Coldplay News

'Rhythms Del Mundo' Cuba Released on November 14, 2006 Through Hip-O Records/Universal Music Enterprises   On November 14, Hip-O Records/Universal Music Enterprises will release "Rhythms Del Mundo," an exciting collaborative album, which fuses the hot Afro-Cuban sounds of The Buena Vista Social Club with tracks from today's biggest artists such as U2, Coldplay, Sting, Jack Johnson and Maroon 5 as well as some of the buzziest bands, including The Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The Kaiser Chiefs

Coldplay Roadie Matt McGinn's new book is due to be published on 1 May 2009 by Portico. Here is the product description for said item:   If it's true that behind every great man there is a great woman, then behind every great band, there's a similarly skilled road crew...This book is the backstage 'on the road' account of Matt McGinn's life as a roadie touring with a band at the pinnacle of their success. The book charts the life and duties of a rock and roll roadie for the band Coldplay, who ha

From the Sheffield Telegraph online:   Coldplay fans will get to see the band earlier than they thought after "scheduling reasons" brought forward a Sheffield Arena show. The multi-million-selling band will now play on November 29 instead of the original December 7 fixture.   Refunds, from the point of purchase, are available for those who cannot make the new show – otherwise all original tickets are valid for the rescheduled date.   More news on the other changes reported yesterday as soon as w

If you haven't already seen it here is the artwork for the Speed Of Sound single. If you can crack the secret behind the new Coldplay artwork or want help click here      

Award-winning Los Angeles visual effects and design company A52 today announced details of their visual effects work for Anonymous Content director Mark Romanek for Coldplay’s new music video for “Speed of Sound.” The Times of London reports that the song – the first release from the band’s new EMI album 'X&Y' – is currently the world’s fastest-selling download. The new music video debuted on MTV on May 23.   “The idea was to try and mirror the ecstatic nature of the band's music using lig

MTV today announced the nominees for the "2005 MTV Video Music Awards." Speed of Sound was nominated in several categories (4) including Video Of The Year.   Green Day topped the list with eight nominations, Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliott follow with six each and U2 five nominations. The 2005 VMAs will be hosted by P.Diddy & broadcast live from American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 8:00pm.   Here are Coldplay's nominations in full:   VIDEO OF THE YEAR Director:

Capital Records announced today that "Speed of Sound," the first single from Coldplay's forthcoming "X&Y," is No. 1 on all of Apple's iTunes Music Stores worldwide one short day after its release.   "Speed of Sound" achieved the No. 1 position on all 15 stores. The iTunes Music Store is in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "'Speed of Sound's' No. 1 iTunes Music Stor

The new video for Speed Of Sound will be aired in the UK this Sunday on Popworld at 9.25am on Channel 4.   Details of the full programme here

You can now get streamed link to see a teaser of the new speed of sound video here   [Thanks Fraetes]

'Talk', Coldplay's third single from X&Y and 'In The Sun', Coldplay's collaboration with REM's Michael Stipe, both hit Billboards Hot 100 chart this week.   Read more on this here [Thanks CaptainOats]

Coldplay have left it to the last minute to decide the final tracklisting of 'X&Y' - with the band unable to decide whether to include the song 'Talk' after struggling with its recording for months.   The song was one of the tracks NME heard last year while the band were in a London studio working on 'X&Y', released on June 6. The version NME heard borrowed the riff from Kraftwerk's 'Computer Love', building to a completely new song.   However, during the difficult recording sessions whi

Details on the new single 'Talk', have been released by coldplay.com:   The fourth single to be released from X&Y, ‘Talk’ is released on Monday 19th December.   The single will be available as a two-track CD, a DVD and 7 inch and includes the brilliant new song ‘Sleeping Sun’. The DVD contains Coldplay’s version of ‘Gravity’ – a song they wrote on tour in 2003 that became a huge hit for Embrace last year – and the Anton Corbijn-directed video for ‘Talk’.   'Talk' is however Coldplay's third

'Talk' is the third single to be released from X&Y and is out this week.   ‘Talk’ is available as a two-track CD, a DVD and 7 inch. The CD includes the brilliant new song ‘Sleeping Sun’.   The DVD contains Coldplay’s version of ‘Gravity’ – a song they wrote whilst on tour in 2003, that became a huge hit for Embrace last year – and the Anton Corbijn-directed video for ‘Talk’, the Mark Romanek-directed video for ‘Speed of Sound’, and exclusive new behind-the-scenes footage of the band on the ‘

Well, in Holland actually.   CD1 Digipack (Live in Holland 1) 1. Talk (Radio Edit) 2. Swallowed In The Sea (Live @ Gelredome, 2005)) 3. God Put A Smile Upon My Face (Live @ Gelredome, 2005) release: 2 December   CD2 (Live in Holland 2) 1. Talk (Album Version) 2. Square One (Live @ Gelredome, 2005) 3. Clocks (Live @ Gelredome, 2005) release: 9 December   CD3 (Live in Holland 3) 1. Talk (Live @ Gelredome, 2005) 2. Til Kingdom Come (Live @ Gelredome, 2005) 3. Fix You (Live @ Gelredome,

Coldplay's new single 'Talk' will be Christmas number 1 in at least one country, with the announcement that it has reached top spot in the Netherlands.   This means 'Talk' is Coldplay's biggest hit in the Netherlands to date, beating off the success of 'Clocks' (#2 in 2003). The top 10 is as follows:   1 (6) Coldplay - Talk 2 (1) Madonna - Hung Up 3 (5) Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles 4 (2) Bob Sinclar - Love Generation 5 (3) Anouk - One Word 6 (23) Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu 7 (4) Bla

'Talk', released in the UK on 19th December, will have 4 formats:   Talk - vinyl 7″ 1.Talk 2.Gravity   Talk (2 tracks) 1.Talk 2.Sleeping Sun   Talk (maxi) 1.Talk 2.Sleeping Sun 3.Gravity   Talk (dvdsingle) 1.Talk (Radio Edit) 2.Gravity 3.Talk (Video) 4.Speed Of Sound (Video) 5.Talk (Making of the video)   More information on this here   [Thanks LifeLight]

Top records as rated by Billboard magazine based on sales and airplay for the preceding week.   Dance Tracks:   1. "Oh Yeah, Oh Six," Yello. 2. "Ooh La La," Goldfrapp. 3. "Give Me Your Love," Carl Cox. 4. "It Makes a Difference," Kim English. 5. "Fever (L.E.X. Mixes)," Bette Midler. 6. "Glory of Life," Mink. 7. "I Want More (Cling On to Me)," Amuka. 8. "Stars Above Us," Saint Etienne. 9. "Talk," Coldplay. 10. "Sorry," Madonna.

Good news for UK fans, the video for talk will be shown on Tuesday 22nd November at 11:05 on Channel 4 [uK].   [Thanks coldplay_no1_fan]

'The Hardest Part’ will be the next RADIO ONLY single release from X&Y.   More on this here [Thanks jonnybucklandhasnicehats]

Format: 12" Price: £3.99 Release date: 6-4-2006 Availability: available for pre-order from hmv.co.uk Number of Discs: 1 Catalogue Number: 12R6687 Label: PARLOPHONE   More on this here [thanks dsba05]

The Hardest part single will be made available in the following countries: Austria, Holland, Germany, Finland, Greece, Taiwan, Israel, Italy and Sweden.   Release date and more details of b-sides to follow soon.   More on this news here [thanks coldpatrix]

Great result for The Hardest Part Single in Israel. In only three days, the fourth single extract from the bestseller X&Y has obtained first place in the Israel Single Chart.   In Italy, The Hardest Part moves X&Y from 25th to 14th position in the Italy Album Chart. In Holland, Talk is still in the Single Top 20 (14th position).   In the end, Speed Of Sound is still in Top 40 Internet Sales, in 34th position.   More on this here [thanks coldpatrix]  

Good news for UK fans, the video for 'The Hardest Part', as filmed in St Petersburg, will be shown on Wednesday 22nd March at 11:05 on Channel 4 [uK].   Other Coldplay TV listings:   Gonzo with Zane Lowe [featuring Coldplay] Fri 10. March 2006 19.00 on MTV 2   CD:UK (Music) Starting: 12:30 on Saturday 11th March. Duration: 1 hour Showing on all ITV Regions/Scottish. Coldplay have pre-recorded ‘What If’ for ITV’s CD:UK and it will be transmitted on Saturday 11th March. Please note that the show i

As previously shown here on Coldplaying.com, Rolling Stone's full article on Coldplay is now available on the shelves. See the full article in scans here [thanks texasluvsjonny]   Confessions of an anxious rock god: The Coldplay frontman sits down with Rolling Stone for his most in-depth interview yet. When Chris Martin emerges from a town car on a quiet West Village street one afternoon in May, he's dressed like a stagehand — black khakis, black hooded top. You'd never notice him, which is prob

Since opening the top 10 poll to unregistered visitors to the site, The Scientist is holding on to top spot, with Fix You very close behind.   The poll will run for a few more weeks yet, so if you wish to vote for your favourite Top 10 song, click here