Coldplay News

Pictures from the gig in Madrid on 11th April can be found here   [thanks DefDazz]

It's good to see that avant-garde attitudes still prevail in British pop. Those futurist provocateurs at the NME seem troubled, even a little shocked, by the new Coldplay sleeve. It's a bit ... abstract, they complain, for all the world like the Daily Mail.   The designers, Mark Tappin and Simon Grofton, have created a digital logo which echoes every modernist school of painting from suprematism to De Stijl. They themselves cite 1940s mathematical abstraction. To the NME and the websites apparen

Coldplay has debuted the first single off their upcoming album X&Y, but not on the radio -- the song is only available as a Cingular ringtone.   The British band has made a 30-second sample of Speed of Sound available through Atlanta-based Cingular Wireless' ring tone store. The sample was made available nearly a week before the song's radio debut Monday and nearly two months before the album's Capitol Records release June 7, the Seattle Times reported Wednesday.   The ringtone debut may sig

Music Video Director Mark Romanek was in attendance at the impromptu Coldplay show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on March 11th, 2005. If Parlophone has indeed commissioned Mr. Romanek's services for "Speed of Sound" or any upcoming Coldplay single that happening should make for a great Coldplay video.   It's also possible that since Romanek's budgets for some of his videos can run on the expensive side (though he did Johnny Cash's "hurt" pretty much for free) Parlophone or Romanek himself m

There is a preview on the Cingular site here of the new Coldplay single, Speed Of Sound.   [thanks mc]

The band that brought us the tick of "Clocks" will now bring us annoying cell phone rings.   Coldplay struck a deal with cellular provider Cingular to debut a 30-second portion of "Speed of Sound" from its upcoming X&Y album starting yesterday. The preview, which comes a week before radio gets the track, is hitched with a massive marketing campaign to put Coldplay graphics on the Cingular web site, give the band premium placement on the provider's ringtone purchase pages and even spam cellua

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. [thanks Vince]

Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and the White Stripes are the headline acts at this summer's Glastonbury festival. [thanks mimi]   The Detroit minimalist duo the White Stripes, whose stirring Glastonbury set in 2002 established them as festival favourites, will top the bill on Friday night, while the British rockers Coldplay will fill the prestigious Saturday night headline slot - their third Glastonbury appearance.   Other confirmed acts range from veterans such as Van Morrison, Brian Wilson, Taj Mahal

Coldplay will play at the "Voix du Gaou" in Six-Four (near Marseille and Toulon) on the 14th July.   More details here and here

http://ema.european.mtve.com/streaming/win.jhtml?stream=coldplay/interview_march05/coldplay_reversion_mbr.wmv   Copy and paste the link into Windows Media Player [file > URL]   "It's like Eiffel Tower fired into space, covered in beautiful gems..." ~ Chris Martin on what you can expect from a Coldplay concert in 2005.

After the disastrous summer of 2004, in which ticket revenue dropped an estimated forty percent, the concert industry has resolved to reinvent itself -- with a boost from blockbuster tours by Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band and Bruce Springsteen.   "Promoters are doing the things we have always wanted them to do: Keep the ticket prices low, keep the Ticketmaster charges cheaper for the lawn, keep the lawn tickets low, and some other things, like allowing people to bring in their own picnic blankets

Coldplay will play another impromptu gig in Europe - this time in Spain.   More on this here

Details on when the new single 'Speed Of Sound' will be aired on radio are here

Germain Ampitheater COLDPLAY AUG 30 ON-SALE TBA   More details to follow...

Colplay played the second in their series of surprise intimate club gigs in Germany last night (April 7) and gave a lucky handful of fans a chance to hear new material of their hugely anticipated new album 'X&Y'.   Following their set at the Melkweg Club in Amsterdam on Wednesday (April 6) Coldplay announced a gig at the 400-capacity Gloria Theatre in Cologne, Germany yesterday evening.   Hundreds of fans waited outside the venue and those lucky enough to get tickets were treated to a 16-son

Coldplay will play at the Riverbend Music Center, Cincinatti in early August as part of the North American Tour, report the Cincinatti Enquirer.   The outdoor arena on the riverfront in Anderson Township will host the show on August 9th. More details also at the Riverbend website [thanks Robert and glking]

Coldplay played a secret gig yesterday (wednesday 6th April) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The setlist was:   1. Square One 2. Politik 3. Speed Of Sound 4. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face 5. Warning Sign 6. X&Y 7. Yellow 8. Low 9. The Scientist 10. Til Kingdom Comes 11. Clocks 12. What If ********************* 13. In My Place 14. A Message 15. Amsterdam   Footnotes: X&Y features Chris on piano. Very melodic. Beautiful piano outro. Features the lyrics: "You and me surfing on

John Kennedy will be doing an Xfm Album Playback of Coldplay's 'X&Y' with full commentary from the band on the 31st May 05 on X-Posure Part 2.   Presented by Claire Sturgess and new music guru John Kennedy, X-Posure is Xfm's showcase for all that's cutting edge. The show covers the best singles, live cuts and album tracks that the alternative underground has to offer.   For more details please visit the XFM website.

Coldplay's highly anticipated third album is to be packaged with a front cover featuring colour-coded blocks which combine to reveal a secret code.   Bosses at record company Parlophone hope the intrigue surrounding the X&Y disc's artwork will pique the interest of fans the world over as they try to find the hidden meaning concealed the eye-catching design.   The global marketing campaign will begin later this month in anticipation of the album's release on 6th June. Parlophone executives an

Coldplay have finally announced the full official tracklisting for their hugely anticipated new album, X&Y and have also given fans a look at what the album artwork will look like.   As previously reported, Coldplay will be releasing the follow up to 2002's 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', album, entitled 'X&Y' on June 6 on Parlophone Records.   Now the band have confirmed the full running order for the 12-track record. It differs from the rumoured running orders that have been circulating

Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival 2005 went on sale Sunday morning at 9am - and all were snapped up within a matter of hours.   The event in Somerset from June 24-26 remains as popular as ever, with phone lines jammed and the website blocked as thousands tried to get tickets. It will be the last festival there until 2007, with the fields being left fallow next year.  

Glastonbury tickets go on sale this Sunday (April 3rd).   Tickets for the event will be sold from 9am and cost £125 plus £4 booking fee and £4 postage and packing, and can be brought either through 0870 165 2005 or via the official site glastonburyfestivals.co.uk   Last year saw many fans disappointed due to problems with ordering tickets, so this year organisers are stating that in order to buy tickets you will need the following ready when you book:   1) The name and full address of each festi

MTV have announced they will be filming a secret Coldplay gig for fans next month. The 60-minute gig will be televised across the MTV network the day before the release of the album X&Y alongside a TV special 'All Eyes On Coldplay'.   MTV will be giving Coldplay fans the chance to see the band live at a secret intimate London venue. The show will be taped next month and will feature songs off the new album, including the new single Speed Of Sound and classic Coldplay tracks.   Twenty of MTV

MTV are offering fans from across the world a chance to see Coldplay at a tiny secret gig, being filmed for MTV Live, in London in April.   Depending on where you live you can enter the various competitions to win tickets and accommodation to the intimate UK gig, exclusive to MTV. Here are some of the links:   MTV UK MTV Latin America MTV Italy MTV Asia MTV Germany MTV Brasil   If you find any links to other countries not mentioned please report them here [thanks Zu, laura84, Mimixxx, BostonRob,

Coldplay's Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion are each estimated to have a personal fortune of £10m, report The Independent today.   The Beckhams, Charlotte Church and Will Young have also made it on to the list of music millionaires aged 30 and under. At the top of the rich list is Dhani Harrison, the son of the late Beatle George Harrison, who inherited a £140m fortune. At a concert in memory of his father at the Albert Hall in 2002, Harrison played acoustic guitar al