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Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland will be live on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show at around 7.50pm tonight and then on XFM London with Steve Harris tonight at about 8.30pm to talk all things Coldplay... and to play the new single, Christmas Lights.   According to the official Coldplay site you will be able to listen online to both, wherever in the world you are: listen online (BBC Radio 1) and listen online (XFM). Coldplay will also be having a natter with BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq. That interview is du

A few weeks ago, Reactor 105 (Mexico station) had the opportunity to talk by telephone with Coldplay drummer Will Champion, whilst he was in the studio. The context of the interview is as expected - discussing the band's visit to Mexico, and the concerts in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Finally, almost a month after Reactor 105 first mentioned this interview with Will, it is available for audio download.   At the time of the interview, Coldplay were still in in London, rehearsing the L

Will Champion will be on the phone with Steve Lamacq tonight on BBC 6Music.   Steve Lamacq is on air between 4-7 and the interview should be going out sometime after 6pm (GMT). BBC 6Music is on DAB Digital Radio, Digital TV and online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/steve_lamacq   More discussion on this interview in the Coldplay Forum here [thanks phil6music]   Chris Martin will then be on Neil Cole's NME Radio show on Wednesday 10th December. Chris will be on the phone during his show fr

Tomorrow morning Coldplay's Chris Martin will be dropping into the studios of New York radio station 109.1 RXP at around 8am EST (GMT-5), for an hour or so to hang out and spin some music with Matt Pinfield. You can listen live to their stream via the RXP website.   Join the Coldplaying.com listening party tomorrow at the RXP thread here [thanks CookyMnstr & ccsg]  

Vitamin Records will be releasing a String Quartet version of Coldplay's Viva la Vida from 21st October 2008. Here is their summary:   Coldplay’s epic and emotive melodies have become the ultimate musical architecture of stadium pop-rock. The String Quartet Tribute to Coldplay’s Viva la Vida is a beautiful discovery of the band’s revolutionary masterpieces using violin, viola, cello and bass. Enveloped in full and lush musical arrangements, Coldplay’s boldest album is heightened into a uniquely

Vitamin Records will be releasing a String Quartet version of Coldplay's Viva la Vida from 21st October 2008. Here is their summary:   Coldplay’s epic and emotive melodies have become the ultimate musical architecture of stadium pop-rock. The String Quartet Tribute to Coldplay’s Viva la Vida is a beautiful discovery of the band’s revolutionary masterpieces using violin, viola, cello and bass. Enveloped in full and lush musical arrangements, Coldplay’s boldest album is heightened into a uniquely

The world's four biggest music corporations-- Universal, Warner, EMI, and Sony BMG (soon to be Sony Music Entertainment Inc.)-- have teamed with MP3 player and memory card manufacturer SanDisk to create a new music media format called slotMusic, report PitchforkMedia.   Here's how slotMusic works: These memory cards-- which come pre-loaded with albums in DRM-free MP3 format along with liner notes, album art, videos, and other content-- plug right into phones, portable media devices, computers, a

An official radio dedicated to all things Coldplay has been created by Goom Radio - a new company based in Paris. Currently online as a beta version (before V1 is released on October 15th), at goomradio.com you can listen to Coldplay Radio as well as The Candy Station (official Madonna station) and the first 6 of Goom's professional radios. Fans will have the opportunity to become involved with Coldplay Radio by calling in and speaking on the air! Although just in French right now, the English v

Coldplay Live from Munich on Geoff Lloyd’s Hometime Show, Wednesday 1st October, 19:00 – 20:30   Absolute Radio travelled to Munich with the multi-award winning band as they played a sell out gig at the Olympiahalle. Soak up the atmosphere as we bring you every electrifying moment. You can also find out what happened when the Breakfast Show team went to Munich with Coldplay.   After much anticipation, we’ve lost our Virgin-ity and Absolute Radio has officially arrived! To celebrate, we’re bringi

Vitamin Records will be releasing a String Quartet version of Coldplay's Viva la Vida from 21st October 2008. Here is their summary:   Coldplay’s epic and emotive melodies have become the ultimate musical architecture of stadium pop-rock. The String Quartet Tribute to Coldplay’s Viva la Vida is a beautiful discovery of the band’s revolutionary masterpieces using violin, viola, cello and bass. Enveloped in full and lush musical arrangements, Coldplay’s boldest album is heightened into a uniquely

In case you missed them posted earlier, here's a reminder of two Coldplay interviews that were recently aired, and which you can watch again here on Coldplaying.com:   1) Spanish TV interview for rtve.es entitled 'Coldplay Speaks Out': Watch 2) Eight part Telecinco.es interview : Watch   [thanks Aprophet, coldplaychileblog, ellis & jein21]

Coldplay's Chris Martin spoke German during an interview in Germany for Tourauftakt am last week in Mannheim (2nd September).   Watch the full interview here [thanks Pallavi]          

Chris, Johnny and Guy turn in their most explosive Residency show yet as they turn up the heat on the Simon Pegg feud. Strip bars are also in favour, it seems...   Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland and Guy Berryman turned in their greatest performance as Xfm DJs on last Sunday's Residency show. They mentioned strip bars, turned up the heat on their 'feud' with Simon Pegg and also stumbled very close to being libellous.   "We called Simon Pegg and he blatantly ignored our call", said Chris Martin, st

A reminder that Coldplay's fourth and final XFM Residency show airs tonight on XFM, from 9pm BST (EST+5). You can keep abreast of this show here onwards.   For those who live outside the UK you can listen to the XFM Residency webstream via the Coldplaying toolbar - which you can download here prior to this evening's show.   In the third eventful part of Coldplay’s Xfm Residency last week, Simon Pegg [pictured] once again dodged the world’s biggest band’s phone calls. Admitting they “didn’t have

World Cafe, August 8, 2008 - One of the most successful and popular bands of the decade, Coldplay made a name for itself with a string of introspective pop hits.   But its new album marks a step in a different direction. With Viva La Vida, Coldplay expands its repertoire as Chris Martin's distinctive falsetto coexists with greater orchestration and more varied pop and rock sounds.   Hear the interview with Coldplay here as it stops by WXPN's World Cafe with David Dye. You can discuss this interv

As outlined by the Coldplay Newsreel: entry: NPR radio inteview   Good evening. On July 25th, in the fine city of Philadelphia, National Public Radio's David Dye interviewed all four members of Coldplay for his World Cafe programme. We have learned that this interview will be broadcast on Friday, August 8th on almost 200 radio stations worldwide. Click here to find out which station local to you will be broadcasting it. Alternatively, you'll be able to listen online between 2pm and 4pm Eastern S

Vote for your favourite albums in this year's 2007 Coldplaying edition here   [thanks Ondes Martenot]  

For those who fancy spicing up their desktops during this Coldplay post-tour depression period, have a look at some more new wallpapers here   [Thanks twistedCLOCKS]

The Coldplaying messageboard has recently been accepted to big-boards.com - the definitive list of the most active online messageboards on the web, sorted by number of posts and members.   Our messageboard is currently at number 688, but we'd like your help to climb it up the list. If you want to help please register here and get posting!

Here is a run down of some of the Community activities currently happening in the world of Coldplaying that deserve a special mention...   Over 70 Coldplayers have now signed up to the Coldplaying Secret Santa 2010 project where Coldplayers will be paired up to send and receive Chrismas cards/gifts/things. If you're interested in taking part, make sure that you don't get left out by ensuring that you've posted your interest here and added your name to the poll as soon as possible. When you've do

A reminder (via MusicRadar) that The Simpsons are giving you the chance to make your friends 'yellow' with envy. That's the idea behind a contest in which fans are being asked to design a character for an episode featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin as guest star. This contest ends Saturday so Coldplay fans need to act quick to get their chance to anim-star alongside Chris Martin!   In the episode, set to air in early 2010, Chris Martin will appear in animated form in which Homer disappoints his wi

2009 Concert Volunteer Application - Support Oxfam at the US Coldplay shows!   Oxfam America are looking for volunteers to help out at the new Coldplay shows in the US during May, June, July and August. Fill in the form here for your application. If you wish to apply to more than one concert please fill out one application per concert. An Oxfam America organizer will respond to you as soon as possible and will send more exact schedules along with other instructions to those volunteers who are se

2009 Concert Volunteer Application - Support Oxfam at the US Coldplay shows!   Oxfam America are looking for volunteers to help out at the new Coldplay shows in the US during May, June, July and August. Fill in the form here for your application. If you wish to apply to more than one concert please fill out one application per concert. An Oxfam America organizer will respond to you as soon as possible and will send more exact schedules along with other instructions to those volunteers who are se

2009 Concert Volunteer Application - Support Oxfam at the US Coldplay shows!   Oxfam America are looking for volunteers to help out at the new Coldplay shows in the US during May, June, July and August. Fill in the form here for your application. If you wish to apply to more than one concert please fill out one application per concert. An Oxfam America organizer will respond to you as soon as possible and will send more exact schedules along with other instructions to those volunteers who are se