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Artists have been doing live cover songs for ages. Sometimes the results kick pure ass like newcomer Melanie Fiona’s cover of Kanye West’s Heartless and Jesse McCartney’s cover of the T-Pain pick up song Buy You A Drink. And other times, it falls a little short. Sadly, this is the case with Lady GaGa’s cover of Coldplay’s hit single Viva La Vida.   During Radio 1’s Live Lounge, GaGa took to her keyboard to tackle the song. GaGa didn’t seem to be her 'epic' self while performing the song; she fl

Some lucky Coldplay fans have already received their copies of the Prospekt's March EP, but if it's still not available were you are - fear not. Los40 (Madrid, Spain) are streaming the Prospekt's March EP in full over at their website here. Let us know what you think of the EP overall - add your comments here [thanks Malcolm-Edge]   The EP is due for official release from tomorrow and in various countries over the next few days. Here is the very latest list of release dates for the Prospekt's Ma

A reminder that Thursday is the hour-long live tracklist on Absolute Radio which features tracks chosen by you, the Coldplayers, as part of Coldplaying's victory in the final of the Live Stories competition. We beat several fan forums on our way to winning this competition, including representatives of Bowling For Soup, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse and U2.   You can listen to tonight's virtual festival through the Absolute Radio webstream at their website, or via the Coldplaying toolbar - whi

Coldplay are set to stream their forthcoming new album 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' in full on the band's MySpace page from 6pm (BST) tonight (June 6).   The album is not officially released until next Thursday (June 12), meaning that fans will be able to hear the album in its entirety almost a week early. Head to the Coldplay MySpace page tonight at 6pm (BST) to hear the album in full, as long as you're in one of the following places:   - UK - Ireland - Europe (except Holland, Be

Only The Oracle (like Smarties) has the answer…   September 15, 2008 - submitted by Ravi, United Kingdom Q. I have a Biography called, Nobody says it was Easy by Martin Roach, and in there it says Tim Rice-Oak whatever from Keane gave the name Coldplay, but you said it was Tim Crompton, so he made a mistake, in a biography, that's kind of silly don't you think? The Oracle replies: Yes I agree. Nobody said It Was Easy is an unofficial biography of Coldplay by Martin Roach. He's written many books

The re-recording of Band Aid's classic hit by a Who's Who of contemporary stars was broadcast for the first time today.   The likes of Coldplay's Chris Martin, Dido and Robbie Williams are heard on the track, whose original featured George Michael, U2 and Duran Duran. Radio Five Live's Nicky Campbell, who played the Band Aid 20 record this morning, said it had "a more melancholic, soulful feel than the original".   The new version of Do They Know It's Christmas? does not have jingle bells ringin

As expected there was massive demand when the first batch of tickets for the much-anticipated Coldplay homecoming concert went on sale yesterday, so much so that the Little Noise Sessions website crashed under the weight of demand for those elusive tickets.   With just 500 spots at the Exeter Castle gig up for grabs, fans who had pre-registered at littlenoisesessions.org.uk were expected to log on to the site at 4pm yesterday for the first opportunity to get their hands on one of the coveted

According to various cinema websites across the world, you can see the Live 2012 film exclusively in movie theatres for one day only on November 13th. 'First come, first served with tickets on sale worldwide at the end of October' is the message that has been given out.   So far to date Coldplayers have found listings at cinemas in the UK, US, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, France, Lithuania, Denmark and Bulgaria, with more shows expected to be listed across the world closer

As this album captures beautifully, when Coldplay are live you just cannot help but love them!"   Few live albums present an accurate picture of what a live concert is really like, writes Altsounds in the latest online review of Coldplay's Live 2012 film. Johnny Cash achieved it with ‘At Folsom Prison’ and so did The Who with ‘Live at Leeds.’ The secret to success when releasing a concert in purely audio format is recording the entire thing; fan interaction, cheers and gasps of the crowd and le

Coldplay's Live 2012 concert film has now been released worldwide. It documents the Mylo Xyloto world tour, which has been seen by more than three million people since it began in June 2011. The disc includes footage from Coldplay's shows at Paris's Stade de France, Montreal's Bell Centre and the band's Pyramid Stage headline performance at Glastonbury 2011.   Last week, Coldplayers around the world watched the Live 2012 cinema screening ahead of the physical release, and this article focuses on

The Live 8 concerts staged around the world in July are to feature on a DVD which will raise money for charitable causes in Africa.   Organiser Bob Geldof put out a rallying cry in a bid to make the four-disc DVD the biggest seller of all-time. The full line-up from the UK and US Live 8 concerts will be featured, including Madonna and Coldplay, along with excerpts from the other concerts.   The DVD set will go on sale in the UK on 7 November.Geldof said the DVD "deserved" to be the biggest-sell

According to the following article from Rolling Stone magazine, the Live8 dvd will feature the whole Coldplay performance in Hyde Park.   Live 8 Gets Four-Part DVD Set features "Sgt. Pepper" duet, Pink Floyd reunion and more   A four-disc DVD set of the nine international concerts held on July 2nd as part of Live 8, an initiative organized by Bob Geldof to pressure the G8 to address extreme poverty in Africa, will be released on November 8th. A "generous" royalty from sales of the package --

The intended set list for tomorrows Live 8 concert from Hyde Park has been posted here   Coldplay are due to perform In My Place, followed by Fix You, finishing with a duet with Richard Ashcroft of Bitter Sweet Symphony. How reliable the source is, only time will tell.   [thanks GazeboflossUK]

It was dubbed the greatest show on earth, but superstar Sir Elton John has criticised Live 8 for lacking a "sense of occasion".   The singer said there were not enough musical highlights, despite Madonna, Robbie Williams, Pink Floyd, The Who, Sir Paul McCartney and Coldplay taking to the Hyde Park stage.   Sir Elton, who is known for getting into trouble over his frank views, told The Daily Telegraph: "I thought it was a bit of an anti-climax, to be honest.

It's the song that became synonymous with Live Aid, the transatlantic concert which raised £60million for Ethiopia's starving children. And now two decades later Status Quo are set to go Rockin' All Over The World again and kick off Live Aid II.   Music industry execs are hammering out plans for a new mega-gig to take place next summer. Coldplay, The Darkness and Jamelia have already signed up for Band Aid III, where they will record an up-to-date version of Do They Know It's Christmas?   Tentat

Bosses of a major British stadium are calling on bands like Coldplay, U2 and The Darkness to help raise millions for the victims of the Asian tsunami - by performing at a Live Aid-style extravaganza.   Chiefs at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, are frantically trying to gain the support of their country's politicians in their quest to stage a fundraising concert for the men, women and children left homeless, starving and at risk from disease in the aftermath of the 26 December 2004 disa

Did you go to Arena di Verona last night? If so you can relive the gig here   [thanks dylan86]

Two nights into their short tour supporting Muse, Coldplay were preparing to welcome a haul of new fans in Newcastle. ALAN SMITHEE spoke to Will Champion (drums) and Guy Berryman (bass).   Leading up to their second ‘proper’ single, YELLOW, both the band and the fans are eager for the release of ‘PARACHUTES’, the debut album, on July 10th. WC: ‘It was co-produced by us and a chap called Ken Nelson, who we work with, and it was recorded in spits and spats, in four different studios around the cou

The official Coldplay site will this Thursday (tomorrow!) be providing fans with pictures and live blog updates ahead of the band's concert at the former LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany in the evening. Here's The Messenger with more details:   Hello again. Tomorrow (Thursday, August 27th) Coldplay.com will be heading out to Dusseldorf for another live photoblog. We'll be backstage at the Esprit Arena, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the build-up to the gig, plus pics from the show, as it h

The official Coldplay site will this Sunday be providing fans with pictures and live blog updates from Denmark's biggest festival, Roskilde, ahead of Coldplay's headline performance in the evening. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good morning. This coming Sunday (5th July), we'll be tagging along with Coldplay for their headline slot at Denmark's legendary Roskilde Festival. Join us from Sunday afternoon for live pictures, updates, interviews and videos from the journey to Denmark, backsta

The Coldplay blog from the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf has started following a bout of technical problems. Please join us now at the Coldplay forum here for all the discussions on the latest pictures, interviews, videos and updates from the live Coldplay Dusseldorf blogging!   Here are the latest updates...   22.52: Right then, we'd better say our goodbyes. Mr Phil Harvey (Coldplay's elusive fifth member) just passed by and said what an amazing show tonight has been. We'd wholeheartedly agree. Th

The Coldplay blog from the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool has started! Please join us now at the Coldplay forum (that should take you newest unread post) for all the discussion on the latest pictures, interviews, videos and updates from the live Coldplay Crisis blogging!   Here are the latest official photoblog updates...   11.14pm: And with that, we'll say goodnight. See you back here tomorrow for more of the same from Newcastle (and we'll post the Viva singalong from tonight too...)   11.06p

The Coldplay blog from the Journal Tyne Theatre in Newcastle has started! Please join us now at the Coldplay forum (that should take you newest unread post) for all the discussion on the latest pictures, interviews, videos and updates from the live Coldplay Crisis blogging!   Here are the latest official photoblog updates...   11.02pm: And that, folks, is good night.     That was a really great show. Thanks very much for joining us for our photoblog marathon. It's been lovely getting all your

Coldplay and their staff are once again making an extra special effort for their online fans tomorrow with a live Birmingham photoblog throughout the afternoon. Here's what the latest version of Coldplay's online messenger had to say:   You might remember that Coldplay.com brought you a live photoblog from the Lyon gig in September, which aimed to give you an idea of what it was like to be backstage with the band on the day of a big show, via video, pictures and general chit-chat. Well, we're do

Today (Saturday) the official Coldplay site will be providing fans with pictures and live blog updates ahead of the band's second concert at Wembley stadium in London this evening. You can keep track of the discussion to the live blog at the Coldplay forum here onwards. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good afternoon. Following our warmly-received live photoblogs at Brixton, Lyon, Birmingham, Roskilde and Dusseldorf, we thought it was only appropriate that we gave you live backstage access