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If you’ve ever used the touch-screen jobpoints at the jobcentre, then you’ll know that the same shitty opportunities always pop up working for companies like McDonalds, Topman, ASDA et al.   Anyone with a bit of memory and an interest in music will notice the same happens with bands. You always get a pool of them that float about just being there and not much else.   Coldplay, Starsailor, Keane and Embrace fit into this category. They create big production, big gig guitar music that’s ideal for

It's not that U2 should be all that worried about hanging onto its heavyweight title for super-sized, heart-on-the-sleeve arena rock. But Coldplay's show at Milwaukee's Bradley Center on Sunday night showed that the British rock band is starting to figure out how to present its emotion-drenched songs in a live setting and is becoming a worthy contender.   In the past, frontman Chris Martin and company seemed at times to be a little tentative in concert, unsure of whether they should overplay or

A blend of rock, jazz and classical rock music — spiced with some Parikrama left scores of Bangloreans in a dense musical haze as it resonated every nook and corner of Palace Grounds.   This unusual initiative by Radio City 91 FM to promote three new local rock bands is laudable indeed. Spanning eight weeks, the weekend show ‘Radio City Live’ — featured eight talented but little known bands and recorded over fifty original compositions across multiple genres of alternative rock, country music,

Nice guys may or may not finish first, but apparently they draw well at the Bradley Center.   Before an adoring crowd of roughly 12,000, Coldplay performed a 90-minute set that showcased the band’s strengths and gave even its shortcomings a rosy glow.   While technically a quartet, England’s biggest band of the moment is dominated by the sprightly, surprisingly flexible Chris Martin, whose rubbery stage poses suggested he’s been taking yoga tips from wife Gwyneth Paltrow.   Read the full review

After rocking the joint at Live 8, the former Verve frontman warms to a new alliance with Coldplay   Richard Ashcroft and Coldplay will now be forever linked by their Live 8 performance last summer in London.   The two British acts came together for a powerful rendition of Bittersweet Symphony, the huge breakthrough hit by Ashcroft’s former band, The Verve, which fuelled sales of their 1997 breakthrough release, Urban Hymns, to seven million worldwide.   In fact, Coldplay singer Chris Martin int

TORONTO (CP) - With Coldplay and Black Eyed Peas among the scheduled performers, this year’s Juno Awards are fast becoming must-see TV for music fans.   Some musicians and industry folk, however, are uncomfortable with the international lineup, arguing that homegrown artists should be the focus - particularly at a time when Canada’s music scene is being lauded around the world.   “A lot of people are talking about it. A lot of people are very upset,” said Fred Litwin, who runs Ottawa-based indie

Apple is featured as #10 in In Touch Weekly’s 'Top of the Tots'.   1. Maddox Jolie-Pitt (ANGELINA JOLIE/BRAD PITT) 2. Rowan Henchy (BROOKE SHIELDS/CHRIS HENCHY) 3. Liv Helen Freundlich (JULIANNE MOORE/BART FREUNDLICH) 4. Ava Phillippe (REESE WITHERSPOON/RYAN PHILLIPPE) 5. Rudy Law (JUDE LAW/SADIE FROST) 6. Ella Blue Travolta (JOHN TRAVOLTA/KELLY PRESTON) 7. Charlie Crowe (RUSSELL CROWE/DANIELLE SPENCER) 8. Rocco Ritchie (MADONNA/GUY RITCHIE) 9. Willow Smith (WILL SMITH/JADA PINKETT-SMITH) 10. Ap

More concert pictures from last week's Ottawa concert on the 17th March, courtesy of Kevin Pung.   You can view them here   EDIT: More added.

Radio 1's Chart Show with JK and Joe   JK and Joel count down the official chart, revealing the top twenty albums, the top ten downloads and the new official UK number one. In the Retro, a chance to see Coldplay live in Canada is up for grabs.   Starting: 16:00 on Sunday 19th March. Duration: 3 hours   Listen live at bbc.co.uk/radio1    

Chris Martin drinks fizzy water in the pub, eats a macrobiotic diet, has a daughter called Apple and wears electrical tape instead of jewellery. So the latest pictures of the Coldplay singer in New York sporting a bird’s nest on his head, left, comes as no surprise.   I love Coldplay’s music. But it appears their top tunes come at a price - with their musical inspiration apparently influencing Chris’ barnet. Now he seems to have come up with a combination of celebrity influenced by the Seventies

More on the Radio 2 performance, which is to be aired on 2nd April.   From the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, Coldplay performed a small concert for Radio 2. You can see exclusive pictures at the BBC Website here [Thanks radioactive_coldplayer]   More on Coldplay's Abbey Road performance here

Edge 102 started their British Invaison Week yesterday and here's what's coming up:   March 17 2:00pm: British Invasion Week kicks off with 3 songs by British Edge artists every hour until Sunday night!   March 19 Ongoing History of New Music Archives: 10:00am: What Happened to Britpop part 1 11:00am: What Happened to Britpop part 2   March 19 6:00pm: OASIS LIVE! A re-broadcast of the June 2005 Oasis private studio concert   March 19 Ongoing History of New Music: 7:00pm: 10 things you didn’t kno

Vote for Coldplay at MTV’s The Nation’s Favourite Lyric poll.   22) Coldplay - Yellow “Look at the stars, look how they shine for you”   More on this here

Radio 1’s Chart Show (Music) Scott Mills and Westwood sit in for JK and Joel, to count down the official singles, albums, and downloads chart. Plus another fantastic prize in The Retro; a chance to see Coldplay live in Canada. Starting: 16:00 on Sunday 19th March. Duration: 3 hours Showing on BBC Radio One.   Coldplay: From The Beginning (Music) Take a tour through the video history of Coldplay. Starting: 18:00 on Sunday 19th March. Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes Showing on VH2.   Coldplay (Mus

The hairdos they are a changin' for Chris Martin, who is currently on a break from the music biz.   The usually clean-cut Coldplay singer was looking somewhat dishevelled when he was snapped strolling around New York's Tribeca district on Thursday. Sporting an unruly mop of curls, a smattering of stubble and large shades, 29-year-old Chris was a dead ringer for Bob Dylan. One eagle-eyed shopper tells us: "I nearly didn't recognise him with his big head of curls, but his outfit and shades were c

It was not hard to see why the uber-hip Brit band Coldplay generates as much hype and hysteria as U2, the band they're most often compared to, last night at Scotiabank Place.   Women. Lots and lots of women. Glammed up and gorgeous, they were everywhere last night, making up most of the sellout crowd of 15,000 there to see the thinking woman's boy band. Why all these women made Coldplay's scene was easy -- who else is as cute and writes about women and relationships as affectionately as Coldpla

Looking to build a social networking site to rival News Corporation’s MySpace.com, TransMedia said Thursday its upcoming service will carry songs from the digital music service The Orchard, which offers a catalog of more than 800,000 songs.   In addition to its Glide Music Social Network and personal profiles, the New York City-based service lets users share their online photos and communicate through audio and video conferencing, as well as text and email.   The service, an extension of the Gli

Street Magician Dynamo, seen recently on both ITV and Channel 4, is set to release his debut DVD produced by Dynamo and Mastermind Management on Wednesday 9th November: "Underground Magic is a unique combination of magic, music and street hustle.   Filmed in the style of a Hip Hop 'mix-tape', it features jaw dropping magic and some of the biggest names in the world of entertainment. The DVD follows Dynamo, from his street performances as he amazes passers-by, to his numerous live bookings around

The Junkie XL/Francois K/J. Lu Cont Mixes of Coldplay's 'Talk' have reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.   'Talk' itself has also re-entered the Hot 100 at number 99.   More on this here [thanks musicman1990]

More acts have been announced for the Isle of Wight Festival, which takes place from Friday 9th June until Sunday 11th June 2006 at Seaclose Park Newport, Isle of Wight.   Joining the bill on the Sunday are legendary act Procol Harum, whose 'Whiter Shade Of Pale' is surely known by everyone (isn't it?). Also new for the Sunday, and opening the stage that day are Skyline Heroes, who are the winners of the high school Battle of Bands competions. And joining the Saturday line-up are Scotland's dyna

With wireless song sharing on the horizon, the record industry is keen to avoid the tracks of its internet tears and cash in this time   It's enough to leave record-label executives trembling: researchers in Sweden are developing an application that could allow music to be sent wirelessly from one mobile device to another. It's a concept that threatens content owners' rights and, especially, revenue, just as illicit internet file sharing does.   EMI hopes to deter mobile music users from acting

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was thrilled when Chris Martin offered him a trip in his private plane - until he saw the aircraft menu.   Coldplay had chartered a jet from Lisbon, Portugal, back to London following the MTV Europe Music Awards last November, and had enough room for the American band. However, Martin's clean-living lifestyle left carnivorous Grohl missing his meat meals.   He says, "It sucked because it was all vegetarian food and you couldn't smoke, so it was like, this is lame

Even though we share a common language and history with our British cousins across the pond, there are some things they do that are simply perplexing. Cricket instead of hockey. Tea instead of Tim Hortons. Coldplay instead of, you know, a band with testicles and stuff.   Now comes Hex (tonight at 8 on Space, Cable 43), an import from England's Sky One satellite network that's part Buffy the Vampire Slayer, part Mean Girls and undeniably British. It's the teen dramedy as seen through a scary Gyp

The excitement about Powter in America comes on the heels of the 34-year-old's phenomenal year across the ocean, where he has already sold a total of one million albums. "Bad Day" beat out Coldplay, U2, and James Blunt to top an airplay survey of the biggest European radio hits of the year, which is based on the playlists of 100 radio stations across the continent. He also topped the individual airplay charts for the year in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Australia, among others.   Po

It’s A Sell Out! The Isle Of Wight Festival 2006 has sold out.   With headline acts including Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Prodigy and Placebo, The Isle of Wight Festival is one hot ticket and with tickets now completely sold out, it just got even hotter!   The sell out comes just days after organisers announced that Foo Fighters and Coldplay had joined the ever expanding line up – especially exciting given that this will be Coldplay’s ONLY live date in Europe this summer.   More on this here