Coldplay News

Swedish House Mafia have described Coldplay as "the most inspirational band we've heard in our lives" after getting to work with the band. Axwell, speaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat before performing at London's iTunes festival, said the trio had waited a long time to work with their heroes.   The DJ threesome have recently reworked Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall which will be released in the future. Axwell, one of the three DJs who make up the collective, said: "We've loved them for such a long time.

The latest edition of Q Mazagine (Q302 - September 2011) is now on the shelves and there is a Hot List article on Coldplay entitled 'Laughing Boys'. You can see a screenshot of the article at the Coldplay forum now (scans to follow - hopefully!). According to the article, Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall is confirmed for the album, which is described as a 'vibrant' record. Other 'confirmed' tracks include Hurts Like Heaven (likely single), Charlie Brown, Princess Of China, Us Against The World and

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 27, 2011 - submitted by Valentina, Denmark Q. Q Magazine has written a list of confirmed songs that will make the album cut, but I won't believe it until I hear it from you Oracle. Can you confirm or deny what Q magazine wrote? The Oracle replies: Within the first paragraph is the quote that the tracklisting "isn't quite there". That pretty much says it all really. The album is in the final sta

Three of the UK's broadsheet newspapers (as well as a couple of tabloids) have published online reviews of Coldplay's latest performance at the Roundhouse in London on 22nd July for the iTunes Festival. Generally the reviews have been positive, barring a couple of embarrasing errors. The Guardian made up a new Coldplay song entitled 'Fix It' but was later rectified, whilst the Telegraph still has Viva La Vida written as 'When I Ruled The World'.   Meanwhile, The Sun were more interested in repor

Portishead's Geoff Barrow has hit out at Coldplay and the "fucking fireworks" they let off during their live appearances, an article on Pitchfork (via NME) has revealed. Portishead played before Coldplay at Rock Werchter in Belgium earlier this month (July 2) and then occupied the same slot at Main Square Festival in Arras, France the following evening (July 3), with the fireworks putting them off their stride.   We reported that Primal Scream were asked to turn their sound down during the T In

Coldplay finally reached down under as they headlined Sunday at Splendour In The Grass festival in Australia tonight (31st July 2011). The concert was streamed live across the internet on Virgin Mobile's Australia YouTube channel. The directing was a bit dodgy and all over the place but otherwise it was an enjoyable stream with YouTube doing their best to keep it up for everybody (at least those who had changed their country to Australia for a couple of hours...). Shiver and Everything's Not Los

Coldplay have registered the name, Mylo Xyloto (possible song or even album title?), according to the PRS database this week. It was found by a regsitered member of the database, who also happens to be a Coldplayer on the forum. It is also believed that the song 'Up With The BIrds', is another title that has been registered, and is also credited to Leonard Cohen as a co-writer, and contains samples. More discussion on this latest item is at the messageboard now. [thanks Spike, pansonic, Teco, ra

Coldplay headlined their fourteenth festival of the summer so far, playing at the iTunes festival at the Roundhouse in London's Camden district last night (22nd July, 2011). The concert was aired on XFM as well as the iTunes platform across the world. Coldplay played Moving To Mars (watch!) live for the very first time in place of Everything's Not Lost. Life Is For Living returned to the setlist after a one-show absence (Oxegen). Other than those, there were no setlist changes from previous show

A reminder that Coldplay's iTunes festival performance today (Friday) will be streamed live across the internet via iTunes or XFM (for those without Applestuff.) We're having a listening party in the Coldplay Live forum for those who want to listen synchronously. We hope there will be some setlist surprises as per Phil Harvey's tweet, and if your wish-lists are anything to go by, it will be a highly anticipated gig. Here's the latest from Anchorman:   This Friday (July 22), Coldplay will perfor

Coldplay's new album has been scheduled for a release on Monday 24th October, according to The Sun (one of the more reliable outlets, believe it or not) and other various online sources, including HMV and FNAC Musique, it has been revealed this week, although BOL (Netherlands) suggests the same week but on Friday 28th October. We are hoping for an official announcement this week, but whether that materialises will depend on whether Coldplay are in a position to reveal it. More on this is at the

According to the Digital Store website, the Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall bundle, which includes the 7" single, CD and 7"x7" print has completely sold out. Supplies of the bundle are not currently available for purchase. It is not clear whether all of the three items are depleted or whether it is just one part of the bundle.   Meanwhile, with an impressive lineup and promises of being both "the biggest live music event in radio history" and a "once-in-a-generation gathering of artists," it wasn

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 18, 2011 - submitted by Dave, United States of America Q. Will the boys play the same new stuff they have been playing at the Festivals, at the iTunes festival since it will be able to be downloaded? Will they want it to be out there before the actual album comes out? The Oracle replies: Phil tweeted last night that they were working on the setlist for Friday so expect some changes. I won't rev

Coldplay are undoubtably working hard to finish their fifth album in between festival headline dates, with the next appearance due at the iTunes festival in London next Friday (22nd July). Meanwhile, speculation is growing as to what the tracklisting for LP5 will be, and if you weren't aware on Twitter on Saturday, Chris Martin tweeted in the middle of the night: "Things sounding confusing at 5am."   Was he referring to the new songs and tracklisting? Or maybe trying to finish a song? Perhaps th

Coldplay headlined their thirteenth festival of the summer so far, playing at the Oxegen festival in Ireland last night (10th July, 2011). The concert was part-aired on Irish radio station, RTÉ 2fm (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) starting with Major Minus. Unfortunately, Hurts Like Heaven, Yellow and In My Place were missed from the start of the broadcast. Shiver then co-incided with the station's 11pm news headlines so the song was abruptly cut off. Other than that it was a perfect stream.   Noteabl

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 14, 2011 - submitted by Crathan, United Kingdom Q. Was the album that Coldplay are letting people have for free leftrightleftrightleft recorded at Glastonbury? Just wondered. The Oracle replies: No, LRLRL was recorded in different locations over a period of time but way before Glastonbury. We've had it available to download on our site for over two years. Click here to read an interview with Ch

Tickets for Coldplay's Los Angeles gig for the Grammy Foundation will be available via Ticketmaster with an artist fan club pre-sale beginning today at 10am (local time). Promoter Goldenvoice will hold its own pre-sale starting Thursday at 10 a.m. and accessible via the password MAJORMINUS. The general public onsale begins Friday at 10am with prices ranging from $45 to $150. All times PDT. There will also be a limited number of tickets offered through Samsung and AT&T. For more info, click h

UPDATE: Coldplay have now confirmed this appearance! Anchorman: We're pleased to report that Coldplay are playing a special one-off show at LA's UCLA Tennis Center venue on Wednesday, August 3. The net proceeds from the show, which is part of the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush concert series, will benefit the GRAMMY Foundation's GRAMMY in the Schools music education initiative for high school students. Selected highlights from the concert will then air at midnight that night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel

UPDATE: Coldplay have now confirmed this appearance! Anchorman: We’re pleased to announce that Coldplay will be performing at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, on September 23rd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. For more information - including ticket contests and pre-sale links - head over to iheartradio.com/vegas now.   "Coldplay will headline a iHeartRadio/Clearchannel music event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 23-24th September, if reports today are to be believed. If true,

In arguably their best festival performance of the summer so far, Coldplay headlined T In The Park last night (9th July, 2011), which was broadcast live in the UK on BBC3 and BBC HD, and an unofficial online stream was also found courtesy of magictv.co for those who could not receive the TV channels. Noteable highlights include a cover of Travis's Why Does It Always Rain On Me? just before Fix You during the encore. Fix You was dedicated to Chris Martin's mum. Chris also hilariously fucked up hi

Coldplay tonight will headline the T In The Park festival in Kinrossshire, Scotland for the first time since 2003. Catch all the latest discussion and previews to the concert at the Coldplay Live forum now (includes CHATROOM!). If you missed the online interview with festival organisers you can read it here which explains how Coldplay were approached to headline in 2011.   Guy Berryman will have his work cut out at this year's T in the Park - he's hoping to perform twice. Prior to Coldplay's se

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   July 8, 2011 - submitted by Nick, United States of America Q. I was looking up the song Moving to Mars the other day, when I stumbled across a documentary called Moving to Mars, directed by none other than Mat Whitecross! I was was wondering if the song and film were related in any way. The general lyrics of the song seem to fit the film, what with it being about two families being forced out of Bur

Coldplay headlined the Spanish BBK Live festival in Bilbao last night (7th July 2011) with no reported setlist changes from the previous show in Portugal. We say 'reported', because the online stream that was anticipated from EITB was pulled at the last minute. According to the Spanish radio, it was Coldplay's audio technician who refused permission for the stream, TV or radio coverage of the show. However, you can see a little bit of the show here and here via Spanish media websites ABC and EIT

Coldplay headlined Portugal's Optimus Alive Festival last night (6th July 2011). There was another slight change to the setlist again - this time Shiver was readded to the setlist in place of Cemeteries Of London - so the setlist was the same one as Glastonbury, Rock Werchter and Where The Action Is Festivals. The same new tracks from the previous festival performances were also played - MX/Hurts Like Heaven, Major Minus, Us Against The World, Charlie Brown and Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall.   T

The Atlanta Music Midtown festival, which ended in 2005 after a mostly successful and frequently buzzed-about 11-year run, will return Saturday, September 24th, at Piedmont Park - and Coldplay will headline, the official site has confirmed today. Catch all the latest discussion and previews to this new festival date at the Coldplay Live forum now [thanks LiTii & _Tash]   Here's Anchorman's announcement: We're pleased to report that Coldplay will headline this year's Music Midtown festival,

Coldplay's headline set at Thursday's BBK Live festival in Bilbao, Spain, will be broadcast live and in full on the EITB (Euskal Irrati Telebista) website, according to their announcement today.   The 6th festival of Bilbao BBK Live kicks off on Thursday, July 7th and continues until dawn on Saturday July 9th at the Kobetamendi (Kobeta mountain) location. Those unable to attend this year will be able to view some of the concerts via eitb.com's live streaming facility - including the headline set