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Coldplay are looking likely to return to Glastonbury for a fifth time, as they have been heavily tipped by bookmakers to headline Glastonbury 2016. The band were also tipped for this year's festival but the British four-piece have been busy, with the recording of their seventh studio album, 'A Head Full Of Dreams'.   Source - NME.com   "Bookies William Hill have given Coldplay odds of 4/1 to headline the Pyramid Stage, having last headlined the event in 2011.   Coldplay could make a welcome r

Coldplay duo, Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland have spoken out over the media reports of a split.   Since the infamous Zane Lowe interview, at the end of 2014, where the band's frontman announced 'A Head Full Of Dreams' as the title of Coldplay's seventh record (much to the annoyance of his fellow band mates), many media outlets decided to read into Chris' quote (below) as the band breaking up after LP7.   "It's our seventh thing and the way we look at it is like the last Harry Potter book o

Fellow fansite, Coldplay France have been told by Phil Harvey, the band's creative director and fifth member that Coldplay will visit France, before the end of 2015! Rumours of a European tour this November/December have been rife and this is set to happen, as Coldplay are close to the release of their seventh record.   Coldplay performed a few shows in Stade De France, Paris during their Mylo Xylotour in 2012, which ended up as the famous filming location for 'Coldplay Live 2012'.   An arena

Article by Rolling Stone India   It isn’t everyday that bands with massive international followings pick India as the location for their music videos. And when they do, star-struck India responds in the most overjoyed ways, mostly on social media, and by means of hastily hash-tagging, compulsively sharing leaked pictures on their profile, and expressing regret at not spotting the band themselves.   We spoke with a crew member from production team that worked on the video that Coldplay shot in

Coldplay's appearance at the iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas has ended. Here's the reaction to their performance: Setlist of five Coldplay hits, including: 'Paradise', 'Clocks' & 'Viva La Vida' No new songs performed 'Fix You' the only change from 2014's setlist at the iHeart Radio Music Festival Listen to audio of the performance, here Watch the full video of Coldplay's set, The Live Blog - As It Happened: (function() { var lb24 = document.createElement('script');

What would your dream selfie be? A snap with Chris Martin, if you're lucky enough to meet him? A cheeky pose with Jonny? Well, this guy had other ideas and captured the whole band, who are appearing to be filmed for a promo photograph, in the background!     We understand this photo originates from Coldplay's first day in India, on Wednesday.   It wouldn't be surprising at all if we saw the official photo for this soon! Possesses the trademarks of an early era band photo.   Discussion is

We are just under 2 weeks away from Coldplay's live return! It's unknown whether new material from 'A Head Full Of Dreams' will debut at the iHeart Radio Festival but all of us are hoping it does.   There's a new concert information section on our community forums, which will includes ticket and travel information for each Coldplay show and so help from the Coldplaying team and other members is always available :) Click here for the full info on Coldplay's appearance in Las Vegas

Article originally published on 15th August 2015.   15th October 2015 update: Sound engineer, Dan Green and Roadie (#42), Miller are thought to have been pictured at Abbey Road studios in London, testing out the new Xylobands. It seems almost certain the much loved concert accessory will be part of Coldplay concerts once more. (See above picture)   Noticed the Indian theme in the background? The band have taken much inspiration from their recent music video filming in India. ----- Xyloba

The iconic live album, 'Coldplay Live 2003' was released on November 10th 2003. It featured 12 tracks on the audio CD, including the likes of 'Shiver', 'Yellow' and 'In My Place'. Tunes, such as 'Trouble' and 'Daylight' didn't feature on the official audio CD, only on the DVD release. Another track which didn't make the cut onto the CD version was 'What A Wonderful World', the classic song, originally recorded by Louis Armstrong.   13 years later, Coldplay's version of the popular classic, 'Wha

One week after the controversial closure of children's charity, Kids Company, Coldplay are looking to save one of its educational facilities. Named 'the Treehouse' in London, the therapeutic educational unit has been open since 2009, when Kids Company founded the institution, which aids vulnerable families and young people.   Coldplay's creative director and much appreciated fifth member, Phil Harvey spoke out about the potential 'takeover':   It's very early stages. We're incredibly proud

Terrible news this evening as children's charity, Kids Company has closed down (as of 19:00 GMT), amid allegations of financial mis-management, from UK government officials. The charity has made a huge difference to children's lives since 1996 and is cause, which has been close to Coldplay's hearts.     The saga involving the charity's finances had been going on since last year, when their funding was slashed, prompting the charity's founder, Camila Batmanghelidjhs to request an advance of

There are plenty of Coldplay remixes out there to admire but it's not often you hear a fusion of two Coldplay songs edited professionally. The following hybrid of 'A Sky Full Of Stars' and 'True Love' was made by DJ/Producer, Mirco Akuma and the resulting mix is outstanding! Check it out:   (Thanks to Dexynboy for posting the video)   The All-encompassing Coldplay REMIX list   ----- The Brand New Coldplaying App!   Features: Articles, new members area, latest news, live discussion,

Happy 37th birthday to Coldplay's much loved drummer, Will Champion! As a tribute, we asked the artistic Coldplayers among us to post their celebratory graphic. Biggerstronger provided the perfect tribute:     And a huge thank you to all the other entrants too!   Sara42   postcards   Phil Harvey is the next Coldplay member, to celebrate his big day, on 29th August! You can post your entry for Phil's birthday soon.   ----- The Brand New Coldplaying App!   Features: Articles, new m

The opening track on Coldplay's 15 year old debut album, 'Parachutes' has been voted as the most popular! Over 650 of you have voted on our site-wide poll, which saw 'Everything's Not Lost' take an early lead, before 'Don't Panic' surged into pole position.   Top 3 track on 'Parachutes', voted by you   After 689 votes.   1) Don't Panic - 236 votes (34%) 2) Yellow - 99 votes (14%) 3) Everything's Not Lost - 68 votes (10%)   The official video for Coldplay's chilled out album opener:  

Coldplay's lead singer, Chris Martin and lead guitarist, Jonny Buckland made a 'Surprise Surprise' appearance on British TV this evening, where they shocked a lucky Coldplay fan, by giving her tickets to an upcoming show of theirs.   Yes, an upcoming Coldplay concert! And we're assuming it's not their short set at the Global Citizen Festival in September.   Mobile video link   A new tour could be on the horizon for Coldplay, who are currently rumoured to visit India at the end of the yea

Coldplay's very first studio album, 'Parachutes' celebrates its 15th Birthday today! stephend2000 on the forums has put together a fine tribute, detailing the band's 100th gig, launching their debut album at HMV Oxford Street, London. Click here to read more and watch the rare video (with authentic dial up quality!) of their extraordinary performance, where the spine chilling riff of 'Spies' opened their century of live gigs.   We've added a new poll too, so you can vote for your favourite fr

Coldplay are confirmed as performers at the Global Citizen Festival in New York, this September! The band haven't played live since the BBC and NRJ music awards, in December 2014. Chris Martin has billed himself and his band-mates in for the charity concert as a 'last resort', because of other acts, such as Rihanna pulling out of the concert for various reasons. Here's the official line-up, which was rumoured a day before the announcement:     To summarize: Coldplay will perform a short

A simple wedding song to his wife-to-be was not on the cards for this gentleman, as he brought the lead singer of one of the world's biggest bands, to film a romantic gesture! Chris Martin appears to be good friends with the Romeo in question, as they shot a parody of 'The Scientist'. Funny, cute & heartwarming:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xeC269VrXQ&feature=youtu.be   Credit goes to @ohchristmartin for the video!   You can download the parody video, here   ------ The Col

According to photos from The Daily Mail, Coldplay seem to be initiating a recording session, for Angelia Jolie, as the now turned director and her celebrity husband, Brad Pitt were spotted following Chris Martin and Guy Berryman into Air studios in London. Angelina has a new film, titled 'By The Sea' due out in November.   Coldplay's latest single release was 'Miracles' at the end of 2014, taken from the 'Unbroken' film soundtrack, directed by Angelina Jolie. Based on the studio activity, we c

Coldplay's lead singer, Chris Martin was spotted at the 2015 Glastonbury festival last night. He was spending time with Gwyneth Paltrow and his kids, while enjoying the 'Happy' singer, Pharrell Williams and the controversial Kanye West. Chris didn't join the 'Homecoming' rapper on stage, despite wishful rumours on Twitter during the concert. Comedian, Lee Nelson decided to join him instead!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNYKzpqAM_s   But we have a few snaps to show you, of the main man:  

A massive landmark in Coldplay's history, as their 2005 and 2011 performances at the historic Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, UK took place 10 and 4 years, to this day!   To celebrate, Coldplay's official Youtube channel posted an interview with Emily Eavis, daughter of organiser, Michael Eavis and Coldplay's lead guitarist, Jonny Buckland on 2005's event:     We would like to know your highlights from those two special days.   Please let us know, here   Here are some very memorab

Coldplay are rumoured to be kicking off their next tour in South America, after their 2013 cancellations. Rumours of Coldplay concerts in Brazil have been popping up over the last few days. According to the Grêmio Arena president, negotiations are taking place for Coldplay to perform in Porto Alegrense.   We HAVE some advanced negotiations but depends on THEIR schedule. The show MAY occur in March.     Thanks to @vivalacoldplay and @coldplaybrsite on Twitter, who have reported on these rum

The first acoustic guitar of Coldplay's frontman, Chris Martin has just sold at auction for £18,750, at Bonhams Knightsbridge in London. Chris took the guitar with him to study at University, where he met Jonny Buckland, resulting in the band we love today forming. Click here to see the full fact-file.     Video - James Bond gun and Chris Martin's first guitar goes under the hammer (Reuters)   Discussion   ------ The Coldplaying app There’s now an easy way to post on our forums a

Coldplayers have been submitting their top 5 lists on our forums, of the band's top music videos, and we have the results, so far:   You can submit your top 5 music videos at any time, by posting on our forum topic, or via the Coldplaying app. Click here to submit your top 5 Coldplay vids 5) Life In Technicolor ii Jonny Buckland and Phil Harvey named this music video, featuring the band in puppet form as their favourite clip to have filmed. In Jonny's case, he didn't have to do much (he

"Coldplay’s Chris Martin can sip from his ‘world’s best Dad’ mug and feel a bit smug this weekend as he can now also lay claim to the title of most-listened to dad, according to Spotify"     More info   Meanwhile, Coldplay's frontman is back in London and was spotted at Hyde Park in London, Thursday night, watching Indie band, 'The Strokes'. No doubt, he was loving the tunes from their first album, 'Is This It', which he named as 'the best album of the past 15 years' during an interview w