Coldplay News

Rivers Cuomo made Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" 'significantly nerdier' when Weezer covered it in New York City on Wednesday (Oct. 28) night, that is according to ChartAttack anyway. Here's what they had to say about the Coldplay cover performance:   According to Stereogum, Cuomo, clad in a geeky track suit, performed the Grammy Award-winning tune before the rest of Weezer joined him on stage for the show at the P.C. Richard & Song Theatre. Cuomo clearly isn't that familiar with the song, since

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   November 2, 2009 - submitted by Will, Australia Q. Oracle, I was reading the other day that to choose who was the singer for Coldplay Chris, Guy, Will and Jonny wrestled. They did this because they knew that the singer would get all of the publicity. Is this true? Thanks a lot. The Oracle replies: There's no truth in that whatsoever.   November 2, 2009 - submitted by Jordan, New Zealand Q. Hey Oracl

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

Wembley Stadium has suffered another huge pre-tax loss of £31.1million and is not expected to break even until 2014, which means Coldplay will probably have played there on a second consecutive world tour before Wembley manages to pay off its rebuilding-cost debts.   According to the Daily Mail today, accounts released by the home of England football for the year to December 31, 2008 revealed the massive losses, which followed a £53.3m pre-tax loss in 2007. The 90,000-capacity ground, rebuilt fo

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 30, 2009 - submitted by Lauren, United States of America Q. Hey Oracle, I just saw the new pictures from the Great Penny Howle and I knew that she took a bunch of pictures of the boys back in the X&Y days, but was surprised to see pictures of hers from Wembley. So I was wondering, is she or was she sort of like the bands official photographer? Is she good friends with the band. All her s

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 29, 2009 - submitted by Alison, Australia Q. Hi Oracle, I was lucky enough to be at the U2 show in Las Vegas recently, and to my great delight,at the end of Beautiful Day, Bono broke into a bit of "Lights will gu-u-u-u-uide you home...." , which was the highlight of the show for me :-) It didn't occur to me on the night, but I was wondering if Chris was at that show? The Oracle replies: Act

Ocesa, the production company that have been tasked with managing coldplay's Mexican tour, have today via Twitter announced that a second Mexican date has been confirmed. According to their website, the second concert will be on the 7th March and the presale for the new date will be on November 4th and 5th. [thanks Pris]   In Colombia, tickets for the Bogata concert are no longer on sale on tuboleta.com. However, they've changed it to ticketexpress.com.co and tickets are still available online f

The Sun today has published an article about festive songs, revealing that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has a belter of a Christmas song which has been burning a hole in his MacBook for more than 12 months now. More discussion on this is at the Coldplay forum now.   Chris Martin was part of the last non-X Factor Christmas UK number one five years ago with the reworked Band Aid single, Band Aid 20. He's also the kind of bloke, The Sun continue, who is partial to a novelty reindeer jumper... so

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 28, 2009 - submitted by Hannah, United States of America Q. Oh, Magnificent Oracle, Have Roadie #42 and Anchorman been furloughed due to a lack of funds? I'll gladly pay for my copy of Leftrightleftrightleft if it means they can have their jobs back! Kisses to all! -H The Oracle replies: Well Roadie #42 took a little holiday but not a hiatus so he will be writing again from the Latin America

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 26, 2009 - submitted by Louise, Denmark Q. Who is J? The Oracle replies: There are 2 people whom Chris refers to as J. Jonny Buckland and Jay Z so it will be either of those depending on where you heard him say it...   October 26, 2009 - submitted by Will, Australia Q. Hello Oracle, I was wondering did Coldplay ever make a song or sing lyrics along the lines of "There she goes, there she goe

In the second of two consecutive appearances at the 2009 Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, Chris Martin once again played alongside violinist Davide Rossi, with a slightly tweaked setlist at the Shoreline Amphitheater last night. This was the last remaining (advertised) Coldplay-related performance until next year's Latin America tour in February/March.   Wearing the same beanie hat and red t-shirt from the night before, Chris's setlist was: Dock of the Bay (shortened with new lyrics), Clo

Chris Martin once again played without Coldplay in the US last night, this time at previously announced 2009 Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, CA. Alongside, was Davide Rossi, the violinist influential during the Viva era. Davide tweeted after the show, saying, "Me and Chris rocked the Bridge School... amazing experience and dulcis in fundo jamming at the end with Neil Young... what a night!"   Sporting a beanie hat and red t-shirt, and back up with violin from Davide Rossi, Chris played C

Coldplay are already planning to start recording demos for their fifth album, while they are on a temporary break, according to The Sun this weekend. The band are expected to release the album in late 2010. More discussion on the latest news on LP5 is at the Coldplay forum now.   Having just wrapped up their world tour (well for now - they'll head out to South America next month), Coldplay are eager to get back to work on the follow-up to 2008's 'Viva La Vida'. "They have got a huge reserve of i

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 23, 2009 - submitted by Kimberly, United States of America Q. So Oracle, I love listening to Absolute Radio and they are having this vote for the best song of the decade and currently McFly is in the lead, because somebody has been tweeting to vote for them so I thought we have to have a bigger audience then them, so maybe you can nudge or encourage people to vote for Coldplay? eh? :) thanks

A reminder via the official site that Chris Martin will be performing at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit this weekend (Sat Oct 24th and Sun Oct 25th) at the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco, CA.   The gigs will raise funds for the Bridge School, which works for the communicative and educational development of children with severe speech and physical impairments. The annual concerts are organised by Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, and have taken place since 1986 (with Young perfor

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 22, 2009 - submitted by Joao, Portugal Q. Dear Oracle, I'm about to spend all my savings on old Coldplay releases like Blue Room EP, Safety EP, and so on... I'm going to be broke, but happy. Should I really do this? The Oracle replies: In your shoes I would just buy The Blue Room E.P. It shouldn't be anywhere near as expensive as the Safety E.P (going for ?1000 plus). It features 2 of the ex

The official site have announced a change to the on-sale date for tickets for next year's Coldplay show in Bogota, Colombia. This just in from Anchorman today:   Good morning. It's just been confirmed that tickets for Coldplay's show at Parque Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia will now go on sale from tuboleta.com on Friday, October 30th (rather than Friday, October 23rd as previously announced). For the full list of Latin American shows and on sale dates, please click here.   As you will know b

White Lies have said supporting Kings of Leon on their recent North American tour was better than their past warm-up slots for Coldplay and Snow Patrol, reports DigitalSpy today. Bassist Charles Cave said the experience of playing with Kings of Leon had been “fantastic” and revealed both groups had grown close on tour.   "It's probably the most enjoyable support tour we've ever done, sorry (Coldplay frontman) Chris Martin, sorry Snow Patrol,” he told BBC 6 Music. "We just had a lot of downtime w

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 20, 2009 - submitted by Rachael, United States of America Q. Dear Oracle, I just finished watching VH1's Storytellers (2005) and noticed that Will was wearing a "44" shirt. Any sequential relation to Roadie #42? The Oracle replies: There's no connection whatsoever. If you think about it, it can't be sequential given that it happened 3 years before the appearance of Roadie #42...   October 2

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 19, 2009 - submitted by Sarah, United States of America Q. Hello, Oracle, did you know about the freaky-obsessive-scary Church of Chris Martin? I don't know whether these people are not mentally stable, or they're making fun of Chris, or whatever, but it's creepy and weird. I was just wondering if Chris knows about it/what he thinks of it. The Oracle replies: It's weird because that website

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 16, 2009 - submitted by Alan, South Africa Q. Hi Oracle, Had Phil had any previous experience in management? It seems quite fascinating that someone inexperienced could take the band so far. Was Phil just smart and talented enough to learn the ropes quickly? Thanks The Oracle replies: Phil had no previous experience of management or music business. Apart from being smart and talented Phil wa

Chris Martin played without the rest of Coldplay last night at the Keep A Child Alive's 6th Annual Black Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The event was hosted by hosted by Alicia Keys and Padma Lakshmi. Sporting a new haircut, white shirt with tie and waistcoat... and Adidas trainers, Chris played Clocks, Viva La Vida and If I Aint Got You (with Alicia Keys).   There is lots more discussion on this low-key Chris Martin performance (not even the official site announced it) inclu

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

More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)   October 15, 2009 - submitted by Carol, Argentina Q. Wise Oracle, what will Roadie 42 bring to Argentina? He said: "Sorry Marguerite, I'll bring it to Argentina". I don't understand. Thank you! The Oracle replies: If you look at Anchorman's live photo blogs you will see pictures taken of various signs that are put up at venues. These vary but tend to show either directions (complete with arrows) to c

Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Blur, The Clash and Led Zeppelin are among the acts set to feature on a new range of British Royal Mail stamps, NME can reveal today. A set of 10 stamps featuring classic British album sleeves will enter circulation on January 7 next year, according to stamp collecting website Norvic Philatelics.   Albums in the collection include 'The Division Bell' by Pink Floyd, 'Parklife', 'London Calling', 'Led Zeppelin IV', 'Power, Corruption & Lies' by New Order, Primal Scream's