Coldplay News

MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch is back!   Chris fights Bono!   See the action here [thanks nightsurfer]

Bit of an odd one this. Hecklerspray.com have an unusual Coldplay competition on the go. Here are the details...   Howdy, folks. It's that time of the week again - those gleaming few minutes when you can forget about the suicide-provoking pointlessness of your mundane little lives and take part in the hecklerspray Celebrity Haiku Competition.   That's right: each and every week we offer you the chance to win big. The prize in question? A delicious mouthwatering tube of Fruit Pastilles! Come on,

Coldplay adds a date. And then takes one away.   As far as the former goes, Coldplay has now announced plans to perform July 25 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. They have, however, cancelled the gig in Sacramento, which was originally scheduled for July 21 at Arco Arena.   Coldplay will also perform July 24 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose - although coldplay.com lists the San Jose and Oakland dates as currently on sale, Ticketmaster tells a different story. According to the ticket broker, those sh

Hundreds of Coldplay fans will be locked out of their Scottish concerts after a massive ticket mix-up.   Ticketmaster have recalled a batch of 3200 briefs after they were printed on the wrong paper. The gaffe means anyone who bought the tickets from secondary sources, such as eBay, will be denied entry to the concert. It is estimated that tickets originating from touts and fans who decided to sell them could number more than 800 for the two gigs on December 5 and 6.   Last night, Ticketmaster ad

The third Coldplay single from new album Mylo Xyloto is going to be Charlie Brown, sources from some of Europe's music websites are showing today (Thursday). Both Swiss music website Hitparade and respected Dutch radio station website 3FM have published what may well be the cover art to the single. Looking more closely, the artwork is part of the graffiti wall and also the Mylo Xyloto album cover itself. Read on after the jump for the image. We'll soon know if they're right as there will be an a

More fall out now from the Charlie Brown video shoot, as The Sun continue with their series of articles drip-feeding us with information from the event. Their latest one reads like this: "Coldplay are hard taskmasters. Girls who applied to feature in the video for the band's forthcoming single, Charlie Brown, had to dance for EIGHT HOURS caked in luminous make-up. Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion made up for the gruelling day's work though. They footed the bill for lu

Coldplay have finally unveiled the Charlie Brown video, which features the Xylobands first seen during the recent European tour and The X Factor final last year. In another vivid video, shot in London, Coldplay are seen performing in the middle of a jumping crowd of fans who are all wearing the Xylobands that light up in time to the music.   Coldplay once again teamed up with Mat Whitecross who directed the shoot. English actress Antonia Thomas and Shameless‘ Elliott Tittensor star as a young co

José Mourinho [pictured] has given his backing to a comedy record that impersonates him, because part of the sales proceeds will go to Chelsea Football Club's official charity CLIC Sargent.   DJ Mario Rosenstock is famous in his native Ireland for mimicking leading football personalities, which he puts to music. Angel Records have decided to release one of these, ‘José & His Technicolor® Overcoat’, on February 20th. The song features Mario’s uncanny impression of Mourinho against the tune of

Coldplay swings for the balconies, and even plays in them   On its 2006 tour, Coldplay figured out how to supersize its shows. Once a fluff-up-the-pillow band of balladeers, built on Chris Martin’s falsetto voice and upright piano, the British quartet muscled up and swung for the rafters, in keeping with its status as a multimillion-selling franchise capable of filling sports arenas around the globe.   With its fourth and latest album, the cumbersomely titled “Viva La Vida or Death and All His F

Children In Need gig organiser Gary Barlow is relieved Coldplay agreed to headline his upcoming charity concert because the band 'got the ball rolling' for other acts to sign up for the show. [Full discussion on tonight's show is at the Coldplay Live forum now. For those outside of the UK we've heard that there may be live streaming available here and here [thanks Londonerr]   Gary singer has once again been put in charge of organising the Children In Need stage spectacular at the Men Arena in M

UK hip-hop star Chipmunk has revealed that he would like to collaborate with Coldplay's Chris Martin, according to DigitalSpy today. The 'Oopsy Daisy' singer said that he is a big fan of Martin and described the indie band as "the greatest" in their field.   o would I like to work with in the future? I would like to work with Chris Martin. Yeah, yeah. I like Coldplay,"he told DS. "I just want to go out of the box. I want to work with people who are the greatest in whatever they did. I'm just pre

It's very rare to see Chris, Gwyneth and Apple together - but relatives of MySpace user Morgan (posted on Matthew's MySpace) have snapped them in Houston, back in February 2006.   Gwyneth was pregnant with Moses back then, and it's unclear what the family was doing in Houston.   [Thanks Séverinne & Flying Sparks]    

What do we have hair? Blonde stunners Jennifer Ellison and Gwyneth Paltrow showed off shocking barnets as they hit London nightspots.   Chicago babe Jen, 23, took her fiance Tony Richardson to the premier and after-parties of Sylvester Stallone's flick Rocky Balboa. Maybe she thought she had to make her hair rock-hard too.   Gwyn, 33, sported her dodgy do for din-dins with Coldplay hubby Chris Martin and buddies Madonna and Guy Ritchie at Luciano in London's Mayfair. We wonder what the daily sp

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow teamed up with designer Stella McCartney to poke fun at famous pal Madonna by mocking her 'American Life' hit at a recent party.   Madonna invited her famous chums to her Ashcombe Manor home in rural England to celebrate her fourth wedding anniversary with director Guy Ritchie and asked them all to perform a song, a poem or a short acting performance.   Cheeky Martin and his wife rewrote the lyrics to American Life and renamed it 'American Wife' - and performed i

Wondering what Coldplay have been doing lately, far away from tour life and studio recording? Well, besides watching their little toddlers grow (Chris has two kids with Gwyneth Paltrow, Will welcomed baby girl Ava in April and Guy's wife Joanna had their daughter Nico two weeks ago), at least three of them have been seen out and about recently, while Guy is probably taking care of newborn Nico at home.   Jonny spent an idyllic holiday with girlfriend Chloe Lee-Evans in Hawaii after finishing the

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have turned down an invitation from the Queen to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace this summer.   The high-profile couple, whose daughter Apple celebrated her first birthday earlier this month have decided attending the royal bash would not be to their taste.   Chris Martin says, "We do live in the neighbourhood, but we didn't think we should go. As much as we like the Queen, I've still got years of rebellion in me."   Source: ContactMusic

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's fairytale marriage is on the rocks, say friends.   Insiders close to the couple reckon they are going through "an incredibly rough patch" after a series of furious rows. It is believed that the pressures of work and caring for eight-month-old daughter Apple is getting to them.   A friend told the Daily Mirror: "Adjusting to married life, then being parents and now trying to sort out their professional lives has been a lot more difficult and complicated than eit

For Coldplay fans, this was a rare opportunity. To see one of the biggest bands on the planet (well, half of them), in the tiny surrounds of a church, writes the Independent in a review of last night's Little Noise Sessions in London (with Chris and Jonny only). For fans of the band this is about as good as it gets. Which makes one wonder then, what made one woman up on the balcony think that it was a good idea to bring a tambourine? Even in the O2 - where Coldplay play two dates next month - it

There are plenty of interviews to tell you about, since Coldplay's grand return on Friday. We've already witnessed the boring songs challenge on BBC Radio 1, a more Sirius interview (sorry) and Chris attempting to play the banana piano!   One of the interviews which fell below the radar was Chris & Jonny's original chat with Chris Evans, on BBC Radio 2, Friday morning. During the interview, Coldplay's frontman tells us how the band wanted to 'make something more joyful and colourful' as th

Coldplay have now confirmed the concert together with Jay-Z on New Year's Eve, at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort to see in 2011 we can reveal. Chris Martin and Will Champion confirmed the show during the interview with Radio 1's Fearne Cotton in the Live Lounge earlier today. You can discuss this event at the Coldplay Live forum now.   The event is being organised by celebrity party planner Colin Cowie and will be invite only with no tickets being put on general sale to the public. Guests

God moves with the times and has blighted us with Coldplay instead of plagues of locusts and frogs.   But despite this very real proof of His existence, Chris Martin doesn’t believe in the Big Chap. No, he will only kneel to the Greek god of thunder, Zeus.   At the MTV Awards Chris, 31, said: “I’m always trying to work out what ‘he’ or ‘she’ or ‘it’ is. I don’t know if it’s Allah or Jesus or Mohammed or Zeus. But I’d go for Zeus. I lay claim to being the only person in the world who still belie

Seems like Gwyneth wasn't alone with her two children in New York City after all.   Keeping a low profile, Chris Martin accompanied his family on the trip to the Big Apple and was seen taking a stroll with the little apple of his eye on Sunday, October 29.

Chris and Jonny interviewed as Coldplay are set for Las Vegas return!   The official Coldplay website announced the band's return to Las Vegas, at the iHeartRadio music festival, on September 19th and 20th. For information on how to get tickets, please refer to the iHeartRadio festival official website. Coldplay have an extensive history in Vegas, with their first appearance almost 12 years ago on 7th September 2002. The iHeart music festival is a pop oriented festival in which bands usually o

Chris Martin rang Radio 1 this morning (Monday) from Ghana where he's spent the last five days with Oxfam travelling around the country.   He's been on the road in the back of a van in a dust storm highlighting their campaign Make Trade Fair. Chris has been talking to local farmers about how their lives have been affected by unfair trade deals with other countries and told us no one has a clue who he is over there:   "I think it's much better that they don't know what I do musically, otherwise

Translation: At Hotel Ritz Four Seasons the big stars lived and that’s where the ‘real party’ were, according to rumors. The night before the gala it was wild and..’   More on this here [thanks Delylia]