Coldplay News

NEW YORK: A little more than a month after its release, Coldplay's X&Y has been certified double-platinum in July by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).   The trade group verified shipments of 2 million copies of the Capitol set to US retailers.   The feat follows a trend for the UK-based band, whose 2000 debut, Parachutes, is also double-platinum, while 2002's A Rush of Blood to the Head has reached the triple-platinum mark.Others reaching new multi-platinum heights in J

V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane has revealed his plan to bring Kylie Minogue and Coldplay to Sydney to launch a proposed $30 million Homebush street race.   As debate continues to rage about the environmental impact of the event, Cochrane last night promised to deliver Sydney a "truly international entertainment spectacular".   "We will scour the globe to find a major international act to perform at the event," Cochrane said. "We'll talk to everybody from Kylie Minogue to Coldplay."   More on t

Some Coldplay fans are angry today after buying tickets on Craigslist for the band's weekend shows at Rogers Arena in Vancouver that turned out to be fake, writes the News1130 website today. Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from the shows at the Coldplay Live forum here (20th) and here (21st) now. Read on for the News1130 article...   Emily Walcott of Maple Ridge says she resorted to Craigslist after tickets for the popular band's show sold out on Ticketmaster. The 19-year-old fou

Excellent review of Coldplay's shows in Vancouver has emerged online, courtesy of Eat.Sleep.Celebrity:   I took the time to check out the Coldplay concert at GM Place in Vancouver, Canada yesterday and despite what I thought I was getting myself in to I was up for a surprise. The surprise was I actually enjoyed the concert more then I would have expected. The band started the set off with 4 oldies but goodies including every one's favorite song Yellow which during that time giant yellow bouncy b

Walking into the first of two sold-out Coldplay concerts at Rogers Arena Friday night, fans were handed a strange wristband they were asked to put on, writes the Vancouver Sun in a review of last night's first of two concerts at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver (20th April). Catch up on the latest tweets, pictures, videos from this show at the Coldplay Live forum now. Read on for the Vancouver Sun review article...   On the wristband, the Twitter hashtag #coldplayfilm was printed, referring to to a

Software gets past Ticketmaster security, making it difficult for ordinary buyers to get through   If you're hoping to score tickets to Coldplay's Vancouver concerts when they go on sale Saturday, you could find yourself up against computer hackers who can order up hundreds and even thousands of tickets in the time it would take you to punch in a single order.   Scalpers looking to jump the online queue can program a computer to circumvent Ticketmaster's website security and automatically order

Let the scramble begin. This morning at 10, when tickets go on sale for a June 17 concert at Pengrowth Saddledome, thousands of fans are expected to flood ticket sellers. Many of them may be disappointed, reports the Vancouver Sun.   The Internet age was supposed to make ticket-buying an easier, more efficient process than it had been in the past, when folks used to line up overnight, or longer, in the desperate hope of getting decent seats for major concert events.   But these days, securing a

Tickets to see Coldplay's much-anticipated Vancouver shows were not impossible to buy online this morning. You just might be sitting alone, reports the Vancouver Sun today.   Despite concerns that the tickets could sell out in minutes, snagged by online hackers, a Vancouver Sun reporter was able to get single tickets to the June 20 and 21 show within minutes of online availability at 10 am.   Although multiple tickets were more difficult to find, at 10:15 it was still possible to reserve at leas

The online social community MySpace is a two-year-old wunderkind, boasting 40 million plus members and 11 billion monthly visits. What's made it so sexy is that its influence on the music biz rivals the pre-legalized version of Napster. A half-million musicians have MySpace homepages with streaming music clips, but it's not just crappy cover bands and derivative strivers--it's also Madonna, R.E.M., Beck, and Coldplay, sometimes previewing their new albums. Even the whole iPod/iTunes juggernaut d

Coldplay are having a well deserved rest, so why not catch up on some videos and pictures from a selection of some of the recent shows from June...   The Coldplaying gallery has updated albums from the Today Show, Brixton free gig, live BBC broadcast gig, the free MSG gig and also the Barcelona show - have a look at unrestricted access to them all here.   Videos and interviews of the Barca show have been uploaded here, and this page also includes some exclusive pictures from the press conference

If you went to the following gigs (or didn't!), new images have been added to their albums. Click on one to navigate:   [02/03/2006] MCI Center, Washington, DC [20/03/2006] Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH [11/06/2006] Nokia Isle Of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, IoW [10/07/2006] Singapore Indoor Staduim, Singapore

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

We arrived to the theater at 8.30 pm. Becky (i think that´s her name) explained us how it was gonna be: you say hi, they sign a picture and they´re gone. So I asked Can i talk to them? Yes, you´ll be able to talk to them. Great!   So, we went upstairs to a little room with sofas, and glasses, a place to relax. I gave someone what i wanted them to sign: the first flyer from their first concert in 1998. So, Becky takes it and says "what is this??". I explain to her and she goes outside, where she

Coldplay's Chris Martin came into Xfm Towers to play a very special acoustic set for a select few competition winners yesterday, and it is now online, along with pictures. Here's anchorman with more details:   Good morning. The kind folks at Xfm have been in touch to let us know that they've just posted videos of Chris's acoustic session at the station yesterday. So now you can see what he looked like while performing Viva La Vida, Talk, Fix You and LITii. You can also hear Chris's interview in

The wait is almost over - Video Hits and Chugg Entertainment are bringing Coldplay's Viva La Vida Tour to Australia and Video Hits is giving viewers the chance to be there! One lucky winner and a friend in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne & Perth will score themselves a double pass to see Coldplay in concert PLUS access to the Coldplay soundcheck party where you'll get to meet Chris Martin and the band in the flesh!   Video Hits is also super pumped to be able to offer viewers the chance to share

'A Sky Full Of Stars' was set to feature in the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday night, within the opening ceremony of European football's ultimate event. The Coldplay hit blasted out over the stadium speakers, in Berlin, accompanied by the spectacular build up, from the dancers, as you can watch in the video below:   (Thanks to @Coldplayatlas for the link)   Only a few countries had the privilege of watching the ceremony on TV, as the pre-match show collided with the advertising tim

Coldplay tape their live appearance singing the remix version of 'Lost' featuring Jay-Z and release it as a music video for the remix.   Coldplay have brought out a music video in support of "Lost+", the remix version of "Lost" which features Jay-Z. The video was shot at one of their live concerts. It shows the concert highlights including audience's high spirit. While "Lost" appears on Coldplay's fourth studio LP "Viva La Vida", "Lost+" is confirmed to be listed on their fifth mini album "Prosp

EMI have released a video mix of Coldplay performing at the Auditorio Nacional in México.   You can see the video here   More on this story here [thanks christiancruzc]

Video your granny for MAX and win Coldplay tickets!   It's a physical challenge for both the entrant and the performer. But it could get you in the door to see Coldplay! If you can get your grandparent to dance, on camera, and email the mpeg video (less than 5meg please!), we will take all entries very seriously. We don’t think they’re bringing the 84-year-old dancer from their latest music video, but if you have some elderly people who can dance, you may be there to find out!   If you couldn't

It is hard to say a bad word about the British band that rules the planet right now, especially if you saw them play the first of their two New Zealand concerts last night. Close Up (TVNZ) had the pleasure of spending some time with them, and experienced no superstar antics or inflated egos.   Nothing has changed since the four university mates started out as Starfish. Close Up caught up with front man Chris Martin and lead guitarist Johnny Buckland, and asked if the fame and fortune of Coldplay

Coldplay paid tribute to Beastie Boys star Adam 'MCA' Yauch at All Points West this weekend, as well as the late Michael Jackson. The rap trio had to pull out of headlining the festival's opening night, because Yauch was recently diagnosed with cancer.   Jay-Z was brought in as a replacement and showed his respect, when he covered their 'No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn' on the Friday evening (July 31st). Then last night (Sunday August 2nd), Coldplay honoured the rapper by covering their hit single 'Fig

Star-struck children shone as they sang a special thankyou to Coldplay.   Pupils at St David's recorded their version of the group's hit song Yellow. They wanted to thank the band for its £3,000 gift of a new piano after floods ravaged the Moreton-in-Marsh church school on July 20. The band came to the rescue when they heard all the children's musical instruments had been wrecked.   Twinkling in bright yellow star headdresses and waving mini stars, they sang their hearts out in their touching th

Vietnamese pop singer Tran Thu Ha or Ha Tran, currently living in the U.S., is working with her lawyer to explore the possibility of a plagiarism lawsuit against Rihanna and Coldplay. The possible lawsuit came after Coldplay's Princess Of China was first heard on October 17th and has been found to bear striking resemblance to her 2008 'Ra ngo tung kinh.', that is according to Vietnam's Tuoitre News website - where you can hear the two songs in comparison. (Full discussion on this news story is a

Coldplay's new single, Violet Hill, will be available as a free download exclusively from Coldplay.com for one week starting tomorrow, Tuesday April 29th, at 12.15pm UK time. This is a full week ahead of the single's conventional paid-for digital release, on Tuesday May 6th.   Then, on Wednesday May 7th, there will be a free limited edition 7-inch vinyl of 'Violet Hill' on the cover of NME magazine, backed by the exclusive B-side, 'A Spell A Rebel Yell'. You can pre-order the issue by clicking h

Unseasonably hot weather and an insipid release slate in an already weak retail climate spelt disaster last week, with album sales diving 18.6% to 1,631,962.   Of just five new entries to the Top 75 this week, by far the biggest impression is made by Coldplay’s Violet Hill, which makes a creditable number eight debut on sales of 15,025 downloads, despite the fact it was previously available as a free download, and was also given away as a 7-inch covermount with NME.   Coldplay’s first single s