Coldplay News

2000 - Travis is named the best act in the world at the Q Awards 2000, presented in London.   Badly Drawn Boy wins for best new act; Coldplay's 'Parachutes' is named best album.   The awards are voted on by readers of Q Magazine and via a telephone system opereated by the event's sponsor. Read other years here

Scottish singer Sandi Thom used to serve Coldplay their lunch during the sessions for the band's hit album A Rush Of Blood To The Head.   The 25-year-old, who recently had a number one hit in the UK with I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker, was working as a dinner lady in the canteen in Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, England at the time.   She says, "I've always been a big fan so I was pretty starstruck when I saw them. "I was shaking really badly when I was serving the food. I was so worried about sp

The Coldplay puppets that starred in the new video for Life In Technicolor have appeared at various locations down under these past few days - Sydney's Botanical Gardens, the Sydney Harbour Bridge... Bondi Beach... but at what price? UPDATE: Now in an Irish Pub Drinking Guinness...   Roadie #42 recently blogged about the puppets, saying: "The 'out and about' shots of the puppets are all the work of Dan P, the band's personal trainer. As with most creative endeavours, it becomes a good deal more

You've got to hand it to Liam Gallagher and Chris Martin – they just can’t resist acting up for the cameras.   Oasis frontman Liam did his classic mad-fer-it gesture outside a London studio yesterday – while missus Nicole Appleton was busy recording with her All Saints bandmates. Coldplay’s Chris preferred a more direct approach – with his tongue firmly not in cheek – when out for a stroll on the capital’s streets.   Well, they certainly put a smile on my face.     Source: thesun.co.uk

Within minutes of tweeting, the British Red Cross website was inundated by Coldplay fans wanting to donate to the Chile Earthquake Appeal. This led to a huge spike in traffic to the charity’s website, with a 400 per cent increase in hits in just 15 minutes.   For more information on the British Red Cross please visit: redcross.org.uk and to donate to the British Red Cross Chile Earthquake Appeal go to redcross.org.uk/chileearthquake   Coldplay are currently touring in Latin America and are perfo

Thanks to wjang who left this comment on the site, it certainly seems to reflect the feeling of many Coldplay fans wanting to get hold of Buzz Gig tickets.   "Coldplay's latest buzz gigs in San Francisco and Chicago are nearly impossible to get into. The Fillmore tickets sold out in around 5 seconds, leaving thousands of fans disappointed and in tears.   Their new defense against scalping is both effective and ineffective. Only the credit card holders and their guests will be allowed into the sh

All three of Coldplay's albums have sold at least two million copies each.   Among the Top 16 albums reaching the 2m sales mark in the 21st century in the UK, Coldplay's albums can be found on the following places:   #6 A Rush of Blood to the Head (2,575,008 sales) #10 X&Y (2,346,951 sales) #11 Parachutes (2,325,679 sales) Complete list:   #1 No Angel - Dido (3,002,640 sales) #2 Back To Bedlam - James Blunt (2,900,238) #3 White Ladder - David Gray (2,852,476) #4 Life For Rent - Dido (2,790,

Coldplay have been shortlisted for three awards at the NRJ Music Awards to be held in Cannes on 17th January 2009 and televised on the TFI channel.   The awards celebrate the top music releases in France. Coldplay have been nominated in the categories International Album of the Year, International Song of the Year and International Band of the Year, following on from the success of their last album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (which has sold over 300,000 copies in France) and the s

The Cleveland Leader is proud to partner with Rock the Vote to offer Clevelanders the chance to win a pair of tickets to tonight's concert at the Quicken Loans Arena featuring British exports Coldplay and Duffy.   Duffy is a up-and-coming blue eyed soul singer from across the pond. Her debut album 'Rockferry' has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic. The 24 year old from Wales stormed the Adult Contemporary Charts with the single "Mercy". Her debut album 'Rockferry' debuted on the Billboard

There is a Ticketmaster ticket recall for the two Coldplay concerts at the SECC in Glasgow on 5th and 6th December 2008. Check your emails for details if you have bought tickets. This is from the Ticketmaster website:   If you have received an email from Ticketmaster regarding a ticket recall for the Coldplay events at the SECC on 5th and 6th December 2008, we can confirm that this email is legitimate and would ask you to follow the instructions contained therein. Only those customers affected b

5 extra pairs of tickets to the Boston gig at the Paradise on August 6th are available.   They are to be given away so that a few people they didn't get the chance the other day in the pre-sale could still get the chance to go. All you have to do is click the link below and register your details and then 5 winners at random will be picked from the list by next Friday and the names announced here.   Coldplay Competition link

The official site have announced a change to the on-sale date for tickets for next year's Coldplay show in Bogota, Colombia. This just in from Anchorman today:   Good morning. It's just been confirmed that tickets for Coldplay's show at Parque Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia will now go on sale from tuboleta.com on Friday, October 30th (rather than Friday, October 23rd as previously announced). For the full list of Latin American shows and on sale dates, please click here.   As you will know b

Coldplay will perform at a special BBC concert and tickets will go on sale next Monday!   The concert will take place on Thursday 3rd December, one day before the release of the band's seventh album, 'A Head Full Of Dreams'.   The venue of the concert is St John’s Church in Hackney, London. The British four piece performed a charity gig at the same venue, a few years back and according to Radio 1 DJ, Annie Mac, it will provide the perfect intimate setting for the band to showcase their new son

We recently reported that Ash frontman Tim Wheeler had been working with Coldplay on their long-awaited follow-up to Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, but speaking to BBC 6Music, Wheeler said he had only had very limited studio involvement with the band. [comments/discussion]   Wheeler admits he was in the studio with the band: "I showed up one day at the studio and they were starting to work on a song that, actually, I think had a bit of an influence from one of our recent singles. So,

During the first hourlong set, Timberlake proved himself on "My Love," his recent smash. As he skittered onto one of the stage's runways, the scene was all girlish screams, flashbulbs exploding and his falsetto. The song may not have been the symphony that the lyrics promised but his dancing was dynamic -- locking and popping, slipping and sliding in the spirit of vintage Michael Jackson.   Another smart move in the first set was bringing producer/rapper Timbaland onstage to join Justin for a sp

Coldplay will meet with superproducer Timbaland to talk about producing their new record   Coldplay is considering joining forces with superproducer Timbaland on their next album, EW has exclusively learned.   ''It would give me a new energy; it would take me to a whole other place,'' Timbaland told EW on Tuesday. ''[Coldplay] are so talented, it would help me as a person. Working with them would be great. It's about the music — not clothes or jewelry, just pure passion for music.'' Monique Idle

Timbaland, who’s been in London for the last few days, has told the press of a forthcoming track featuring Chris Martin of Coldplay, and his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow!   Tim told the media: "I've been working on Gwyneth and she's finally agreed to help out on some vocals on a track with Chris. She said as soon as she's had her baby she'll come into the studio and have a go. The chemistry between those two is so strong and if we can capture that on a song we'll have a real hit."

Justin Timberlake has revealed he’d love to collaborate with Chris Martin — but the Coldplay star has turned him down.   The singer said: “I’d like to get Chris Martin in the studio but he won’t sing on anything but Coldplay stuff.” And Justin can’t help but be a little peeved about it. He joked on a T4 special: “I respect him and I hate him for that.”   While Chris will happily write and produce with other artists — including Jay Z, Nelly Furtado and Jamelia — he doesn’t like lending his vocal

Justin Timberlake is so impressed with Coldplay's new album X&Y, he wants to change his musical direction so he sounds like the British band.   The singer has spent hours trying to learn their latest single Fix You, and wants to try his hand at writing some Coldplay-style tracks of his own. He says, "It's completely inspiring. I love that record and I'm still trying to learn it."   A source adds, "Justin's started working on his new album and has a track which is piano-led and very Coldplay-

The Sunday Times newspaper will feature an audio clip of Faultline's 'Where's My Boy?' featuring Chris Martin on vocals, in the next issue of their free monthly CD-ROM. The Month is a free DVD that features new albums, DVDs, film trailers and computer games.   Source: Coldplay.com

"Crikey," spluttered Coldplay singer Chris Martin. "We usually play to more people at our soundchecks." .   Right now, Coldplay are the biggest band on earth. Their third album, X&Y, topped the charts in the United States as well as Britain and their mammoth tour in support of it is not scheduled to finish until June.   Last night's intimate, full-length set (to be broadcast on Radio 2 on 8 April) was their last British sighting for the foreseeable future. Rapper Kanye West (namechecked in

As the birth of Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow's baby comes ever closer, the media speculation about the baby's name is growing.   The baby's new name was previously revealed as Mortimer, with more & more of the world's media reporting the same quoted source.   Today, the Sydney Morning Herald reports that the celeb couple have chosen another name for their new baby. "In other inane news, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have moved on from naming offspring after grocery produce and fou

Titan Global Entertainment, Inc. announces the addition of 400,000 songs to its revolutionary web portal, Titan Tunes.   Pursuant to an agreement with The Orchard, the leading digital distributor for independent record labels, Titan will provide its users with some of the top artists in history, including Frank Sinatra, Coldplay, Billie Holliday, Nat King Cole, Blink 182, Johnny Cash, John Coltrane, Motley Crue, and many, many more.   In addition to music, new content includes comedians such as

January 6th back in 1998 was the day Will joined Chris, Jonny and Guy to form Coldplay.   More on this here [thanks twistedCLOCKS]

2001 At the Brit Awards, Madonna is named best international female artist, Eminem wins best international male artist, U2 win best international group, Robbie Williams wins best male solo artist and Coldplay are best British group.