Coldplay News

A recently filed music copyright suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California - Satriani v. Martin - has revealed a new and unexpected application for the Web, namely, its potential as a forum for infringement analysis by amateur musicologists.   Long before any party to this litigation will be required to submit expert reports or summary judgement briefs, YouTube postings have offered remarkably insightful analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of the parties' respec

MTV base is to give its audiences more opportunities than ever to get closer to their favourite music artists with an MTV Europe music awards digital VIP pass that will go live simultaneous to the Awards at 22h00 CAT on 3 November 2005.   The MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 will be hosted by Sacha Baron Cohen and will feature performances by Akon, Coldplay, Gorillaz, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Madonna, Pussycat Dolls, Robbie Williams, Shakira, System of a Down, and the Black Eyed Peas.   Alison Goldf

Many blockbuster acts will return. No. 1 bands like Radiohead and Coldplay will be working on new albums. Norman Mailer's new novel is a portrait of Hitler as a young boy, while Michael Chabon's alternate-history thriller is set amongst Yiddish-speaking Alaskans.   Some of the 2007's most anticipated albums come from established names. Coldplay is headed on a Latin American tour early this year to road test new material. The new album, which still has no title, could be ready in 2007 or early 20

He's played with Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones, he taught Coldplay’s lead guitarist and he has worked on top chart albums.   Who is he? Jan Beck and he has now brought his musical expertise to Copeland.   Living in the Ennerdale area, the 41-year-old professional musician has come to work on a new album, go out on tour and offer tuition locally. Jan is multi-talented – he is a specialist guitarist, drummer and saxophone player.He has worked in Sweden and in this country and is now a session

As the music industry changes, so have the methods by which music is promoted. Traditional marketing is being replaced by artists and bands using social media sites like Twitter to engage fans, promote their work, and connect with others, writes Mashable, the social media guide.   The modern web and the future of the music industry seem almost inextricably intertwined in terms of marketing, listening, communicating, and purchasing. Twitter is one of the many ways for people to instantly and quic

MusicOHM have a positive review of Jon Hopkins' new album, Insides, which features a track heard partially on Coldplay's Viva La Vida ending. Don't forget you can download those nine minutes of 'electro loveliness', as Anchorman put it, for free by clicking here. Here's the review:   Jon Hopkins is a busy enough man not to have bother with releasing solo albums, but we should be thankful that he finds the time to pop into the studio because Insides is another beautiful and fully realised work of

Coldplay drummer Will Champion has spoken about the band's new recording sessions without lead singer Chris Martin. Coldplay are currently touring Australia but have recently been working on new material with producer Brian Eno.   Some of the sessions involved 'banning' frontman Chris Martin from the studio. Eno is renowned for his unique working methods in a recording studio, including his well-known Oblique Strategies. MusicRadar is guessing that the band working without Martin was a result o

Hundreds of unseen early photographs of Coldplay could be published in the next few years, MusicRooms have reported, in response to the latest Art History interview posted on Coldplay's official site this week. Whether this will happen or not is uncertain, but MusicRooms are certainly pushing the cause to get the photos out into the public domain.   They write that John Hilton, close friend of guitarist Jonny Buckland (pictured), has known the band since they formed at university in London in 19

Music Video Director Mark Romanek was in attendance at the impromptu Coldplay show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on March 11th, 2005. If Parlophone has indeed commissioned Mr. Romanek's services for "Speed of Sound" or any upcoming Coldplay single that happening should make for a great Coldplay video.   It's also possible that since Romanek's budgets for some of his videos can run on the expensive side (though he did Johnny Cash's "hurt" pretty much for free) Parlophone or Romanek himself m

Coldplay have registered the name, Mylo Xyloto (possible song or even album title?), according to the PRS database this week. It was found by a regsitered member of the database, who also happens to be a Coldplayer on the forum. It is also believed that the song 'Up With The BIrds', is another title that has been registered, and is also credited to Leonard Cohen as a co-writer, and contains samples. More discussion on this latest item is at the messageboard now. [thanks Spike, pansonic, Teco, ra

Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto is still more than a month away (it hits stores first on October 24th), which means there was plenty of time to tinker with the songs that will make the final cut - until now. The deadline for completing the album has passed! Roadie #42 has just tweeted today: "Bumped into Rik Simpson. Tells me: "We finished the album at 2am". It's on this USB stick. Get ready folks! R42" Let us know your thoughts in the Mylo Xyloto sub-forum now... [thanks Contra4you & Zj23]   Thursda

Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto has snuck on to Spotify after shunning the streaming music sphere since its release in October last year, writes MusicWeek today. It appears that (at the time of writing) MX has not appeared on rival streaming music services such as Deezer and rara.com, nor has any official statement been made from the band or Spotify itself. The album lands only days after the back catalogue of Bob Dylan – another streaming stay-away – was made available to Spotify users. More discussion

The next of our featured Mylo Xyloto album review comes from the Houghton Times which is a student newspaper of Houghton College, Houghton (which is a hamlet within New York). A generally positive review but not without its criticisms of Mylo Xyloto, the review sums up the album saying: "As a whole, the album is carried by a handful of beautiful songs that are bubbling over with hope and happiness. And music that gives you hope, whether mainstream or obscure, is worth listening to." Read on for

Another featured review of Mylo Xyloto is from a new 2011 website based in Los Angeles, Blinded By Sound, described themselves as an internet outpost written by music obsessives. Another positive review overall, its thoughts captured by the line: "When taken in its entirety, MX is a beautifully produced record with all the soaring choruses and catchy melodies we have come to expect from Coldplay. What is missing, however, is the signature, distinctive, world-conquering appeal of one individual s

Coldplay head to Dallas to restart the Mylo Xylotour in the US, and while we've not found any Dallas previews online (yet), we have found one for the Houston shows on 25th and 26th June, entitled, "Making child’s play of your Coldplay date," which is a throw away article exploring the art of turning your man into a Coldplay fan. As well as this, Oxfam have also blogged their latest diary entry as they follow Coldplay around North America. Read on for both articles...   Your Houston News: With Br

UPDATE! The website is now live - you can start discussing the site and its features at the Discuss the site at Mylo Xyloto sub-forum now!   A new domain, myloxyloto.com, registered in 2009 and currently hosted through EMI, is expected to reveal something sometime during Monday 5th December (woah, that's today!) - and according to the early Mylo Xylotour live shows it may be related to the digital tourpacks that were being advertised in Glasgow and Manchester over the last 48 hours. You can read

Details on the X&Y artwork can be found here   [thanks Owen]

The mystery surrounding a possible Coldplay gig at Knebworth House deepens. This week the band's frontman Chris Martin announced on their website the 2009 gig would not happen.   He said: "Well, we tried to get Knebworth but it just wasn't possible. So we're having to think of something else. In fact, I think we have thought of something else. Hopefully we'll be able to announce it soon. And hopefully it's not the same day that Oasis have booked it."   But speaking to the WHT Times 24 today (Tu

Natalie Imbruglia and Chris Martin have been secretly recording together, The Sun has confirmed today. The former Neighbours star and the Coldplay frontman have collaborated on a string of tracks, which are likely to feature on her forthcoming album.   In a break from his group’s studio this month, he filled his time penning tunes with Natalie, who presented the International Group gong to Kings Of Leon. Afterwards, she did an impressive tour of the parties. First to Shepherd’s Bush to catch Chr

Natalie Imbruglia has announced details of her forthcoming new studio album, which features three co-writes with Coldplay. The album, entitled 'Come To Life', will be released on October 5. It will be preceded by a single, 'Want', on September 28. The single is a Coldplay co-write, as are album tracks 'Lukas' and 'Fun'.   Chris Martin recently revealed his dismay at giving Natalie Imbruglia [pictured] a track that he claims could have been the "best Coldplay song ever". The song is expected to b

Ex-Neighbours star discusses her 'beautiful' Chris Martin-created song   Natalie Imbruglia’s upcoming album features three tracks recorded with the help of Coldplay's Chris Martin, including what he claimed could have been the 'best Coldplay song ever'. "I feel very lucky to have it and he’s not having it back," she laughingly told 6 Music News about the song which Martin hadn’t initially intended to give to her.   The track from, Come To Life, is called Fun and the Torn singer told us about the

WHAT: British songstress Natasha Bedingfield heats up Clear Channel Online Music & Radio’s stripped(TM )as the latest artist to join the exclusive in-studio performance series. Performing songs from her debut album, “Unwritten,” Natasha gets raw and real on the title track, as well as on “I Bruise Easily,” “These Words,” “Single” and a cover of Coldplay’s “The Scientist.” Her performance will be available exclusively on over 100 Clear Channel Radio station Web station sites.   WHEN: Tuesday

Natasha Bedingfield. The British songtress, whose second album Pocketful of Sunshine is in stores now, is eying a collaboration with Coldlay's Chris Martin. The 26-year-old stopped by SoHo's Bar Martignetti to chat with OK! about her tunes, touring with Justin Timberlake and why she'd never be caught red-handed without knickers.   Who would you love to work with next? I would love to do something with Coldplay. Chris [Martin], the band, Gwyneth [Paltrow], everything. I'd also love to work with M

BBC Radio 1's "Live Lounge" will join the radio-show-compilation ranks when it releases an eponymous double disc set on September 18 in the UK, according to a report from NME.com.   In addition to "Live Lounge" in-studio performances of standards like Outkast's "Ms. Jackson" and Basement Jaxx's "Romeo", the compilation also features a number of covers, including Franz Ferdinand's version of Gwen Stefani's "What You Waiting For", Embrace's cover of D12's "How Come", and-- just what we all needed

US R&B star Ne-Yo has revealed how his love of Coldplay has helped introduce him to music by a host of different guitar bands.   Speaking to the BBC, the star said he discovered Coldplay when he first heard their hit single 'Yellow' and then “was in love from there”. “I went out and got 'Parachutes', I got 'Rush of Blood to the Head', I got all of them,” he said. “Then, through Coldplay, I was introduced to Radiohead, and from them into Muse, and from Muse into Kings of Leon - it just kept