Coldplay News

Coldplay returned to the American Music Awards for the first time in seven years last night, as they delivered a funky performance of 'Adventure Of A Lifetime'. A group of monkey backup dancers also joined them on stage (one of which was Ellen DeGeneres).   The British band were introduced on stage by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, where they not only amazed the crowd with the funky moves on stage but Xyloballs (as seen at #TIDALXColdplay) were bouncing around, with confetti falling down from the

Further to our news story below, here are a few more links to other articles:   1 |2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

A sizzling array of international acts and festivals will make this the longest and hottest summer for Perth music fans, yet one leading Australian promoter fears the touring industry has peaked.   Superstars such as Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, John Mellencamp, Sting and Stevie Wonder will play Perth in coming months, with Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Coldplay, AC/DC and other big-name acts rumoured to be planning concerts here early next year.   The festival circuit is even more crowded

Click on the numbers below for more news on Chris & Gwyneth's new baby:   1 |2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25   That should be plenty!

Second nights on Coldplay's tour in North America in 2012 have been added at Vancouver, Dallas, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, San Jose, Toronto, Montreal and East Rutherford. This is in addition to the official site has confirmed. This is in addition to the two dates which were added to the European leg of Coldplay's summer 2012 tour, taking the band to Spain and Poland, as confirmed on Thursday. The full list of UK/European/North American tour discussion threads is after the jump. Here is the lates

Two more festival dates have been announced for Coldplay this summer, the official site has published. On Wednesday 6th July, Coldplay will be headlining the Optimus Alive Festival in Oeiras, Portugal. The following day, Thursday 7th July, they'll be crossing the Spanish border to top the bill at the BBK Festival in Bilbao. This brings the total number of 2011 festivals that Coldplay will play thus far to eight, spread over seven countries and two continents.   The BBK Live festival is a 40,000

More Coldplay Viva La Vida interviews have been published online. Take a peek at:   Interview with Chris and Jonny for Transporter - here Interview at the Secret Gig in the Netherlands - here   There will be upcoming interviews with the BBC on 12th and 13th of June on Front Row and Steve Lamacq shows respectively, details of which are here. These are in addition to the live BBC gig and the Jonathan Ross show.   [thanks mimixxx, harml, DefDazz]

More pictures from Coldplay's concerts in Toronto are posted.   You can view the latest ones from the messageboard here [thanks Crius]

Further to our announcement earlier about the alteration to Coldplay's Liverpool concert date, it now appears that several dates within the UK tour have changed, some quite drastically. So far, they involve concerts at Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow as follows:   1) The single date at Sheffield's Arena has been moved from 7th December to 29th November. 2) The first Glasgow date at the SECC is now the second date, and will take place on 9th December. 3) As previously announced, the Liverpool da

Coldplay's Philadelphia show has moved dates from June 29 to July 29. Here is the press release from Live Nation:   The Coldplay concert was rescheduled from June 29 to July 25. The tickets for the original date will be honored at the rescheduled date. There will not be duplicate tickets sold for seats. If you are unable to attend the newly rescheduled date, then you can call 1877-263-9372.   The Oakland show at the Oracle arena (July 25) has been CANCELLED, and the date for the San Jose show at

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.

Will Champion and Guy Berryman both appeared on Steve Lamacq's afternoon show today on BBC6Music where they spent time discussing their forthcoming Glastonbury appearance and, perhaps more pertinently for the fans, the fifth album. You can listen again on via the BBC iPlayer if you are in the UK. Alternatively you can download the interview via our Multimedia forum now if you are having difficulty with the stream.   During the interview Guy Berryman told the listeners that the original concept i

More local news has filtered through about Coldplay's forthcoming buzz gigs in the US   More on the Chicago show here   More links to follow.

The Sun today rounded-up Coldplay news nicely with an article that continues the Universal publishing deal theme as well as a little insight into what has been happening between recording sessions. Here's what they had to say earlier today:   Coldplay have never been in better shape - financially or physically. Except for frontman Chris Martin's ankle injury, that is, after I showed him on his holibags in the US yesterday wearing a protective boot. The band have just signed a huge publishing dea

Hundreds of extra tickets for the Glastonbury music festival are to go on sale for Orange mobile users, it emerged today.   Orange customers will be able to buy one of these last remaining tickets through the Orange World homepage from 9.30am this Tuesday.   Previously, the 112,000 £125 festival tickets were snapped up in less than three hours in April by eager fans.Ticket sales were restricted to two per person and those turning up at the event, from June 24 to 26, will have to show photographi

The British media will get their turn at casting their eye on Coldplay's awards performance this time next week when they head to the Brits in London on 21 February, but the last 24 hours have seen the US papers go over Coldplay and Rihanna's Grammy's medley with a fine tooth comb. Some are even suggesting that Willie Nelson's cover of The Scientist that was shown in the commercial break right after Coldplay had finished was the best Grammy performance of the night! Below are just a selection of

If the Recording Academy has its way, the Grammy Awards will be seen as much more than an annual awards show: It will be a brand that represents musical achievement year-round.   In the last three years, the academy has revamped its Grammy sponsorship strategy, moving from one-year financial commitments to long-term deals with companies that have music-focused marketing efforts, says Evan Greene, chief marketing officer of the academy.   "We bring a good degree of instant credibility to brands

More official photographs from Isle Of Wight County Press are available to view.   Click here to see the fantastic pictures.   [Thanks Gavin]

Check out the Coldplayer at Coldplay.com for more exclusives from the band's current Latin American tour, including postcards from Chris and Guy, plus audio and video footage of the shows.   Hello We're in Sau Paulo, it's fun Buenos Aires was incredible New song bank getting colorful Thankyou for my job Love Chris   Source: Coldplay MySpace

The last batch of content from Coldplay's Latin American tour is now live on the Coldplayer.   Check it out for more tour journals, a postcard from Jonny and a picture of the band being joined onstage by a super-famous rapper...

Here are four more links to the very latest on Coldplay, the album and tour mutterings.   Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4

More mixed reviews of Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends have hit the headlines today. Here's a Coldplaying recap on the latest ones:   Both the Guardian and Independent (UK newspapers) have given the new album 3/5. You can read and discuss them both here. The outspoken Guardian reviewer, Alexis Petridis summed up his thoughts by saying "There are moments during Viva la Vida where you feel impelled to take Coldplay aside and explain to them that there's more to reinventing your sound than

Entertainment Weekly recently wrote about Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) saying that the Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida' sounded suspiciously similar to his 1973 song 'Foreigner Suite.' Just like at Rolling Stone, many responders jumped to Coldplay's defence, focusing on the 'coincidental timing' of Yusuf Islam's claim - conveniently, he chose the same week to both accuse Coldplay of copying his song and release his new album Roadsinger, which was released earlier this week. Here are some of the fans'

Coldplay have announced details of a new four-track, digital-only single, NME have confirmed. The band will release the 'Lost!' EP on November 10 worldwide. A video for the song, directed by Mat Whitecross, is available to view at Coldplay.com.   Speaking of the single, Coldplay drummer Will Champion said in a fan mailout: "That song had been around for a long time, without ever getting finished. I was starting to get into using a particular drum programming programme. I was messing around with

The EMI Group, one of the world's largest music companies representing artists including Coldplay, Katy Perry and Damon Albarn's Gorillaz, has been put up for sale by its owner Citigroup, according to online reports today. EMI has been controlled by Citigroup since February after its previous private equity owner - Guy Hands' Terra Firma - defaulted on a loan.   The British company, which has signed artists including Tinie Tempah and The Beatles - as well as Mrs Russell Brand - was saddled with