Coldplay News

Last week Billboard scored a coup by publishing the only official media article from Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto era so far. Rolling Stone meanwhile had to make do with the scraps, publishing a small article, entitled "Coldplay's new cuts: Weirder, Groovier" reviewing the live versions of the new songs heard from the festivals to date.   This included Princess Of China, which hasn't even been heard or seen in decent quality yet. How Rolling Stone can possibly review Princess Of China professionally

New track titles announced: Death and All His Friends | Life In Technicolor | Chinese Sleep Chant | Reign Of Love   Rolling Stone have been behind the scenes with Coldplay as they record their fourth album. They have released more details on new track titles, including a synopsis of various tracks.   Coldplay are currently holed up in a studio in northern London, trying to hammer out the details for their still-untitled fourth album, due out in May. On a white board, three band members have post

Rolling Stone’s 2008 Hot Issue spotlights acts like Band of Horses and Vampire Weekend (more on that here). For the next week, we’ll be taking a look at Hot Issue hits and misses from the past twenty-one years (because nobody’s cultural thermometer is accurate all the time).   Hit: In 2002, just before the release of A Rush of Blood to the Head, Rolling Stone caught up with Coldplay as they toured small clubs for perhaps the last time, and named the group Hot Band. It was a pretty accurate asses

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says the band members have been looking forward to their U.S. tour for a year and a half — which is how long they've been working on their new album, Viva La Vida. The disc comes out June 17th (US), and the band plays a free show at New York's Madison Square Garden a week later.   When you're in the studio, do you think about how the songs will sound live? The knowledge that you're going to play something live has a huge influence on whether or not you record it. Y

Chelsea Football Club is believed to be considering a £400m bid for the Earls Court exhibition centre in order to relocate from their Stamford Bridge home. A move to a new site would help the champions compete more seriously in revenue terms with Arsenal, who moves to their new 60,000 Ashburton Grove home at the beginning of next season, and Manchester United, whose Old Trafford capacity will shortly be increased to 75,000.   According to sources close to the club, the Premiership leaders have b

Coldplay fans almost have to consider themselves spoiled rotten, given the band's announcement of a new EP just months after its latest, Viva La Vida. They have finally locked in a release date for said EP, Prospekt's March: November 25th.   And that's not all: just two weeks prior, on November 10th, the band will digitally release a four-track version of its Viva La Vida song 'Lost!,' including one remix featuring Jay-Z. Should the collaboration strike you as strange, perhaps you can cast your

Guy Berryman is co-producing The Pierces' new album with Rick Simpson, according to Michael Brauer, the man who mixed Coldplay's last album, Viva la Vida. Brauer was the one to reveal Guy's involvement with a tweet yesterday, and will also be involved in mixing The Pierces' effort. The Pierces are two sisters from Alabama, and the new album will be their fourth. More on this news is at the Coldplay forum here [thanks iriden]   Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher has attacked Coldplay's and U2's dress sens

A reminder that Shazam, the world’s leading mobile discovery company, recently announced it is giving one lucky Shazamer and their guest the concert experience of a lifetime to see Coldplay perform live, as part of its “Golden Tag” promotions. When fans in the US, UK and Canada use their iOS and Android devices to Shazam any Coldplay song, including their latest singles, “Paradise” and “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,” they will receive a chance to enter and win a grand prize trip to see them in

X17 has pictures of Gwyneth Paltrow sporting what some are calling the baby bump. She was out tile shopping this week showing not only her possible baby bump but also some pretty decent sized roots. In Gwyneth's past pregnancies she did not keep up with her blonde highlights because she felt it was unhealthy for the baby. However, we doubt she's expecting - in January, she mentioned that she and Chris were done having kids.   Gwyneth is married to Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin. Together they

As well as all the new ColdplayTV content that has been uploaded for our lyrical desires, there have been several rumours that have slipped under the radar in recent days. Here's a round-up of the latest reports hitting the Coldplay grapevine...   An unpopulated Washington Post website page was captured on Google news describing Coldplay's forthcoming Glastonbury 2011 performance as a movie, leading to strong suggestions that the show will be shown (live?) in some US cinemas. Said the website: "

The Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik will add Coldplay, Blur and Tinie Tempah to his empire after his Warner Music group emerged victorious in a bidding war to take over the historic Parlophone record label, media sources are reporting Thursday (7th February).   Warners, bought by Blavatnik’s Access Industries private equity group for $3.3 billion (£2 bn) in 2011, won the battle to take control of Parlophone and other EMI assets, which were put up for sale following Universal Music’s takeover

Songwriting superhero Ryan Adams is fond of telling the music press lately that he plans on making the Cardinals' current line-up his permanent band and he's even uncomfortable still being called a solo artist. But last night at the Marin Center in San Rafael, Calif., all eyes were clearly on him as he "led" the Cardinals through two sets of original material, before kicking off the encore with a solo piano version of 'Sylvia Plath.'   Still, Adams refused to be seen in the spotlight -- quite l

It's hard to pinpoint Chris Martin's most endearing moment Tuesday night at Sleep Train Amphitheater in Wheatland. But his miming of a swim stroke to illustrate a line ("tides that I tried to swim against ... ") from the band's anthemic hit "Clocks" ranked right up there, writes The Sacramento Bee.   Though Martin easily could put on airs -- he's British, married to Gwyneth Paltrow and leads a mega-selling pop band -- the Coldplay front man instead took pains to acknowledge and ingratiate himsel

Artists from Coldplay to Ludacris will have to change their ways if they want to continue sampling other musicians' tracks, because new rules mean they have to credit all performances featured on their songs.   While artists protest sampling music allows them to pay homage to their heroes, affected artists insist it amounts to thievery and infringement on their copyright.   New regulations from the sampling office state that bands have a moral obligation to credit the artist before they feature

The show: Grammy-winning Coldplay made its San Antonio debut at the AT&T Center on Wednesday with Snow Patrol and Howling Bells. The acclaimed British band is touring behind its album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,' writes my SA blogs (San Antonio Express News).   Attendance: About 12,500 people, mostly older teens and twenty-somethings.   First take: Sure, they've got the album of the year and are unquestionably at the height of their creative power, but Coldplay also showed th

There's long been one steadfast rule in the touring industry: You don't shoot the confetti cannons until the end of the show. Yet, there we were, just a few minutes into the Coldplay concert on Friday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose, being showered with massive amounts of confetti, writes the Contra Costa Times in a review of two concerts at the HP Pavillion (27th & 28th April). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (27th) and here (2

In an interview with Gary Graff [freelancer] Sarah McLachlan has said, "As far as I know, up until a couple of months ago, [Coldplay's] Chris Martin had never heard of my music. Someone presented the idea of us writing together, and he was like, Who's Sarah McLachlan?   "And Gwyneth [Paltrow, Chris Martin's wife] said, You don't know who this is?! Sit down and listen to this . . .' Gwyneth's my gal. She stood up for me."   McLachlan, however, says that she is most definitely "inspired by other

Joe Satriani isn't nominated for a Grammy, but his lawyer still hopes he wins   Until now, it looked as though major drama could unfold at this Sunday's Grammy Awards, with Joe Satriani's legal team threatening to serve Coldplay with papers in the lawsuit he has brought against them pertaining to their song Viva La Vida, which he claims infringes on the melody to his song If I Could Fly, reports Music Radar.   "All of that has been averted now," says Howard King, Satriani's attorney, speaking ex

For those of you still struggling to find the SNL recordings of Fix You and Speed Of Sound, you can grab them here

Coldplay front man Chris Martin has declared that ITV flagship arts programme the South Bank Show should be saved, BroadcastNow are reporting this morning.   ITV announced that the series, which has been fronted by Melvyn Bragg since 1978, will cease to exist after the current series comes to a close next summer.   But Chris, who was filmed as part of an upcoming episode of The South Bank Show last week, told newspaper Metro that he would lobby to save the iconic strand. "It's a great show and s

Coldplay has just announced their Cyber Monday sale with massive reductions in merchandise.    Album cover mugs have also been announced with pre-orders starting today. All mugs are available to purchase individually, or if you buy all seven you get one free. The mugs will ship around December 8th, just in time for the holidays!      My favourite offer is the Vintage Parachutes T-Shirt that was sold during this year's A Head Full of Dreams Tour that is currently €10 off. Head on over to Cold

Taken from Coldplay's Q&A:   Q. will the band be sticking with the super cool all black clothing style for album 4? A. No.   More on this here [thanks qwertyuiop]

The new album hits stores around the world from tomorrow, and here's what it looks like front and back. There are also lyrics in the Japanese version: [Lyrics1] [Lyrics2] [Lyrics3] [Lyrics4] [Lyrics5]   More on this here (add your scans!) [thanks mynickismyname, Leche & othersongs]  

They were last on our screens months, even years ago but that hasn't quashed the heady ambitions of some former Big Brother stars. If their boasts are to be believed soon you could see Science - the outspoken Leeds rapper - on tour with Madonna, or even Michelle Bass - of Chicken Stu fame - travelling space and time with David Tennant.   The Big Brother bunch were out in force last night for Kinga ‘spin the bottle’ Karolczak’s 21st at London’s Eve club.   And while raising a toast to the bawdy b

Scissor Sisters and Coldplay have stepped up the fight against global warming by lending their support to a new scheme which allows people to buy carbon credits.   The scheme, which is also being backed by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, plans to use the money raised to invest in alternative energy resources and raise awareness.Global Cool Foundation is the brainchild of music promoter Dan Morrell, who claims: "Global Cool is about buying time and allowing new energy solutions to swing it."   For every