Coldplay News

Coldplay's Chris Martin will be appearing on Steve Lamacq's evening show this coming Friday (30th January), and has also been confirmed to appear on Jonathan Ross's Saturday show the day after, following Wossy's tweet on his Twitter account. Here's Anchorman with more details:   Good evening. Following our previous announcements of Chris's upcoming appearances on Absolute, XFM and Edith Bowman's Radio 1 show, we can now confirm that he will also be going into BBC 6Music on Friday (Jan 30th) from

Chris Martin has admitted he has been dating Gwyneth Paltrow. He says he went on a secret night out with the "beautiful" actress at the weekend, but the singer says they are not an item yet.   "I'm proud to be with someone who's very nice and very beautiful but she's not my girlfriend at the moment," he told The Sun. "I feel out of my depth with all this. I met her for the first time at our gig at Wembley two weeks ago.It's early days. I got her number, rang her and asked if she wanted to meet.

Oxfam America and Make Trade Fair teamed up to send Coldplay's Chris Martin to Africa to see firsthand the extreme poverty endured by so many and how fair trade in these areas can improve the lives of those who live and work there.   Watch the clip

Well things on the LP5 front are hotting up already, just weeks after the band returned from their Latin America tour. No sooner than they close the door on Viva la Vida, another one opens with hope that 2010 will see new material being released.   In this month's Q magazine, the '10 seconds with Chris Martin' snippet hinted that there may well be some new music to listen to before the year is out. Chris Martin once again intimated: "We've been in the studio for six months now. Brian Eno is with

Coldplay's Chris Martin and a number of other musicians are taking part in the 'Rock The Vote' campaign that aims to get people out and voting in the forthcoming general election.   Martin was reported as saying in today’s Sun: "I think that by voting you show you care. It’s when politicians don’t think we care that they start doing the craziest things."The American election last year saw numerous artists using their voices to encourage people to vote. Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, The Dixie Chi

More on the story reported earlier, about Chris Martin's chord's being too good for Jay-Z. Chris Martin almost backed out of his collaboration with Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter because the melodies he conjured up sounded too good to share.   The '99 Problems' rapper invited Martin to write music for his comeback album 'Kingdom Come' and experienced a horrible moment when he believed Martin would back out and use the compositions on the next Coldplay album.   He says, "Chris Martin sent me these wonderfu

Coldplay's frontman will duet with singer-songwriter Beck to perform a song from Beck's latest album, at this year's GRAMMY Awards, which will air this Sunday 8th February at 8pm Eastern time (US).   Coldplay are up for three awards at this year's ceremony and will be hoping to win big, as they did in 2009!   The GRAMMYs ceremony takes place in Los Angeles this coming Sunday, 8th February, at 5pm PST and 8pm EST. To see the time's where you live and for our event conversation on the Coldplayi

Ash have attracted a star-studded line-up for their debut horror film, including Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland.   Ash have been recording a horror movie, 'Slashed'. The gruesome film will feature on a new DVD from the band later in the year. According to the Ash website ash-unofficial, who are helping with the project, the group have convinced a number of stars who they have met while touring to have bit-parts.   The list also includes Moby, The Hives, The Vines, Dave Grohl and Neil

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland will play an intimate charity gig later this month in aid of Mencap. They will perform a special set for Jo Whiley's Little Noise Sessions at St John-at-Hackney in London on November 24th. Tickets for the show go on sale Monday (November 7). Coldplay.com members and subscribers of Little Noise Sessions will have access to a pre-sale through their respective official sites from 10am on November 4. [Discuss this new date in the Coldplay Live forum at the messageboar

Paris Hilton must've had a day off yesterday. The celebrity gossip world instead were running a story on Chris Martin allegedly seen publicly making out with Kate Bosworth at a U2 concert - US mag Star is publishing this story even though there’s no physical proof that this happened.   But Chris Martin’s rep was quick to shoot down the silly rumors, saying, "This story is entirely untrue." Another source says on the contrary, Chris and Gwyneth are "more than fine. She may have been in the same r

Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher will perform together at the 2012 BRITs ceremony on 21st February, according to a Radio 2 interview on Jo Whiley's show yesterday - so say MusicWeek and the official BBC6Music twitter account. The news was first revealed by BRIT Award presenter James Corden who said in a Radio 2 interview with host Jo Whiley, "I think — and I don’t know if this is true and I'm almost certain that I’m not supposed to tell you — that Chris Martin is going to accompany [Noel Gallaghe

The Beatles' Strawberry Fields and Jeff Buckley's cover of the Leonard Cohen classic Hallelujah feature in a poll to find the 10 greatest tracks.   Fifty songwriters, including Coldplay's Chris Martin and John Legend, took part in the vote for Q Magazine. "Hallelujah is as near perfect as you can get. It transcends your mood. I can listen to it anywhere," said Legend.   Coldplay singer Martin picked The Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony. "Bitter Sweet Symphony is as perfect a song as there is. And I

Chris Martin and Will Champion from Coldplay stopped by the studios at 1331 Yonge for an interview with Roger Rick and Marilyn on May 10th, 2005.   Click here for unseen pictures.   [Thanks Alex22 & Ladybug]

Chris Martin spoke exclusively from Atlanta recently to announce Coldplay's Australian tour for February and March. A notoriously difficult interviewee, he was uncharacteristically candid with Insider during Australia's Daily Telegraph early-morning interview - perhaps because he felt guilty about the time difference and the fact the interview had been pushed back three hours.   Coldplay are touring America before heading to Europe. They will have played 103 shows by the time they reach Austral

ITV launched a national talent contest to find a future MP yesterday, shrugging off accusations that the Pop Idol-inspired show was demeaning politics and could even result in Michael Howard, the Tory party leader, losing his seat.   Vote For Me will copy the successful format of so-called reality television shows such as Fame Academy and Pop Idol, but will offer contestants the chance of a future at Westminster rather than in pop music.   John Sargeant, the former BBC political correspondent, w

Hong Kong Born Singer-songwriter, Coco Lee held the ultimate celebrity birthday party, in which Coldplay's Chris Martin performed Coldplay a handful of Coldplay classics, which included Clocks and Paradise   Stars such as David Beckham and Lionel Richie were part of the impressive celebrity line up for Coco Lee's 40th Birthday. Coldplay's frontman, apart from playing Clocks and Paradise (which you can see below), also performed the chorus of Imagine and Yueguangairen alongside Coco (non-Coldp

Chris Martin surprised fans by stepping out to the premiere of Shaun Of The Dead in Leicester Square.   The Coldplay singer, who arrived with bandmates Guy Berryman and Will Champion, has a cameo part in the movie and also sings backing vocals on a track by band Ash for the soundtrack.   But the singer refused to talk to press, sprinting into the West End cinema and leaving by a back door once the movie had finished.Lucy Davis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Bill Nighy were among cast members who t

Pearl Jam ended their two night residency in New York in style last night (June 25th) with guest appearances from members of The Ramones and Kiss, and according to Billboard, the band's set was watched by the Olsen twins and Coldplay's Chris Martin.   Like they did on Tuesday, Pearl Jam played a high octane set which included songs from their entire back-catalogue. Here's what BrooklynVegan.com recently posted about the packed MSG itinery this week just gone:   It's all about MSG lately. Love th

Coldplay front man Chris Martin went unnoticed for 15 minutes when he arrived at the Record of the Day Awards last night.   “He turned up in a hoodie and a shaved head and I think the doorman was expecting him to have big curly hair”, said a Record of the Day spokesperson. “It was only when he introduced himself that he was ushered downstairs”, revealed our source. He then hung around at the bar for 15 minutes before anyone realised who he was. The singer was there to present an award to renow

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin might have lost the day job — thanks to rock legend Brian Eno [pictured].   Chris told fans at a lunchtime gig yesterday: “The rest of the band are in the studio. Brian Eno has been producing our music — which is why we’ve got better. “He wrote to us and said he thought the last album was OK but it could have been better. He said he still wanted to work with us but I was banned from the studio! He said it would be better without me for the first two weeks — ‘You c

Chris Martin has snubbed British Prime Minister Tony Blair's invitation to meet him at his London residence - because the he feared it would damage his image.   A galaxy of stars, including rockers Oasis and Sir Elton John, have accepted invitations to Blair's Downing Street home.   And Chris Martin respects the British premier, but does not want to be seen publicly socialising with the leader of the Labour party, for fear of offending his fans who may disagree with Blair's political goals and s

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has compared his group's new album to U2's The Unforgettable Fire.   Martin told The Telegraph that their album Viva La Vida, which is released this Thursday (June 12), is comparable to U2's fourth record. "I always view our albums in terms of U2 albums," he said. Viva La Vida is our Unforgettable Fire in that it's less straightforward, more oblique. It's about sex and death and love and fear and travel and illness. There's light and there's dark."   Despite Coldpl

Coldplay don't plan to retire early after all, reports Chartattack.   Two weeks after singer Chris Martin hinted that next year may be the last for the world's biggest selling band, he says that's not the case and that the band plan to record and release the follow-up to Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends in 2009. "We're proceeding as if it's our last, because it's the only way to proceed," Martin told Rollingstone.com. "You've got to have deadlines, you know. What that means is we're go

Chris Martin feels that naming his baby (Apple Blythe Alison that is) was a lot like naming his band, Coldplay.   "What I call my baby is none of anyone's business,'' he tells Details in their October issue. "When we first told everyone we were Coldplay, they addressed us like we just said we bought a house on Mars. I think it's a cool name so why does it matter?''   The yoga devotee also tells the mag that being married to Gwynnie and fronting the hit Euro band is all it's cracked up to be. "

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has a guaranteed method of ensuring the British band's forthcoming third album is a hit - killing himself. [thanks mimi]   Chris Martin, who is married to Gwyneth Paltrow and has a baby daughter, Apple - has no intention of committing suicide but admits he'd at least know X&Y would sell millions of copies.   Martin says, "I think the best thing for everyone would be if I died. It's the only way to save this album. It would add that necessary amount of tragedy.