Coldplay News

To all our fans in the Birmingham, AL and Tampa, FL areas. It is with great regret that we have had to cancel our shows in your towns this week.   Chris is suffering from some issues with his throat and it was felt by his doctor that if he didn’t give his voice a rest he might not be able to sing for the rest of the US dates.   Please be assured that we planning on returning to the US in the spring of 2006 and when we do we will definitely reschedule both of these shows. Lastly, I and the band a

To coincide with celebrating Coldplay's return to the top of the album charts, we have added a little something to the messageboard. Have a look here   Thanks go to Plastikaa for all the work. Go and take a look at the rest of their portfolio!

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Audio CD (January 9, 2007) Label: Cc Ent / Copycats ASIN: B000KP630G   Tracklist: 01.- Clocks 02.- Yellow 03.- Speed of Sound 04.- The Scientist 05.- Fix You 06.- Talk 07.- In My Place 08.- Trouble 09.- Don’t Panic 10.- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face   More on this here

Two more shows, this time in Florida, for Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” North American tour have been added to the itinery. [thanks Fixed, mynickismyname & the_escapist]   They’re at Orlando’s Amway Arena on November 7th and at Miami’s American Airlines Arena on November 8th. The date for these tickets to go on sale is to be confirmed. Click here for a full list of the dates.   Meanwhile back at Coldplay HQ, the Brixton Viva La Vida tour puzzle stands at 36%, revealing a partial video, showing C

Michael Eavis has ruled out four massive acts who were previously rumoured to headline Glastonbury Festival 2008. But confirmed one of them for V!   Glasto favourites Radiohead, Muse and Coldplay will definitely NOT play this year's event, according to the 72-year-old farmer. But he confirmed they were invited to play and insisted that they will be back at Worthy Farm in years to come.   He told VF during an exclusive interview: "When it suits them they’ll come and do it and if it doesn’t happen

Coldplay are expected to return to Glastonbury next year, according to festival organiser Michael Eavis. The band last topped the bill at the festival when they played in 2005. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum here [thanks mimixxx]   But, speaking on BBC radio station 6 Music today, Eavis predicted they would be back for 2011. "They've played four or five times already but they'll be back next year, I'm sure," he said as presenter Lauren Laverne hosted her show live from Worthy F

Michael Stipe [pictured] was in Austin, Texas Friday for Coldplay's taped performance on venerable music program Austin City Limits, where early reports indicated he might join Chris Martin and his bandmates onstage for a song. Coldplay is currently making the rounds in support of their Grammy-nominated record, X&Y.   PBS plans to air the hour-long Austin City Limits concert on December 17th. Please stay tuned for details as they develop.   Bertis confirmed this morning that, "Coldplay did a

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe will release a charity EP featuring six versions of a song, "In the Sun," which the singer hopes will remind the public about the continued suffering of survivors of Hurricane Katrina. One version, a duet with Coldplay's Chris Martin, will premiere on the "Grey's Anatomy" post Super Bowl episode on February 5th and then will be made available for digital download exclusively through the iTunes Music Store the following day. All proceeds will go directly to Mercy Cor

Michael Stipe has heaped praise on Coldplay, saying a band as good and genial as them is a rarity.   He gushed in the BBC6 interview on Saturday: "For me, having been around for 28 years, doing this, I’m thrilled when a band like Coldplay come along. I think great! Here are some contemporaries I respect what they do and they’re really smart fun people great people to be around and they’re very close friends."   Elsewhere in the interview, Coldplay revealed that their fifth studio album will be r

Michigan boy showered with prizes, including a $10,000 iTunes gift card   WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Alex Ostrovsky got more than he bargained for when downloading Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound” from the iTunes Music Store.   The 16-year-old’s purchase was the one billionth song bought from the online music service that Apple Computer Inc. kicked off three years ago, charging 99 cents for most tracks. Ostrovsky’s selection was from Coldplay’s “X&Y” album.   The youth, who lives in the De

According to Hip Hop DX today, The Viva La Hova tape from 2008 comes back to life with two new songs, and professional overhaul on the mastering. The new edition can be downloaded here and read more about it at Mick Boogie's blog page.   Cleveland, Ohio native Mick Boogie and partner Terry Urban released Viva La Hova in October of 2008. The mixtape arrived at a time when Jay-Z and Coldplay's Chris Martin maintained a very public friendship and were collaborating on stage and in the studio. More

Microsoft has announced that its singalong game Lips is set to release its first downloadable song pack next month.   Available worldwide from 13 March, the song pack is set to feature three Coldplay songs, including "The Scientist", "Speed of Sound" and "In My Place". Already released on 20 February were tracks "How To Save a Life" by The Fray, "Speed Up" by Funkerman, and "Swing Life Away" by Rise Against.   Coming up over the next two weeks, with new releases on the 27 February and 6 March,

Wait a day or so on this 2017 European Tour and you miss a years' worth of Coldplay news. Milan gave us the first live airing of Miracles (Someone Special) featuring Big Sean on 7/4 while ALIENS landed on Apple (Music, not Martin!) 7/8. This past week has been head-spinning!   Davide Rossi along with Apple and Moses were among the few appearances we saw onstage during Coldplay's Milan show. 9 Year-old Giacomo performed Don't Panic on harmonica alongside the band. Marriage proposals and dancing

Miley Cyrus may join Coldplay on tourTeen sensation Miley Cyrus may join musical giants Coldplay on tour.   The ”Hannah Montana” star recently revealed her love for the band’’s frontman Chris Martin. “My ideal man is a 16-year-old Chris Martin. But my mum says I have terrible taste,” the Daily Express quoted her, as saying.   Now, Martin has revealed the admiration is mutual and has reportedly lined her up to perform with the band at some shows of their current world tour. “I like her. She seems

It took a teen superstar to finally knock reigning champs Coldplay off the top of the Canadian album charts, reports jam.canoe.ca.   15-year-old singer Miley Cyrus's new effort "Breakout" debuted at No. 1, selling 27,000 copies, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. In Canada, the "Mamma Mia" soundtrack was held steady at No. 2, while Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" drops from No. 1 down to No. 3, after spending five consecutive weeks at No. 1.   Meanwhile, t

The management of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is inching ever closer to confirming a massive live-aid style Tsunami Relief show to be held on the weekend of January 22nd and 23rd, which is hoped to raise over £1M for the DEC charity.   Strong rumours suggest that U2, Coldplay, The Darkness, Franz Ferdinand & Stereophonics may be making appearances at the show. Rupert Moon, the stadium's business manager, said things were "falling into place," and that an announcement should be made re

Twenty million Brits tuned in for the first showing of Band Aid 20's video.   The nation fell silent for Do They Know It's Christmas? in the UK's biggest simultaneous broadcast ever. The single - expected to raise £20 million for famine-stricken Sudan - will hit the shops on November 29, and is tipped to be the seasonal Number One.   A third of the population was glued to screens to see a star-studded line-up belt out the single last night. Madonna introduced the broadcast by saying: "Bob Gel

Friday 13th may be unlucky for some, but for one lucky person they will get their hands on two tickets to see Coldplay's exclusive gig with The Killers in aid of War Child.   To launch the O2 Academies, O2 is supporting the gig at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 18th February. Over 200,000 fans tried to get tickets to the bands’ intimate, joint-headline show and the event will see lucky fans flying in to the show from Tokyo in Japan, Connecticut in USA and countries all across Europe to be amon

If you missed the Koko gig in Camden or you simply want to relive it you can find links to download the gig and cover artwork here

Tune in to Mix FM to win Coldplay tickets for the Singapore gig next month:   We're giving away tickets to Coldplay's - Twisted Logic Concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on the 10th of July. Listen out for a coldplay song and call us with the title of the song and you'll win 2 tickets to watch COldplay in concert!   More on this competition here

TORONTO -- As reported on March 8th, when couples can't get no satisfaction, Jerry Hall thinks talking about sex, or the lack thereof, can help.   "I think conversation is a fantastic aphrodisiac," said Hall who, despite looking picture-perfect, couldn't stop fussing with her almost waist-length blond hair during an interview. "But if you're having problems over a long period of time ... it's probably a physical problem."   "I'm certainly of the age group -- if I'm dating men that are age appr

Radio station LIVE 105 (105.3 FM), which, with the loss of San Jose's KCNL-FM, is the only modern rock station left on the dial, is spending the week saluting San Jose and encouraging South Bay fans to tune in.   On Monday, music director Aaron Axelson broadcast a noon show live from San Jose's new club, Smoke, sharing the deejay duties with a San Francisco band, the Lovemakers. On Tuesday evening, host Madden did a show from San Jose's Blank Club.   Today and tonight, the station hosts Coldplay

Mogwai have laid into Brit Award winners Coldplay and James Blunt - but praised Arctic Monkeys.   Guitarist Barry Burns said in a posting on the band's official website that Blunt was a "twat" and referred to Coldplay's frontman Chris Martin as "fuckface".   But Arctic Monkeys were deemed OK because they didn't turn up to the ceremony on Wednesday (February 15), even though they won British Breakthrough Act. Instead they honoured their commitment to play a ShockWaves NME Awards Tour show in Port

Animated band Gorillaz have been signed up to play at this year's Brit Awards.   Damon Albarn's band are the latest act to be announced along with US artist Jack Johnson. Jack, whose music combines blues, folk and hip-hip, is a huge name over in the States and the Brits is where he will be making his UK debut trying to wow British music lovers.   BPI and Brit Awards organising committee chairman Peter Jamieson said: "The addition of Gorillaz and Jack Johnson to the bill means this year's show w