Coldplay News

More photos have emerged over the past 48 hours from the Princess of China music video set, which was recorded in Los Angeles over two days this week, which Coldplay have been shooting with Rihanna. Not only that, some websites are saying that the single will be released in June so the video may be released sometime around then.   The photos, of extras involved in the video along with Chris Martin were discovered via the Facebook page of actor/stuntman Marcus Natvidad and also, more recently, an

Coldplay have begun filming the new video for Princess Of China in Los Angeles on Thursday 22nd March, various sources are confirming on Twitter in the last few hours. The video will feature Rihanna, and she posted some behind-the-scenes images from the music video shoot.   In one of the pictures, Rihanna is dressed up in a gothic-style outfit while 'flipping the bird' at the camera with a long gold nail. The other close-up photo shows Rihanna blowing smoke out of her mouth, while showing off he

Coldplay, Adele and folk band Mumford And Sons are leading the British invasion of the American album charts - Brit artists have netted the highest share of US record sales in more than a decade.   Combined, they accounted for nearly 12 per cent of all albums sold in America last year (11), a jump of more than one percent from 2010, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The rising popularity of U.K. artists has been attributed to the remarkable success of Adele, who sold nearly s

A gang of online fraudsters have been using a Wandsworth Council-owned building as a bogus mailing address to dupe hundreds of Coldplay fans into buying non-existent concert tickets, Wandsworth Guardian. The gang set up a string of websites promising tickets for acts such as Coldplay, JLS, Barry Manilow, Westlife, Il Divo and comedian Michael McIntyre at some of London’s best venues including the O2 Arena.   The websites that trading standards shut down were: coldplay-tour-2012.com, barry-manilo

UPDATE: Coldplay won their first round matchup against Arctic Monkeys, but are set to lose out in the second round to Coheed & Cambria by quite some distance. Why so much? Well this article eplaining viral voting methods may have something to do with it... nice for Coldplayers while the competition lasted at least!   Coldplay have been drawn against the Arctic Monkeys in the first round of MTV's Musical March Madness tournament, which sees artists battle it out against each other for online

Charlie Brown single has been reviewed by Digital Spy this week, and according to them the single will have a release date of 19th March. Here's their 5/5 star review:   Coldplay's Chris Martin may have a regrettable sense of humour when it comes to early morning chatshows and joking about the title of their latest album Mylo Xyloto, but thankfully and rightfully that's where the criticism stops. It may be a fact that people from different parts of the world might struggle with the record's pron

The Wanted have said that Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto' [pictured] and Jessie J's 'Who You Are' are currently their favourite albums at the moment, according to Capital FM this week.   Capital FM continue: The 'Lightning' stars were answering questions for Idolator where they made the confession about their fellow British stars. Singer Tom Parker said: "My favourite album right now is Jessie J 'Who You Are',", before Siva added: "My favourtie album right now is the latest Coldplay album."   Last mont

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

Coldplay are starting to regret naming their fifth album Mylo Xyloto - because their foreign fans can't pronounce the cryptic title, that is according to IFP, Just Jared, GossipCenter and Contact Music today.   Contact Music continues: Coldplay have shied away from defining the meaning of the title ever since its release last October, with frontman Chris Martin insisting the group simply "invented two words that you couldn't even Google". But the world-famous British band is now beginning to see

The BRIT Awards effect showed itself on the new UK sales charts for week beginning February 26th for a number of artists including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Florence + The Machine and, more than anyone, Adele, according to MusicWeek this week, in a round-up of the charts after the Brit Awards had finished.   With the Brits attracting its largest audience since 2005, there are also significant gains for Coldplay's fifth album Mylo Xyloto (up from no.11 to no.6, with 15,603 sales this week). Coldplay'

Coldplay are among the acts expected to appear in "an elegant mash-up of British music" to close the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to Digital Spy this weekend. Music director Kim Gavin said that the August 12 ceremony will be a "fabulous" collection of contemporary stars, as well as classical composers such as Elgar and Holst. (More on the possibility of Coldplay at the Olympics closing ceremony at the messageboard now [thanks coldplaymom])   "Without saying we have booked anyone, it goes

Check out coldplay.com for a new blog entry: #42 reports back from the BRITs   Discuss this blog entry in the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks _Tash]   New Year's Day is often referred to as “guaranteed first hangover of the year”. For the British music industry, I’d hazard a guess that the day after the BRIT Awards sees a hilariously impressive spike in the number of email accounts set to auto-respond with “I’m not in the office today”.   Somewhat disappointingly - or indeed not, I find myse

Coldplay has won best British Group at the BRIT Awards 2012 – an achievement that takes their tally for the BRITs now to seven awards. They also kickstarted the awards ceremony tonight (21st February) at London's O2 Arena with a show-stopping performance of the new single 'Charlie Brown' - backed with an impressive pyrotechnic display from underneath a giant pink neon disco ball. [Catch all the live discussion and reviews/videos/photos at the Brit Awards 2012 thread in the Coldplay forum now!]  

UPDATE: The media got it wrong! Coldplay actually played Charlie Brown...   Coldplay are expected to take to the stage to perform Princess of China with Rihanna as they did at the GRAMMYs last week, while Blur, who will receive a lifetime achievement prize tonight, are set to perform an 11-minute medley. There are also whispers that Noel Gallagher will be duetting with Chris Martin, and other tributes to the late Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse are planned for the show. [Catch all the live dis

Coldplay's opening performance at the Brit Awards 2012 has become a "logistical nightmare" for organisers, reports are suggesting today (Monday). Coldplay will be the first act to play at London's O2 Arena ceremony tomorrow night (February 21st) and have had health and safety officers worried about the amount of pyrotechnics they are using for the set.   A source told The Sun: "It has been a logistical nightmare and for a long time organisers didn't think they'd be able to go ahead with the plan

Has the Gold Coast stolen the Queensland leg of Coldplay's upcoming Australian stadium tour from under Brisbane's nose? It certainly looks that way, if reports from goldcoast.com.au are to be believed in the last 24 hours.   Metricon Stadium, at Carrara, is front and centre in the race to host a show as part of Coldplay's rumoured December tour Down Under after talks with the band's Australian promoter, Michael 'Chuggi' Chugg. The Sydney Swans supporter and three-time international promoter of t

Noel Gallagher remains tight-lipped on his duet with Chris Martin at Tuesday's Brit Awards, according to The Sun this morning. Here is their article:   Think Florence and the Machine doing You Got The Dirtee Love with Dizzee Rascal in 2010 and Justin Timberlake with Kylie in 2003. But Noel Gallagher and Chris Martin on stage together for the first time this Tuesday will be pure class. Coldplay frontman Chris suggested the idea to former Oasis guitarist Noel before Christmas and they agreed it wo

Coldplay are resigned to losing out on the Best Album prize at the upcoming Brit Awards after witnessing Adele's 21 dominate this year's prizegivings, Chris Martin hinted the BBC Radio 2 interview with Jo Whiley on Tuesday. You can listen to the full interview again by downloading it in the Multimedia forum.   Coldplay have been nominated for Best Album for Mylo Xyloto, but they face tough competition from Adele, as well as Ed Sheeran (+), Florence and The MAChine (Ceremonials), and PJ Harvey (L

The British media will get their turn at casting their eye on Coldplay's awards performance this time next week when they head to the Brits in London on 21 February, but the last 24 hours have seen the US papers go over Coldplay and Rihanna's Grammy's medley with a fine tooth comb. Some are even suggesting that Willie Nelson's cover of The Scientist that was shown in the commercial break right after Coldplay had finished was the best Grammy performance of the night! Below are just a selection of

Rihanna and Coldplay teamed up at the Grammy's last night to perform three songs between them. They played a medley, which consisted of We Found Love (Rihanna only); Princess of China (Rihanna and Chris Martin) and Paradise (Coldplay full band), to a rapturous audience, writes ContactMusic in a mini-review of Coldplay's Grammy performance on Sunday night. Below is the rest of their article and a collection of Coldplayer reviews of Coldplay's performance. Sadly Coldplay won none of the three Gram

Coldplay and Rihanna have been busy rehearsing for the two acts' duet at this year's Grammy Awards on Sunday (12th February). Coldplay will perform 'Princess Of China' with Rihanna at the ceremony and according to Phil Harvey – it should be one of the stand out performances of the night.   "Chris and rihanna just rehearsed princess. Absolutely beautiful. PH," he said on Coldplay's Twitter account earlier this weekend (10th February). Both acts are also due to attend this month's BRIT Awards and

Coldplay, Katy Perry, Tony Bennett and Neil Young plumbed Paul McCartney’s vast songbook in taking the former Beatle on a musical journey of his more than 50-year career, writes the Washington Post this weekend, in a review article of the MusiCares Paul McCartney tribute concert in Los Angeles (10th February). They joined James Taylor, Diana Krall and Foo Fighters among others in launching Grammy weekend Friday night by honoring McCartney as the MusiCares Person of the Year. More review discussi

Coldplay have postponed a promotional visit to Sydney, hinting at plans for a full Australian tour later this year, that is according to various Australian sources including Sky News Australia today.   Coldplay due to perform two intimate shows for 2DAY FM and Sunrise during a brief stop on February 16th and 17th. Coldplay blamed personal reasons for having to pull out, but they has promised to return soon. "We sincerely apologise to our Australian fans for having to postpone next week's schedul

Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher will perform together at the 2012 BRITs ceremony on 21st February, according to a Radio 2 interview on Jo Whiley's show yesterday - so say MusicWeek and the official BBC6Music twitter account. The news was first revealed by BRIT Award presenter James Corden who said in a Radio 2 interview with host Jo Whiley, "I think — and I don’t know if this is true and I'm almost certain that I’m not supposed to tell you — that Chris Martin is going to accompany [Noel Gallaghe

Coldplay have finally unveiled the Charlie Brown video, which features the Xylobands first seen during the recent European tour and The X Factor final last year. In another vivid video, shot in London, Coldplay are seen performing in the middle of a jumping crowd of fans who are all wearing the Xylobands that light up in time to the music.   Coldplay once again teamed up with Mat Whitecross who directed the shoot. English actress Antonia Thomas and Shameless‘ Elliott Tittensor star as a young co