Coldplay News

Ron Sexsmith might not be popular with the general listening public, but the Canadian singer has his roster of supporters. It's no ordinary list: Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, John Hiatt and Chris Martin of Coldplay have all praised his music, and he's gotten generally favorable reviews from music critics.   All that's missing is a fan base worthy of his press clippings. Read more on Ron Sexsmith here.

More news on Coldplay's 'Gravity' can be found here on the XFM Online website.

This issue features:   - An interview with Matt McGinn from the Coldplay crew - Guy Garvey of Elbow, interviewed by Chris Martin - A special Oxfam/Big Noise feature, which explains how money generated is spent , to coincide with Oxfam's digital download launch. - A round of all latest news and the new site.   Download the Ezine (.pdf) from the official site here.

Chris Martin has reportedly become so besotted with new baby Apple that he has used her voice for an answerphone message.   The Mirror says the Coldplay frontman replaced his voice with a recording of Apple gurgling. An insider said: "He waited for ages so he could get the perfect little gurgle and she sounded so cute. He was so bowled over with his daughter he wanted the world to know."   However the answerphone message had to revert to his voice when he left for America last weekend to work on

Coldplay's Chris Martin has written the upcoming single for Britpop band Embrace. The song 'Gravity' will be the first single from their forthcoming album.   According to the official Embrace website "Martin originally wrote the song for Coldplay but as it developed it became clear to him that the song might be better suited to Embrace. As he explains, "We've always loved Embrace and Danny is one of my best friends. When we wrote Gravity we thought it sounded far too much like them for us, but n

The legendary R&B musician Ray Charles has died aged 73, in Los Angeles, his publicist has said.   Charles, who went blind aged six, kept a largely low profile during a recent bout of ill health - but still managed to collaborate with other musicians.   Charles is considered a pioneer of soul music with hits including Georgia on My Mind, which Coldplay briefly covered in Atlanta on the 2002 tour of America.He died of acute liver disease, which was diagnosed after he underwent hip replacement

A reminder that you can still vote for your favourite Coldplay video to feature on UK's Channel 4 programme. For all the details please go here.

London Photographic Awards are 'calling for entries' for their latest conceptual photography award. Traditionally the Awards use a poem as a brief, but this year they have picked lyrics and music by Coldplay. 'Don't Panic' from their album Parachutes has been chosen.   According to the PLA's website, "this brief is in place to evoke a unique visual response to this track. You might find your work inspired by the title, a line, a verse or a feeling.   There are no constraints on how you interpre

Flamboyant, catsuit-wearing frontman/guitarist Justin Hawkins of The Darkness has a simple explanation of music these days:   "There aren't a lot of good English bands, I don't think," he said, following the pronouncement with an appropriately placed yawn. "Coldplay's successful and they're good, too. Radiohead is successful and they're good. But Robbie Williams is shit. He hasn't been so successful. It's just the nature of the beast. Quality will shine through no matter what the country."   Sou

UK music fans have legally downloaded more than 500,000 songs so far this year, industry figures show.   The biggest-selling download of the year to date is Coldplay's '2,000 Miles', just ahead of OutKast's 'Hey Ya!'. The half-a-million barrier was broken just a week after the UK launch of Napster, whose sales are not included in the figures.The British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) figures also reveal that the cassette single has died as a format.   In the first quarter of 2003, £418,000 worth

It looks like the London Sun totally screwed up their facts when they published that their will be a Live Aid II next year. Yesterday, Bob Geldof said the story wasn't true and today, U2's Bono has also denied the article naming him one of the organizers.   Before a meeting in Dublin yesterday for the EU, Bono told reporters "At this point there are no plans for a Live Aid 2".   Coldplay were tipped to play if the plans went ahead.The Sun ran an article over the weekend stating both Geldof and B

Bono, lead singer of Irish rockers U2, is planning a second Live Aid concert, 20 years after the original charity extravaganza raised £60 million for famine-hit Ethiopia, a British newspaper reported.   Among the stars being lined up for the 21st century version are Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Oasis, Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins and of course, U2, the paper said.   The proceeds from Live Aid 2 would go to reducing the international debt of developing nations. Bono, 44, is a long-time a

Coldplay's 'The Scientist' video has been shortlisted on the 100 greatest music videos of all time. You can view and choose your votes from the whole list here, and if you think there are any Coldplay videos missing from the list you can also submit your choices for possible inclusion in the listing. 'The Scientist' is number 25 on the vote listing.   The '100 Greatest...' lists have become well documented and popular programmes on UK television and have been compelling viewing over the past few

The first track Coldplay ever released is to feature on a forthcoming retrospective album from the hugely influential UK record label Fierce Panda.   'Decade: Ten Years of Fierce Panda' features a host of the label's pioneering roster, including early recordings and rarities.   Coldplay's 'Brothers & Sisters', which was released in 1999 exclusively on Fierce Panda, is one of the highlights of the album.   'Decade…' is released on March 1. The full tracklisting is as follows:   Ash ~ Punkboy

Coldplay's third album will be released NEXT year according to official word given to me, not 2004 as stated here.   I'm sure you can hang on, can't you?

Chris Martin has given the biggest hint yet that Coldplay will release their third album THIS year, not in 2005 as expected.   Speaking about the exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of themselves at work, he said, "There are four clips of us sweating and strumming on coldplay.com, and we'll add more each week. You can watch us work on the album which we'll release at some point this year."

It was four men and a baby yesterday as Coldplay took singer Chris Martin’s new daughter Apple out for a stroll.   Chris, 27, carried the tot as they stepped out in London - while guitarist Jonny Buckland wheeled the buggy.   Meanwhile Will Champion and Guy Berryman looked on as Apple, born on May 15, took centre stage.   Chris was taking charge as mum Gwyneth Paltrow, 31, took time off feeding and changing nappies.   One onlooker said: "It was a real 21st century sight, all these new men takin

Chris Martin has spoken up about the launch of Oxfam's Big Noise Music, the world's first ever charity music download site, bignoisemusic.com.   Chris said: "Paying to download from BigNoiseMusic.com seems like a good idea when you know your money is going to help some of the world's poorest people."   The new service is launched on Wednesday 25th May, with Coldplay one of the featured artists. For more information visit bignoisemusic.com.  

Oxfam is launching a music download service to help raise money to fight poverty around the world.   The charity is backing the 'Big Noise' Music website, which launches on Wednesday and will offer 300,000 songs to download. Tracks will cost between 75p and 99p, with 10p going to Oxfam. Acts featured include Coldplay.   "Artists will see their music help some of the poorest people in the world," Oxfam's Adrian Lovett said.   The service - backed by digital music firm OD2 - will be available acr

Coldplay, R.E.M., U2, Willie Nelson and Ben Harper are among the artists represented via live recordings on "Carved in Stone Vol. 2," recorded at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver. The 10-track album will be available in the Denver area beginning June 4 and nationally on June 15. It follows the 2003 release of the first "Carved in Stone," which featured Phish, Widespread Panic and Indigo Girls.   The lone previously released cut on "Vol. 2" is U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday," which fir

They might be popstars but music was not what was on their minds when the two of them got chatting. Instead the conversation veered to the apple of their eyes - their kids.   According to rate the music, British R and B sensation Jamelia gave baby advice to Coldplay singer Chris Martin who recently turned father to his baby girl Apple.   Jamelia is also mom to three-year-old Teeja but incidentally she had no idea that Chris's wife Gwyneth Paltrow was expecting their first child at the time.  

While fans may have been a bit surprised when actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay front man Chris Martin, chose the unusual name Apple for their baby girl, it turns out the moniker isn't so original after all.   Apparently there are two other little Apples in the Martins' circle of acquaintances – the daughters of both Coldplay's booking agent, Marty Diamond, and Gwyneth's Shallow Hal director Peter Farrelly, are blessed with the off-beat name, reports a US magazine.   While Marty

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow named her baby girl Apple after the little girl of partner Chris Martin's North American booking agent, it has emerged.   Apple is the name of the daughter of Marty Diamond, who gave the idea his approval.   The baby takes her second (Blythe) and third names (Alison) from the mothers of Gwyneth and Chris respectively.   Source: ITV

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Pictures of the happy threesome have been added to the site. You can browse them here.