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National Party Forced To Recall Promotional DVD   As Coldplaying reported ealier this week on the copyright blunder over the use of music similar to that of Coldplay's 'Clocks', it has now been reported that National Party leader John Key says his staff should never have signed off a DVD that appears to plagiarise a hit by the English rock band.   Key yesterday ordered a recall of 20,000 DVDs featuring him in a video called Ambitious for New Zealand after Coldplay's record company, EMI, warned N

National leader John Key denies that the recall of a promotional DVD has damaged its ability to be an effective marketing tool for the party.   National was forced to recall almost 20,000 discs featuring a music track similar to a song by British band Coldplay because the EMI record company raised concerns. Mr Key says the production company may have been able to use the music legally, but that was not enough to meet his personal standards. He says the DVD is still getting out National's message

Coldplay have been voted the 'Best Rock Band' of 2011 in Digital Spy's end of year poll. The continued, saying that Coldplay beat runners-up Foo Fighters by a considerable margin on the tally, in which over 100,000 votes were cast. Leicester rockers Kasabian took third place. Elsewhere on the poll, Bruno Mars won 'Best Male Artist', ahead of Ed Sheeran and Will Young, who took spots two and three respectively.   The Wanted were named 'Best Pop Group' of the year, beating One Direction at two an

Singer-songwriter and member of Take That, Gary Barlow, said he was perfectly happy working behind the scenes until he listened to Coldplay's hit debut Parachutes, according to The Sun. He said: "I spent years telling everyone around that I didn't want to be an artist again. I didn't sing for six or seven years. I seldom sang on demos and if I could get someone else to sing them I would, right until I heard the first Coldplay album... I thought for the first time, "I could see myself doing that

Coldplay are resigned to losing out on the Best Album prize at the upcoming Brit Awards after witnessing Adele's 21 dominate this year's prizegivings, Chris Martin hinted the BBC Radio 2 interview with Jo Whiley on Tuesday. You can listen to the full interview again by downloading it in the Multimedia forum.   Coldplay have been nominated for Best Album for Mylo Xyloto, but they face tough competition from Adele, as well as Ed Sheeran (+), Florence and The MAChine (Ceremonials), and PJ Harvey (L

Travis's Fran Healy recently spoke to Scotland’s The Herald about the British rock legacy Travis shares with bands such as Radiohead and Coldplay. He said: "There’s a kind of family tree with these bands,” he said. “It starts with Oasis and Radiohead. They begat Travis. Then, if you stuck Travis and Radiohead together you’d get Coldplay; if you stuck Coldplay and Travis together you’d get Keane; and then with Keane and Travis you get Snow Patrol."   Meanwhile, DJ and producer Axwell announced hi

We'll undoubtably have plenty of preview material in the run up to next weekend's Glastonbury festival, but already there have been several interesting articles 'worthy' of attention (see what we did there?). We already know Coldplay will take to the stage at 10.15pm (BST) on Saturday, according to official festival website. And, we might be hearing Coldplay perform 'Singing In The Rain' once again, as the forecast for the festival is not looking good.   With the village of Pilton, Somerset alre

Guy Berryman has revealed that he intends to do more producing in the future, that is according to DigitalSpy who have regurgitated a Daily Star article. They wrote: Guy said that he enjoys the technical aspects of creating a new record, but insisted that he would never want to produce a Coldplay album. Asked whether he would be game for producing the band's next effort, Berryman told the Daily Star: "It'd be too big a challenge."   However, he maintained that he will not be leaving the group to

F1 world champion Jenson Button [pictured] knows plenty of good tracks but he was taken aback when a confused fan recently mixed him up with Chris Martin. "I had an American come up to me at the Heathrow airport, a few months back saying that she and her family are big fans of mine," the Briton said in a light-hearted moment at the rain-hit Japanese Grand Prix.   "After I thanked her saying I did not know that Formula One was so big in America, she said they've got all my records and all my albu

Chris Martin was forced to boot out an intruder who broke into the grounds of his house – to serenade passers-by with a few Coldplay songs, that is according to The Mirror today. How reliable the news story is, is anyone's guess.   They wrote: Chris says: "I had a guy the other day who climbed over the gate of our house and started singing Coldplay songs to his friends on the street." As you do. The 34-year-old let him murder three or four of the band’s hits before intervening with the words: "L

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Coldplay is booked to perform at the American Museum of Natural History's 2011 gala in New York, organisers are reported to have said on Monday. The event is scheduled for November 10th. This event is as yet unconfirmed with the official site, keep an eye out for more information. You can read more about it in the meantime at the Coldplay forum now [thanks the_escapist]   Here is the press statement: "A much-anticipated highlight of the fall season, the museum gala i

Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto is back in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 US albums again after a four-week absence as it climbs 12-8, despite sales dropping 48% to 44,000, according to MusicWeek this week. In what amounts to a New Year clear-out with seasonal records either plummeting down the chart or disappearing altogether plus only a handful of new entries, a number of albums released in 2011, including Mylo Xyloto, take advantage by reclimbing.   Meanwhile in the UK singles charts, Coldplay have b

Taylor Swift has taken a break from singing about John Mayer and her ex-boyfriends to tackle a cover of Coldplay's Viva la Vida. The country star performed an acoustic cover of the track when she stopped by the BBC Radio 2 studio last week.   Swift plucked her custom guitar while being backed by two of her band members. She sings the verses in a soft near-whisper before flaring up for the choruses. You can watch the cover and discuss this latest 'butchering' (much better than the X-Factor attem

Coldplay and their staff are making an extra special effort for their online fans today with a live Lyon photoblog throughout the day. Here's what coldplay.com had to say:   8.45am: Good morning. We're pleased to announce that we're heading to Lyon with Coldplay today, from where we'll be updating the site with behind-the-scenes footage throughout the afternoon and evening. So keep it locked (as they say) to Coldplay.com. Anchorman   You can keep in touch with discussions on the live Lyon photob

They need your help in Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic and Hungary   This just in from our friends at Oxfam...   Hello. As you know, Coldplay have shows coming up around Europe. Oxfam volunteers have been invited to campaign every step of the way, talking to 100,000s of people about how they can take action to overcome poverty. There are still a few places available for volunteers in Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic and Hungary. You could be one of them.   Volunteers receive a free ticket to the

Album hits number one internationally   Coldplay report tonight that the Viva La Vida album has done pretty well recently:   Good evening. It was announced today that Coldplay's latest album, Viva La Vida, has now topped the chart in 36 countries. These countries are said to include the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand. More on this story as we get it.   It was announced yesterday that Co

Warm up this weekend in New Jersey to Laser Coldplay! A reminder that you can see the next of RVCC Planetarium's colorful Coldplay laser lights show choreographed with music and the starry planetarium sky this Saturday 15th January and Saturday 29th January at the planetarium at 8pm local time - previously featuring Coldplay tracks For You, Brothers and Sisters, Yellow, Lovers in Japan, In My Place, Viva La Vida, Clocks, Trouble and other remixes . Please attend if you can, as the show is immine

Radical Lighting's new NG1 digital media server is making its debut on Coldplay's Twisted Logic world tour. The NG1 was specified by show director Bryan Leitch and lighting designer Nick Whitehouse who collaboratively devised the show that is already receiving rave reviews.   Along with the rest of the lighting equipment, the NG1 is being supplied by leading rental company Siyan. It is Coldplay's second world tour with Siyan. The last became a two-year marathon stint throughout 2003 to 2004, wit

Singer James Blunt has won two gongs at the World Music awards which were held in London. The 32-year-old picked up the title for the best new artist and was also named best-selling British artist.   Michael Jackson, who performed despite saying he was not going to, was given a Tribute award for selling over 100 million albums throughout his career. Madonna, Nelly Furtado and Beyonce were among the other winners at the event, which was hosted by Lindsay Lohan. The Queen of pop, Madonna, who has

The first ever Latitude Festival was bought to a close yesterday(July 16), with a headline set from Mogwai.   The Scots entered to the title from cult horror film 'The Wicker Man' to deliver a packed set of post-rock before ending with a spectacular five minutes of feedback. Earlier in the day Manic Street Preacher and Mogwai[a] fan Nicky Wire performed on the Uncut Arena, show casing tracks from his forthcoming solo album 'I Killed the Zeitgeist'.   At only his third ever solo gig, Wire include

Nirvana's 1991 record Nevermind [pictured] has been voted the most overrated album of all time by BBC 6 Music listeners.   Coldplay's X&Y came second in the survey, followed by The Libertines' self-titled second album at three.   6 Music's Ric Blaxill said the poll had given the digital station's listeners the chance to "address the hyperbole".   Albums by such popular bands like Oasis, U2, Radiohead and the Beatles also featured in the Top 10, reports the BBC. Listeners were invited to s

NME magazine have written a small piece on Coldplay's next album, A Head Full Of Dreams and on rumours that the band will be playing at Glastonbury 2015. We also have a piece of Coldplay gold for you in the form of a special Mylo Xyloto article for NME subscribers, re-uploaded from 2011! Heading image a feature from 2008 - The Viva era.   Firstly, the extract from this week's NME magazine is below, with huge thanks to @Coldplayatlas for uploading and posting the transcript.   "When Chris M

How times have changed. Ten years after NME were influential in promoting Coldplay (watch video) as one of the bands to watch in 1999, they're now falling over themselves to ridicule the band they once helped to propel towards the title of biggest band in the world. Below is the NME's review of Coldplay in Manchester last week... brace yourselves. Discuss this review here onwards at the Coldplay Live forum [thanks mimixxx & crazyduckette]   Recessions make people act out of character; party

NME is to sell a CD on the high street for the first time, having put together a 39-track double compilation album featuring the likes of Coldplay, The Killers and Gorillaz in a joint venture with Universal/EMI.   The IPC title is cashing in on what Universal product manager Simon King called a "vintage year for guitar bands".   The compilation, 'NME Presents: The Essential Bands', includes tracks by bands championed in the magazine among them Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp and Hard-F

An old Coldplay b-side 'See You Soon' is featured on a free CD with this week's NME. The track has only been previously available on The Blue Room E.P and as a live track on the DVD, Coldplay.com report.   NME are promoting their NME Awards shows with this cover mount giveaway, a great chance for anyone who has found this song difficult to get hold of.   Coldplay are also up for the UK Best Band award at tonights NME Awards 2004 at The Hammersmith Palais in London. They compete against Radiohea