Coldplay News

Coldplay's newest single, Speed of Sound, looks set to be the most downloaded track in iTunes history, according to EMI Music.   The track, released on the iTunes Music Store last week, currently ranks at the top of the chart in every international market, writes Digital Music News. The single is currently only available in digital format. According to Digital Music News the decision to release the track online rather than as a CD-single "confused" EMI Music UK & Ireland chairman Tony Wadsw

Chris Martin says he is paranoid his singing voice could vanish at any moment.   He was so keen build on the momentum of Coldplay's success that the band headed straight back into the studio to record their third album X&Y within a week of their tour ending.   Martin says: "I just think life is so short and this opportunity might end at any point. Even today I'm terrified. "Oh shit, what if I can't sing anymore, ever? What if we roll over 200 metres ahead? You've got to grab it while it's ha

JAM! is giving you the chance to see what could be one of the hottest shows of the year - Coldplay at the Kool Haus in Toronto on May 11.   Tickets for this small, intimate gig sold out in a matter of seconds, but Canoe have their hands on a pair -- and are itching to put them in YOUR hands. The show is in advance of their highly-anticipated new album, "X&Y," which hits Canadian stores on June 7.   You will need a CanoeID in order to enter this contest. Click here to register and enter.  

There are lots of new pictures of Coldplay on Top Of The Pops, you can see all the details here

Chris Martin backtracked on his promise to "reinvent the wheel" with Coldplay's next album when he realised his band would be foolish to dramatically alter their winning songwriting style.   Following Coldplay's headline performance at the 2003 V Festival in England, singer Martin pledged to bury their "soft rock" sound and work on an album of songs which would cement their status as pioneers of music.   However, with the impending release of their long-awaited third LP X&Y, Martin has been

Coldplay will be playing at the Kool Haus in Toronto on May 11th, and tickets go on sale tomorrow for $30, and to keep evil scalpers at bay you can only buy 2 tickets.   The gig is part of a mini-promotional tour to push the band's new CD, X&Y, which is due out on June 7th. The first single from the CD, "Speed of Sound", has already been a huge hit, reaching #1 on the iTunes Music Store after only being available for one day. According to a press release from EMI Music Canada the song also

Capital Records announced today that "Speed of Sound," the first single from Coldplay's forthcoming "X&Y," is No. 1 on all of Apple's iTunes Music Stores worldwide one short day after its release.   "Speed of Sound" achieved the No. 1 position on all 15 stores. The iTunes Music Store is in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "'Speed of Sound's' No. 1 iTunes Music Stor

The past couple of weeks have seen brand new releases from eagerly antcipated new albums from Oasis, The White Stripes, The Foo Fighters and last but not least Coldplay.   XFM are putting them all in the ring and its up to you to decide which will be left standing at the end. Vote for Coldplay as the best single and also potentially the best live act this summer here

Chris Martin risked serious injury on stage in London last night – in an attempt to give a hug to Noel Gallagher. [thanks Hicksy & Ratty]   The band played a secret show at the Round Chapel in Hackney, East London, which was being recorded for a future broadcast on MTV in June.   During 'In My Place' Martin spotted Gallagher on the balcony. He climbed up onto the main speaker stack and then pulled himself onto the balcony. Once up there he found Noel and gave him a massive hug.   However, Ma

You can read the Billboard's review of the new album X&Y here   [thanks datahomi]

Mouthy Mancunian Liam Gallagher finds the sensitivity of Chris Martin's songwriting too much for his heart strings - admitting he'd surely slit his wrists if he listened to Coldplay. Or maybe it's just because he can't stand them; it's a tricky one.   Anyway, after rocking up last week to Jean Christophe Novelli's Hell's Kitchen for his free eats (and dutifully puking it straight back up again) the simian Oasis frontman was asked if he'd be joining his brother Noel at Coldplay's secret MTV gig o

Coldplay's Chris Martin and a number of other musicians are taking part in the 'Rock The Vote' campaign that aims to get people out and voting in the forthcoming general election.   Martin was reported as saying in today’s Sun: "I think that by voting you show you care. It’s when politicians don’t think we care that they start doing the craziest things."The American election last year saw numerous artists using their voices to encourage people to vote. Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, The Dixie Chi

I say no along with those who know Chris's humour, however here is the cover...   NME is the biggest-selling weekly music magazine in Britain. Featuring must-read news, the UK’s most comprehensive gig guide, definitive reviews and exclusive interviews with the hottest bands around, it’s the Bible of every young music fan.   The Strokes, The Libertines, The Smiths and the Sex Pistols were all introduced to the world via the pages of NME, while in recent months we’ve gone on the road with Green D

Coldplay have done several new radio interviews over the past 24 hours, including Radio 1, Virgin Radio and XFM. You can listen to all of them in order here   [thanks Jette]

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has a guaranteed method of ensuring the British band's forthcoming third album is a hit - killing himself. [thanks mimi]   Chris Martin, who is married to Gwyneth Paltrow and has a baby daughter, Apple - has no intention of committing suicide but admits he'd at least know X&Y would sell millions of copies.   Martin says, "I think the best thing for everyone would be if I died. It's the only way to save this album. It would add that necessary amount of tragedy.

LONDON (Reuters) - British group Coldplay, whose much delayed album is finally hitting the airwaves, could be the band that makes or breaks music giant EMI.   "This is the high stakes album of the year for EMI," said Numis Securities analyst Paul Richards of the world's third largest music group.   EMI Group shares fell 16 percent in February after it blamed delays in releasing key albums for lower than expected profits.So a great deal is riding on the success of "X&Y," the follow-up to Col

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland from Coldplay came into Radio 1 last night (Monday) to give Steve Lamacq the first play of their single.   The guys seemed very embarrassed about the compliments from listeners after the single was played and joked they wanted to remix it again. They admit they're very shy about talking about their new album 'X&Y' but Chris talked about how they've turned up Jonny's guitars to show off what a great musician he is.   Despite the nerves about the album they ca

Just thought I'd let you guys know that vh1.com has posted an article on their first impressions of hearing songs from Coldplay's new album X&Y.   "Fan and industry expectations for X&Y are almost impossibly high (it'll have to both resonate longer and sell more copies than 2003's globe-uniting A Rush of Blood to the Head to be considered a success). And now that Martin is the band's breakout — actually probably only — star, it's pretty safe to say that this is the first record where his

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

Don't worry, they're not in pieces yet. Coldplay will feature in next month's Blender magazine, which will go on sale from 24th May.  

Coldplay fans have succeeded in cracking the code featured on the bands new cover art. Well done Owen!   The band astounded fans last week when they launched the artwork for the eagerly awaited new album 'X&Y', featuring a series of cryptic colour-coded blocks. Now it has been discovered that the actual blocks are graphical representations loosely based on a binary code known as 'Baudot', which generates a base5 binary representations for each letter or character in the western alphabet.  

As Coldplay embark on the next stage of their march towards global domination, Neil McCormick argues that they represent the latest in a long tradition of British groups who, when it comes to stadium rock, have got the Americans licked   It was announced this week that Coldplay are to take the coveted Saturday night headline spot at this year's Glastonbury festival on June 25, the scene of their widely acknowledged crowd-swaying triumph in 2000. Earlier the same month, on June 6, Coldplay will r

Music giant EMI offered investors hope today that a shortfall in annual profits would not be as bad as originally feared.   EMI warned in February that profits would drop by 15 per cent to £138 million after key album releases from Coldplay and Gorillaz were delayed until spring, but said it now believes the annual figure will be closer to £141 million.   In its final update before the release of its full-year results next month, EMI said the slowdown in sales at its recorded music division was

If you haven't already seen it here is the artwork for the Speed Of Sound single. If you can crack the secret behind the new Coldplay artwork or want help click here      

Details on the X&Y artwork can be found here   [thanks Owen]