Coldplay News

Video stills from Coldplay's latest video 'The Hardest Part' are available to view.   Click here to see over 270 individual pictures. You can discuss the video itself, here

Fantastic pictures from the first of two shows at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto are available to view.   View the full first night gallery here

ANOTHER SPECTACULAR LINE-UP FOR 2006 TEENAGE CANCER TRUST CONCERTS MARCH 27th – APRIL 1st   The sixth year of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall once again looks like producing some of the live shows of the year – and this time there’s an extra show – a Saturday night treat with The Cure playing their first UK date with a new line-up and their only confirmed show of 2006 so far.   Previous Teenage Cancer Trust shows have featured show-stopping performances from The Who,

Indie sensation Feist, vocal goddess Jann Arden and hip hop legend Kardinal Offishall [pictured] are just some of the talented Canadian artists who will present at this year's Juno Awards in Halifax.   Born in Amherst, N.S., raised in Calgary, and living in Toronto (before her move to Paris), Feist is no stranger to Canada's great landscape.   The talented singer-songwriter-guitarist took home two Junos last year for best new artist and best alternative album for her 2004 record, Let It Die. Th

Detroit rules in "Coachella," a concert movie compendium of performances from the six years that the Coachella Music & Arts Festival has thrown up its many tents in Indio, Calif.   With Tennessee's Bonnaroo given more to jam bands, and the Burning Man preoccupied with personal expression rather than rawk-and-rawl, it's left to Coachella to carry the torch -- sometimes literally -- for the music itself.   In a film that's not short on fine performances, the two best come from the reunited Sto

Following the UK TV exclusive of 'The Hardest Part' video, how would you have made the video? Same location, same people, same dancers? No dancers at all?   More on this here [thanks Rayman]

Brit-pop matchups don't get much better than last night's Coldplay/Richard Ashcroft double bill at the Air Canada Centre.   It's hard to beat Coldplay's Chris Martin and ex-Verve singer Richard Ashcroft when it comes to riveting frontmen.   Coldplay, who are on the second leg of their North American tour, have visited Toronto twice previously in support of their third album, X&Y, launching the entire tour last August at the ACC and playing a special club show at Kool Haus back in May.   C

The story of Peter Pan and the music of Coldplay are not typically seen together in a ballet performance.   However, this Sunday, Volé, Penn State's student-run ballet club, will feature these themes in its spring performance.   Stripay said the spring performance consists of two acts: "Peter Pan" and "Coldplay Ballet".   More about the "Coldplay Ballet" here

Read the full story on Coldplay's new video for their single 'The Hardest Part'. Coldplay used footage from a previous dancing contest and overdubbed themselves behind the dancers using CG.   More on this here

The success of Coldplay’s third album, X & Y, accurately foreshadowed the repertoire of energy the band brought forth to the Bradley Center in Milwaukee Sunday night. Frontman Chris Martin started the evening with the same amount of enthusiasm as that with which the show ended, illustrating his yearning to one day be mentioned in the same breath as Bono of U2, which he has publicly confessed.   When Coldplay came onto the stage, an explosive combustion of energy penetrated throughout the are

The first clue that Coldplay’s return to the Air Canada Centre Wednesday night wasn’t meant to be just another sold-out rock show at the hangar could be glimpsed high in the rafters, where the banners charting the local hockey club’s storied past had been taken down.   Gone was Bill Barilko, patron saint of the Tragically Hip’s “Fifty Mission Cap.” Gone, too, was the pennant for the Maple Leafs’ last Stanley Cup victory - which, admittedly, took place about a dozen years before any of the four L

More photos (lots) from Coldplay's recent show in Cleveland.   You can view them all here [thanks Marisa]

Download 'Yellow' by Bill Frisell & Petra Haden taken from episode 8, season 3 from the serie "The O.C.", here   [Thanks mostarda]

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

Arctic Monkeys March 21st - Phoenix Concert Theatre   Acknowledging the show as the band's proper introduction to Toronto fans ("We couldn't really have it last night," Turner said jokingly), the sweat-soaked foursome lurched into the set's closing track - "A Certain Romance."   Taking a drum-roll beginning and melding it with melodic Jonny Buckland-style harmonies, Turner painted a bleak picture of what life is like back home. "The point's that there isn't no romance around there," he sings.

A reminder that the video for The Hardest Part is being shown on Channel 4 UK tonight (Wed 22nd March). It is being shown at 11:05 after Desperate Housewives.   You can discuss the video itself here

Allowing for the eternal advantage enjoyed by the headliner over the opener, the Britpop heirs-apparent held their own against the reigning kings of Britpop during a thunderous display of rock 'n' roll dynamism at a sold-out Air Canada Centre on Monday night.   And, perhaps surprisingly, the kids even earned some kudos from their elders in the process.   Oasis, ever reluctant to relinquish their grasp on the crown, even when that grasp has sometimes seemed more tenuous than real, has seldom had

Coldplay: Video Exclusive Starting: 23:05 on Wednesday 22nd March. Duration: 5 minutes Showing on Channel 4.   Coldplay (Music) Starting: 21:00 on Sunday 26th March. Duration: 1 hour Showing on VH2.   Oasis vs. Coldplay (Entertainment) Starting: 12:00 on Monday 27th March. Duration: 2 hours Showing on VH2...Coldplay Vs. Keane (Music) Starting: 14:00 on Tuesday 28th March. Duration: 1 hour Showing on VH2.   Oasis vs. Coldplay (Entertainment) Starting: 21:00 on Tuesday 28th March. Duration: 2 hour

'The Hardest Part’ will be the next RADIO ONLY single release from X&Y.   More on this here [Thanks jonnybucklandhasnicehats]

An interesting Coldplay remix has been posted here   [Thanks dj exit]

Another great show!! Pictures and Fix You video available here   [Thanks Moog]

There’s another soundcheck today, so we’re all set and ready by 4pm. Chris is arriving separately and is still on his way from the airport.   Will, Jonny and Guy get up and start noodling around. Guy has a fantastic chunky bass riff which he plays over and over, letting Will and Jonny pick up and join in. As tends to be the case when jamming with no vocals, the music gets rather intense and a bit spacey. The tune takes a twist and a lurching turn as Jonny joins in with an atonal guitar part whi

Being the first show of the leg, the band are soundchecking today. It’s got to the point now, where this seems very odd. The guys are clearly in good form after the break too. Jonny is messing with a guitar sound, and suddenly stumbles upon the riff fro ‘Sweet Child Of Mine’. The whole band fall in behind him and Chris is off in his best Axl Rose impression. Not quite sure whether that one’ll make it into the set tonight…   More DVD shoot preparations are in progress, most notably the return of

From Coldplay's latest gig at Milwaukee, watch clips of the complete songs featuring all the gig favourites, including Talk, In My Place, Politik, Square One, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face and more... here   [Thanks Texasluvsjonny]  

Next month, the Sundance Channel will air a special on the making of R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe's Hurricane Katrina benefit EP.   Titled "In The Sun," the short film takes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the EP and features interviews with Stipe, Chris Martin of Coldplay, and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha.   "In The Sun" airs April 3rd, 5th, 16th, 20th and 24th on the Sundance Channel. Check your local listings for showtimes in your area. To see a preview of the fil