Coldplay News

Robbie Williams has sold the most albums in the UK so far this century - notching up sales of 6.3m.   Coldplay [pictured] are at number two, with sales of 6.2m albums, while Dido is in third place, with 5.7m albums.   The figures are based on albums sold in the UK from 1 January 2000 to 11 October 2005, but exclude greatest hits, live albums and downloads. They were compiled by the Official UK Charts Company for C4 show The Biggest Selling Artists of the 21st Century.   Eminem and Westlife are

Where: Channel 4, UK When: 8pm GMT   Dermot O'Leary hosts a countdown of the best-selling music artists of the 21st century. The programme features interviews with some of the artists and reveals some surprising facts about album sales since 2000.   Coldplay will feature, with all three of their albums propelling them deep into the top 10. If you want to know where in the list they finish, click here

Coldplay are battling to avoid a messy split caused by growing rifts within the band.   Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion [pictured] and Guy Berryman are currently enjoying the success of their third album X&Y - but bad tempers and big egos are threatening to tear the group apart. A gruelling tour schedule to promote the album means they spend all their time together, which isn't helping.   Will Champion reveals, "We're all getting on each other's tits at the moment. I suppose that

Channel 4 are showing two weeks of music programmes leading up to the broadcast of the Hall Of Fame ceremony on November 17th.   This Sunday (6th November) will see a three hour special featuring a countdown of the biggest selling albums since 2000. The show starts at 8pm. Coldplay will feature three times with Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head [pictured] and X&Y. But where will the albums finish?   More on the UK Hall Of Fame here

Coldplay have won best UK & Ireland Act and Best Song (for Speed Of Sound) at the MTV Europe Awards. More details on this here; download their live performance of 'Talk' - audio here and video here   Madonna, the queen of pop herself, kicked off the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 in style by emerging from a giant glitterball amid an army of hunks to perform her latest single Hung Up. Clad in a purple leather jacket and, er, not much else she whipped the crowd in Lisbon into a frenzy, and one l

Coldplay and Gorillaz are hours away from hearing if one of them has won the most prizes at the MTV Europe Awards.   The two bands lead the nods with five apiece - three in the same category - including best group and best song. Live acts in Portugal will include Robbie Williams, Green Day, and Madonna who will give the first live TV performance of her new single Hung Up. Coldplay will also perform.   The Lisbon ceremony is hosted by Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen, playing his alter ego Kazakhs

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

If you went to this show you will probably be interested in several good threads that have appeared here and here. If you didn't go, take a look - there are interesting goodies inside.   [Thanks angelfish23 and imaginarydiva]

Coldplay won Best International Group at the Nordic Awards yesterday (29th Oct).   They attended and performed at the ceremony held at The Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.

'Fix You' have been hand selected to appear on Now 20 You can see the full tracklisting on the Now site.   Now 20 hits stores on 1st November and features the latest hit tracks from Kelly Clarkson, Destiny's Child, Bow Wow, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Missy Elliott, Weezer, and many more.   For more informaton visit nowthatsmusic.com

Coldplay's next video is to be shot by famed director Anton Corbijn, the group have confirmed.   Anton Corbijn will film the promo clip for the forthcoming "Talk" single, which is to be the third track to be lifted from their globe-straddling album "X&Y".   Corbijn is one of the world's most famous video producers and photographers, having shot acclaimed promos for the likes of Joy Division, U2, Depeche Mode, Nirvana and The Killers.   Corbijn has confirmed the band asked him to shoot the cl

Coldplay kicked off the European leg of their Twisted Logic Tour last night (26th Oct) with the first of 2 visits to Antwerp. They open and close the tour at the Sports Palace. There have been changes in the set with a couple of new songs added and new production lights and visuals. The complete setlist was:   Square One Politik Yellow Speed Of Sound X&Y God Put A Smile How You See The World White Shadows The Scientist 'Til Kingdom Come Ring Of Fire Don't Panic Clocks Talk Swallowed In The S

Gwyneth Paltrow credits husband Chris Martin with saving her from a joyless life following the death of her beloved father. The actress admits she was devastated when dad Bruce died in 2002 - and says she didn't get her "spark" back until she met the Coldplay star.   She is quoted in Britain's Grazia magazine: "My father was the most important relationship in my life until he passed away. "Before I met Chris, I had lost my spark, I had lost my sense of humour. I couldn't find the joy in things.

Oxfam campaigner Chris Rose is coordinating The Make Trade Fair presence at all Coldplay's European tour concerts during Autumn 2005 and is writing regular updates of what he gets up to on this blog, part of the Generation Why website from Oxfam.

Gwyneth Paltrow [pictured with Chris Martin] has denied reports that she criticised Britain and that she had plans to return to the US.   According to hollywood.com, Paltrow insists she loves living in London. She had moved there when she began dating Chris Martin in 2002.   Last week Paltrow had reportedly said in an interview: "My husband thinks I'm way too obsessed with cleanliness and germs. I'm just like, 'The street is filthy, could we take off our shoes before we come into the house?' He

AUCKLAND - Coldplay may be forced to cancel their only New Zealand concert because Auckland's waterfront arena won't be finished in time.   Coldplay has a concert scheduled at Vector Arena in June but construction delays make it unlikely the 12,000-seat venue will be ready in time, the New Zealand Herald reported on Tuesday. Concert promoter Manolo Echave said he has been told the $80 million dollar project -- due to be finished by the end of this year -- won't be ready until July or August.  

In a shock revelation, Chris Martin [pictured] has declared that Coldplay's lyrics need improving – and they know how to do it.   Chris claimed in a recent interview that he couldn't pick a favourite Coldplay lyric, because he didn't think they were very good. Speaking to ginger minger, Chris Evans, on BBC Radio 2, Martin asserted: "One thing. They're about to get brilliant. I don’t want to go on about what we're going to do but we're about to get a lot better and part of that lyrically."   Chri

You can download the best bits from the Chris Evans show on BBC Radio 2 today, where Chris Martin was in the studio, here   Full discussion here   [thanks coldplay_steph]

Ricky takes a leaf out of Paxman's book with a barrage of thoroughly well researched and probing questions here

Gwyneth Paltrow’s publicist refused to confirm reports that the actress was pregnant with her second child.   Paltrow’s mother, actress Blythe Danner, reportedly let slip that she was going to be a grandmother again at a media awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Her publicist said last night: “We have no comment to make. If and when she is pregnant and they want to come out with an announcement, they will do so.”   Paltrow, 33 and her huband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 28, already have a 16-mo

James Blunt's Back To Bedlam has overtaken Coldplay's X&Y to become the UK's biggest-selling album of the year so far.   Blunt [pictured] has sold 1,526,000 copies - 2,000 more than Coldplay - and is currently at number two in the album chart. The debut album has topped the chart across Europe and produced the hit single You're Beautiful.   It is an extraordinary success story for Blunt, 28, an Old Harrovian and former member of the Household Cavalry. He was recently voted Best New Act at t

Coldplaying.com has landed in at 36th place overall in the People's Choice Award (mix of the world's best official and unofficial music sites) at last night's DMA Digital Music Awards in Hammersmith, London.   This eclipses last years 44th place, and 54th place in 2003. Thankyou to all who voted!   Coldplay and James Blunt were the big winners at this year's Digital Music Awards. Blunt scooped the award for Best Pop Act at the ceremony beating Goldfrapp, KT Tunstall, Natasha Bedingfield and Turi

The four major labels, Concord Music Group and the Recording Industry Association of America are teaming for a double-disc compilation to benefit victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. "Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now" is expected in mid-November and boasts contributions from Coldplay, Fats Domino, Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews Band, Elton John and James Brown, among many others.   Proceeds have been earmarked for the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and the MusiCares Hurricane R

Fuse will welcome some star power to in-depth interview series 100%, the network said Tueday.   Kanye West, The White Stripes and Coldplay will be featured on episodes of 100% this fall. Past 100% subjects have included U2, Green Day, Usher, Black Eyed Peas, Ludacris, 50 Cent, Audioslave, Beastie Boys and Blink 182.   "100% is like hanging out with your favorite musician," Fuse head of entertainment Robert Weiss said in a prepared statement. "It's very exciting to continue to have the most popul

Coldplay's Chris Martin [pictured] beat off competition from U2 frontman Bono to walk away with a lunchbox designed by REM vocalist Michael Stipe.   The two stars became embroiled in a bidding war at a charity auction in aid of the Food Bank for New York city at the Wooster Projects Gallery on Sunday night, but Martin walked away triumphant with a winning bid of US$20,000.   Bono later joked: "It was death by Coldplay."   But it wasn't all bad news for the Irish supergroup. Bono's bandmate Th