Coldplay News

Coldplay have left it to the last minute to decide the final tracklisting of 'X&Y' - with the band unable to decide whether to include the song 'Talk' after struggling with its recording for months.   The song was one of the tracks NME heard last year while the band were in a London studio working on 'X&Y', released on June 6. The version NME heard borrowed the riff from Kraftwerk's 'Computer Love', building to a completely new song.   However, during the difficult recording sessions whi

They are calling it "glum rock" - a glut of melancholic young pop stars whose music is providing the soundtrack to a downhearted generation, report The Independent.   At the centre of this sombre gathering can be found Coldplay - the inspiration, it is being claimed - for a new wave of bands determined to reverse Bing Crosby's homespun wisdom by accentuating the negative and eliminating the positive from pop music.   The thesis is being expounded in a vicious new parody by the comedian Mitch Ben

Coldplay will play the 16th HFStival on Saturday 14th May at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, US.   Tickets will be onsale Saturday April 2nd at NOON through Ticket Master outlets, phone, and web. Tickets are $40 for General Admission, and $65 for Club Seats, plus Ticket Master charges of course.   The HFStival is an annual concert sponsored by the popular Washington/Baltimore based radio station 99.1 WHFS. This years 2005 HFStival Line Up (so far) is: Coldplay, Billy Idol, Sum 41, Social Dist

BST starts - don't forget to put your clocks forward one hour at 1am!

As announced on 5th March   Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas Friday, April 29th - Sunday, May 1st 2005 : In the midst of a $1 billion expansion that will make Peter Morton's Hard Rock Hotel & Casino a residential powerhouse in the city of Las Vegas, Morton has secured an impressive weekend lineup to celebrate the hotel's 10th Anniversary. Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Bon Jovi and others will perform throughout the weekend at the hotel.   The concerts commence with Coldplay's Friday nigh

Noel Gallagher [pictured] has laid into Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for resurrecting Embrace's career by writing their latest smash hit 'Gravity'.   The 37-year-old says, "I don't know what the fuck he's doing writing songs for Embrace - but Chris can write a song."   Oasis new album 'Don't Believe The Truth' is released on 30th May, preceded by a single 'Lyla' on 16th May.   Source: Volume 10

Watch Gwyneth Paltrow singing 'The Nappies' famous hit here   [thanks Grover]

Feeder have spectacularly rubbished all comparisons made between themselves and the wave of mellow bands on the circuit such as Keane and Coldplay.   Speaking to Gigwise, drummer Mark Richardson said Feeder’s more restrained sound should not be pigeonholed with such bands.   Clearly a bit fazed, he said: "It's fucking shit to be honest. This band’s been around three times longer than Coldplay, and much longer than Keane, who don’t have guitars in their songs. Comparisons put you in a box, boxes

In the inside Entertainment magazine Coldplay have confirmed they will begin their North American tour on July 28th and their 9-week-long first leg will feature Franz Ferdinand and Rilo Kiley as opening acts. [thanks Owen]   You can read the full excusive article online here and more discussion here

Chris Martin has been talking about the mysterious reasons behind the name of Coldplay’s upcoming new album ‘X&Y’ and how his band missed out on a huge money bonus from EMI for delivering it late.   Coldplay's new album, the follow-up to 2002’s 16 million selling ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’, will be entitled ‘X&Y’ and will be released by Parlophone Records on June 6. Frontman Chris Martin has revealed where the record’s name came from.   "X and Y is the mathematical formula used when

British rockers Coldplay benefitted from delaying the release of their highly anticipated third album because singer Chris Martin suddenly found inspiration for a stand-out song.   The In My Place frontman channelled the anger and frustration he felt after enduring fruitless recording sessions into penning what he believes is the strongest track on new album X+Y.   He says, "The one benefit of time is that we've had a chance to wait for proper songs to land. The last song that's on the album cam

The issue of Inside Entertainment magazine will be included in subscriber copies of the National Post tomorrow (Thursday, March 24) and should be on news stands by Friday (March 25). Check either Chapters or Indigo (if either is near you), they usually have it on stands first. [thanks kid a hole]   You can get all the details as they are posted here

Canadian fans are about to get all the exciting details on the most anticipated album of 2005, Coldplay's X & Y!   Canada's very own Inside Entertainment magazine is the first to run an in-depth interview with the band about the new album, for the April 2005 Issue. The band generously gave an unprecedented amount of time to the magazine resulting in a Cover Story featuring fantastic photos from Anthony Mandler and an incredible article from the magazine's guest editor, acclaimed journalist N

Speculation over Coldplay’s forthcoming album has increased, with the emergence of a possible tracklisting.   Although the album ‘X&Y’ is due out on June 6 and singer Chris Martin has told NME.COM he’s still tinkering with the record, The Sun have revealed a possible eleven song tracklist for the album.   ‘X&Y’ could include:   ‘Square One’ ‘What If’ ‘White Shadows’ ‘Fix You’ ‘X&Y’ ‘Speed Of Sound’ ‘A Message’ ‘Low’ ‘Let’s Talk’ ‘Swallowed In The Sea’ ‘Twisted Logic’   As p

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was interviewed by NME after the bands two L.A. gigs this week. Here's the interview in full   NME, What have you learnt from these two gigs in L.A.? Chris "We've still got so much work to do. I need a day off and we haven't even started.We're still trying to finish the album. There's always things to be done."   NME, Did you enjoy the shows then? Chris Martin, "I've got a throat infection. Its bad enough to piss me off, but not bad enough to cancel anything."   NM

An interesting article from The Times quotes loss of earnings for EMI to a tune of £320 million sterling - due to Coldplay's latest offering. You can read the full article here

Keane star Tim Rice-Oxley was left envious of Coldplay's global success - because he almost formed a band with their frontman Chris Martin.   Keyboardist Rice-Oxley nearly joined Coldplay before the idea was ultimately binned. He then watched as Martin's band shot to the top of the charts around the world. But the release of Keane's debut album 'Hopes And Fears' last year has set the London-based trio on a similar course.   Rice-Oxley says, "Chris Martin and I were friends, and we were both in j

Which new songs are you looking forward to most?   Vote here!

Coldplay have made a sensational live return by playing a secret show in Los Angeles.   The band are scheduled to play at the Universal Amphitheatre this weekend for US radio station KCRW but played a warm up gig last night (11th March) at the nearby Troubadour nightclub - which holds in the region of 400 people.   It was the first time members of the public have been able to hear songs from the group's forthcoming album “X&Y”, which is due for release in June.   During the 60 minute set,

Two new covers of Coldplay tracks have emerged. You can download Warning Sign here and The Scientist here [right click - save target as].   What do you think of these covers? You can discuss them here   Covers courtesy of zangofonts.com.

Coldplay star Chris Martin has jokingly revealed he plans to dress up like Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins for the band's forthcoming tour dates.   The singer clams he wants to climb into a slinky cat-suit and ride a stuffed tiger, just like the flamboyant rocker, when he finally steps out on stage again this summer.   He said: "I'm thinking of donning a skin-tight cat-suit and riding on a white tiger, but take it one better."However, despite his bold claims Martin - whose marriage to Hollywo

Coldplay will be playing an intimate show tonight (Friday March 11th) at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA. Ticket prices are $10.00 and will be going on sale at the Troubadour box office at 5:00pm. The tickets will be limited to one per person with no exceptions.   Troubadour address is 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069   More on this here

Coldplay’s massively anticipated new album will be entitled 'X&Y' and the first single to be released from it will be called ‘Speed Of Sound’.   Coldplay's new album, the follow-up to 2002’s 16 million selling ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’, will be entitled ‘X&Y’ and will be released by Parlophone Records on June 6. The album will also be preceded by the new single, 'Speed Of Sound' on May 23.   'X&Y' was recorded over the past year at studios in the UK and has been produced by Danto

Brian Wilson has been confirmed to be headlining the Sunday night at this years Glastonbury festival. The former Beach Boys member is joined by Coldplay as headliners and rumors persist that the White Stripes will headline the Friday night. [thanks Josh]

For all those who get KCRW Morning Show with Nic Harcourt, this may be of interest to you.