Coldplay News

Under New Emi Plans...   EMI will allow its artists, who include Coldplay and Kylie Minogue, to be sponsored by corporate companies, according to reports. The proposals, which could see Coldplay’s new album ‘Prospekt’ released with corporate branding, are expected to feature as part of an extensive shake-up of the company.   Terra Firma, EMI’s new owners, believe the plans would help increase the label’s revenue as it struggles to meet the growth of the digital marketplace. Earlier Today, Guys

The British alternative rock band Coldplay said on Sunday that it plans to return to the studio after a two-year hiatus to record an album that will have a different sound from "X&Y," which has sold more than 2 million copies since it was released in 2005. The new album features what Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin called a quintessential song that everybody should hear "before we die."   In early December 2006, it was announced at Billboard.com that the next album was set for release in

Chris Martin is keen to release a new Coldplay album within the next twelve months.   The singer has admitted that he wasn't satisfied with the quality of current album X&Y, and feels that the group were rushed into releasing it by EMI.   "A lot of the songs we had written for X&Y didn't make it on to the final album and looking back at them now, they certainly should have done," Chris told the Daily Star.   "By the time we had to pick what was and wasn't going on, it was very late in th

The latest edition of Q Mazagine (Q302 - September 2011) is now on the shelves and there is a Hot List article on Coldplay entitled 'Laughing Boys'. You can see a screenshot of the article at the Coldplay forum now (scans to follow - hopefully!). According to the article, Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall is confirmed for the album, which is described as a 'vibrant' record. Other 'confirmed' tracks include Hurts Like Heaven (likely single), Charlie Brown, Princess Of China, Us Against The World and

iUSED2RULEtheWORLD has posted some excellent Coldplay scans based on recent Viva La Vida photoshoots for the tour programme. Some of the images are below, and you can see all the pages from the Viva La Vida tour programme here [thanks iUSED2RULEtheWORLD]  

Coldplay have just announced a new song to be released in time for the festive season - Christmas Lights. We will hear it in a week's time. And there will be a video for it! Speculation is growing that this may be linked to the Coldplay boat trip on 25th December but this cannot be confirmed. Below is the "press release" by Coldplay... (click more for the graphical version)   Next week at 8pm on Wednesday 1st December, we are releasing a new song called Christmas Lights. It will be on iTunes and

http://www.easytoplease.net/images/contest_big.gif   We are giving Coldplay fans a chance to win tickets to very exclusive Coldplay Sound Check parties.   Winners will receive 2 passes to a private party where the band will play 2-3 full songs and they will do a proper meet and greet-picture taking / autograph session plus they will get a pair of tickets to the show. Second place winners will receive a Coldplay prize pack which includes a limited edition vinyl banner, a copy of Rush on vinyl, a

The first Coldplay E-Zine of 2005 is now out, featuring an exclusive interview with Will Champion. You can get it here   Courtesy of Debs Wild and coldplay.com

Coldplay have done several new radio interviews over the past 24 hours, including Radio 1, Virgin Radio and XFM. You can listen to all of them in order here   [thanks Jette]

FaceCulture.nl spoke to drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman in a Coldplay video interview, during their visit to Rotterdam, Netherlands near the end of their European tour [thanks Martin - FaceCulture].   They talked about Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, the previous albums being a trilogy, Brian Eno, Violet Hill (did you know that song is 12 years old?), recording on a mobile phone, songwriting, live energy, setlist, Blur, Lost, Viva La Vida, Life in Technicolor, Prospekt'

New Coldplay lyrics have been uncovered today for the b-sides to the new Single, 'Talk'. The following b-sides are now available:   Sleeping Sun Gravity   To listen to the b-sides Sleeping Sun & Gravity online, click here

You may remember that back in March, we asked if there was any new Coldplay merchandise that you folks would like - and more than 500 of you were kind enough to reply. Well, the US merch store has taken on board these suggestions and has launched a bunch of new lines.   They include mousepads, a kids' t-shirt, a cap, a women's t-shirt, and a new poster. The poster is a re-strike of the original Hatch Show Print from the Ryman Auditorium Show in 2003. The shop is offering a limited amount of them

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 26, 2011 - submitted by Laurens, Belgium Q. Dear Oracle, Will the band wear the same Viva jackets and use all the Viva la Vida stuff for the summer festivals or have they come up with something new? TNX The Oracle replies: It's all gonna be new. We've all had haircuts and there are new threads to wear too.   May 25, 2011 - submitted by Christian, Colombia Q. Hello Oracle sometimes you are talkin

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland visited the Radio 1 and XFM studios, whilst making an on-air call to Absolute Radio, to promote the new single, Christmas Lights, which was released everywhere last night at 8pm on the dot. Let us know what you thought of the track and vote out of 10 in our new poll and discussion thread in the Coldplay forum now [thanks Saketblitz]   The official site added the video to their YouTube channel which you can watch again now. You can listen again to the radio intervi

Coldplay's new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' will drop tomorrow (Friday) and so far all the reviews (mainly from DJs) we've found on Twitter and other sources have been very positive. Of course "they would say that wouldn't they", you might say. Well, in addition to comments under 140 characters, this is what The Sun wrote about the track online this morning:   "If Chris Martin fancied a sideline writing euphoric dance tracks for pilled-up clubbers, he'd do good business. The new Coldp

It has been announced today that Coldplay will premiere the first single from their fourth album, ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’, next Tuesday (29th April) on BBC6 Music, which will then open the floodgates for thousands of other radio stations to be allowed to air the track.   ‘Violet Hill’, which is released in May, will be given its first play on George Lamb's show on BBC 6 Music, which airs between 10am and 1pm (BST). Coldplay’s much anticipated new album features ten tracks and

New images of Coldplay's new website have surfaced via their official web designers, SlenderFungus.com. In them, are confirmation that the album title has already been announced, as well a forthcoming signed Lithograph competition.   There is reference to lyrics from Yes! and image references to Death And All His Friends, Chinese Sleep Chant, and 'Viva La Vida' which was part of the short film previously seen during Coldplay's chronology timeline. There is also an article awaiting us from Chris

Coldplay have recorded a song for departing Radio 1 DJ, Fearne Cotton. Posted on the BBC website, 'Gone But Not F.Cotton' is simplistic Coldplay at top form. The lyrics are very light hearted and are meant as a reminder of Chris' (and the band's) time with Fearne and the melody is simply beautiful with four part harmonies and comparisons with 'Green Eyes' and 'Prospekts March'. Check out the song, below:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b1SqtJkK-o   Let us know what you think of the new son

A new Coldplay song title has been added to the PRS database, a copyright and performance rights organisation. Titles such as Mylo Xyloto in 2011 were registered on PRS before release. The apparent new song, On My Way Home could feature on Coldplay's next album, A Head Full Of Dreams or even on Rihanna's soundtrack for the new Dreamworks film, Home.   On My Way Home, with writing credits listed from the whole band becomes the second unknown title of late, along with Radio Dial - Waltz in B Mino

Coldplay has put its stamp on modern rock over the past decade, and today the band is being honoured with a stamp of a different kind.   Britain's Royal Mail issued a set of stamps this morning featuring classic album covers, including one of "A Rush of Blood to the Head," the 2002 disc that catapulted the group to superstardom. This just in from Anchorman today:   Good morning. The Royal Mail has today issued a special set of First Class stamps featuring classic album covers, including Coldplay

The new US offical Coldplay merchandise store is open for business - here (click on the items below to jump directly)   The latest item is the Madison Square Garden Event Tee, featuring graphics inspired from the new Coldplay album 'Viva La Vida' on the front and the back reads 'Viva La Vida Coldplay June 23, 2008 Madison Square Garden New York, NY'. There is also a tee featuring a spiral design of Coldplay lyrics taken from the official cd booklet of the new cd 'Viva La Vida'. More items will b

A new Coldplay tour could take place from "Early Next Year", according to lead guitarist, Jonny Buckland. The band were in the BBC Radio 1 studios with Nick Grimshaw, as they celebrated the release of their new single, 'Adventure Of A Lifetime'.   The band visited the BBC Radio 2 studios for the first play of the new single, where Chris talked about early band experiences such as a Leeds festival appearance, in which they were asked to perform before the audience arrived! The guys then moved on

New US tour dates for May / June were announced last week and the official site are holding a presale for all registered coldplay.com / In My Place members first.   The presale starts on Wed Feb 12th at noon EST. The dates that will be on presale are:   Edmonton - 05-20 Shaw Conference Calgary - 05-21 Max Bell Vancouver - 05-23 General Motors Place George - 05-24 Gorge Bend - 05-25 Les Schwab Boise - 05-27 Bank of America Sacramento - 05-28 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Mountain View - 05-30 S

Rumours of a new Coldplay video are spreading today after the website of Violet Hill director Asa Mader publicised a forthcoming direction for 'Cemeteries of London'. No official word on this is as yet available but if the video is confirmed it will be the seventh of the Viva era.   The wesbite, a showcase of Mader's achievements so far, features a caption of a yet-to-be-released video for the Viva track which also sees Mader share the cinematography with Virginie Surdej. According to the inform

Head over to coldplay.com to check out the brand new Coldplay website, which went live this morning.   Based around a timeline of the band’s history, the site is designed to keep you entertained until they return with their next album.   All four members of Coldplay have been heavily involved in the re-design of the site. Their hand-written accounts will accompany each of the entries on the constantly-expanding timeline, for which the band have opened up their extensive archive of flyers, pictur