Coldplay News

Nielsen recently released its list of the 10 most downloaded songs of 2008 (below). Unlike last year's list, which contained seven tracks released by Universal Music Group, this year's selection features a more even distribution of the four major labels: 3 songs from UMG, 3 from Sony, 2 from Warner Music Group and 2 from EMI, which had no songs on last year's list.   Not surprisingly, EMI's two contributions are from Coldplay and Katy Perry, both of which were smash hits.   We won't know how muc

A mother whose teenage daughter was caught illegally downloading thousands of music files to her computer is being sued after the family were targeted by lawyers acting for the music industry body, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).   Sylvia Price, 53, was incredulous when she got a letter from a law firm acting for the BPI demanding she pay a £2,500 settlement fee or face court proceedings. She says she had no idea her daughter, Emily, 14, had been downloading music, her confusion compoun

Motley Crue's much-anticipated 'Saints of Los Angeles' will have a decent debut in the US later this week, but not enough to dethrone Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida'.   According to Hits Daily Double, the Crue album will debut at number 4 with sales of around 90,000. Coldplay will do another 200,000+ in the US this week, bringing total sales in America to around 1 million.   'Saints of Los Angeles' doesn't have enough momentum to beat Disney's 'Camp Rock' soundtrack or Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III' but

So, someone mentioned something about a recession the other day. "Things are going to get worse before they get better," they said. "People are going out less, choosing their entertainment options more carefully and have decided to forgo vacations this year." At least that's what the talking heads are saying on TV, writes JamBase.   Far-removed from the somber media reports of the soft economy, the sell-out crowd in attendance to see Brit rock superstars Coldplay found themselves worlds away fro

Artwork and video extras now fully unveiled   The extras which fans have been helping to unveil on the official Coldplay site by entering the Brixton and MSG contests are now fully unlocked. Click here (Brixton) or here (MSG) to check out exclusive 'Viva La Vida' artwork and live videos from Coldplay's 2006 tour.   Meanwhile, On Friday June 27th, Coldplay will appear on NBC's Today Show at 7am ET. Fans are encouraged to come along to the plaza for the live performances. Viewing is on a first-com

Dubai – MTV Arabia, the Middle East''s leading music and entertainment channel, today announced its sponsorship of Coldplay in the group’s first performance in the Middle East as part of its ‘Viva La Vida Tour’ in Abu Dhabi on 28 March, reports the Eye of Dubai.   The band’s current album ’Viva La Vida‘ has been depicted as one of the most commercially successful rock album released this decade and has earned the band seven nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. M

Singapore - The inaugural MTV Centrestage Singapore, a celebration of live music, is set to rock the nation on July 10 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium with music icons Coldplay.   Staged by Live Nation and MTV Centrestage, Coldplay Twisted Logic Tour 2006 will be presented by Nokia Nseries and supported by Singapore Tourism Board.   Coldplay, one of the most awarded bands in the world with four Grammies, four Brit Awards, nine MTV Awards and countless others under their belt, will be performing

For those in the UK, tune in to MTV on Sunday, October 20th to watch Coldplay's amazing gig in Manchester last Friday. Details are as follows:   20:30 GMT Coldplay Live: Backstage "Ahead of their recent gig in Manchester, which you can see later, MTV caught Coldplay backstage for an interview that contained all the pre-excitement and mayhem before the main event."   21:00 GMT Coldplay: MTV Live "An evening of live music that you just cannot afford to miss! MTV brings you Coldplay's recent gig in

LONDON -- European independent record labels are at loggerheads with broadcasting giant MTV Networks Europe in a bitter dispute over payment, which could lead to all independent label videos being pulled from MTV channels at the end of this month.The row started when MTV and collecting society Video Performance Ltd (VPL) began renegotiating a previous five year license to broadcast European independent videos across MTV’s European channels. MTV claims VPL proposed a new rate equivalent to 2.5 ti

Coldplay wins 'Best album' and 'Best on stage' at MTV Italy Best of 2005.   For more information click here and here   [Thanks Lifelight]  

Coldplay has been nominated as the best international rock artist at the 2008 MTV latin american music awards which will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 16th. The other nominees in this category are 30 seconds To Mars, Panic At The Disco, Paramore and Fall Out Boy.   To vote for Coldplay in this category click here   More on this nomination here [thanks Lore]

MTV are offering fans from across the world a chance to see Coldplay at a tiny secret gig, being filmed for MTV Live, in London in April.   Depending on where you live you can enter the various competitions to win tickets and accommodation to the intimate UK gig, exclusive to MTV. Here are some of the links:   MTV UK MTV Latin America MTV Italy MTV Asia MTV Germany MTV Brasil   If you find any links to other countries not mentioned please report them here [thanks Zu, laura84, Mimixxx, BostonRob,

Chris Martin takes a unicycle trek through South Africa — dressed as an — in giddy new clip, MTV writes today, in an article reviewing the new Coldplay video for Paradise. Don't forget you can rate the video in the 'elephant poll' at the Paradise sub-forum now - please leave your comments if you haven't already done so, in that thread! Read on for the MTV review, and our poll results so far...   You can add another line to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's rather lengthy list of accomplishments:

http://ema.european.mtve.com/streaming/win.jhtml?stream=coldplay/interview_march05/coldplay_reversion_mbr.wmv   Copy and paste the link into Windows Media Player [file > URL]   "It's like Eiffel Tower fired into space, covered in beautiful gems..." ~ Chris Martin on what you can expect from a Coldplay concert in 2005.

After executive producer Al Jean mentioned it last week, representatives of the band confirmed today that Coldplay would make a guest appearance on an episode during the upcoming season of "The Simpsons." They'll join an impressive list of bands who have gone yellow for the show, including U2, the Ramones, the Who, Smashing Pumpkins and Metallica, MTV Newsroom writes today.   MTV go on to say that: Coldplay don't necessarily have the same cool cred as the bands above, but are they the most medio

MTV may have wrote a nice long article on Coldplay's new album in the last few hours entitled "Coldplay Back In 'Exploratory' Mood During Rebooted Album Sessions", but the important part comes right at the very end - a spokesperson for the band had "no additional news to share, other than the fact that the album definitely isn't coming this year."   UPDATE: The article has now been changed to "Though a spokesperson for the band could not be reached for comment at press time, Coldplay have said t

MTV are reporting that the official Princess Of China video will be available in the third week of May - the full version that is - not the shortened version that is currently doing the rounds during Coldplay's live US/Canada shows. More discussion on the forthcoming PoC video is at the Princess Of China subforum now. Here's MTV's article... By now, you've probably seen the video for Coldplay's "Princess of China." It stars Rihanna as a Shiva-esque deity who waves her (many) arms back and forth

A Coldplay 'spokesperson' has rubbished the recent news that the fifth album was set for an October release, after the summer festival headline performances, according to MTV on Monday. They allege that the spokesperson has emailed them directly, saying there is no actual release date at all. Here is their article...   You may already have an idea about what Coldplay's upcoming album is about — namely "love, addiction, OCD, escape and working for someone you don't like" — but up until now, you p

With his austere lifestyle, strict dietary pronouncements and commandments on the plague of unfair trade, Chris Martin has always displayed something of a penchant for Old Testament values. For the latest off-spring of the Coldplay front man and his wife, the Oscar-winning film star Gwyneth Paltrow, it is a legacy their newborn boy will bear even more publicly. Yesterday the couple announced the birth of their son, and that they had called him Moses.   The child arrived safely this weekend, acco

Edward Wycoff began planning in September how he would approach his sister and brother-in-law and kill them, he said in a jail interview Friday.   "What I wanted to do was get rid of them, leave no evidence, and get out," said the 37-year-old Citrus Heights man. "And then raise the kids later on."   Wycoff is charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of Julie Rogers, 47, and her husband, Paul, 48, early Tuesday morning after breaking into their house where they and two of their three children s

Organisers of the V Festival have confirmed that 'Muse' will be one of the headliners for the 2008 event which takes place in Chelmsford and Staffordshire over the weekend of August 16 and 17.   Bosses have yet to confirm the second headliner but 'Coldplay' are being touted as a strong possibility along with 'Kaiser Chiefs', 'Kasabian' and 'The Prodigy'.   Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday March 7.   You can discuss this in our forums here

From this week’s NME:   Have you launched a new era of contemporary stadium rock?   [Matt Bellamy] “I hope there’ll be other bands coming through that’ll play large concerts. The old-school ’80s bands like Bon Jovi and U2 seem to be dominating that area and I think it’s time some other bands came through and had a go. I’m sure Coldplay will have a go when they come back, and there should be other bands coming through who can do this kind of thing…”   From The Daily Telegraph:   Being involved in

Ladbrokes is reporting that a "senior record industry figure" has tried to place a bet of £1 Million by telephone today on Band Aid 20 reaching Christmas Number One.   As previously reported many bookmakers are no longer taking bets on which single will hit the prestigious Number 1 slot as it’s considered that the Band Aid 20 single is such a dead cert. However this hasn’t stopped one music industry insider trying his/her best to get a piece of the action.   "The customer tried to stake £1 milli

Music group EMI, the company behind Coldplay, is on course to make bigger profits than all its major competitors put together.   With only days to go before the close of the financial year, the company is thought to be heading for operating profits of about £300m. This is higher than many analysts have forecast and reflects EMI's better-than-expected performance in the American market.EMI's market share in the US has risen by about 1% to 12%. And, unlike many other major territories, the America

More than 30,000 music fans will be heading to the Isle of Wight for its annual music festival this weekend with crowd pleasers Coldplay and Foo Fighters taking top billing.   Former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed, controversial dance group The Prodigy and Primal Scream are among the main acts taking part in the three-day event.   Also included in the line-up are Dirty Pretty Things, the new band set up by Carl Barat following the split of The Libertines after badboy rocker Pete Doherty wa