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Music fans who illegally download songs from the Internet are being targeted by record companies using new software.   File-sharers visiting Web sites such as Kazaa will receive emails warning them that they must stop - or face legal action.More than seven million people in the UK are thought to be illegally downloading music.   The action is being taken after a huge slump in record sales which has shaken the music industry. Sales of albums are down 32 per cent in the past year, while sales of s

Coldplay are the biggest band of the moment, with two Brits, a Grammy and five million album sales under their belt.   But pop heroes Coldplay still have time to spare a thought for one of their member's home town. The band has sent Southampton a message of support for achieving the long-fought-for Fairtrade city status.In a letter signed by the four, including former Cantell School pupil Will Champion, they wrote: "Coldplay are tremendously pleased to know that you are working hard to make Sout

LONDON -- European independent record labels are at loggerheads with broadcasting giant MTV Networks Europe in a bitter dispute over payment, which could lead to all independent label videos being pulled from MTV channels at the end of this month.The row started when MTV and collecting society Video Performance Ltd (VPL) began renegotiating a previous five year license to broadcast European independent videos across MTV’s European channels. MTV claims VPL proposed a new rate equivalent to 2.5 ti

Gwyneth Paltrow and husband Chris Martin are known for their holistic approach to life - but now even their unborn child is getting in on the act.   The actress and the rock star, whose first child is due in June, have enrolled in ante-natal classes in ashtanga yoga, which is said to benefit the spiritual well-being of mother, father and unborn child alike.   Paltrow, 30, has been attending lunchtime classes at the Diorama Arts Centre in Regents Park three times a week, sometimes with Coldplay

Music group EMI, the company behind Coldplay, is on course to make bigger profits than all its major competitors put together.   With only days to go before the close of the financial year, the company is thought to be heading for operating profits of about £300m. This is higher than many analysts have forecast and reflects EMI's better-than-expected performance in the American market.EMI's market share in the US has risen by about 1% to 12%. And, unlike many other major territories, the America

Bertelsmann's BMG music label, home to such artists as Outkast and Dido, will start selling song downloads through European digital music store Wippit later this week, the companies said.   With the BMG deal, London-based Wippit has signed two of the world's five largest music labels. Earlier this month, EMI announced it will begin selling downloads this month for such artists as Coldplay and the Rolling Stones to Wippit's European customer base.Europe's piracy-battered music industry has been a

Chris Martin is trying to get Justin Timberlake involved in his Make Trade Fair campaign with global charity Oxfam.   The Coldplay frontman, who is married to Gwyneth Paltrow, revealed: "The next time I see Justin, I'll tell him about it. My job is to convince people like Justin and Robbie Williams, who are bigger than me, so they will tell people about it."Meanwhile, Chris has confessed he was desperate to come home when he visited Haiti as part of the Fair Trade campaign, which aims to get thi

Chris Martin has been telling us more about the songwriting he's done for Jamelia.   He went on Simon Mayo's show on Five Live on Monday to talk about the Make Trade Fair campaign which he supports.   Read more via the link...He said not to expect anything from Coldplay this year because they're working on the next album which he says he wants to make the best thing anybody has ever heard.   He also gave his reaction to Bryan leaving Westlife, joking that it might mean there's space for him in

Chris Martin has said Coldplay, hard at work on their new album, are "trying to make the best thing that anyone has ever heard".   In a rare interview on 9th March promoting the Fair Trade campaign he has backed for the last few years, Martin said the follow-up to 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' won’t be released until 2005.   Click on the read more link to... well, read more! He said: "Between you and me this is the only time we are coming out of our shell at the moment to come and talk about Fai

Irish punskters Ash and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin have collaborated on a new song set to feature on the soundtrack to Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s upcoming zombie movie ‘Shaun of The Dead’, Xfm Online can exclusively reveal.   For further details, click read more...Ash have recorded a cover of the song ‘Everybody’s Happy Nowadays’, originally a hit for punk legends The Buzzcocks in 1979. Providing backing vocals on the song, which plays out over the film’s end credits, is Coldplay singer C

Chris Martin today spend time being interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live (UK).   You can hear the whole interview again if you missed it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive and click on the 'listen again' link.

British R+B beauty Jamelia is more surprised than anyone that her new single is a collaboration with Chris Martin - as she had no idea he wanted to work with her.   The singer was astonished when she was told Chris wanted them to record the track 'See It In A Boy's Eyes' together and was convinced the offer was a joke.   She explains, "The day before Chris called the label I'd been speaking to my A+R man, and he was going, 'What ideas have you got for me?'   "I told him I wanted to do some crazy

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Coldplay have been listed at number 23 on the latest money list. They featured higher than the likes of Eminem, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Radiohead and Sir Paul McCartney. Here's what RollingStone.com said about Coldplay:   23. Coldplay - $23.7 million Signed to EMI in London, Coldplay are benefiting from a record deal that pays them in euros, sources say, not dollars, which in today's economy gives them a little boost over the competition. Earning the band what works out to a $2.50 royalty per un

For those of you in the UK you can catch a documentary on Coldplay on ITV2 digital tonight at 11.30pm, right after Coronation Street Secrets. Telly doesn't get any better that this!

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."

The Streets have finished their long awaited new album - but Mike Skinner says his collaboration with Chris Martin may now never see the light of day.   Despite working together on the "sad" album track 'Dry Your Eyes', Skinner suspects Chris wasn't that keen on the finished product, so their version won’t be on the album.   Skinner told said: "'Dry Your Eyes' is the moment of complete panic when your girlfriend finishes with you...it's a sad one. I wrote the track and I thought that he (Chris M

Bit late this piece of news but Chris Martin has lashed out the paparazzi again - after pictures were taken of him enjoying a Valentine's Day meal with his pregnant wife, Gwyneth Paltrow. The celebrity couple were dining at the Pan-American bar in Liverpool when Chris Martin who has been in trouble with photographers in the past, lost his temper... again.   Chris reportedly ran out of the restaurant and shouted at one photographer, "You're a wanker. You should get a proper job."   An onlooker sa

Coldplay have entered the top earners in the Music Entertainment list according to Heat magazine. The group is the top earning British group and second only to the Rolling Stones on the group list, with a 2003 earnings of £25.3M, topped by the World Tour. The magazine's rich list is based on estimated earnings from record and DVD sales, merchandising, tour revenue, music publishing royalties and other income. For the full story click HERE

An old Coldplay b-side 'See You Soon' is featured on a free CD with this week's NME. The track has only been previously available on The Blue Room E.P and as a live track on the DVD, Coldplay.com report.   NME are promoting their NME Awards shows with this cover mount giveaway, a great chance for anyone who has found this song difficult to get hold of.   Coldplay are also up for the UK Best Band award at tonights NME Awards 2004 at The Hammersmith Palais in London. They compete against Radiohea

A music teacher has told of her pride at seeing a former pupil pick up a Grammy award with rock band Coldplay.   Coldplay won the Record of the Year award at Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for the song Clocks. Margaret Parr taught guitarist Jon Buckland for seven years while he was at Mold Alun High School, Flintshire.   Mrs Parr said last night: "I am delighted. I taught Jonathan music at GCSE and A-Level and of course he always had very good compositional skills. He would write music fo

Coldplay still get mistaken for members of the public - despite scooping their fourth Grammy Award on Sunday.   The rockers picked up the 'Record Of The Year' prize for their hit single 'Clocks' - but drummer Will Champion claims they were confused for hired staff at the glitzy Los Angeles bash.   He moans, "You can win four Grammys and be on stage three years in a row and they still mistake you for the people who fill the seats."   Meanwhile, Chris Martin has sparked outrage amongst some dedica

Coldplay won the 'Record Of The Year' prize for ''Clocks'' at this years Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.   Chris Martin dedicated the award to late country singer Johnny Cash, with whom he was due to make a record with only days before his death. He also publically showed his support to leading Democratic presidential hopeful ''John Kerry, who hopefully will be your president one day.''   You can see some of the pictures here

Coldplay's "Clocks" is one of the five tracks nominated for the Record of the Year Grammy, but it was nearly left off the band's 2002 album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.   As soon as frontman Chris Martin played his bandmates "Clocks," everyone knew it was special, but they didn't think they had time to include it on the LP. "We already had 10 songs for the album," said Ken Nelson, who produced the record, "and then Chris came in late one night and wrote 'Clocks' on piano." (click more)As with

Coldplay are the first band to win the 'Best Alternative' Grammy for two years in a row.   And its exactly a week until the next Grammy Awards for 2004 and Coldplay are up for two Grammy Award nominations for 'Clocks' as RECORD OF THE YEAR and 'The Scientist' - BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO.   The Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center next Sunday, February 8, 2004.