Coldplay News

This week's edition of NME is now available, and with it Coldplay's vinyl 7" single. Here's a excerpt from the magazine article:   Chris Martin said the sales figures for their first three albums can't be topped, so the group decided that they didn't need to make "big songs" on Viva La Vida.   "We thought, 'We can't possibly get any bigger, let's just get better," Martin told NME. "We're actually a bit scared because we've taken the safety off this time. It's not like we've got any songs on the

NME.COM are offering a reward - can you help us contact the COLDPLAY fan who sung Yellow at the band's Royal Festival Hall show over the weekend?   There was drama towards the end of the gig (June 22) as the band began their hit 'Yellow'. Huge swathes of the all-seated auditorium suddenly stood up and ran to the front of the stage with one young man breaching security and jumping up next to the band. As security guards attempted to catch the stage invader and haul him off, the band intervened a

NME has removed (blank page) their news article that rumoured Coldplay were to split in 2009-10. Earlier today, NME had a post up about Chris Martin discussing a possible Coldplay split in the next couple of years, but the post was since taken down, which leads Coldplaying to believe that someone swooped in to quell those rumours.   Of course, once the rumour hits the web, it's very hard to take it off, and a quick Google News search reveals plenty of quotations on the prospect of a Coldplay bre

Free exclusive vinyl to be given away with magazine   Coldplay will release the first fruits from their forthcoming new album, 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends', free with the NME. A free Coldplay 7-inch vinyl single will be given away with the issue of NME that comes out on May 7. The vinyl will include 'Violet Hill', a song that will appear on the forthcoming LP. Another song, 'A Spell A Rebel Yell', will feature on the vinyl, and won't be available anywhere else.   Krissi Murison is

26 year old Patrick Harvey, who courageously hopped on stage and stole the mic away from Chris during Coldplay's performance at the Royal Festival Hall, has been tracked down by NME.com.   When asked about his decision to get on stage, Harvey said "I was surprised that no one was trying to jump on the stage themselves. Because the stage was so low and there was nobody about I just bent my leg and up I was! I think someone came on stage to get me and Chris (Martin) waved him away."   Apparently H

Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis, Franz and Bloc Party amongst the nominations   After weeks of number crunching your votes the nominations for the ShockWaves NME Awards 2006 can finally be revealed... and Coldplay have been dumped by NME fans.   Worst Band Babyshambles Coldplay The Darkness McFly Son Of Dork   Worst Dressed Pete Doherty Justin Hawkins Chris Martin Jack White Robbie Williams   Leading the way on the shortlist are the Kaiser Chiefs, who have bagged nominations in key categories Best Briti

The NME Yearbook 2005 is out now - it's the ultimate souvenir of the year in rock 'n' roll. 132 all-new pages including:   THE YEAR IN REVIEW Oasis to Arctic Monkeys: the year's biggest music stories   SUPERSTAR EXCLUSIVES Coldplay's handwritten Glasto diary Bloc Party's private photo album How Green Day changed the world Razorlight, Monkeys, Kaisers and Hard-Fi on how to write an indie anthem Pete Doherty: the musical!   COLLECTOR'S PICTURE SPECIALS World's coolest man shoots your favourite ban

Chris Martin also thinks the band's recent London gigs could have been better   Coldplay's Chris Martin has admitted that the band's 2000 single 'Shiver' was essentially a Jeff Buckley rip-off, NME are reporting today. The star was speaking on the Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 today (December 18) when he made the admission. "It's a blatant Jeff Buckley attempt," he told Moyles. "Not quite as good, that's what I think. We were 21 and he was very much a hero, and as with those things it tends t

Coldplay are 'weeks away' from finishing LP4   Coldplay are close to finishing their fourth studio album - and denied reports about what the record will be called, NME have today confirmed.   The foursome revealed they have pretty much finished the highly anticipated LP, apparently due out May 19, and are in the final mixing stages. Writing on their blog the band explained: "Mixing has been slow and painstaking but that's just the nature of the beast. So... give us another month or so and we mi

Chris Martin apologises to Chilean fans   Coldplay have angered their fans in Chile by charging high prices for tickets.   Tickets are going from £41 ($80) to £82 ($160) for the gigs, which took place on February 14 and 15, with the final date taking place tonight (February 16) at Santiago's Espacio Riesco. The average monthly salary in the country is £256 ($500) a month.   Frontman Chris Martin said: "We just found out how expensive they are and would like to say we are sorry. We didn't know be

The band end those split rumours in conclusive manner   Coldplay have an album’s worth of new material and are planning to set up their own HQ in London to record it - despite tabloid reports they’re to split.   Having recorded their third album, ‘X&Y’ [pictured], in studios across the world, Chris Martin and co aren’t in a hurry to repeat the experience. So, after borrowing a Kraftwerk riff on last single ‘Talk’, the band are now set to follow their approach to recording. Inspired by the Ge

Thousands of hours of previously-unreleased music from the likes of Coldplay, The Beach Boys and David Bowie is to be made available to the public.   BBC Worldwide and EMI Music have struck a deal to release the music, stored in an extensive archive of TV and radio recordings, which has been locked away for years at the BBC. The recordings include live radio sessions from Pink Floyd - including songs from their 1967 debut album 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn', when Syd Barrett, was still in the ban

Today, Wednesday May 28th - a new issue of NME comes out to sale with the verdict on Coldplay’s forthcoming fourth album, ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’.   See scans of the article here [thanks Coldplay92]   Meanwhile New York Entertainment have bashed The Sun's favourable review of the new album, sarcastically claiming that upon hearing its glorious first tones, all the world's terrorists will lay down their arms and take up baking, channeling their anti-Americanism into the most

This week's NME sees X&Y get a 9/10 review. It's a double page article with photos and an insightful look into the album.   It's an Oasis vs Coldplay album special with the Oasis and Coldplay albums reviewed by Noel Gallagher and Chris Martin themselves.   You can see the cover of the mag here  

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 5, 2011 - submitted by Alberto, Mexico Q. Hello oracle, please answer me. Is this a Coldplay song or is it a cover? The Oracle replies: It's a cover. It was at the Isle of Wight festival back in June 2006. If you listen, Chris says about having only just learned it and having to play it because "he" didn't. "He" refers to Lou Reed who had performed earlier missing one of his more famous, popular

Muse and Coldplay will not be playing this year's Glastonbury festival, organisers have told NME.   Both bands had been rumoured to be playing The Park stage at this year's event, after several outlets fell for fake Twitter posts. However speaking to NME, Emily Eavis quashed both rumours, though revealed there will be at least one more special guest playing the festival alongside Klaxons, who announced themselves for the stage yesterday (June 23).   Eavis also said she doubted her dad and co-org

Coldplay live at the Continental Arena in Jersey   The place was rocking. the band was in perfect form. love how that start out at square one....heard a few i haven't heard from cp lately--trouble, beautiful world....nice suprises. so much energy from the moment they stepped on stage until the end. the fans and band together as one.   there is no one who can touch coldplay live. i can't believe chris said see ya in 3 years ...three years?? i know we all know that but to hear him say it....   Mor

It looks like reports of Coldplay's demise — to parenthood, of all things — may be greatly exaggerated.   That's according to a spokesperson for Capitol Records, who on Monday (October 2) spoke with MTV News to dispel reports of Coldplay's "five-year hiatus" to concentrate on their families.   "The band is enjoying a much-deserved break, which I think everybody already knows," Ambrosia Healy wrote in an e-mail to MTV News. "No, there isn't a self-imposed 'five-year hiatus.' " Healy's e-mail was

Breathe easy, everyone: Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow insists her marriage to rocker Chris Martin is just fine.   There is no strife, despite reports in the London Mirror of a public tiff at Tribeca's Next Door Nobu restaurant over the wait for a table, her flack says. "It is absolute rubbish," said spokesman Stephen Huvane. "There hasn't been any fighting. All of it is rubbish."   But the two are still planning a big separation, at least for a few days: She will be jetting off to Los An

Coldplay may not release a new album for the next five years, the Daily Star claims today.   Chris Martin was overheard discussing the decision with friends after performing with Jay-Z at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday night.   "It's going to be a long, long time before you hear a new album from us," he explained. "We've done a few things, but we're all enjoying having families at the moment. If it takes five years for us to feel ready to record something new, then so be it. We need plenty o

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 19, 2011 - submitted by Nick, United States of America Q. Do you think the rapture is going to happen this Saturday? -Nick C. The Oracle replies: Nah. I hope not as I'm off to a birthday party and it would be terribly inconvenient. Maybe I don't need to bother buying a gift just in case though...   May 19, 2011 - submitted by Veikko, Netherlands Q. Dear Oracle, Do you know on which location the

Setlist:   Square One Politik Yellow Speed Of Sound God Put A Smile Upon Your Face What If Sparks White Shadows The Scientist Till Kingdom Come Trouble Clocks Talk Swallowed In The Sea In My PLace Fix You   "The show started at 9:30pm, it started a little late. There was a lot of lights and it was designed very well. They played some new songs and some expected songs. A lot of balloons came down. Chris played his piano and is very talented with both the piano and the guitar. They complied with t

There will be no official video for Coldplay's new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' (ETIAW), according to Debs Wild (self-titled 'the link between band and fans') on Twitter this morning. In a response to Coldplayer alejolo, she simply replied "No video".   Assuming there will not be a video, this throws into doubt whether ETIAW is actually the first official single from as-yet-untitled LP5, or whether the song will actually be on the album at all. The song is one that will be clearly comf

Chris Martin has failed in his bid to land a nomination for this year's Academy Awards. Chris was in contention for 'Me and Tennessee', which is sung by his wife Gwyneth Paltrow in the movie, Country Strong. More discussion on this news is at the Coldplay forum now.   Randy Newman continued his Oscar run with 'We Belong Together' from Toy Story 3 nominated for Original Song. The Original Song shortlist was completed by Alan Menken 's 'I See The Light', from Tangled, A.R. Rahman's 'If I Rise', fr

The 2009 Pemberton Music Festival has been cancelled, the mayor of Pemberton, B.C., confirmed Thursday. The fledgling summer event attracted thousands of music fans to the farming village near Mount Currie in 2008 for a weekend of music and camping. Last July, more than 120 artists, including Tom Petty, Jay-Z and Coldplay, performed over four days.   Mayor Jordan Sturdy told CBC News Thursday that this year's festival, slated for July, was cancelled by organizer Live Nation. There had been an on