Coldplay News

Coldplay, the Gorillaz and Natasha Bedingfield are among the nominees for this year's BT Digital Music Awards (DMAs).   The annual event for UK-signed artists recognizes cutting-edge music entertainment delivered through the latest digital technology.   Thirteen of the 18 DMA award winners are decided by fans, who cast their votes online.   Coldplay is nominated for three awards including Best Rock Artist, Best Music Community, and Best Single for "Speed of Sound."   In the Best Single categor

This is the last night of voting for the People's Fansite Choice Award - vote for Coldplaying.com HERE!   By voting for Coldplaying.com you'll be automatically entered into the prize draw to win BT Broadband for a year and 100 music downloads courtesy of iTunes.   Thankyou to everyone who has voted so far - results will be with you here soon.

Coldplay's Chris Martin may have complained about corporate pressures but he is on track to help his record label to improved profits this year.   The success of the band's X&Y album is set to help increase revenues by 4.5% at EMI this year in what the publisher described as a weak market. Successful album launches by The Rolling Stones, Gorillaz, Paul McCartney and KT Tunstall also boosted revenues in the six months to the end of September.   Earlier this year Chris Martin complained abou

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin hopes to record a duet with Celine Dion in the near future, because he wants to push the band's sound to the limit.   Chris is determined to expand Coldplay's sphere of reference and believes a duet with Canadian Dion will help him achieve that aim.   He said: "We shouldn't restrict our options. To me, the most bizarre things at the moment are the most exciting. I'd even be up for making a didgeridoo album in Alice Springs."  

Vancouver rockers Black Mountain, fresh off a once-in-a-lifetime tour opening stadium shows for Coldplay, have had some of their momentum cruelly sapped by cowardly thieves who recently broke into the band’s van and nabbed a good deal of their equipment.   The thievery went down in New York City on the band’s current tour with side project Blood Meridian, the latest in a rash of equipment heists in the Big Apple that also saw The Raveonettes ripped off brutally.Black Mountain has asked that any

Coldplay have revealed their current album "X&Y" marks the end of the first phase of their career.   Chris Martin told Xfm that the band have been working on new material whilst on tour, and plan to move away from their current sound. Chris explained: "We're always working on new material. We've got no laurels to rest on. We're still looking for our laurels in my opinion. We've everything to prove and we've finished phase one of Coldplay and now we're going to enter phase two, which could b

Oasis confirmed its influential status in the industry by clinching two of the top prizes at this year's Q Awards yesterday (Oct. 10) at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Oasis picked up not only best album for "Don't Believe the Truth" (Big Brother), but also the people's choice award.   Gorillaz (Parlophone), the virtual band co-founded by Damon Albarn, lead singer of Oasis' former chart competitor Blur, also won two awards: best video ("Feel Good Inc") and best producer (shared by Albarn and Da

Chris Martin gets embarrassed when he thinks about his band's duet with Richard Ashcroft at the London leg of Live 8, because they played like "crap".   Coldplay teamed up with Ashcroft at the 2 July (05) charity event to sing The Verve hit, Bittersweet Symphony, but Chris wishes they'd rehearsed a little more beforehand.   He says, "Richard Ashcroft was brilliant but I thought we were crap. Robbie Williams was absolutely amazing, so were Pink Floyd."

Reports suggest that at the Q Awards yesterday those long-standing enemies Coldplay and Oasis locked horns yet again for another round of mud-slinging and fisticuffs. So why are Noel, Liam and Chris discussing playing a gig together?   While Liam is reported to have heckled Coldplay’s Chris Martin with shouts of “plant pot”, it was all smiles and handshakes between the Oasis and Coldplay camps at yesterday’s Q Awards as their respective leaders, Noel Gallagher and Martin, got together on the red

Coldplay are to release a new single in the Netherlands in November (exact date unknown), which is much sooner than expected.   'Talk' will be the 3rd single to be taken off their latest album 'X&Y'.   Today it has been revealed that the Dutch 3-disc single release of 'Talk' will be backed with either 9 or 10 exclusive live tracks, recorded at this year's gig at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Netherlands. Coldplay's classic single 'Clocks' was released in the exact same way, which helped making it

Chris Martin has revealed he would like to record a Christmas album with the Krankies.   The Coldplay frontman says performing with the 80s comedy couple would be the perfect Christmas gift for fans.   He said: "I'd sound great singing with Wee Jimmy, both of us dressed as elves." He also revealed he would like to record a duet with Celine Dion reports The Sun.   He added: "We shouldn't restrict our options. To me, the most bizarre things at the moment are the most exciting. I'd even be up for m

Tickets to Coldplay's 2006 Australian tour has been snapped up in record times after going on sale this morning. Second shows have been added in both Melbourne and Sydney while Brisbane at 12.30pm today (Oct 10) had just 80 seats left.   Promoter Michael Chugg's comment about Adelaide and Perth's need to make themselves noticed seems to have worked, since both cities will now get a show there with ticketing details soon to be released. Coldplay's Australia tour dates are:   Friday 23rd June - Br

Former Jam frontman Paul Weller [pictured] has launched a scathing attack on the music of Coldplay and pop newcomer James Blunt, describing their songs as "fucking bland".   The songwriter is delighted his children are as passionate about music as Weller was during his teen years, but thinks much of today's music lacks the vigour of music from past decades. Weller, 47, says, "My two eldest kids are just mad for music and it's great to see another generation who are passionate about music, especi

Email from coldplaytickets.musictoday.com regarding cancelled Sept. 24 Houston show:   It is possible that the 9/24 Coldplay show will successfully be rescheduled. Please hold on to your tickets as they will be honored for the new show date.   If you have already returned your tickets for a refund, please reply to this e-mail and let us know if we need to reship them to you or you still need to be refunded as you will not be able to attend a rescheduled date.   We will send out another e-mail wi

3G network operators 3 have announced a partnership with EMI Music UK to supply full-length music videos directly to the company's 3 million customers.   The deal will let music fans delve into EMI's extensive back catalogue of music videos as well as download new releases from big sellers like Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, Jamelia, Joss Stone, Norah Jones and Gorillaz.Material from all of EMIs other labels - including Parlophone, Relentless and Virgin - will also be made available.   The tie-up wit

Robbie Williams [pictured] says he is desperate to find the special person to share his life because one night stands have become "too much a palaver."   And the 31 year-old superstar admits that while his fame and money make it possible for him to have everything he wants, he is no closer to meeting the love of his life.   The former Take That singer also says he no longer wants to break America and is ready to slag off a British band that has, Coldplay.Robbie, who now spends a lot of time at

Coldplay have been nominated for 3 categories at this year's Digital Music Awards (DMA05).   The categories are 'Best Rock Artist', 'Best Music Community' (for the Coldplayer) and 'Best Single' ("Speed of Sound").   For more details on how to vote for Coldplay click here To vote for Coldplaying.com at the same awards click here

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

Coldplay has been nominated for two mtvU Woodie Awards - the Good Woodie and the Alumni Woodie.   The Good Woodie awards charity and humanitarian efforts by the band. The Alumni Woodie recognizes artists that have gone mainstream but stay true to their roots. The winners are determined by the fans. The voting is in full effect and the competition is tough. Time to really show our support for Coldplay at this year's mtvU Woodie Awards!   Vote online here for Coldplay as many times as you can. Vot

Chris Martin and the other members of Coldplay have made no bones over the years about their admiration for U2 [pictured]. And the Irish band's guitarist, The Edge, told us that the feeling is reciprocated:   "I think you're talking about an amazing talent there, that band as a whole and Chris as a singer and songwriter. I don't think they sound that like us, but I, occasionally I hear a little influence here and there, but it's always something that I feel kind of proud about, that they enjoy w

Coldplay were were joined by Michael Stipe [pictured] at their show in Atlanta last night (28th Sept).   The REM frontman duetted with the band at the Philips Arena for a rendition of the track Nightswimming.   Introducing Stipe, Chris Martin told the crowd that the last time Coldplay played Atlanta they were joined by Elton John on piano and they felt they had to do something to top that.   A Coldplay fan told a music magazine: "Stipe got a huge standing ovation, and they couldn't start the son

Coldplay and Gorillaz lead the nominations list for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 with five each. The 12th annual event will be held Nov. 3 in Lisbon and will be broadcast live on MTV in Europe and the United States. Other acts with multiple nominations include Gwen Stefani with four and 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Green Day, U2 and James Blunt with three.   Coldplay is named in the best group, best rock act, best song ("Speed of Sound") best album ("X&Y") and best U.K. & Ireland act categor

Coldplay fans will finally get a chance to see the band live in Melbourne, but they have to wait 10 months. They will play the Brisbane Entertainment Centre Friday 23rd June 2006, perform Sydney's Entertainment Centre Monday 26th June and move to Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena Saturday 1st July.   Australia will be the final stop on a world tour to promote their third album X&Y. "It's a fantastic arena show. The band are firing on all cylinders," promoter Michael Chugg said yesterday.   Ticket

Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne enjoyed a few drinks in London during the recent Ashes series with an unlikely admirer - Chris Martin.   Pictures and scans here   [Thanks April]

Chris Martin can make humility an act of hubris, and vice versa. He's as cocky and as insecure as rock stars come, a psychic balancing act reflected in his band Coldplay's crescendo/crash songs.   For instance, during a recent interview, the handsome, Bono-voxed singer says that the four hours he recently spent in a Miami studio with hip-hop producer Timbaland provided a bracing reality check — even while he acknowledges his own superstar status.   "I gleaned that it doesn't matter if you're in