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The Coldplay sensitoid-in-chief once stabbed someone, used to think he was gay and digs Limp Bizkit. All his secrets are out as he answers Blender’s reader questions.   You may remember Coldplaying asked you to submit your questions to Blender magazine for Chris Martin to answer. Well, Chris Martin has answered and the results are now available online in audio. Some questions asked were:   Producer Brian Eno had you hypnotized while you were recording the new album. What weird stuff did he make

Bloc Party have revealed their new album was inspired by both the July 7 terrorist attacks and a desire to not sound like Coldplay.   Singer Kele Okereke said the follow-up to last year's critically-acclaimed 'Silent Alarm' will be an angry record inspired in part by the media reaction to the July 7 bomb attacks in London.   He told Rolling Stone: "I was really disgusted by the reaction in the mainstream press. It seemed to become an anti-Muslim, xenophobic thing, and that started me thinking.

Copenhagen - US hip hop star Kanye West was the top act Thursday on the opening day of the annual Roskilde music festival, near the Danish capital Copenhagen, with some 65,000 visitors enjoying the festivities under blue skies.   The lineup during the four-day festival that ends Sunday includes Coldplay, Pet Shop Boys, Nick Cave, Oasis, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails and some 150 other acts. Organizers said US hip hopper Lil Wayne had been forced to cancel his appearance on Saturday 'due to doctor-ma

Mobile marketing, applications and content agency Filter UK’s outdoor BlueCasting™ campaign to promote Coldplay’s X&Y album has proved a huge hit with London’s commuters.   13,000 fans flocked to download free pre-release video clips, never-before seen interviews, audio samples and exclusive images onto their mobile, via Bluetooth technology from giant Transvision screens at mainline train stations.   Over 87,000 unique handsets were “discovered” and 13,000 people then opted-in to receive

Artists threaten to withhold future releases if planned sell-off of Parlophone goes ahead, Coldplay's position not clear Some of Britain's top-selling musicians may withhold their future albums in protest against being treated as "assets" in the forced sale of their label, The Independent has disclosed this week. However, the article stopped short of reporting on Coldplay's position on the matter. Blur are leading a revolt against the sell-off of Parlophone, part of the EMI group, which has been

There are dozens of ex-music bosses around the country drowning their sorrows in the boozer over how they “almost” signed a huge band. Pop history is littered with examples - The Beatles were initially ignored, David Bowie struggled for years to get a deal and Simon Cowell even turned down Take That. Now Alex James from Blur has revealed he is in the bungling music bigwig’s club for failing to sign Coldplay when he had a record label for a short time in the late Nineties.   “I went to see Coldp

A gang of online fraudsters have been using a Wandsworth Council-owned building as a bogus mailing address to dupe hundreds of Coldplay fans into buying non-existent concert tickets, Wandsworth Guardian. The gang set up a string of websites promising tickets for acts such as Coldplay, JLS, Barry Manilow, Westlife, Il Divo and comedian Michael McIntyre at some of London’s best venues including the O2 Arena.   The websites that trading standards shut down were: coldplay-tour-2012.com, barry-manilo

Babysitters across the metro area found plenty of work on Saturday, as everyone’s mom piled into the Ford Center to swoon over the man whose face was plastered upon their walls when they were 16. They revitalized the old fan club (defunct since Erma went to beautician school and Janet got pregnant in ‘89), custom-made some “Fans Since 1984” shirts, and fought over who would get to be closest to the stage. It’s these little moments that make rock and roll worthwhile.   The cynics can, and have, s

U2 frontman Bono has apologised after using a four-letter word live on radio to describe Coldplay singer Chris Martin. The Irish singer, 48, was being interviewed by Jo Whiley on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge this morning when he called Martin a 'w*****'.   A BBC spokeswoman said: 'An on-air apology was made immediately for the language used during the live broadcast. We apologise for any offence caused.' After Bono swore, Jo brought the interview to a halt and asked him to apologise to listeners.

It looks like the London Sun totally screwed up their facts when they published that their will be a Live Aid II next year. Yesterday, Bob Geldof said the story wasn't true and today, U2's Bono has also denied the article naming him one of the organizers.   Before a meeting in Dublin yesterday for the EU, Bono told reporters "At this point there are no plans for a Live Aid 2".   Coldplay were tipped to play if the plans went ahead.The Sun ran an article over the weekend stating both Geldof and B

UK Bookmakers have suspended betting on the Brits amid fears that the result could have been leaked. They took the unusual action after a flurry of bets in just a few hours were placed on veteran rocker Paul Weller to win Best Male Solo Artist at various William Hill shops.   Each bet was around £50 and was placed at different branches around London, making them virtually untraceable. Weller's odds have now been cut from 5/1 as an outsider to 1/5 as the favourite. Other major bookmakers, Ladbrok

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell - never likely to be confused with the protagonist behind the Beastie Boys' 'Johnny Ryall' - has told free newspaper Metro about the band's brand-new album, Razorlight.   The singer said that his band's second record, the follow-up to Up All Night, was never going to be a gloomy affair:   "I was determined to make a positive record. It's all autobiographical, but I hate it when bands release a gloomy second album about how tough it is being famous. Actually, there's

Charles Allen has resigned as executive chairman of EMI's recorded music division after three months in the role as part of a management shake-up at the debt-laden music group, according to The Guardian last week.   Allen, former boss of ITV, took the top job in March following the sudden departure of chief executive Elio Leoni-Sceti, having previously been non-executive chairman. It seems that a strategic review which he led at the company, whose stars include Coldplay and Norah Jones, has made

Boston 92.9FM will be playing a special show for Coldplay's 10th Anniversary. It's on tonight at 10pm (EST) and then will be repeated tomorrow night at 10pm. Non-Boston folks, you can listen online at bostonradio929.com   For more on this, and to join the Coldplaying listening party, click here [thanks DIonysia]   101.9 RXP in New York are also having a Coldplay 10th Anniversary special on 9th November from 6-7pm and then from 7-9pm they are replaying the entire Chris Martin Take-Over! Chris Mar

A host of stars have contributed their shoes to be auctioned off for the charity MAG (Mines Advisory Group).   Coldplay, David Bowie, Ringo Starr and Lily Allen are just some of the artists who have signed their footwear for the auction. They will be joined by Johnny Marr, Editors' Tom Smith, Keane's Tim-Rice Oxley and Nina Persson from The Cardigans.   The executive director of MAG, Lou McGrath, said: "The support from celebrities for the shoe auction has been fantastic and resulted in an impre

Are celebrities like normal folks an hold onto their old baby clothes? In the case of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her ‘Coldplay’ frontman Chris Martin, let’s hope so, since they’ll be needing them once April is here, according to the Star.   The mag cites a source close to the actress saying that she and her husband of four years Chris, 28, learned of the baby’s sex in early December at one of Gwyneth’s appointments with her OB-GYN at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Now, with the bir

Lord Bragg has hit out at ITV's decision to axe The South Bank Show, saying there was "no way forward" and "no negotiation" over swingeing cuts to its programme budget. Bragg said he thought he was going to a "routine meeting" with ITV's director of television, channels and online, Peter Fincham, only to be told of budget cuts so deep that "in effect they cancelled the programme".   "He made me an offer I couldn't accept; made the programme an offer I couldn't accept," Bragg told the latest edit

Brandy has talked of her huge admiration of Coldplay, and the band's influence on her music.   The vocalist, who releases her new album 'Afrodisiac' later this month, told MTV News about her love of Chris Martin and co. "I love Coldplay," she said. "I think they’re one of the greatest bands alive."   "We sampled their song 'Clocks' for the track 'Should I Go'." Brandy went on to say that Coldplay provided inspiration for 'I Try'. "I sing about how if I’m depressed and need to know my spirits are

Brandy's new album 'Afrodisiac' features a sample of Iron Maiden's 'The Clansman'. The song 'I Tried' starts with a loop of the 'The Clansman' from their 1998 'Virtual XI' album.   The song, originally recorded with the working titled 'Coldplay', also features lyrics from Coldplay's 'Sparks'.   The Brandy song starts "I'm sittin' home on a cold day / Underneath the covers like a little baby I think I wanna hear some Coldplay/ Especially that song where the man says / "Did I drive you away? I kno

A website in the Netherlands is the first online to show the full exclusive video to Coldplay's new single, Violet Hill. Previously only a 40 second preview was aired.   This week's exclusive screening on Channel 4 of Coldplay's new video for Violet Hill was removed from television listings without warning - the slot was filled by a Sex and the City: World Premiere Special. Meanwhile, rumours that MTV Germany would broadcast Coldplay's new video yesterday (May 13th) on Berlin's TRL show were pro

Coldplay at the Royal Albert Hall - 1st July - initial reaction. The band have just completed a breathtaking setlist at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where we have seen a re-arranged setlist to the Japan and Sydney shows of recent. The starstruck crowd in the few thousand capacity theater saw the likes of The Scientist, Don't Panic and Everything's Not Lost make a return to the setlist and Jonny took center stage on the vocals during Don't Panic, a moment that will live long in the memories

Producer Brian Eno [pictured] and former record label boss Alan McGee have become embroiled in an angry online war of words. The argument, on the micro-blogging website Twitter, began after McGee suggested Eno's productions were all capable of making people fall asleep.   Referring to Eno's latest collaboration with Coldplay, the former Oasis manager added: “Was it your idea to dress up Coldplay as the Beatles?” Eno replied to McGee's message (known on Twitter as a 'Tweet') this morning, saying:

Producer Brian Eno has given an insight into Coldplay's new album, revealing that it could be out by Christmas after all. Eno has already revealed that he is back working with Coldplay on their 5th album, but in an interview today with BBC 6Music he revealed that he has been working on different combinations of band members to get different sounds, and that it is still possible that Coldplay's new release will happen before the end of 2010.   This turnaround comes just days after BBC6 Music reve

In an interview with Kristy Lang on BBC Radio 4's Front Row program today, producer/musician/artist/god Brian Eno revealed that he is producing the next Coldplay album. "I think (the album) will be very original and very different from what they've done before," Eno said.   Lang and Eno had been discussing the Talking Heads' influence on current pop music, so Lang had to ask if the new Coldplay album will sound at all like that band. Eno laughed and replied, "Funnily enough, I mentioned to David

Any way you look at it, Brian Eno is one of the preeminent producers and thinkers of our time. Indeed, the once prolific Eno's own output has slowed considerably since the 1970s and 80s, in part due to these extracurriculars and of course thanks to his ongoing work with U2 and Coldplay. He spoke to Pitchfork online, in which he mentions his work with Coldplay on several occasions...   Pitchfork: In some way you bore the brunt of similar suspicion and ire when you agreed to work with Coldplay. It