Coldplay News

TORONTO - After spending 18-months holed up in London writing and recording a new album, Coldplay unleashed its newest torch songs to a ravenous Toronto audience on Wednesday playing a steamy and sweaty set.   The band, led by frontman Chris Martin, seemed thrilled to reveal the material to its ardent fans. For their part, devotees gobbled it up with fervour, hooting, hollering and clapping their way through the hour-a-half-long show which mixed equal parts new songs and old favourites. "Thanks

You can read/listen to an interesting analogy of Speed Of Sound being Coldplay's Clocks II here and here

This week's NME sees X&Y get a 9/10 review. It's a double page article with photos and an insightful look into the album.   It's an Oasis vs Coldplay album special with the Oasis and Coldplay albums reviewed by Noel Gallagher and Chris Martin themselves.   You can see the cover of the mag here  

Coldplay's Chris Martin has been beating himself up for believing tabloid gossip about his fellow celebrities.   Since marrying skinny Gwyneth Paltrow Martin has been under the media spotlight and according to ContactMusic.com hates it when the papers invent stories about him and his family. He is often forced to control his anger when fans quiz him and about the crap they have read.   However, this does not stop him from reading the gossip columns and often flicks through a showbiz magazine. He

Another date to add to your diaries/blogs - Coldplay will be joining Lauren Laverne in the Xfm studios on the 7th June. What promises to be a fantastic show on the week of the release of X&Y.   Who is Lauren Laverne? Click here

Last week the Ice Cream Man drove his ice cream truck to Coachella to conduct the most comprehensive music festival review in history.   Loaded up with 2000 ice cream treats and a crew of 15 friends and photographers to document everything happening, they embarked on the good life.   And, on behalf of music fans worldwide, the Ice Cream Crew has posted over 40 music reviews (including Coldplay) and 1000 photos (including Coldplay) of everything from the bands, to the fans, and all the cream in b

Links to 50 pictures from MuchMusic Studios (9th May) and 8 pictures from The Edge (10th May) can be found here   Links to videos and pictures of Coldplay in the Mix 99.9 studio are here   MP3 links of 102.1 The Edge interview is here   [thanks DefDazz, timeo & wiReZ]

Our friends at filter-mag.com have crowned Coldplay / Speed Of Sound once again the number 1 single of the week.   The Filter Weekly Radio Chart is Filter's compilation of their favorite college, Indie and Modern Rock and Adult Album Alternative stations around the US   Take a peek at the full top 50 here

Following Chris & Jonny's performance on the The Edge, you can see videoclips from the performance yesterday here   [thanks Riko]

TORONTO (again) - It's an event many Toronto music lovers won't soon forget. 15-hundred people turned out for a performance by members of the band Coldplay yesterday, blocking off a portion of Yonge Street outside the studios of our brother station, 102.1 The Edge.   Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland were supposed to play two of their new songs, but delighted fans by playing a few more of their big hits.   Edge program director Alan Cross called the event "legendary." Cross says so many fans were

TORONTO - Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland were greeted by a screaming mob of fans Monday, the first day of a three-day promotional blitz in the city to talk up the band's new album, X&Y.   "I can't think of anything except how many people are standing behind me," said a beaming Martin when he was asked about making the new record during a stop at MuchMusic. "It was hard. Judging by the (screaming) it was worth it."   While X&Y won't hit stores until June 7, the British band

According to u2log.com, fans at the first of four Chicago U2 gigs in May got an extra treat as many reported that Coldplay was among them in the ellipse.   Bono made an extra point of welcoming Coldplay and thanked them for being there. Edge had pulled out a piano as some of the crowd thought Chris may come out for a little ditty or two.   More details to follow as and when they arrive...

Hundreds of extra tickets for the Glastonbury music festival are to go on sale for Orange mobile users, it emerged today.   Orange customers will be able to buy one of these last remaining tickets through the Orange World homepage from 9.30am this Tuesday.   Previously, the 112,000 £125 festival tickets were snapped up in less than three hours in April by eager fans.Ticket sales were restricted to two per person and those turning up at the event, from June 24 to 26, will have to show photographi

Lest anyone have any doubts, romance is still very much on the mind of Coldplay bandleader Chris Martin.   As the English quartet played a rare intimate club gig at Metro Friday night, Martin's wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, sat in the balcony, enthusiastically cheering her husband on. He frequently looked up at her -- especially during the hyper-romantic hit "Yellow" -- and she responded by lighting up like a schoolgirl, gazing back adoringly and leaning closer to him every time he turned her w

Singer and campaigner Bob Geldof has denied reports he plans to stage a Live Aid gig to coincide with the UK hosting July's G8 summit of world leaders.   Geldof, who was at the Rose d'Or TV festival in Switzerland, said: "It is kite flying, that's all it is. It is just talk.   "Why would I possibly repeat something I did 20 years ago?" he told TV Plus.His spokeswoman confirmed discussions are taking place about holding shows to raise awareness about Africa. The gigs would coincide with the 20th

Fix You (from the X&Y album) will appear in next weeks "THE OC" episode.   More details here   [thanks cris_santos]    

At precisely 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 9th, Julie Grayauskie, a social worker in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, called Ticketmaster on two phones and logged on to ticketmaster.com on her computer. She had seen Bruce Springsteen seventeen times on the Rising tour and desperately wanted a ticket to his May 19th show at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.   Forty-five minutes later, she gave up. "You get online right away, it tells you your wait time is less than a minu

Sir Bob Geldof has confirmed plans for a second Live Aid concert, which will take place on July 2nd.   The Sun claims that the concert will be called Live 8, as a reference to the G8 summit of world leaders in Scotland on July 6th.   Previous rumours suggested that Geldof is hoping to sign up acts such as U2, Coldplay, Madonna and Robbie Williams for the event.   A source told the newspaper, "Geldof has taken on one of the biggest projects of his life with this - but it's a brilliant idea. He's

From the official site:   SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th - ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE ON SALE SATURDAY, JUNE 4th at 10 AM   CHICAGO, IL – Known for being loyal to their fans, Coldplay regrets any disappointment caused by the demand for limited tickets to their recent show at Metro. To satisfy all Chicagoland and Wisconsin Coldplay fans, the band has announced a show at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 13th. This concert will go on sale Saturday, June 4th.We e

Details of the setlist from the 6th May gig are here

Coldplay (well Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland anyway) will be at The Edge Studios in Toronto on Monday 9th May at around 6.30pm. [thanks yellow_fever]   If you're thinking of going, get there early to 228 Yonge St., Toronto. If you can't get there, don't worry as the entire set will also be broadcasted on edge 102.1FM and will also be available through on-line streaming on their website edge.ca   More information on this here

The 3rd XFM Bounty Hunter concludes today. If you're not familiar with the Bounty Hunter contest, listeners to the program have to get a celebrity to call in to the Christian O'Connell breakfast show and chat live on air. Chris Martin was the listener, and he asked Hollywood director Steven Spielberg to ring in.   To listen to Chris Martin's entry with Steven Spielberg click here   To vote for Chris Martin / Steven Spielberg text BOUNTY SPIELBERG to 83936 [uK only]. For full details click here

"We didn't sit down and say, 'Let's write a stadium album,'" says Coldplay drummer Will Champion of his band's ambitious third CD, X&Y, due June 7th. "But we did gravitate toward that."   And even before Coldplay staged the new songs at this past weekend's Coachella Festival, their big-rock move was paying off: The single "Speed of Sound" hit Number One on iTunes' charts in fifteen countries a day after its April 19th release. Dave Alder, chief marketing officer for Virgin Megastores, says h

Coldplay have featured twice in the top places on Radio 3FM's annual top 100 album list 'De Hemelse 100'.   'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' landed in 2nd place and 'Parachutes' in 13th.   Wondering what came first? You can read the full 100 list here

Coldplay, Wilco, Widespread Panic, Oasis, the Black Crowes, Jimmy Cliff, Death Cab For Cutie, the Allman Brothers Band and Franz Ferdinand lead the lineup for the fourth Austin City Limits Music Festival. The event will be held Sept. 23-25 in the city's Zilker Park.   More than 130 bands are confirmed for the festival's eight stages, including Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, the Arcade Fire, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Buddy Guy, Jet, Dierks Bentley, Gov't Mule, the Black K