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Coldplay has released the track listing for its August 27 release A Rush Of Blood To The Head, which was produced by the band with Parachutes producer Ken Nelson. The first single from the album, which was recorded at Beatles producer George Martin's AIR studios in London, is "In My Place."   Tracks included on A Rush Of Blood To The Head: "Politik (sic)," "In My Place," "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face," "The Scientist," "Clocks," "Daylight," "Green Eyes," "Warning Sign," "A Whisper (sic)," "A R

Chris Martin can make humility an act of hubris, and vice versa. He's as cocky and as insecure as rock stars come, a psychic balancing act reflected in his band Coldplay's crescendo/crash songs.   For instance, during a recent interview, the handsome, Bono-voxed singer says that the four hours he recently spent in a Miami studio with hip-hop producer Timbaland provided a bracing reality check — even while he acknowledges his own superstar status.   "I gleaned that it doesn't matter if you're in

LOS ANGELES -- With barely one movie under its belt, Starbucks is moving aggressively toward expanding its involvement in the entertainment business, seeking movies and books to promote in the hope of duplicating the success it has had with music.   The retail coffee giant -- which used its stores to promote "Akeelah and the Bee," a Lionsgate movie that opened this weekend -- is to announce today that it has signed an agreement with the William Morris Agency to find more movie and book projects

Coldplay's new vinyl single B-side song 'A Spell A Rebel Yell' will get its debut play on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio One tonight, from 7pm (BST), according to the station, and The Sun. More on this here onwards [thanks Vector]   As far as I can see All time and circuitry Is wrong   As far as poetry Sit down and sing to me A song   It's/Cos' all I want in this world All I want in this world Is for you to come home   A spell a rebel yell A spell   Soldier come home to me You've been away from

Debs Wild from the official Coldplay site has spoken of the latest offerings from Coldplay. This is what she had to say:   I went to the studio today to see the band, they are all in fine form and things are nearly done there. Chris invited me to listen to some of the finished tracks which was very exciting. Many people had been asking me something since The Nappies, so here it is officially from first hand knowledge and I hope you'll all be glad to know, there's not a rap or hip hop beat in si

A text message from Chris (via coldplay.com) September 17, 2008 4:27 pm Chris sends a text from Sweden   just landed in stockholm spent yesterday writing writing writing and eating cake tour so far best one we ever did audiences wonderful and catering also we are trying to find the right night to play glass of water which is good heavy and recently finished please excuse the lack of punctuation there are no full stops in sweden chris   More on this at the Coldplay Live forum here [thanks timjack

PHILADELPHIA - Fans sat elbow to elbow in the packed Wachovia Center on April 4 waiting eagerly for Coldplay to take the stage. A mixed crowd-teenagers and adults alike-came to wish the band a memorable farewell on the last stop of their 2006 U.S. tour.   Sweaty palmed and ready to stand and cheer, I anxiously awaited the British quartet. The lights were dimmed for close to ten minutes while stage workers set and checked every guitar, microphone and especially lead vocalist Chris Martin's piano

Eighties pop icons A-ha and blues legends Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy have been added to the line-up for this year’s Summer Pops.   Norway’s favourite sons have confirmed a show on Sunday, July 16. Vocalist Morten Harket said: "We're really excited about this show. It will be a real celebration." Blues legends Beck and Guy team up for fans of ace guitar playing, with a show four days earlier on Wednesday, July 12.   Today they are recognised as one of the most influential bands, with U2, Robbie Will

Coldplay have teamed up with A-ha - well one member of the Norwegian trio at least.   Mags, who now goes under the name of Magne, performed a showcase of his new material in London last night.vHis solo album features collaborations with Ed Harcourt, Andy from Travis and Will and Guy from Coldplay.   Magne told us how it all came about: "It's a friendship network really - with Coldplay we met in Barcelona on tour. It's a friendly thing and we then came to realise that they'd grown up as A-ha fans

Those willing to put 100 pounds ($196.19) up front toward cancer research can take part this evening in an exclusive tour and rock-and-pop ephemera auction, Sound & Vision, at Abbey Road Studios. The event includes access to Studio 2, where the Beatles made some of their best-loved recordings.   The auction, in aid of Cancer Research UK, is organized by Beatles producer George Martin, and includes contact sheets of the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix from acclaimed rock photographer Gerard

I got in without a ticket!   I'll keep it brief cos i'm so tired but I waited outside for 8 hours and at 7.45 was allowed in cos i'd been there so long! The most exhilarating experience and also met will, guy and jonny in the car park before hand at about 4.30!   Gig was incredible cos we were so close. could've touched chris' piano! I got jonny's roadie's (matt) set list too but my scanner isnt working so will post it up tonight.   set list was as follows:   Square One Politik Yellow Whi

Last winter a young bluegrass group called the Abrams Brothers filed off their bus at the CMT offices after a long and snowy trip from their home in Canada.   Groups or artists stop by and perform here once in a while, but this band of two brothers and a cousin was especially memorable. They were definitely a bluegrass group and had the type of chops that would be at home on the Grand Ole Opry stage — which they played in 2005 — but being teenagers, they were also very eager to experiment with t

Starting in August, Coldplaying has the opportunity to take part in another forum competition with Absolute Radio, similar to the Rock-Off. This time around it’s all about your live experiences, and could win prizes for you and the Coldplaying forum. Absolute are asking forums to discuss your live experiences and submit our best Coldplay stories... and we have lots of shortlisted Coldplay reviews to read and put forward for entry!   This summer, Absolute Radio is bringing you free live music eve

Chris Martin chats exclusively to Absolute Radio's Breakfast Show DJ Christian O'Connell on the flight home from the bands gig in Munich   Absolute Radio Breakfast Show DJ Christian O'Connell travelled to Germany with Coldplay – and one very lucky listener – for the band’s sell out gig in Munich on Friday. Coldplay have long been friends of the station and Chris Martin personally gave Absolute Radio the band’s seal of approval live on stage when he welcomed its arrival to 14,000 cheering fans at

What treasures has the Absolute Radio vault given us this time? Oh, it's just a few classic Zoo Session tracks from Coldplay. Nice!   Absolute Radio thought you might like to have a listen, given that their new EP, Prospekt's March, is out very soon. They'll be playing out tracks from Prospekt's March after 11am on Thursday 20 March. And if you're a big fan, stay tuned, they'll be airing every track on the EP throughout the evening too! Grab your headphones and have a quiet moment with these cla

The big Coldplay news this morning from Absolute Radio is that Coldplay's first concert at the Emirates Stadium in London on Friday 1st June will be broadcast live and uninterrupted on Absolute Radio. You can read more on this here and also at the Coldplay Live forum for this show here [thanks Tash & TracieMorgan]   You can hear again the announcement earlier via the Multimedia forum now [thanks hps]   Coldplay.com reports: We're pleased to report that Absolute Radio will be broadcasting Col

Here’s a wonderfully abstract piece of artwork by David Lewis-Baker. Click here to view full size.      

Coldplay are set for one of the biggest paydays of their career after been lured to play in the luxurious surroundings of a plush hotel in the United Arab Emirates.   The band are tipped to bank at least £1.4million for the gig at the Emirates Palace with all 15,000 tickets set to sell out immediately. Coldplay will play against a back drop of a private beach almost a mile long on the final stop of their world tour.   The band are the latest superstars to grace the venue with Bon Jovi, Justin Ti

Coldplay headline the Austin City Limits festival tonight in Austin, Texas and don't forget you can watch the whole performance live on the internet across the world on YouTube (except Germany). The webcast will be shown via youtube.com/aclfestival at approximately 8:10pm CT / 2.10am UK time (click here to find out what time it is where you are). The show will be repeated once in full afterwards.   Meanwhile during last nights ACL Taping, Coldplay played Up In Flames live for the first time, whi

Coldplay will return to Australia in February but Adelaide will miss out on the tour because of concerns with the city's leading venue.   Promoters are loathe putting shows into Adelaide until the cities major venue, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, is given its overdue facelift. $50 million was budgeted for a facelift for the venue but the South Australian government has been non-committal in moving forward with the plans. Coldplay last toured Australia in June 2006 when they performed 10 sol

Alan McGee called yesterday for the Brit Awards to be abolished - and branded this year's nominees "an embarrassment" to music-lovers. The outspoken Scots music mogul unleashed a volley of insults towards artists from Coldplay to Paul McCartney, insisting rockers should retire at 40.   Few of this year's nominees escape McGee's wrath as he casts an eye over the various categories. He is particularly venomous about mega-selling Coldplay, whose A Rush Of Blood To The Head is up for best album of t

When asked "How do you feel about your name being inextricably linked to the Mercury Music Prize when you made your now infamous quote about Coldplay?"   Alan replied, "I really regret making that Coldplay comment. It made Coldplay a lot more interesting than they actually are."   You can discuss this story here and you can read the full article here

With wireless song sharing on the horizon, the record industry is keen to avoid the tracks of its internet tears and cash in this time   It's enough to leave record-label executives trembling: researchers in Sweden are developing an application that could allow music to be sent wirelessly from one mobile device to another. It's a concept that threatens content owners' rights and, especially, revenue, just as illicit internet file sharing does.   EMI hopes to deter mobile music users from acting

Exclusive news from Albert Hammond, Jr. website:   We are very pleased to announce that Albert Hammond, Jr. will be supporting Coldplay for their upcoming European tour! Albert is now fully recuperated from his throat infection, and is anxious to head out on the road. The tour kicks off on September 1st in Strasbourg, France.   What do you think of Albert Hammond, Jr. supporting Coldplay? More on this here Tour itinery for Coldplay with Albert Hammond, Jr:   Sept. 1 – Strasbourg, France – Zenith

While Chris Martin supports Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner, the frontman of the band, isn't so friendly.   In a Serbian Newspaper "Glas javnosti" an article about Artic Monkeys was published yesterday. In the conclusion you could find the following statement by Alex Turner:   "Why should we care about radios and 'round-the-clock moralists? We created our name on the Internet. Both newspaper and radio understood what's happening years after. It's disgusting being a band which plays the same thing al