Coldplay News

Music fans won't want to miss the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.   This year's show airs Sunday, August 28th, and is positively packed with musical goodness. Scheduled to perform at the event are Coldplay, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, the Killers, 50 Cent, Shakira, Ludacris and R. Kelly.   Some of the artists hoping to take home a Moonman include Green Day, who's up for eight VMAs including the Viewer's Choice Award, and Gwen Stefani who nabbed six nominations. To see all t

Speed Of Sound will have it's first play on UK when Chris and Jonny are on Lamacq Live on Monday the 18th of April on Radio 1 from 9pm.   Chris & Jonny will be hand delivering the new Coldplay single, Speed Of Sound to Steve Lamacq during the show.   The track will get it's first airplay here from 9pm. To listen online click here

The new video for the Speed Of Sound will be shown today on Channel 4 at 1855h (GMT). UK only.

Coldplay's New York performance on May 16th for the VH1 Storytellers show, premieres tonight, 8th June.   See local TV listing for variable times - in the meantime visit VH1 site here

Most journalists like ending the year on a down note with "factual" retrospectives. As far as I'm concerned, those journalists are whores. Jonathan David Morris is the only one with the guts to compile the year's best stories with a reckless disregard for accuracy.   3. Live 8 gives AIDS to Africans. Oops, I'm sorry. Gives aid to Africans. Aid. Not AIDS. In an unprecedented effort to wipe the scourge of AIDS off the continent of Africa, famous recording artists perform free concerts around the

Coldplay will visit South Africa in October 2011 for two concerts, one in Joburg and one in Cape Town, according to hints from certain local media outlets and DJs overnight. But there is a media embargo on releasing official announcements through the stations until Monday morning - so we've heard. More discussion on the South Africa concert dates is at the Coldplay Live forum now.   That embargo is being maintained by Prime Media’s radio outlets until tomorrow. Only then will an announcement abo

Chris Martin has been suffering from tinnitus for a decade, according to various UK sources this morning, including the Daily Mail, Mirror and the Huffington Post. You can read more discussion on this story at the Coldplay forum now [thanks lutzno]   Chris, who blames the painful ear condition on listening to loud music as a teenager, is warning youngsters to avoid the same fate. He said the ringing in his ears and headaches had stabilised since he started protecting his ears. After doctors warn

Coldplay's tour DVD 'Live 2012' (AKA #ColdplayFilm) is to be released on 16th November and directed by Paul Dugdale, according to reports out today ahead of the official announcement, also expected soon. The DVD is expected to feature footage from the Paris, Montreal and Glastonbury concerts. Read on for the said article, that originated from the Side-Line music magazine today. More on this news is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash & wabbit]   On Friday november 16 EMI will release the

Coldplay and Rihanna will teaming up to perform their duet Princess Of China live at the Brit Awards 2012, it has been reported today. [You can discuss the latest on this at the Coldplay forum now (thanks _Tash)]   The reports continue saying: Brit organisers are keen to get both acts on stage to perform the track, which is taken from Coldplay's latest album Mylo Xyloto, live together for the first time. A source told The Sun: "Coldplay are really looking forward to performing Princess Of China

UPDATE: Coldplay have now confirmed this appearance! Anchorman: We're pleased to report that Coldplay are playing a special one-off show at LA's UCLA Tennis Center venue on Wednesday, August 3. The net proceeds from the show, which is part of the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush concert series, will benefit the GRAMMY Foundation's GRAMMY in the Schools music education initiative for high school students. Selected highlights from the concert will then air at midnight that night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel

Online media outlets are reporting that Coldplay will be performing at the 2010 American Music Awards, to be held on November 21 and it will be telecasted live from Nokia Theatre L.A. on ABC.   Are we finally going to hear some new music from the band? It's possible - since they have been off working on the new album over the course of the past several months. There is as yet no official announcement either on Coldplay's website or ABC, but we expect something to transpire soon. You can discuss

UPDATE: Coldplay have now confirmed this appearance! Anchorman: We’re pleased to announce that Coldplay will be performing at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, on September 23rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. For more information - including ticket contests and pre-sale links - head over to iheartradio.com/vegas now.   "Coldplay will headline a iHeartRadio/Clearchannel music event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 23-24th September, if reports today are to be believed. If true,

Coldplay, Lady Gaga and Elbow are to top the bill for a huge Children In Need concert organised by Gary Barlow, reports are saying this morning. The show - to take place at Manchester's MEN Arena - will also feature Michael Buble, JLS, N-Dubz and Hugh Laurie. Tickets go on sale on Friday with details at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey. More on this reported date is at the Coldplay Live forum now.   David Tennant, Fearne Cotton and Chris Moyles are to host the November 17 concert Children In Need Rocks Man

Coldplay will head to Australia in November to play outdoor arena concerts according to Adelaide Now who report that they have spoken to Chris Martin about the tour and the Xylobands which they will also be using on the tour. The dates will be announced next month according to the article. Read on for their report...   Adelaide Now continue: Fans will be part of the action when Coldplay tour Australia's outdoor arenas in November. If you've seen the Charlie Brown video, you will have spotted the

This year's Rock In Rio festival, which will take place between September 23rd and October 2nd in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be streamed live via YouTube for fans outside of Brazil, according to reports on the messageboard today. (In Brazil, the transmission will be via MultishowHD and Globo.com).   Coldplay's last concert of the 2011 Festival Tour will be on October 1st, and they headline Rock In Rio. Coldplay will start at 00:20h (local time (Brazil / GMT -3:00)). The stream of all days will

It is still over a week and a half until Coldplay's fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, is scheduled for release, but the album leaked online through a torrent on Wednesday.   The band's first album in just over three years has already proved itself popular with a highly downloaded single and has become the highest pre-sale album ever in Apple iTunes Store, according to NME. Prefix magazine speculates that the album's leak has raised serious issues for the band's label, priv

Universal Music is in talks to sell off most of Parlophone, the home of acts including Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and Tinie Tempah, in order to allay concerns the European regulator has over its £1.2bn bid for EMI, reports the Guardian and other sources this week. The potential sell-off of Parlophone, which would not include the Beatles' catalogue, has been submitted by the world's biggest music company as part of a package of remedies to the European Commission.   It is understood that BMG, the mu

The new kings of British rock were Coldplay, whose X&Y went to number one in 32 countries (including America), taking them into the realms of stadium superstardom. Mind you, they still suffered the indignity of having their comeback single, Speed of Sound, kept off the top of the charts by Crazy Frog, a jumped-up ringtone. Maybe the brave new digital world isn't going to be so different after all.   There was something for everyone in 2005, from the groundbreaking Arctic Monkeys to the old H

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Quiet possibly the biggest music-related event that occured in 2004, has to be the recording and release of the Band Aid 20 single featuring Thom Yorke, Chris Martin, Bono, The Darkness, Keane, Travis and pretty much everyone.   While the rumour had been circulating for weeks, it all started to come together with an article in The Sun, saying that Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Jamelia and The Darkness had all been approached to play on a new version of the Band Aid charity single ‘Do They Know It’s

As part of a new weekly concert series from MTV Networks International, Coldplay's show at the Tokyo Saitama Super Arena on 12th February was screened on 62 MTV channels around the world tonight. You can download the screening over the next 24 hours in avi, flv or MP4 format at the Multimedia forum here [thanks Twisted Mind, Lore & LittleMissMessy]   Coldplay live in Tokyo from the Saitama Super Arena was the first performance captured for MTV World Stage. The series will showcase different

The Grammy Awards 2006 Live   You can watch the entrances on the red carpet and some interviews after the Awards live on E!. But this channel has no rights to show the ceremony.   February 8th, Wednesday 22:00 E! February 9th, Thursday 07:00 E!   Germany: February 9th, Thursday 02:00 Pro 7   France: February 9th, Thursday 02:00 W9   Italy: February 9th, Thursday 02:00 Jimmy   ——————————————————————————   The Grammy Awards 2006 Highlights   UK: February 9th, Thursday 10:00 E! only red carpet

Both AOL Radio Blog and Coldplay's official site are reporting this week that Coldplay and Lele, the singer from top Cuban band Los Van Van, collaborate on 'Clocks / Relojes,' a Cuban version of Coldplay's Top 10 hit 'Clocks,' highlighted on the Afro-Cuban relief effort album, 'Revival.'   The track is dominated by a more uplifting, Cuban mix full of conga and batá drums, trumpets and poppy piano, while Lele and Chris Martin's vocals interchange, as well as the hypnotic 'Clocks' piano melody wit

On November 14, Hip-O Records/Universal Music Enterprises will release Rhythms del Mundo, a collaborative record that unites members of the Buena Vista Social Club with their pasty white musical brethren.   After obtaining permission from the various bands to modify their material, the Cuban collective (under the guidance of arranger Demitrio Muniz) created brand new backing tracks for the original vocals of songs like "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "She Will Be Loved".   Even

Former frontman for The Verve, Richard Ashcroft has been talking in an interview to The National today about Chris Martin and Coldplay in general, ahead of his most ambitious musical reinvention yet, RPA & the United Nations of Sound. Below is what they said in the online article... [thanks mimixxx]   A more unlikely celebrity friend, perhaps, is Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who introduced Ashcroft as "the best singer in the world" when they performed The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony together a