th will be the only one the band play in the Midlands in 2012. [Are you applying for genral sale tickets for a stadium show in 2012 - and if so how many are you going to get? We want to hear your story at the Coldplay Live now!]   She warned people the 'unwavering' popularity of

What an air-tight Technicolor delight Coldplay presented Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl, the British quartet’s first of three sold-out shows at the landmark amphitheater, followed by a headlining turn Saturday in Irvine at KROQ’s 20th annual Weenie Roast, writes the OC Register in another review of Coldplay's concerts at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night (1st, 2nd & 4th May). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (1st), here (2n

Coldplay have covered the Beastie Boys' song (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) during the third of their three shows at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, in a tribute to founding member Adam Yauch [pictured] who died yesterday. You can watch the performance here and here at the Coldplay Live forum now, and also discuss his death here at the World Of Music forum [thanks Tash]   It's not the first time Coldplay have covered this song - remember back in 2009 at the All Points West festi

'99 Problems' blasted from the speakers at the Hollywood Bowl, and the audience turned toward the stage, anxious to see if Jay-Z was going to walk out with a microphone. Screens flashed, telling audience members to put on the wristbands they were handed upon entry. The lights went out. The wristbands started blinking, writes the Daily Bruin in another review of Coldplay's concerts at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night (1st, 2nd & 4th May) published this weekend. Catch up on the latest tweet

Chilly Tuesday nights in May isn't exactly what the Hollywood Bowl is all about. But despite the less-than-ideal conditions, Coldplay warmed up the sold out crowd last night with songs off their latest album, Mylo Xyloto, and an assortment of hits, writes the LA Weekly in the first review of Coldplay's concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night (1st May). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the shows at the Coldplay Live [Hollywood Bowl night 1] forum now. Read on for the LA

Rock legend David Bowie is among an amazing galaxy of stars appearing in the new series of Ricky Gervais’s hit show Extras, The Sun can reveal.   Hollywood A-list hunk Orlando Bloom, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe also have roles in the comedy. In one episode Ricky — as TV and film extra Andy Millman — even puckers up for a Gay Kiss with Da Vinci Code actor Sir Ian McKellen.   Ricky, 44, had a host of celebrities begging for bit parts — playing themselves

Graduation will be the third major label album release from Roc-A-Fella/DefJam hip hop artist/producer Kanye West. There is currently no official release date, but Kanye stated at the Brit Awards that it would be released in December 2006, though in May 2006 he said he was now unsure of a release date.   It is thought that the album will include the song 'Bittersweet' - West's collaboration with John Mayer. The song was originally set to be on his second album Late Registration, but did not make

Here's a homage to Coldplay in Paris... French style [thanks rouppe14]. To view the full size, click here  

The BBC Trust has rejected the BBC's plans to close the digital radio station 6 Music, according to the BBC website today. The Trust will today say that 6 Music should stay on the air pending a broader review of the BBC’s digital radio activities. Let us know what you think in the World of Music forum now [thanks mc_squared]   In a statement, the Trust said: "The Trust concludes that, as things stand, the case has not been made for the closure of 6 Music. The Executive should draw up an overarch

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   June 23, 2009 - submitted by Josh, United States of America Q. Hello omniscient Oracle, I was just curious about the live performance of Moses on the Live 2003 DVD. Is he using the Rico-sound input of the Rickenbacker or the standard input. I've been trying to play it but it just doesn't sound right on my Fender 12-string. Thanks for reading this if you do. The Oracle replies: Chris would be using the standard mono output on the Rick

Singer Chris Martin's 2003 appearance in a slasher film will finally see the light of day on file sharing site YouTube. The Coldplay frontman stars in horror film Slashed, which was made by Northern Irish rockers Ash.   Martin appeared in the movie while touring with Ash, but the film has never been released.   However, Ash bassist Mark Hamilton says, "I'll put it on YouTube. I think people should be quite interested to see a video of Chris Martin getting murdered!"   More on this here [thanks c

Despite doing minimal publicity for it, Coldplay have reached the No 1 spot in 36 different countries with their latest album Viva La Vida, report Virgin Media.   It has been the No 1 best-selling album in the UK for the last four weeks, and enjoyed the top spot in the States for two weeks. In doing so, its success has surpassed that of the band's last album X&Y which reached No 1 in 32 countries in 2005.   Viva La Vida set the record for the highest first week album sales ever on the iTunes

At the risk of obliterating the last remnants of my punk-rock cred, I guess I never really understood all the Coldplay hate, writes the Houston Press Blog website this morning, in an early review article of Coldplay's Houston show last night (Monday 25th June) at the Toyota Center. Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (25th - Monday) and here (26th - Tuesday - tonight!) now. Read on to see what the Houston Press thought of Coldplay's firs

The Billboard magazine edition featuring Coldplay (20th August 2011) is emerging online and with it, a small unseen article on the thoughts behind the choice of the next Coldplay single, and how it figures in the grand scheme of 'Mylo Xyloto' [pictured]. Below is the article, entitled "Singles vs. Sequencing - an album act in an a la carte business" which delves into the decision making of 'Paradise' over 'Charlie Brown' as the next Coldplay track to be released. After the jump are also some of

Keane - bland middle-class crooners or tub-thumping, stadium-filling songsmiths? Rock journos Vs the great CD-buying public - the debate continues. Keyboard player Tim Rice-Oxley tells Brian Boyd how success brought its own issues for the bank and how the new album came from a darker place.   THE four members of Coldplay are sitting in Slattery's pub on Capel Street thinking of a new name for their band. They've a gig on in the Mean Fiddler (now The Village) in less than an hour and the promote

Very rarely do Coldplay produce a song that divides the Coldplaying community right down the middle. But as many of you will have read on the forums over the last 48 hours, their latest single Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall is now that song.   We've seen some of the media reviews earlier, but now it's time to see what you, the fans, thought of the song. Well, you could say it's like that old Marmite adage; with ETIAW you either love it or you hate it. Some of you sound like you would rather eat

I am Waiting For My Man, except I don't have $26 in my hand, this isn't Lexington, 125, nor do I feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive. I am in Gateshead, feeling excited, because I am about to meet Lou Reed, who wrote Waiting for the Man for the Velvet Underground. I'm also as nervous as I have ever been.   Reed's curmudgeonly reputation precedes him. The last time the Guardian attempted to interview him, he declared: "I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says," before a

Courtesy of MarioCast - The Piano Podcast, you can learn how to play 'Clocks' on the piano.   Watch the podcast here

Earlier this week we asked you which of Coldplay's new songs you thought was your favourite. After approximately 2100 votes on the main site and another 250 on the forums you have voted Charlie Brown as the clear favourite so far, will almost 40% of the votes. The new single, Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall has received an average of just 10% of the total cast, despite notching up 4,000,000+ viewings on YouTube via ColdplayTV in its first week.   Major Minus and Hurts Like Heaven are currently in

Mick Hucknall [pictured] claims Coldplay's songs are so boring they soothe him to sleep.   The Simply Red singer has moaned about the lack of quality acts today and claims even award winners Coldplay won't be around in 20 years' time.   He said: "U2 will be there, but not many others. The problem is the major labels are too busy pleasing shareholders, which means rapid returns.   He added to Britain's Now magazine: "There's little investment in long-term careers and there are no major icons out

When your album is being produced by Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, you know you’re going to reach a lot of ears, writes American Songwriter this week. Innovative New York-based rock band Hudson Hank scored Berryman’s help for their debut album DayBreak which has been released this week (17th September). Watch this Hudson Hank and Guy Berryman interview via YouTube below. You can stream the album via Soundcloud now. American Songwriter continues: Before forming Hudson Hank, songwriter and arran

Tickets went on sale at 19:45 UK time this evening, for Coldplay's special BBC Radio 1 Concert on December 3rd. Demand was very high as expected and tickets were sold out within minutes!   Some fans were stuck in an online ticket queue, while others weren't able to complete their transactions. It's estimated (according to a Twitter poll and forum posts) that only 12% of online Coldplayers managed to snap up tickets.   Like we mentioned previously, getting tickets to the intimate show was alway

The Hurts Like Heaven music video was released online at 3pm (GMT) on 8th October 2012, and since then you have been reviewing the video and voting on our 0-10 sliding scale poll. Below are the latest poll results and many more comments in addition to the ones we posted earlier.   The video tells the tale of two lovers on an alien planet who rebel against a dictatorship. The visual is presented as a comic book, in support of Coldplay's upcoming comic series about a character named Mylo Xyloto,

Former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows owes his new band name to Chris Martin. I Am Arrows, whose debut Green Grass is out this week, was created over a pint with the Coldplay singer, the Daily Star writes. Andy is the latest in a long line of drummers turned singers including Phil Coll­ins, 59, and Dave Grohl, 41.   Andy, 31, said: "I was in a pub with Chris and I told him I was doing my own thing. He asked what I was going to call it. So I said: ‘My name, Andy Burrows’. But he said bluntly: ‘T

Chris Martin narrowly avoided death when his plane almost crashed on a charity trip to Africa.   Martin was approaching Tamale Airport in Ghana on a trip for the fair trade charity he works hard to support earlier this month, when the plane carrying him hit a dust storm.   The singer says, "We were coming into land. Once a year, for a week, all this dust blows over from the Sahara Desert. You could not see a thing. I couldn't see the ground and nor could the pilot. I found out we were about 200