Coldplay News

We'll undoubtably have plenty of preview material in the run up to next weekend's Glastonbury festival, but already there have been several interesting articles 'worthy' of attention (see what we did there?). We already know Coldplay will take to the stage at 10.15pm (BST) on Saturday, according to official festival website. And, we might be hearing Coldplay perform 'Singing In The Rain' once again, as the forecast for the festival is not looking good.   With the village of Pilton, Somerset alre

Coldplay are planning to release a physical edition of new single Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall, the official site has confirmed today. ETIAW will be pressed onto physical formats for June 27th. The track will be available on CD, limited edition seven inch blue vinyl and two bonus digital releases.   If that isn't enough, Coldplay will add brand new track Major Minus, to accompany ETIAW. An iTunes exclusive bundle will be announced next week, containing as yet unannounced tracks. Looking on the

Will Champion and Guy Berryman both appeared on Steve Lamacq's afternoon show today on BBC6Music where they spent time discussing their forthcoming Glastonbury appearance and, perhaps more pertinently for the fans, the fifth album. You can listen again on via the BBC iPlayer if you are in the UK. Alternatively you can download the interview via our Multimedia forum now if you are having difficulty with the stream.   During the interview Guy Berryman told the listeners that the original concept i

In case you didn't already know, or just want a quick reminder, Will Champion will be speaking to BBC6 Music's Steve Lamacq later today, about LP5 and the Glastonbury headline concert next week. Full discussion on this interview has already started at the Coldplay forum now [thanks mimixxx & the_escapist]   Steve Lamacq's show begins at 4pm UK time and you can listen live online at the BBC's website, or via the Coldplaying Toolbar radio widget.   Synopsis from the BBC website: It's been 12

Coldplay have been added to the line-up for this year’s iTunes Festival in London, as confirmed by the official Coldplay site. Playing at Camden's Roundhouse on July 22nd, tickets for the gig - as well as for other perforrmances during the month long extravaganza - are free to competition winners (UK only). Each live performance at the festival will be recorded and sold through iTunes.   You can read more and discuss this latest event involving Coldplay at the Coldplay Live forum now. Guy Berrym

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   June 13, 2011 - submitted by Kevin, Singapore Q. Dear Oracle, I've noticed that Coldplay have not performed what in my opinion is one of their best live songs, Lovers in Japan, for their past few gigs (eg. Rock am Ring, Pinkpop), so I was just wondering, is it coz there can no longer be the massive rain of paper butterflies onto the audience anymore since they're playing open-air festivals now, so t

Coldplay played the Pinkpop Landgraaf festival in the Netherlands last night (11th June 2011). They again played the same five new songs, which were Hurts Like Heaven (opening song), Major Minus, Us Against The World, Charlie Brown and the new single Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (closing song). Sadly we didn't get to see Princess of China again tonight... BUT... they did add Trouble to the setlist!   More live discussion on this show is at the Coldplay Live forum. Some excellent photos have be

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   June 9, 2011 - submitted by Daniel, Canada Q. Dear Oracle, I really need to know, have Coldplay lost their touch? I know that they've collaborated with Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson to write Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall, but do they now need to rely on other people writing their music for them? Is this the direction the band is headed? The Oracle replies: Er, Peter Allen is dead so that's impos

Coldplay played the Heineken Jammin' Festival, Venice, Italy last night (9th June 2011). They again played the same five new songs, which were Hurts Like Heaven (opening song), Major Minus, Us Against The World, Charlie Brown and the new single Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (closing song). Sadly we didn't get to see Princess of China again tonight.   Coldplay's website once again blogged superbly throughout the day and you can read all the photoblog discussions including your views on the lates

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   June 8, 2011 - submitted by Robin van Vliet, Netherlands Q. Dear Oracle, At the Rock Am Ring festival Coldplay performed a new song called Charlie Brown. My question is: who is he, and why has Coldplay dedicated this song to him? Greetings from The Netherlands! The Oracle replies: It's definitely not dedicated to a real person. The only Charlie Brown I know of is the comic strip creation by Charles

Given its massive bill (six headliners included), two months offers ample enough time to formulate your Lollapalooza schedule. So right on queue, the Chicago-based extravaganza, which is set to take over Grant Park 58 days from now, has revealed its day-by-day breakdown. So what’d we got?   Friday features a clash of the UK titans as Coldplay and Muse play opposite ends of the park to close out day one. You can discuss this in the Lollapalooza thread in the Coldplay Live forum. And if that sched

After arriving on the radio on Friday (June 3), Coldplay's 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' (ETIAW) blasts onto Billboard's Rock Songs airplay chart at No. 21. The song registered 3.9 million audience impressions on 58 stations, according to Nielsen BDS, despite having been released more than halfway through the May 30-June 5 chart tracking week. All according to Billboard online today.   The track concurrently launches on the Triple A adult alternative airplay chart at No. 23 and Alternative Son

As announced first via Coldplay's Messenger this evening, there will be a live blog from the Heineken Jammin' Festival, San Giuliano Park, Venice, Italy on Thursday (9th June) as the band continue their festival tour in Europe. You can join in with the customary mammoth discussion with your F5 buttons at the ready over in the Coldplay forum during the live blog. This is also in conjunction with the [9-June-2011] Coldplay @ Heineken Jammin' Festival thread in the Coldplay Live forum.   This blog

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   June 6, 2011 - submitted by Bowen, United States of America Q. Hey Oracle! I watched the live stream of Rock Am Ring on Saturday and loved all of it, the boys reminded me why they're my favorite band in the world. All the new songs are great. I know that someone has said that there will be "no video" for ETIAW. So I guess my question is two-fold. First, why not? And second, does this mean that it is

Very rarely do Coldplay produce a song that divides the Coldplaying community right down the middle. But as many of you will have read on the forums over the last 48 hours, their latest single Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall is now that song.   We've seen some of the media reviews earlier, but now it's time to see what you, the fans, thought of the song. Well, you could say it's like that old Marmite adage; with ETIAW you either love it or you hate it. Some of you sound like you would rather eat

Media reviews of Coldplay's new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' have been largely positive, but what comes with that is the controversy of claims that they copied a '90s dance track, according to sources such as DigitalSpy, Toronto Sun and the Scottish Daily Record. Soon after the new track debuted on radio stations and online yesterday, various people commented on YouTube that the song bares a resemblance to dance song 'Ritmo De La Noche'.   However, Coldplay have already confirmed on th

Coldplay played a stunning set at the Rock am Ring Festival in Germany on 4th June 2011, which was streamed live across the world on the web. They played five new songs, which included Hurts Like Heaven, Major Minus (formerly known as Up With The Birds), Us Against The World, Charlie Brown (formerly known as Cartoon Hearts) and the new single Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall. Sadly we didn't get to see Princess of China tonight.   More live discussion on this show is at the Coldplay Live forum (66

Coldplay's long awaited comeback single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall', takes a sample from Australian 1970s songwriter Peter Allen's single 'I Go To Rio', the band have confirmed on their recordings page for the new single. The track was released in 1976 on Allen's fourth album 'Taught By Experts' and has since been covered by a number of high profile artists, including Peggy Lee. Listen to both tracks together at the Coldplay forum now.   Allen, who died in 1992, enjoyed a successful music ca

Coldplay played the Rock im Park Festival, Nürnberg, Germany last night (3rd June 2011), with SEVEN new songs added to the setlist, according to Coldplay's band assistant, Vicki Taylor, who also tweeted a picture from behind the stage.   Setlist details are somewhat sketchy at the moment, but it is believed that Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall closed the show. The Fuzzy Man that was seen in an earlier teaser video posted on ColdplayTV made an appearance as the background visual to one of the new s

There will be no official video for Coldplay's new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' (ETIAW), according to Debs Wild (self-titled 'the link between band and fans') on Twitter this morning. In a response to Coldplayer alejolo, she simply replied "No video".   Assuming there will not be a video, this throws into doubt whether ETIAW is actually the first official single from as-yet-untitled LP5, or whether the song will actually be on the album at all. The song is one that will be clearly comf

Coldplay's new single 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' will drop tomorrow (Friday) and so far all the reviews (mainly from DJs) we've found on Twitter and other sources have been very positive. Of course "they would say that wouldn't they", you might say. Well, in addition to comments under 140 characters, this is what The Sun wrote about the track online this morning:   "If Chris Martin fancied a sideline writing euphoric dance tracks for pilled-up clubbers, he'd do good business. The new Coldp

Coldplay played a new friends and family gig for 150 people at the Forum in Kentish Town, London last night (31st May), ahead of their forthcoming festival appearances starting on Friday in Germany. Apparently, SEVEN new songs were played alongside some older songs. You can read more about this at the Coldplay forum forum now; hopefully we will get more news on this soon. In the meantime, one Coldplayer said:   My sources inform me that it was held at the Forum, Kentish Town. About 150 people in

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 2000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   May 31, 2011 - submitted by Lucy, United Kingdom Q. Can't wait for the new song on Friday. But I'm baffled as to why it's not available to the UK first? Were we not the fans that put them on the map in the first place? Do the loyal British fans not matter to the boys anymore?! Sob! The Oracle replies: The UK chart week runs from 00:01 Sunday to midnight Saturday so that is the reason behind a slight

Coldplay are set to release new song this Friday (June 3), it's been official site on the official site today. The track, entitled 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall', will be available digitally at 12pm (BST), except in the UK where it will be released 36 hours later at midnight on June 4th into June 5th.   You can see the artwork for the single after the jump. Discuss this latest (and probably expected news) in the Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (OUT THIS FRIDAY!!) thread at the Coldplay forum now.

This is one of the most exciting times to be a Coldplay fan. On the verge of a new album era (soon to be defunct "LP5") we're almost upon the new single, so we're given to believe after Monday's latest video from ColdplayTV. The 'final' video teaser arrived with the following lyrics: "But my heart is beating and my pulses start / Cathedrals in my heart / And we saw oh this light / I swear you, emerge blinking into / to tell me it's alright / as we soar walls / every siren is a symphony / and eve