Coldplay News

A few weeks ago, Reactor 105 (Mexico station) had the opportunity to talk by telephone with Coldplay drummer Will Champion, whilst he was in the studio. The context of the interview is as expected - discussing the band's visit to Mexico, and the concerts in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Finally, almost a month after Reactor 105 first mentioned this interview with Will, it is available for audio download.   At the time of the interview, Coldplay were still in in London, rehearsing the L

Will Champion sat down with Swiss website tagesanzeiger.ch before the show at Bern's Stade de Suisse on Wednesday and talked about the rehearsals before a big tour and the relationship to his band's multi record label EMI. Here is the online interview. Thanks to Larry for the translation.   "Bund: Do you have diligently practiced before your big tour or is a band like Coldplay not in the need of doing that anymore? Will Champion: We find out how a song should sound in order to let it work live,

And he's playing... a drummer!   Will Champion may be swapping the stage for the small screen after reportedly bagging a spot on the upcoming new series in fantasy show, Game Of Thrones. (Full discussion on this new article is at the Coldplay forum now [thanks Tash])   You know your show is a big deal when you need to cast a drummer and Will Champion shows up. While there are few other details about his character, Entertainment Weekly reports that he is expected to make an appearance in the thir

RollingStone.com - The Smoking Section: Special Live Earth London Edition, Backstage Reporting   Rolling Stones' Smoking Section was backstage at Wembley Stadium (or “Wembledon,” as the Tap’s Nigel Tufnel dubbed it), to suck up all the dirt at the London leg of Live Earth. Here is their report after bumping into Coldplay's Will Champion:   When we walked out into the VIP bleachers, we ran into Coldplay drummer (and one of the nicest dudes in the music biz) Will Champion, who had a tattoo on his

Coldplay banned children’s choirs from their Christmas record, amongst other things, Will Champion has confirmed. The band have released single 'Christmas Lights' and made a list of the predictable festive pop sounds they didn’t want on the track. You can download the audio of this interview and the subsequent Radio 1Xtra interview with Greg James at the multimedia forum now [thanks KingChris & SueDeNimes]   In an interview with BBC Radio 1, which you can download drummer Will said: "Funnily

Glastonbury headliners Coldplay hailed the Somerset festival as the most important-ever show in their busy touring schedule. Drummer Will Champion told James Cabooter from the Daily Star: "You know how important it is in the British psyche. Because Glasto comes early in the festival calendar, and it’s the biggest one for us, everything is focused on getting it right."   The band have played Glasto five times now and have many fond memories. Will continued: "We’ve come a long way. The first year

More more more from The Oracle...   August 21, 2008 - submitted by Kaitie, United States of America Q. You said in a news post that Simon Pegg is Coldplay’s archenemy. Why is that? Is there a funny story? The Oracle replies: Yes, it’s only a bit of leg pulling. I guess it’ll make more sense if you listen to the archived Xfm show. The band and Simon have been friends for a long time and there’s been no drama at all.   August 21, 2008 - submitted by Andras, Hungary Q. Who is the boss in the band?

Kanye's shades protect him from the harmful UV rays emitted by Chris Martin's pale English face   "Homecoming," Kanye West's much-anticipated collaboration with Chris Martin, is making its way around the blogosphere this afternoon and — amazingly! — it's actually pretty great. Martin eschews the usual schlocky mid-tempo stadium balladry for some flashy piano work that almost sounds like it could have come from Billy Joel (but in a good way!). The track seems like an easy sell to radio and should

The rumours of Coldplay performing at this year's Glastonbury festival have been rife and we won't have long to wait until an official announcement is made.   Foo Fighters have only just confirmed that they will be headlining on the Friday night, with Saturday and Sunday night's acts set to be announced very soon! It's unlikely that Coldplay will be headlining Glastonbury this year but I wouldn't completely rule out a surprise announcement.   Lead guitarist, Jonny Buckland, during a recent Q&a

More questions answered by The Oracle...   September 17, 2008 - submitted by Michael, Nicaragua Q. Since "Viva La Vida" its a title in spanish.. do you think maybe Coldplay would ever release a single in spanish?? Chris' spanish is so funny... The Oracle replies: As you can probably tell Chris isn't fluent in Spanish so for a band with English as their first language it wouldn't really make much sense to release a full song in Spanish. The lyric Viva la Vida doesn't actually appear anywhere in

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1400 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   August 19, 2010 - submitted by Kathryn, United States of America Q. Does the band plan to still have the C stage on their next tour? The Oracle replies: Well you know me well enough to know that I couldn't and wouldn't reveal any future plans but what I will say is that the past couple of tours had a segment of the show set aside where the band would leave the main stage to perform for the audience

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1200 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 13, 2010 - submitted by Angelica, Philippines Q. I heard a bit of a song on YouTube and it goes like this: "six feet of snow and water deep wish you would let your troubles sleep"...something like that... is there anyway that they could continue working on it and the release it...cause i really did like it. The Oracle replies: You were close enough with the lyrics. That song, Christmas Lights, w

The good news: Coldplay's back in the studio working on their fifth album with producer Brian Eno, reportedly slated for release by the end of the year. The bad news: The group's record label, EMI Music, may not be around to see its latest recording take flight. That's what The Motley Fool are writing this weekend in a very interesting article on the survival of Coldplay's record label. Read on for the full article...   It's not easy keeping a major record label afloat these days. No one knows b

An interesting article can be read here - about the bands that are likely to make such an impact as Coldplay have.IT'S BEEN about four years since a little-known four-man band from London, England, called Coldplay crept into the indie soundscape. At the time, I had just retired my glowsticks, so to speak, and the sobriety of Coldplay's breakthrough ballad "Yellow" was sound advice for a generation that wanted badly to crawl out of its k-hole. The refreshingly contemplative debut CD "Parachutes"

Coldplay.com catches up with Will Champion... Discuss this interview here onwards.   Hello Will. Where are you? I'm in Paris, in the environs of the Bercy dressing room complex.   How's the European tour been going so far? Very well thank you.   Does it feel different to the North American tour? Yeah, it does. We've changed the set slightly. We felt like for the American tour we had to come out guns blazing and we didn't really feel confident about a couple of the new songs yet. But I think with

Coldplay are bringing their highly acclaimed world tour to New Zealand later this month, and Stuff.co.nz has a CD and ticket giveaway prize pack to celebrate.   Coldplay, a British rock band widely hailed as one of the world's best, will perform at Auckland's Vector Arena on March 18 and 19. Stuff.co.nz has a prize pack to give away, including a double pass to the show and a copy of each of Coldplay's albums. Five runners-up will also win a copy of Coldplay's latest album, Viva La Vida or Death

How to win: If anyone has any reviews from ANY Coldplay shows, I'm starting a new competition on the site soon where people can vote for their favourite reviews. The reviewer that gets the most votes will receive a copy of the new album. It must be your own review, written in your own words, and you can include pictures that suit the gig.   If you want to send me reviews to be included, please mail me with them at [email protected]   The funkier the better! The album is due out in just over a

cooperowen.com will be holding a Rock Legends auction on the 25th September which includes:   Lot 48: A microphone and album flat signed by members of Coldplay.   An album flat Coldplay A Rush of Blood To The Head signed Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland and Guy Berryman, in different marker pens, together with a Coby CM-P22 microphone signed Chris in blue marker pen. The microphone is accompanied by a colour photograph of the singer after signing the microphone.   Commission bids can be placed on

Coldplay have announced on their official website earlier, a prize draw to win pre-sale ticket codes that enable you to purchase tickets for the Royal Albert Hall show in London on the 1st July, before the general public! UK Coldplayers, You can pre-order "Ghost Stories" below to be automatically entered into the draw.     Full terms and conditions can be found here   And here is the quote from Anchorman on the official Coldplay site :       Good morning. We're pleased to report that an

Courtesy of Coldplay's Messenger email service:   We wanted a special prize for our Christmas edition, so we've been saving this one. When the Viva La Vida album was released, Coldplay asked for some promo copies to be pressed up on vinyl. Just 350 copies were made and we have one to give away to you folks. Even better, it will be fully signed by the band. If you'd like to win it, simply email your details to [email protected] before January 5th. Just one entry per person, please.   A r

Coldplay have opened up another competition following the release of the new Messenger edition, No.10 Vol.1. Here are the details:   Following our ridiculously popular Christmas competition (congrats to Lorenzo in Alessandria, Italy, who bagged the rare signed promo album), we've got another giveaway for you. We're going to get the band to sign a copy of the Life In Technicolor ii 7-inch. If you'd like to win it, then simply email your details to [email protected] before January 27th. Ju

Coldplay are offering an exclusive signed prize from this weekends Grammy Awards due to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The only problem is, nobody yet knows what the prize is. Here is Coldplay's Messenger service to tell us more:   We're not exactly sure what the prize to our latest Messenger competition is, but when the band go to the Grammys on Sunday, they've promised to grab a souvenir of some sort, sign it and bring it back to Coldplay HQ for us to send to one of you. It may

For Coldplay.com's latest competition announced through the latest edition of The Messenger released this week, they're offering you the chance to win an artist pass from Friday's Haiti telethon, signed by all four members of Coldplay To be in with a chance of winning it simply send your name and address to [email protected] before Wednesday February 10th. One entry per person please. (By the way, the winner of the signed Exeter setlist from TCM2.3 was Abi from Colchester, UK.)   In othe

Followers of Coldplay.com Roadie #42's blogs may remember a recent one in which he excitedly revealed that the crew had all been given Coldplay laundry bags.   Coldplay.com are pleased to say that they've managed to get hold of one of these special bags to give away to a lucky Coldplay fan. What's more, They're going to get the band to sign it for the lucky winner.   If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning it, email your name and address to [email protected] before Thursday Novem

For Coldplay.com's latest competition announced through the latest edition of The Messenger released today, they're offering you the chance to win a new Coldplay laundry bag, similar to that which has been handed out to the band and crew. The official site have managed to snare one to give away to you, and have it signed by the whole band.   To be in with a chance of winning the bag simply send your name and address to [email protected] before Wednesday September 9th. One entry per perso