Coldplay News

I said earlier that Fray’s “How to Save a Life” got snubbed and I do mean that. It really fits pop more than it does rock.   I think that since Coldplay has already proclaimed themselves the best band ever, it’s safe to say there ego problems can’t afford to be exacerbated any more by non-deserving wins such as what this one would be. Other than that, my predictions can be explained here in preceding categories. Sorry for the repetition but blame the Grammys, not me.   Performance by a Rock Grou

Blender.com sat down with Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland for a more detailed look at the band’s studio experience while creating the latest album, Viva la Vida. Jonny divulged information about lunch breaks, not wearing clothes, and his feelings towards Donna Summers.   Where did the magic happen? In North London, at our new studio, the Bakery.   The money spent recording this album could buy? Eight thousand Dalmations.   Studio demands? Lunch. Not so much the food but the sitting down tog

Statement issued by 7digital.com:   Coldplay - Talk (Live at Earl's Court) DOWNLOAD 'TALK' LIVE FROM EARLS COURT   To celebrate the release of the Talk single we are releasing an exclusive, download only live version recorded live and direct from Earls Court 2005! The only way in the world you can get your hands on this exclusive download is to pre-order the track by texting TALK to 81330 or clicking on the Pre Order button below.   The track will then be available to redeem on Monday, Decemb

The Junkie XL/Francois K/J. Lu Cont Mixes of Coldplay's 'Talk' have reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.   'Talk' itself has also re-entered the Hot 100 at number 99.   More on this here [thanks musicman1990]

Coldplay has released an limited edition 12" version of 'Talk' combining all the mixes currently available in the official eshop for £3.99.   Featuring the Thin White Duke mix on the A-side with the Francois K Dub and Junkie XL remix making up the B-side, the 12" is out now.

After teasing fans with a web-based tour announcement system, Coldplay's finally made its winter itinerary public.   In an apparent bid to fuel egos, Coldplay announced an upcoming tour, but directed fans to its talkthetour.com site for routing. Once there, visitors learned that the site would need to rack up 33000 hits to reveal each tour date to support this year’s X&Y, aversion.com has reported.   Thanks to a combination of obsessive fans and script-kiddies running neutered denial-of-serv

The postponed Tampa date has been and gone and rather than the usual reviews, setlists and pictures, there are instead more comments on Chris Martin's well-being and predictions about a possible rescheduled Ford Amphitheater date, which is looking increasingly unlikely to take place this week. Coldplay are set to play their next live show at the MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark on August 16. Here is the fourth installment of Coldplayer comments that have flooded the messageboard (plus some more APW

A couple of bits of news from Coldplay.com's Anchorman this morning, as Coldplay's Tap Tap iPhone game is at a reduced rate for the next couple of days, and also an update on a further airing of the Coldplay feature on 60 Minutes. Here goes:   We're pleased to announce that the enormously popular Tap Tap Coldplay game for the iPhone and iPod Touch is on sale at a reduced price in the iTunes App Store this weekend. Until midnight on Sunday, the game is available for £2.29 in the UK, €2.99 in Euro

As we reported last week, it has now been officially announced that a special Coldplay game for the iPhone and iPod Touch arrived in the iTunes App Store this morning. Tap Tap Revenge: Coldplay Edition is the latest release in the wildly popular Tap Tap Revenge series, which allow you to tap along to songs on your iPhone/iPod Touch. Click here to check it out.   This special edition features ten full Coldplay songs to play along to, with graphics and effects inspired by the band's videos. It al

Coldplay this week teamed up with Tapulous Inc, an iPhone/iPod Touch game developer, to release a new music-game called Tap Tap Revenge: Coldplay Edition. Built on the all-new No.1 App Store hit Tap Tap Revenge 2, this Coldplay Edition of Tap Tap Revenge includes 10 of Coldplay's greatest hits, including Viva la Vida, Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun Mix), Lost, Yellow and Life in Technicolor ii.   To celebrate, Tapulous is hosting the Tapulous Coldplay Edition Contest. Each day for 30 days, one play

Details are a bit sparse for now, but we’ve now heard whispers from multiple sources that Tapulous plans to release a version of their popular iPhone music game, Tap Tap Revenge, themed around Coldplay early next week.   This isn’t the first time the company has partnered with a band for premium releases; December of 2008 saw the Weezer-branded “Christmas with Weezer” edition, and an NIN edition was released last September.   The application has been submitted to the app store, and will likely s

A music teacher has told of her pride at seeing a former pupil pick up a Grammy award with rock band Coldplay.   Coldplay won the Record of the Year award at Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for the song Clocks. Margaret Parr taught guitarist Jon Buckland for seven years while he was at Mold Alun High School, Flintshire.   Mrs Parr said last night: "I am delighted. I taught Jonathan music at GCSE and A-Level and of course he always had very good compositional skills. He would write music fo

ANOTHER SPECTACULAR LINE-UP FOR 2006 TEENAGE CANCER TRUST CONCERTS MARCH 27th – APRIL 1st   The sixth year of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall once again looks like producing some of the live shows of the year – and this time there’s an extra show – a Saturday night treat with The Cure playing their first UK date with a new line-up and their only confirmed show of 2006 so far.   Previous Teenage Cancer Trust shows have featured show-stopping performances from The Who,

The third annual Teenage Cancer Trust shows at The Royal Albert Hall will this year feature Coldplay on the opening night.   Over the very special series of six shows other bands also featured include : DOVES, ERIC CLAPTON, MARK KNOPFLER, SUPERGRASS, MADNESS, RICHARD ASHCROFT and ASH.   The series of six gigs kicks off on 24th of March with COLDPLAY, and will end with a real party night featuring MADNESS and some surprise guests.   All tickets are available 9am Friday 7th February from the Roy

A legal battle over the sale of music label EMI can go to trial next month in New York, a judge ruled, in a case that may see some of London's top financiers take the stand.   The case centres on allegations by Terra Firma, the private equity firm founded by Guy Hands, that it was misled by US bank Citigroup over its decision to buy EMI in the late spring of 2007. US District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled late on Tuesday that Terra Firma's allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and fraudulent conc

The extension now has the bid ending July 4. As of Thursday, Terra Firma had received acceptances for 3.53 percent of EMI.   The extension comes amid continued speculation that longtime EMI suitor Warner Music Group Corp. could submit another bid rivaling the Terra Firma bid. Among the artists recording for London-based EMI are Norah Jones and Coldplay.   New York-based Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a significant Los Angeles presence, with its Burbank-based Warner Bros. Records, Los Angele

Oxfam International will give Coldplay fans at a Mountain View, California, concert on Friday a chance to use text messaging to sign a petition advocating changes in trade laws   Oxfam International will give Coldplay fans at a Mountain View, California, concert on Friday a chance to use text messaging to sign a petition advocating changes in trade laws.   Prior to the concert, Oxfam will show a video featuring Chris Martin, Coldplay's lead singer and an Oxfam spokesman, and the international an

Embrace frontman Danny McNamara has hailed Chris Martin, the man who helped save the band’s career, as a genius.   Speaking to nme.com, McNamara said if it wasn't for the success brought by the Martin penned 'Gravity', his band would have been dumped by their label and split up.   "I think Chris Martin is a genius, but it's not easy for him," he said. "I speak to him every week, pretty much, and he sets impossibly high standards for himself and then somehow he manages to reach them. The thing of

Every music fan knows that a real rock show doesn't look anything like a concert movie. They never seem to include the guy sitting next to you who won't shut up, or the fact that the stars look like insects from the nosebleed seats, or that half the fun is just being there, hanging out with friends.   As odd as it seems, the Beastie Boys [pictured] are the first band to ever take this to heart. The proof arrives this Friday with "Awesome! I F - - - in' Shot That," a concert movie that turns the

The Campaign to Make Poverty History announced today the MTV broadcast premiere of its new campaign to reach and engage millions of Americans in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty.   “The “ONE Click Spot” will air as part of an MTV News report during the highly-popular “Total Request Live” on Monday, April 10 and stars some of the biggest names in music and Hollywood, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Gwen Stefani, Dave Matthe

Chris took his little Apple to pick a toy at the toy store in the Malibu Country Mart on Sunday.   Little Apple's getting big - who do you think she looks more like? Her pretentious actress-mom or her muzak-making dad?       Source: http://x17online.com [thansk Snowshine]

The Beatles were one of several acts that boosted British album sales abroad last year – despite not being together any more.   Statistics released by the BPI revealed that British artists were amongst some of the most dominant acts in Germany and France last year, whose markets are the forth and fifth biggest in the world respectively.   In total, British acts such as The Beatles - who released their album of 'new' material entitled, 'Love' - Coldplay, James Blunt and Katie Melua, helped the

As Coldplay finishes the new album Mylo Xyloto, a candid and detailed conversation with Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland and manager Dave Holmes about harvesting the best songs, executing a bold global plan-and choosing to create without fear, writes Billboard, in one of the longest and best Coldplay articles we have seen for quite some time. The following article follows on from Chris Martin's Q&A interview seen earlier. [thanks to Katie at Billboard for permission to use the following article]

The Boxer Rebellion's new album is currently outselling the likes of Kings Of Leon, MGMT and Coldplay on the US version of iTunes, even though it is a self-release.   Despite the success, 'Union' has been barred from entering the Official UK Charts this Sunday (January 18) - because the band have only released the album digitally. The band, who were signed to Alan McGee's Poptones label but currently have no record deal, self-released 'Union' on January 11. Unexpectedly, the album, and its lead

The Chainsmokers have just released their brand new track 'Something Just Like This' as part of a collaboration with Coldplay!   Earlier today we broke the news fters one of our staff spotted a leaked announcement for the new single on Spotify. The banner showed a graphic of a boy alongside text announcing the new track.   You can listen to the track below:   https://open.spotify.com/track/1dNIEtp7AY3oDAKCGg2XkH     We originally found out about the collaboration last September when The C