Coldplay News

Kiwibox.com, a site for teens (kind of like Bolt or Alloy), is currently running a contest featuring Coldplay.   A few grand-prize winners will receive a prize pack that includes a t-shirt, CD, poster, and patches.

EMI, which is owned by Terra Firma, the private equity group controlled by financier Guy Hands, could be put up for sale this summer, reports the Telegraph this week. Warner, which has long coveted EMI's recorded music division, and KKR, which is interested in the music publishing business, are understood to have met in recent weeks to discuss how they might structure a bid. However, no approach is thought to have been made and talks remain at an early stage.   EMI, home to artists including Ro

Eagle-eyed Coldplayer sharp-boy has been doing some digging for possible dates for Coldplay's mega-concert at Knebworth. On the Knebworth House website there are two dates in July (4th and 5th July 2009) where the house is closed on the first day and the House, Gardens & Park closed on the second day. Could these be the days set aside for Coldplay?   In a Radio 1 exclusive back in mid-October, Chris Martin announced that Coldplay are looking to book at least two nights at the famous Knebwort

Performed by Chris Martin during the soundcheck of the concert of 17th march 2006, you can download various formats of Knocking On Heaven's Door here   [thanks coldpatrix & Enoch]

He doesn't understand bad press...   Luke Pritchard, frontman of The Kooks, has called Coldplay the “best band in the world” and compared them to David Bowie.   The singer said he couldn't understand how the band had received negative press despite their latest album, 'Viva La Vida', topping the charts in the UK and America. “I can’t believe that they’re getting a hard time,” he said. “It’s weird. How can people undermine them? To me Cold­play are other-worldly. I love the whole thing they’ve go

Now the Kool Haus Buzz Gig has passed, what is the fall out? Well here goes...   Getting kicked out for stealth taping here   Setlist and reviews here, here and here

Korn will perform at the fifth annual MTV Asia Awards, set to take place May 6 in Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, the band has received a nomination in the "Favorite Video" category for their "Twisted Transistor" clip. Other artists receiving nods include Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz, Coldplay, Fort Minor and Oasis.   Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer recently told Billboard.com that he and Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis have already written five new tracks for the

Considered internationally as one of the most inspired bands of both the rock and pop genre, Coldplay transforms the sounds of many genres with their note-defying, expansive instrumentation, and bittersweet lyrical storytelling, KROQ Radio writes today, in a review of their performance and Q&A session at the 'Red Bull Sound Space' on 18th October in Los Angeles. Coldplay brought their iconic and intimate sound to the Red Bull Sound Space at KROQ, playing Yellow, Paradise, Viva La Vida, Charl

What do Dido's brother, the song Happy Birthday, the Cornish surf-rock scene and the Caribbean have in common?   In their own ways they've each shaped Kubb mainman Harry Collier's songwriting and given him much-needed breaks into the music business. The band's debut album, Mother, was released last year to wide acclaim.   Radio One DJ Jo Whiley was among their early high-profile fans, and the Times declared that they could be the new Coldplay.   Read the full article here

Kylie Minogue could headline next year's Glastonbury festival, event organiser Michael Eavis has said.   "Kylie is coming back hopefully. Her people are quite confident. She really wants to do it," said Mr Eavis.   The singer had to pull out of last year's festival after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Mr Eavis was speaking at the London launch of a documentary film about the 35-year-old event, told through the eyes of festival-goers."Kylie doesn't fit the Glastonbury festival image with Ne

Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue’s contribution to Coldplay's new album has not been featured in their new album. It was left out because lead singer Chris Martin decided that it did not fit the mood of the album, thesun.co.uk reports.   Martin said: “Kylie is awesome. She’s like ‘Girls Aloud’ rolled into one. I took apart the song she did with us, like a Corby trouser press.”   The bassist added that the album is somewhat political. “There’s this slightly anti-authoritarian viewpoint that’s

pop singer Kylie Minogue has thanked Coldplay for covering her hit track 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' in tribute to her breast cancer battle, at the Glastonbury Festival over the weekend.   The Australian star is recovering at home in Melbourne after a cancerous lump was removed from her breast last month following her cancer diagnosis. After learning of her illness, Minogue was forced to cancel her appearance at the annual Somerset music event.   On Saturday, headline act Coldplay played an a

Band plays to an unexpected beat as it launches its North American tour in L.A.   Chris Martin was on the floor working out the knots. As his handlers hovered, the usually affable Coldplay singer stretched out on the carpet in a dim and airless room backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel show. It was hours before show-time and the singer's muscles were tight and his expression sour. Finally, he looked up with pleading eyes. "Can we escape? Let's go somewhere else. Maybe some place with trees? I have a ca

The four major labels, Concord Music Group and the Recording Industry Association of America are teaming for a double-disc compilation to benefit victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. "Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now" is expected in mid-November and boasts contributions from Coldplay, Fats Domino, Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews Band, Elton John and James Brown, among many others.   Proceeds have been earmarked for the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and the MusiCares Hurricane R

Coldplay won four awards at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards last night (May 20th) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Coldplay took home the gongs for Top Rock Artist, Top Alternative Artist, Top Rock Album and Top Alternative Album. More on these awards are at the Coldplay forum now.   Coldplay were also nominated for Top Rock Song (Paradise), Top Alternative Song (Paradise) and Top Duo/Group but didn't win these categories. Meanwhile, Adele was the big winner at the awards, taking home twelve majo

Warm up this weekend in New Jersey to Laser Coldplay! A reminder that you can see another of their colorful laser lights show choreographed with music and the starry planetarium sky this Saturday 13th February at the RVCC Planetarium at 8pm local time - featuring Coldplay tracks For You, Brothers and Sisters, Yellow, Lovers in Japan, In My Place, Viva La Vida, Clocks, Trouble and a new as yet unconfirmed song. Please attend if you can, as the show is imminent! (If you know of anyone in the area

Warm up tonight in New Jersey to Laser Coldplay! A reminder that you can see their colorful laser lights choreographed with music and the starry planetarium sky tonight at the RVCC Planetarium at 8pm local time - featuring Coldplay tracks For You, Brothers and Sisters, Yellow, Lovers in Japan, In My Place, Viva La Vida, Clocks and Trouble. Please attend if you can, as the show is imminent! (If you know of anyone in the area who would be interested please let them know asap!)   Admission is only

South America - As an extension to the Twisted Logic tour, Coldplay recently capped off a three week tour in South America.   Once again, Laser Design Productions provided laser effects with its new compact 5 watt air cooled white light diode laser system.   The 11-date tour took in four different venues in Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paolo, Brazil and Mexico City, Mexico. According to Mark Ward, Coldplay’s production manager, “The South American tour was a huge success. The ne

The pre-order for Coldplay’s vinyl box set “The Singles: 1999-2006″ ends this Friday, April 20th at 3pm EST.   There are only a limited number of the box sets available for this pre-order, so please order soon to make sure that you’re entered into the contest to win an autographed copy of the box set. Supplies are limited on all items. Stock may run out soon and these will not be reprinted. The mugs that were originally offered are no longer available, they are sold out.   To pre-order and for m

The MuchMusic Video Awards take place later today. To vote for Coldplay in the People's Choice award for Best Interantional Group, click here   The ceremony airs at @ 9pm ET. To get full timings of all related programmes including the show, click here

Grab your last chance to vote for Radiohead in Xfm's annual X list mega-poll, where you tell us what is your favourite music of all time. Last year, Coldplay's 'Clocks' made it to the number 8 spot.   The most popular 104 songs from this year's poll will make up our shortlist which will be played out in full on August Bank Holiday, but remember, this week is your last chance to vote for your favourites!   For more details, please visit:   http://www.xfm.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=1464   or to vote

This is the last night of voting for the People's Fansite Choice Award - vote for Coldplaying.com HERE!   By voting for Coldplaying.com you'll be automatically entered into the prize draw to win BT Broadband for a year and 100 music downloads courtesy of iTunes.   Thankyou to everyone who has voted so far - results will be with you here soon.

For one week only you can listen online to the The Last Kiss Soundtrack on AOL Music. More on this here [thanks cuttemup]   Featuring Coldplay's “Warning Sign”, Zach Braff picked the songs for Garden State as well as writing/directing/acting in it. Now, the soundtrack for his next movie (The Last Kiss) is listed at his website.   Release date is 8th August.The Last Kiss Soundtrack:   1. “Chocolate” - Snow Patrol 2. “Star Mile” - Joshua Radin 3. “Pain Killer” - Turin Brakes 4. “Warning Sign” - Co

Reading through the latest articles on Coldplay's concept album news, we've come across an interesting set of stats based on Coldplay's Last.fm trends, courtesy of KROQ. The band have amassed almost 200m scrobbles since Parachutes.   With just four albums the band have still managed to rack up an enormous 174,927,900 scrobbles spread across 3,272,423 listeners (that’s an average of 53 scrobbles per listener). 2005's X&Y has proved to be their most popular album to date, taking in 31,055,432

Today (November 6, 2006) was the release of the fantastic "Best Of - Later with Jools Holland DVD", featuring Coldplay's performance of "White Shadows" from June 7, 2005.   Later with Jools Holland is the most successful UK music programme to showcase a new band or to broadcast exclusive performances by today's acts. The extra features include a Behind The Scenes featurette with an exclusive interview with Coldplay.