Coldplay News

Guy Berryman forms a side project which is released on October 6   Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman is set to release an album with A-Ha's Magne Furuholmen and Mew's Jonas Bjerre. The collective, The Apparatjik, have soundtracked the new Bruce Parry BBC2 TV show 'Amazon' with their song 'Ferreting', reports The Sun.   The song appears on the forthcoming compilation album, 'Amazon Tribe: Songs For Survival', set for release on October 6. William, Hot Chip and KT Tunstall have also contributed songs

IQ magazine’s December issue is now available in a free PDF format and contains a world exclusive behind the scene report on Coldplay’s Viva la Vida World Tour, entitled Life, Death And Butterflies. To save the online magazine, right click then save as here. You can also get the previous versions of the magazine (issues 1-20 also online here). Here's the synopsis of the Coldplay article:   Life, Death & Butterflies is a 16-page feature chronicling the Viva la Vida tour, sanctioned by Coldpla

Jay's got Coldplay tonight, December 12th. Frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman visit "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" this Monday to perform their new single "Talk" off Coldplay's third album "X&Y."   Other guests on this evening's show include actor Anthony Hopkins and comedian Howie Mandel.   "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" airs weeknights at 11:35 pm ET/PT on NBC. Check your local listings for additional details.

A quick reminder of the following pre and general sales dates, report coldplay.com:   LOS ANGELES: The pre-sale for the LA show on February 4th starts on Thursday 15th Dec at 10am and ends on Friday 16th Dec at 5pm. All the people who registered for pre-sale tickets and who were successful have been sent codes. If you did not get a code then you were not successful in the random lottery for this pre-sale.   The general sale for this show will start on Saturday December 17th, for tickets click h

Free with this week's issue of NME magazine comes a 7" single and a stunning new track from Coldplay. Featuring 'Violet Hill' from the forthcoming album 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends', plus the never-heard-before (until-yesterday) track 'A Spell A Rebel Yell', the vinyl release is a world exclusive.   See this week's NME magazine for the first new interview with Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland, plus the iconic new photo shoot done by NME with all four band members. Just to

On Monday 13th February, Coldplay performed to an intimate audience at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London as part of BBC Radio 2's Live & Exclusive season. The show will be broadcast tonight at 8.30-9.30pm [GMT].   You can listen at 97-99fm, via DAB radio or online here. It will also be available to listen to for seven days after transmission.   Discuss the gig as it broadcasts here

Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2006 take place tomorrow night at the Cuidad de Mexico. Coldplay were nominated in the Best International Rock Group category.   The ceremony will be aired live on its broadband platform MTV Revolution beginning 10 p.m. Mexico time from the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City.   The network is also producing a half-hour MTV News post-show exclusively for MTV Revolution that will be available immediately after the show’s webcast. Los Premios MTV Latin America 2006

The Coldplaying.com E-Shop continues with the Coldplaying tour t-shirts in stock - in two new superbs designs. The first features a Coldplaying site logo beneath a large butterfly along with the title of London 2009 - in reference to the forthcoming concerts at Wembley stadium - all on yellow fabric. See the full image of the butterfly t-shirt after the jump.   This design is on sale now, but hurry - it is only available until 1st August at which point the second new design will replace it in t

After a short period of downtime, the Coldplaying.com cafepress store is back up and running and continues with the Coldplaying tour t-shirts in stock - this time in two new designs. The first features a Coldplaying site logo beneath a large butterfly along with the title of London 2009 - in reference to the forthcoming concerts at Wembley stadium - all on yellow fabric. See the full image of the butterfly t-shirt after the jump.   This design is on sale now, but hurry - it is only available un

You can now purchase the brand new-version of Talk.   The new remix by the White Duke, Stuart Price, is available to purchase here   Label: EMI UK Released: 21/01/2006 Total time: 8:27

Time is running out to purchase the new Coldplaying Wembley t-shirts! London 2009 designs on sale for a limited time only!   The Coldplaying.com E-Shop continues with the Coldplaying tour t-shirts in stock - in two new superb designs. The second design, now on sale, features a Coldplaying.com site block-logo above the London 2009 edition - in reference to the forthcoming concerts at Wembley stadium - all on yellow fabric. See the full image of the block-logo t-shirt after the jump.   This desig

As outlined by the Coldplay Newsreel: entry: NPR radio inteview   Good evening. On July 25th, in the fine city of Philadelphia, National Public Radio's David Dye interviewed all four members of Coldplay for his World Cafe programme. We have learned that this interview will be broadcast on Friday, August 8th on almost 200 radio stations worldwide. Click here to find out which station local to you will be broadcasting it. Alternatively, you'll be able to listen online between 2pm and 4pm Eastern S

2008 Concert Volunteer Application - Support Oxfam at the new Coldplay shows!   Oxfam America are looking for volunteers to help out at Coldplay shows in the US - there are still spots available for most Coldplay US shows - inlcuding the following newly announced ones:   Wed Oct 29 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Gardens Fri Oct 31 - Washington DC - Verizon Center Sat Nov 1 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center Wed Nov 5 - Altanta, GA - Phillips Arena   Fill in the form here for your application.

Oxfam America have posted an update in the forums on the Oxfam volunteering for the forthcoming Viva La Vida US tour. Here are some of the FAQ that have been answered so far:   -- Yes, you'll get to see the show for free! You'll interact with other Coldplay fans up until a few minutes before the show, then you'll get to enjoy the concert. Just before it ends, you'll meet back up with all the other volunteers to reach-out to folks as they leave the building.   -- Pete (Lusby) won't be traveling

Coldplay earlier this week announced that they have confirmed four more US shows. Tickets for the Philadelphia show go on sale later today.   Coldplay played in Philadelphia on July 25 and - due to the popularity of that show - are scheduled to perform again at the Wachovia Center on Saturday November 1st. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10am today, and may be purchased through comcasttix.com or livenation.com, by calling (800) 298-4200 or by visiting the Wachovia Complex Box Office

A reminder that later today Radio 1 will be broadcasting Coldplay's Glasgow gig highlights, an interview and live lounge performance today. This from Anchorman (below). More discussion on this news is at the Coldplay forum here onwards [thanks mayurshikotra]   Good morning. We're pleased to report that, on Friday 18th Sept, BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley show will broadcast a Coldplay interview, a special Live Lounge performance from the band and 60 minutes of highlights from the Glasgow Hampden Park s

A reminder that Coldplay have this week posted the acoustic version of a rare Coldplay track, 'Careful Where You Stand', onto the timeline at coldplay.com.   The track was originally a B-side to 'Shiver', but this version featured on a four-track CD which was given away with the Independent on Sunday newspaper in October 2000.   Head over to the site to hear it in full and to check out the other items they've been adding this month (including last week's note from Jonny about the tenth annivers

On 20 November, Universal Music will release ‘Rhythms Del Mundo’, an exciting collaborative album, which fuses the hot Afro-Cuban sounds of The Buena Vista Social Club Musicians™ with tracks from some of the buzziest bands, including The Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, The Kaiser Chiefs, Jack Johnson and many others.   It also features the amazing vocals from famed Cuban vocalists, Omara Portuonda, and the last ever recording of the much beloved Ibrahim Ferrer.   The album is in aid o

On 20 November, Universal Music will release ‘Rhythms Del Mundo‘, an exciting collaborative album, which fuses the hot Afro-Cuban sounds of The Buena Vista Social Club Musicians” with tracks from some of the buzziest bands, including The Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, The Kaiser Chiefs, Jack Johnson and many others.   It also features the amazing vocals from famed Cuban vocalists, Omara Portuonda, and the last ever recording of the much beloved Ibrahim Ferrer. The album is in aid of

Set your ‘Clocks’ because Coldplay will be performing on TODAY and answering your online questions   Following news that Coldplay will be performing on Today on June 27th 2008, the show has announced that they will be airing questions fired to the band. You can now submit your questions online here.   Curious about the meaning behind their new album? Do you wonder what they do before a show? E-mail your questions for the band! Don't forget Coldplay will hit Rockefeller Plaza the morning of Frida

Auction link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Signed-Coldplay-Chris-Martin-Rush-of-Blood-T-Shirt   As reported earlier, Coldplay are among the celebrities donating gifts for an auction in aid of charity, Cancer Active. The rock group have given items including a signed t-shirt that Chris Martin wore on the Rush of Blood tour. Other gifts include an exclusive handcrafted Julien MacDonald evening gown (below) worth £4,000, which the London designer has promised to tailor to fit the winning bidder. Sporting

Auction link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Signed-Coldplay-Chris-Martin-Rush-of-Blood-T-Shirt   As reported earlier, Coldplay are among the celebrities donating gifts for an auction in aid of charity, Cancer Active. The rock group have given items including a signed t-shirt that Chris Martin wore on the Rush of Blood tour. Other gifts include an exclusive handcrafted Julien MacDonald evening gown (below) worth £4,000, which the London designer has promised to tailor to fit the winning bidder. Sporting

Auction link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Signed-Coldplay-Chris-Martin-Rush-of-Blood-T-Shirt   As reported earlier, Coldplay are among the celebrities donating gifts for an auction in aid of charity, Cancer Active. The rock group have given items including a signed t-shirt that Chris Martin wore on the Rush of Blood tour. Other gifts include an exclusive handcrafted Julien MacDonald evening gown (below) worth £4,000, which the London designer has promised to tailor to fit the winning bidder. Sporting

##Auction link to follow##   As reported earlier, Coldplay are among the celebrities donating gifts for an auction in aid of charity, Cancer Active. The rock group have given items including a signed t-shirt that Chris Martin wore on the Rush of Blood tour. Other gifts include an exclusive handcrafted Julien MacDonald evening gown (below) worth £4,000, which the London designer has promised to tailor to fit the winning bidder. Sporting heroes Seb Coe and Will Carling have also contributed to the

Vitamin Records will be releasing a String Quartet version of Coldplay's Viva la Vida from 21st October 2008. Here is their summary:   Coldplay’s epic and emotive melodies have become the ultimate musical architecture of stadium pop-rock. The String Quartet Tribute to Coldplay’s Viva la Vida is a beautiful discovery of the band’s revolutionary masterpieces using violin, viola, cello and bass. Enveloped in full and lush musical arrangements, Coldplay’s boldest album is heightened into a uniquely